New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-03
A NEW ASSOCIATION:
YACHT RACES ABOUT NETWORK.
NEW BOATS BUILDING AND GENERAL PLANS

FOR THE COMING SEASON.
The most important occurrence Of this season Of
preparation for next summers yachting the con-
ventlon held at the Csey House last Thursday
Ing. The in the way OF representation was
| beyond the expectation of the onginstors of the
scheme and the hearty Endorsement which was given
TO the plan for racing association encouraging
| Fourteen clubs were represented, among them such
| we-establshed ones the Columbia, the Knicker
booker the Newark the New Rochelle and the Jersey
City. The enthusiasm displayed by the delegates
makes II reasonable TO expect that the whole fourteen
clubs will Join the association and with such be-
ginning a realization OF all that the plan promises
| may be looked for. Assuming that these clubs rep
| resented only the lowest limit OF membership and
number Of yachts the association would have charter
membership Of $50, and 2 feet Of 40 vessels. In
fact, however, the number will be moro than twice
that-a lively infant to say the least
The project Of establishing racing association in
| the waters north OF the city has grown moro COM
prehensve until at the very first conference the pro-
ectors found 1t necessary ana advisable to admit to
membership all the yacht clubs IN good standing In
The STATES Of New-Jersey, New York and Connecticut
The natural result Of this liberal spirit VIII be-
| come apparent when tho association regattas arc
discussed In the spring. Instead Of combining
the courses to New-York Bay, as would have
| been the case under the FIRST plan, the
association VIII hold least some of ia regattas
| the Sound This viii give the fleets Of the asso-
ciated clubs opportunity for short feet cruises
from their anchorages 10 the rendezvous. The sdop-
| ton OF uniform racing rules on measurements and
| time allowance viii have most important advantage
| IN that the racing records will be more consistently
comparable than they have been, and there is no
doubt but that the number Of match races between
the little singlestickers Will be greatly increased as
a consequence. All In all the Organization of the
racing association is step IL the right direction,
and will provide NewYorK with sport Of as high an
order as that given TO Boston by the Cornthian
gattas Of Marblehead
| Lawley, Of City Point, tho Boston shipbuIldcr,
whose work. especially from Burgess Designs Is
sought after fad, has nearly 100 men working
hard at five yachts Tho principal of these is the
racing schooner Of Colonel W. ii. Forbes craft which
| n looked upon the coming queen Of her class.
The very Of all speed elements IS concentrated
in her lines and the builder has carte blanche to
the perfection he obtain IN her construction. The
schooner will be 80 IL feet load wsterlne III feet
| over all, 90 1-2 beam, IA draught, and Will have
her centre board below the cabin hoorN She has one
Of the most delicate clipper bows and oyerhsDging
sterns yet designed, aud will be graceful
| swan Her keel will be poured full OF an unusual
tonnage Of lead, and she will be able TO carry an
| extensive sail area we'll as stand up well in q stiff
breeze. Her wsterllne length brings the new yacht
| into the class with tho Sachem, Crayling Sea
| Fox, Iroquois and Magic.
The two Burgess forty-f Hooters for Arthur Beebee
and August Belmont are now building rapidly Mr.
| Belmonps beauty is now half framed, but nothing
definite yet be told as to her lines. The
owhsr has adopted tho policy Of British yachsmen in
asking the designer keep tho Dimensions OF tho craft
secret for the present IL is conceded, however, that
the little will be orthodox centre
board skmmingdIsh, but Will be exceptionally deep,
forming a compromise between sloop and cutter Mr.
Beebees yacht will DO 80 1-o feet the waterfne,
| over Ia feet beam and @ draught.
Clinton James is having built twenty four foot open
boat for use on the North Shrewsbury!
| The steam yacht Restless viii DO brought to New
York this month.
Last Wednesday Daniel X. Van Nostrand sold his
sloopyacht Agnes to Trenor l. Park for $4,000
she cost $4,000
| The yacht Wizard was sold to Ernest Staples by
Commodore Caldwell II. Colt, last week
Joseph Hutson, Of Baltimore Nd, IS building
large sioopyacht for Albert Nlckels. She Will be
| called Benjamin Harrison.
justin r. Wells, Of this city, is building the machinery
| for seventy foot steam-yach for McAfee Bald
! win, OF San Francisco.
Mr. Osborn, Of Peeksldll. is building small steam
yacht for E. D. Miller, of Poughkecpsie.
4 Samuel Ayers, Of Fay RIDGE is building 1fty'foot
steam-yaoht
The thrd.cass steel schooneryacht building by
Henry Pepgras, City Island, Is for Frederick Grinne
| Providence, r. J..
| l. IT, Elwood and T. H. Newbury have contracted
with HerreshoR for a steam-yacht each. Mr.. FL
woods VIII be $50 feet and Mr.. Newburys so beet
| long on tho wster-line.
The following yachts now under construction
| in the neIshborhood ono forty-foot steel yacht
designed BY A. Cary Smith for Ronal Thomas, OF New
port, r. L. building by Henry Pepgras, of City Island,
| " T.; centre-board schooner by A. c. Brown OF
TottepylIle g. l., for Thomas j. Hne; ffty-ive FOOT
cutter. by John F. Mumm, of Bay Ridge, l.. l. for NJ
b. Lawton
The Atlantic WORKS, Of East Boston, building
IlO-foOt Burgess iron steam yacht ior Damei foru,
Of Marblehead, Mass
Cantain Henry Half, Of Islip, J.. L. formerly OF
the soop Volunteer, will sail Iselins steel schooner
Titania next season.
CAPTAIN Il. NJ Bunker, of Rockland, Me-, has been
appolnted mato of W. h Vanderbilts steam yacht
Alva
The steam yacht ,Narod S. C. Doran, was at
Charleston, s. C., last WeeA anu mas S'"i'u IVA
Brunswick Ga.
IawIey Is building forty 6ve-foOter for Richard
SON of New-orleans The yacht Will be os feet over
all. II feet beam and only feet inches draught'
She IS intended for the shallow waters OF Lake
Ponchsrtrain.
foot.r SO feet over all, 10 IL feet beam, and IL
feet draught with deep centreboard. The yacht is
building at LawleyS
Ernest staples has had his new acquisition, the
sloop Wizard, dry-docked at Poillons ana rs
having her newly planked
IT. IT, Havens Is having the celebrated racing
sloop Athon properly fitted up for the next season.
Her old friends will not recognize the sloop when
she appears with q new stern, pole bowsprt, new
heal rig and a complete new suit of sails.
/. Iefrerts has been elected commodore OF the
Knlckerbocker Yacht Club. Ex-Commodore f. A.
Barnes viii, however, be on deck during the coming
season to see that everything goes right ana 10 eA'cnu
-. Elc imam
G. X. Kunhardt has designed a keelcutter, thirty |
feet ON the waterlIue. for use on the great lakes
Her owner f. C. Caulkins, Of Buffalo, VIII cruise In
her ON Lake Erie. and expects to win several palms |
AZ the midsummer regatta Of the Lake Yacht Racing
Association at Putin Bay. -. |
Tie schooner Coronet, with her owner, X !. busn'
nm board passed Alden, hOmeward bound, lasi Thnrs-
day after a trip around the world The yaeht . GA
pscted here some time In April. ,,,nor.