New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-08
BURGESS RULES THE WAVES,
ANOTHER WREATH FOR THE DESIGNER.


A RACE or FISHING scHooNERs NEAR BOSTON
WON by ONE OF HIS BoATs-MINoR YAcHTING
NEWS.
The race among fishing schooners off Boston, on
Thursday, resulted as most people here expected
it would, in victory for the Burgess fisherman
Carrie Phillips and the great designer has added
another laurel wreath to his collection The Phillips
won handsomely proving superior to her four COM
petitors at all points OF sailing and better able
to carry her canvas when it blew hard. Here
after sic is to be styled Queen Of the Fleet"
But Gloucesters pride has been aroused, and
II Gloucester can help it she will not long retain
that title Already there is talk Of another fishing
boat to be built for Gloucester fishermen that is
to beat the Phillips. This shows how the spirit
engendered by such contests works good But II
the Gloucester people are as wise as they are am
bilious they will get Burgess to design the new
fisherman for them, for, thus far, 1t has been
found that it takes Burgess TO beat Burgess
But Burgess doesn't merely copy his own de-
signs and stick to the same type. lie has courage
enough to make experiments. His most successful
schooner thus far has been the Sachem, which
last season was as easily first among the two
stickers" as was the Volunteer among the one
stickerss She is eighty-sx feet on the water line
with an extreme draft Of eight feet six inches
Now Burgess is building schooner the Mar
guerte, which, though six feet shorter on the
water line than the Sacbem. yet has two feet SIX
inches more draft Both have centreboards, but
the Marguerite's is much the smaller OF The TWO,
and with the trunk all below the cabin moor; het
performance will be watched with great deal OF
interest The object seems to be to evolve
compromise boat, which shall combine the pest
points of both keel end centreboard, and TINS Is
lust what any who is not hampered py
theories that bind him to one particular type Woulu
strive after. Every successive victory, OF the
centreboard boat in international contests mas oeen
won by giving her more draft; just where .ne
thus farand- no further point will ultimately be DIS
covered. one can venture to predict; fernaps
the Marguerite viii contribute much to the solution
Of the problem
POINTS IN A REEI-cENTREBoARD YACHT.
Commodore Canfeld's new schooner Of his own
design, which Forest and Stream" appropriately
terms "a keel-eentreboard yacht will also draw
eleven feet of water with her centre'"ard up but
the Sea Fox will be nearly nine and half feet
longer on the water line than the Marguerite.
In the rigging of the Sea Fox, Phillip Low is doing
his level best which is little better than he has
ever done before. Neither trouble nor expense
will be spared to make the Sea Fox the fastest
schooner of her length afoat ~
This is not by the way, Commodore Canfeld's
first venture at yacht designing In lse4 he de,
signed the fifty foot cutter Isis which Acquired
herself fairly well, but apparently not well enough
TO make him believe that 1t Is well TO dispense
entirely with the centreboard. 1t Is TO be hoped
that other yachsmen will try their hands at de- de-
makes success Of his experiment, it is likely that
they will The pleasure Of owning winning b9aG
must be greatly enhanced when one can rGgpo nea
as the creation Of ones own brain. Ana men VINO
feel tempted to try IT should remember Tor their
encouragement that it is not long ago that burgess
only last year that some OF the extreme cutter
men patronizingy referred to him as snch wnen
predicting an easy victory for the Thistle:
RACING sCHoONERs OUT OF FASHION ABROAD
Across the water there no indications OF a
~ ocin
gone entirely out Of fashion. There is no trust
worthy information of any new competitor OF the
Thistle being built. She is likely 70 make clean
sweep Of all the prize money there this season, and
If the same canny Scotsmen sail her that were on
board Of her when here they Will be able TO Apply
some substantial balm to their wounded PRIDE, Tor
English racing customs are extremely generous
10 the sailors of winning boats .,
There is not likely TO be half as much spore
among yachtsmen on the other side as mere, 10
is probable that there will be only TWO or thIee
additions to the racing feet, all OF them OF the
second class Appreciation Of the greater r Se
models by more liberal beam, though there Is nob
so much of IT proportlonatey as In the thistle e
B the SpocEsS One Ss DOESN'T %
inst S %SS 's sSst s i ss
feet long with only three feet beam;
People here have often, YondeFed Why ai thai
get himself another yacht after the failure OF
the Genesta to capture the cup. The reason IS
obvious now The gallant baronet mad more
important matter on hand. 1t was an auecuon
Of the heart, which happily terminated as IT does
in all good novels, the other day Wheh OF
Richard finishes his honeymoon II IS 10 DC nop '
he will turn his attention TO getting another cut
ter. Surely his bride would like to see her face
reflected on the Americas cup. "a
So the ATLANTA Will be lald up thls yetir sn nu
law Gould will 90 to his business from lrylngton
Sy train instead of by steamer. 1t is pity, Tor
she furnishes pretty spectacle and is always an
obiect of interest TO people who have curiosity 10
0rstify abont milljonaireS and their ways OF ny
ing But as an element Of sport merely. sne
Will not be much missed That is the olsun ',ti
possession of the sailing yacht. And even VIII
ont her assistance that big silver cup tne %9uHi-
be emblem of steamboat supremacy, II not hAeiy
to depart from these shores