New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-05
ONE TOPIC FOR YACHTSMEN,
DISCUSSING THE NETWORKS CRUISE
TIE CLUB PROMISES TO ECLIPSE ALL FoBMEH
TRIPs-YAcHTING GOSSIP.

proper subject for their conversation 10 the comine
cruise of the Eew-York Yacht Club which IL b ex~
pccted Will eclipse anything that has been done boz
fore The members OF the club themselves do nos
exactly burrah and throw up their caps with joyous
anticipation OF tho fun they going to have, bus
they chuckle to themselves. and hustle around dry
docking their yachts and putting them In the bess
shape for some remarkable exhibitions. The meet VIII
be the largest ever krc wn to the club, and comnoS
dorc Gerry is enthusiastic The fact IS he thinks tho
cruise should longer than has been planned ana
rather favors tho scheme Of going 10 the Marbiehen
regatta and showing the Eastern Yacht CIub msnaes
a few points about sailing. Tho Eastern Meet NJ
CURED the Ill will Of Jupiter Pluvius during fhesS
cruise, ard need q little New-York sunshine 10
dry out their half drowned hopes
In Boston yachting people are making tremendousy
and most energetic efforts to get their racers In gooo
condition for the great Goeet Cup Regatta Theirs
any number of tips floating about both there and
here the winner Of Captain Goelets mug and everu
possible entry has ifs friends. Lawley's ways IN
Boston crowded with schooners cutters and soopa
having their bottoms scraped and pot leaded besides
being submitted to a thorough overhauling on and
above deck The Volunteer is prominent. of course
and Will make as great dash for the Coelet as She
ever did for any prize.
Naturally enough. the Mayfower would be At ones
thought OF in this connect ton Her many friends ara
glad to hear that the beloved soop going 10 take
a whirl with tho white wings, and has come to New<
York from Newport to dry dock In South Brooklyn
and get In ship-shape Edwin d. Morgan, her owner.
remains at Newport untn the 9Th, when he will join
his yacht at New-lopdrb. As to the other cratS
which will make the struggle interesting, 1t may bc
sufficient mention such beauties the sachem, tho
Graying, the Bedouln, the Shamrock the Katrina
the Oracle, the Mischief the Fanny and the Sea Fox
schooner early last week. after furnishing his yacht
with maintopmast, some new Hight sails and Z
steering gear lie then kidnapped Engneer
Ioring and started on a two months cruise. Tho
Alarm Will be with the NcwYork Yacht Clubs feets
and after the cruise will proceed along the coast ."
Nova Scotia Captain Norton, of The Marine
Journal suggests that this contemplated trip WIZ
Inevitably involve the United States In internatonat
complications Captain HandreD Is passionate fsh]
erman and even in Canadian waters will not be aba
10 resist temptation Then the Fisheries Treaty.
an r. n revenue cutter-seizure-well, the picture is
really too horrible.
1t Is decidedly evident that the political fever 81
this great and glorious campaign has not a. yes
seized the minds Of the gallant tars who. love the
briny deep. There are few IL any, OF tho yschts-
men of the city who are known to have strong political
predictions who allow the excitement OF the struggle
TO interfere with their favorte pastime still appears
ances deceive and can affirm that some OF tnd
intellectual giants aioat are not shifting from he
sea breeze the ply steal strength and mental cearness
which Will make them formidable in a couple Of months
and that with a welldefned purpose.
Over at Milton Point, where the architectural
beauties Of the American Yacht Clubs Queen Anna
round tower are projected with clear definition on
the green foliage, peaceful calm now holds sway~
The quet which rests the charming little harbor
IS only broken by the putting Of the escape OF one
of the winged steamfyers. There Is whole colony
Of yachting men at the Bradford Mansion, not tho
" Bradford Mission, as compositor made IL appear
recently, and Rye is proud Of their presence IL Is
the usual thing any evening for this whole-souci
group to repair with kth and him. TO the Point as near
the Scotch Caps possible, and enjoy the scenery
atmosphere and mosquitoes r. F. Downing usually
drives down from his country seat and meets Captan
George Hall and his friends at cosey dinner party
It Is rather difficult, by the way, TO imagine whst
the American Yacht Club would do without Captain
Hall He is not only chairman o. the Regatta Cons
mlttce in which capacity he has often shown hia
great executive ability, but he IS also the official tines
keeper and computer of the club What with Emery,
Haswe, SHERWOOD and whatnot time allowances
this latter office Is not snecure But Captain Hall -
satisfied with appreciation and when he sits down in
the clubs smoking room and begins TO jugglo
with formulas and figures, the admng remarks Of tha
yachtsmen crowding around tho table enough to
repay him for the great mental strain.
That little WONDER the. Buzz, neatly parting thu
water about the Viola again at last Saturdays naph-
tha-launch regatta That fftyfoot launch, beyond a
doubt, has accomplished more, relatively, than any
other steam vessel built SIX seven years ago
c. D. Mosher, Of Amesbury Mass. undertook careful
study of all modern works engineering in general.
and fast steamboats, in particular After many ex-
periments, all of them productive Of new ideas, Me-
fparn
sion at the stern at any speed This result was con+
trary to all precedent Every part of the boiler and
engine constructed with close attention to the
principles Mr.. Mosher had discovered
The screw is made of phosphor bronze. finished all
over thiry-two inches diameter aud five feet pltchs
and was also designed by Mr.. Mosher. on this screw
the water accumulaes from the axis TO the tips OF tho
blades being prevented from being released centric
ugay by lip. or backward curve. The screw re-
wolves at maximum speed from 600 10 700 times per
minute and has bolted the launch through the waters
at the rate Of mile in minutes seconds The
little speeder is now the property Of ". W. Ames Mr..
Mosher Is drawing the plans for 100000 steam
yacht, the principle as the Buzz and expects,
to do some hairrasiDg work in these waters next
year.
W. W. Ames IS willing and anxious TO match the
little launch Just described against anything Of heb
size in the world Ii Is gratifying 10 hear that ths
challenge has already been responded to- About ths
middle Of this month the Buzz will enjoy confess
OF speed with the launch Jersey Lily, on the shrews%
bury River. The Lily is the property Of Commodore
Munro and was built at Bristol, r. l., by genua
whose identity has not yet reached the metropolis
In these days of marine wonders, the inventors
seem to be almost crowdng one another with bril<
liant productions. IennOx at South Brooklyn, fon
example, Is now engaged in building an experimental
yacht for Dr. Walter NJ. Jackson, OF NewYork II
IS understood that the doctor himself designed thu
craft which is expected, all are TO revolutionig9
things in general The craft Is to have no wheel
at all, but Is to be propelled by ietpropulson, on
the principle somewhat doctored. OF course, Of tha
turbine No ono is anxious but every Is curious,
The Knickerbocker Yacht Club cruise this year
has been a wonderful success, and such of the memS
bers as have been again in their usual haunts-
refer 70 their experiences in language Of pyrotechna