The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-27
FLEET WINGED FLYERS.
YACHTSMEN PREPARING FOR
THEIR VISIT TO CHARLESTON.

The Savannah Club to Complete Its
Arrangem ents ToDay-A Big Fleet
Expected to Leave Here Next Week
Yachting News in Other Waters
The Probable New Contestant for
the Volunteers CuQ-A Little Boats
Long Trip.
The sailing committee Of the Savannah
Yacht Club will hold a meeting to-day 10
perfect arrangements for encouraging the
Yacht owners to participate IN the regatta
of the Carolina Yacht Club, at Charleston,
On Thursday Of next week. The action Of
the club will, therefore, have much to do
with the sizs of the feet which will leave
here next Monday for Charleston waters.
The presence of Charleston vesssis in the
Bayannah Yacht Club and pilot boat re-
gattas has been so marked the past two
yachting seasons that it is felt that the time
has now been reached when Savannah
should reciprocate, and the reciprocal act
ebould be of such q character as to show
with full measure the appreciation by Sa-
vannah yacntmen Of the courtesy of
Charleston Yacht aad pilot boat owners. Ii
is. therefore, hoped that the sailing commit
tee Of the club VIII take pronounced action
to-day to insure full representation at the
Charleston regatta next week.
GENERAL YACHTING NEWS.
The principal event in yachting circles
last week was the regatta Of the Royal
Thames Yacht Club at Gravesend last Sat
urdav, IN which he Valkyrie wol the race
in the flfty-mile course from the Lower
Hope round the Mouse lghtship and return
to Gravesend. The race was between the
Valkyrie. a former winner, the Yarsna and
the Irex, all crack E glish yachts Of the
first class. The Nalkyrle won over the
Yarana by minute 3 seconds, corrected
time, the actual time Of the Vslky.ie
being hours, minutes, IL sec
onds. The New York Herald cable.
in announcing result, does not seem to
think there IS Y danger Of the Nalkyrle
in America waters. AID be says: Regard
ing the crack boat Of the day, comments
were numerous and yari US, and though
she bad ent usiastic admirers enough, AID
many to praise tie smartness she embodied
in her small size, yet there were far-seelng
experts who remembe ed the Thistle aud
Galatea and the Genesta, and gave it as their
opinion that the Valkyrie .uld not COM
pete with crack American yachts She is a
good boat no doubt, a d a pretty one at
that but as has been said before, / sue Is to
be regarded as the British champion, there
is not yacht under British colors ah at to-
NEW CANDIDATE FOR HONoRs.
There does not seem to be much room for
doubt that the Ealkyrie has beel selected to
compete for the cup won by the Volunteer
as Lord Dunraven has given the New York
Yacht Club TO understand that the NalkyTle
will conte for the cupin Amer can waters,
but American vac tsmen, remembering the
successive victories over the Cambri Le-
vinia, Gene ia, Galatea and Thistle, dc
not believe it will be necessary to build a
new yacht to race the Valkyrie, as long as
the Volunteer is afoat.
The yacht owners Of Elizabeth, Y. j.,
organized tie Elizabeth Yacht Club last
week and elected as commodore Patrick
Sheridan, a well Unknown lover of aquatic
sports. The commodore Is building bsau-
tiful yacht for flag ship, and the opening
crui of the club viii take place on Decora-
ton day.
The Neversink, the smallest yacht that
ever crossed the ocean, will arrive at Paris
via Havre about June 81. She sailed from
Boston at o'clock on the afternoon of May |
81. Three cheers were given for Capt |
Josiah w. Lawlor, her skipper, and one
more fer the crew as she dropped down the |
harbor. She is SD called because her |
designer, Capt. Norton Of New |
York believes she viii never sink,
no matter how much water she may ship
Provisions were taken for fifty DAYS. The |
Neyersiuk is So feet over all, 80 feet on the |
water line, u feet beam, and Z feet inches
draugut She Is yawl rlgge1 and carries a
mizze sail, a mainsail, foresau and lib
She mas also a square sail, 70 take the place
of the mainsal NLen running free before
the wind. She carries 700 square feet Of
canvas in all.