New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-27
PLANS OF THE YACHTSMEN.
REGATTAs FOR THIS MONTH AND NEXT
MANY CHANGES IN RIG, BUILD AND BALLAST
GLOOM IN THE CORINTHIAN CLUB.

GLOOM IN THE CORINTHIAN CLUB.
On Decoration Day the yachting season may be
said to be fairly opened and thereafter until autumn
winds grow boisterous and chill and the yachts
man that 1t t. time to lay his craft up seek In her
some warmer cline, the white wings viii be opened
to the breeze in the Bay and the Sound and elsewhere
along the coast where the healthfu and exharating
sport can be pursued. Despite the fact that there
Will be no international contest this year, the season
opens auspIclously and promises abundance OF ex-
citing races. Old yachts have been improved and
new ones built. Progress has been made. What Is
recognized the modern yacht, with wholesome
draft and plenty of lead In her keel IS distinctvey
speedier and safer than her predecessors, which dc
pended for stability on beam and inside ballast
Burgess will be represented by several new boats
The Marguerite reveals his latest ideas Of how
schooner should be built. Among smaller
boats he has built several sloops and cutters
notably In the class and II they can be brought
together, they win contribute much toward solving
the problem whether keel or cenreb board Is the speed
Ter with the smaller boats which must necessarily al
ways greatly outnumber the big fellows The most
Interesting racing Will be among the second class
schooners the Sachem, the Marguerite, the sea FOX
the Burgesseds Grayllng the transformed ana lm-
proved Priscilla, hereafter to be known as the Einla
will furnish much exciting racing as has been seen
In these waters for many years. In the new Auchin
sloop, the Katrina, second class, a Cary Smith
has done his level best and is not afraid to rest his
reputation on the result Of contest with any yacht
of her size afoat, no matter by whom designed
In the absence of the Titanla which unfortunately
IS to be laid up this year. her chief competitors Will be
the Shamrock and that stanch old cutter 'the Bedoun
There plenty Of sport and enjoyment for yachsmen
TO look forward to- and when the season Is ended
much valuable experience Will have been gained
One lesson viii probably be that old yachts patched
up and remodelled, matter how much ingenuity IS
displayed about IT, cannot be made to sail as fast as
new boats built according to the latest ideas oil Bur
ross and Smith. II this leads NewYork yachtsmen
TO discard their old crafts and build new boats Boston
Will again have to be content with second place
MANY opening sails. will take place on Decorauon
Day. but as a regatta takes precedence OF san
the Knickerboc ker Yacht Club which has us cIuD-
house at Port Norris is entitled to first n'ention
although its boats comparatively small On next
Wednesday Will be sailed its annual spring regatta
Nine classes are embraced In Its programme;
IN Cabin soops and cutters, 80 feet and over; ~
cabin soops and cutters under 81 feet and over 20
feet CO. cabin sloops and cutters under % feet 4l
cabin cats under % feet; (5l open sloops over 20
feet; (6) jfb and mainsa yachts under 20 feet; "a
cats' % feet and over 81 "cats" under 10 ieet'
(o) steam and naphtha launches.
All yachts enrolled in the club considered as
entered The start will be a flying one The
smaller classes Will be dispatched at 10 80 m, and
classes will be from the starting line off Port Nor
rs TO and around the Gangway Buoy and return
The steamer Taurus, which Will serve as the judges
boat will leave Harlem Bridge at and One-hundred-
and twentiethst, East River, at 80 a. NJ
Among the new yachts enrolled in the club this
whose performance will be watched with inter
est is the little imported cutter Yolande. which is 80
feet on the water line. The Atlantic Yacht CLUB
will have Its opening sail Decoration Day, ana
| : he ma he
the lead keel and other alterations which she has
undergone at the hands Of Mr.. Burgess EX-Com-
mOdOre Fish preserves discreet silence concerning
the effect Of these changes. He prefers that the
boat shall show for herself. Mr.. Brooks the owner
| Of the Montauk, will not go in for the lead Keel
until he has witnessed its effects in other hghtdraft
boats that have been remodelled.
Some Of the boats of the seawanhaka Corinthian
Club Will cruise down. the bay on Decoration Day,
and when they return they will find supper spread
| for them the club house. The meeting place for
the annual cruise Will be at Oyster Bay on July -
the feet proceeding Black Rock, New-London' Shell
ter Island Block Island and Newport there disband-
ing
The officers Of the Larchmont Yacht Club have not
been behind their competitors In making strenuous
efforts TO insure successful and brilliant seasons
| enjoyment for the members OF the club and their
| friends. The membership of the club, five hundred
Is full. and there at the present ABOUT iorS
five applications for membership over and ABOVE the
| clubs complement. The clubhouse at Larchhloht
will be completely furnished throughout with every
modern improvement and convenience before the June
regatta and the grounds viii be beautifully laid OUT
| There will be tennis courts baseball ground.
pigeon shooting ground and a regular athletic grouhu
with flrst-class running track laid down lor INC
of members only, attached to which VIII De ohces
fitted with all convenlences required for atheVes WHO
may wish TO avail themselves Of the ground ior uan-
ing purposes In fitting up the clubhouse and orces
the members OF the club have aimed at MAKING moin.
bership in the organization an attraction Tor all
classes of athletes and with this object In view nave
not only made IL rstclass yachting and social cluo'
but have endeavored to provide facilities Tor meOoi
who enjoy outside sports of all kinds
H. p. Willard, of the Regatta Committee, says tna'
arrangements have been made for the hrst race Vi @
season to be held May 30. when match Tor T-oo
a side between the Wizard and the Vivid VIII DC saou
under the management and sailing rules VI 'Ho ~
The match between these two yachts has oeen mSIo
by Commodore Colt owner of the Dauntless anu l.
NJ. Motley, owner of the Magic. The race WIN 70
sailed about 10 80 a. m. over a course oi -'"en''
| seven nautical miles. The large ocean tug nav ..
has been engaged for the judges at all 'ne 'iuD
races, and the sidewhee steamer Albertins mas oeo"
| engaged for the accommodation OF guests -
spring regatta viii be held on June " anu VI"
open to all the leading yacht clubs Oh new iO'A W
Boston. As usual, handsome prizes VIII NC sNs"
the winners in the several classes OF yachts In the
races where only two yachts compete there win Oo
only one prize given, and where there arc iouu VI
more starters, two prizes Will be awalueu'
course for all races will be the new one laiu ou' inns
year, which differs from the old one IN that 10 uoe o
go round or the Hen and Chickens reei Vi ~ ~
| cution reef The new course has at eN'reno -"
water not less than thirty feet OF wafer a. a." s
which will give large schooners plenty of room ior
working in. This course has been gone over Dy sew
eral good judges and expert yachtsmen ana mas Oeen
pronounced the best in the country Inc n,"'l a..
nual regatta will be held on July and the iAi Ieea'''
on September l. both OF which Will DC open " '"o .
leading yaelt clubs I'm the country nv t, ~ IN tbe
race which Is always interesting ast "a yvben
clubs programme, VIII be held on Ansusss Ner Vorh
all oyster boats within two hundred n ,r iIst for the
VIII be invited to compete. The emu exc RACES NJ