New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-17

last cruise to the West indies the Montaul lay for
two weeks oil the Battery, aud nearly every day
there was reception on hoard. These entertain
mcnts were kept mp wren hc arrived in tn" West
indies, and he entertained the officers of American
and foreign nen-oI-war whenever in the course 0f
his cruise, he ran across naval vessel. lie also
gave dinners and receptions % the best people and
the cEicf officials of the cities which ne visited.
since his death no owner of schooner yacht has
Platt
one of the best tables or a schooner yacht today
is kept up by l.. \. Fish, OF the Gray ing Mir
Fish las that rare and peculiar faculty which
makes perfect host-that of making his guests
feel entirely at home. Every one who has dlncd
aboard the Grayllng Is anxious 10 get second IN
vitatOn. Among the smaller yachts where there are
good things To eat and good things to drink in
abundance, and where hospitality is DISPENSED with
unstntcd hand. is the sloop yacht kclplr, Captain
Russell Henderson Among other things Nc
kelpie is noted for the wonderful curric of shrimps
which is frequently served on her table, and for
the most wonderful cocktails that were ever
compounded or trapped in silver shaker. -.
After all these things let MS revert again to tho
catboat, and take an inventory OF her table.
1t is after a hard days run in the Sound: The
stlils are fuT,cd, the waters sleep. By tho
light Of the kerosene lamp three or four
tired young men with brOnzed faces and abnormal
appctites, have gathered around little table
which may or may not be covered with table
cloth. Canned salmon. canned roast beef, some
delicious fish, caught that day by the young men
themselves, and cooked 10 a turn on little
stove forward, together with other things pur-
-
shore make up the rcpast Bottled beer, which
has been cooled by being hung over the side, Il
the substitute for champagne But how they eat,
and how they do enjoy their food No vintage
pressed from grapes on sunny h'ls.dcs Of France
ever tasted half so good rs that cold beer does
10 the tired young mariners. No pattc OF
Toulouse or StrasbOurg ever tempted the appe-
tites of the diners on stately and luxurious steam
ers the simple viands spread out upon the
catboat table appeal TO the appetites Of these
young men,
After all, yachting has It's various phases. and
man can bc ms happy and rs much 81 a yachtsman
on n catbnat as be Zen on a stately schooner or
magnificent steamer As n rule. the Ncw-NOrk
yachts have more expensive md more luxurious
tables that the Boston yachts. On board the
foIty-footers all display l. dispensed with as a
rule. The food is good, wholesome and Abundant
But man who runs a forty footcr generally doe,
so much work himself that anything his cook
chooses 10 give him FOR dinner appears feast
bv reason Of the good digestion aad arrc-s zcl
appetite which his manual labor has c"d"Tcd
There is one style OF Yachting which has not
been mentioned and which has recently become
popular on tie Sound and IN rivers and bays, and
that is yaching in naphtha launches IAcse
launches are Low built with houses over item
which furnish accommodations for galley and
n place where two ar three men can sleep BE
side this, there is the little cugiuc-room In the
stern OF the boat with locker I'm il big enough
for the engineer - sleep on. The owner OF "a
twenty-five or thirty foot naphtha launch can
cruise around the Sound at small eNpca,c. 20
where he desires and have "A great deal of fun.
They are So built as 10 be- extremely good Sca
boats AS rule, the naphtha launch has nos
been much used for cruising purposes as yet, but
is employed for afternoon sails and short runs
from port TO port One Ingenious typc OF the
boat has appeared on the Sound this year. which
consists of "a far-szcd yawl with an auxiliary
screw run by naphtha engine. The house boat
has in the last two three years been gaining
favor In this country. They arc modelled some.
thing after the English style of house boat, and
one or two successful have been built by
4 Cary Smith Of Ncw-NOrh. \ man who owns a
honsc boat moves into 1t as he would move into
a summer cottage He can have u naphtha launch
il he wishes 10 take him from place TO place. or
he can have an arrangement of sails which VIII
slowly propcl him where lie wants to 90 They