New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-14
THE FORTY-SIX FOOTERS.
MAKING NOW FOR THESE WATERS.
ACCIDENTS TO TWO YACHTs-TALK ABOUT
DIFFERENT BOATS.


saymara left Boston for this port, but developed pc
ruliar weakness and obliged 10 put back. "heh
she got well ont Of the hsrbor the strain on her
shrouds caused her channels actually TO shut up eav
ing the mast unsupported. The same sort OF an acc
dent happened to the Mneola while she vas out for
trial sail The channels on the 46footers are
of iron and made Of unusual width in order TO gave
greater spread TO the shrouds. Channels Of any con-
siderable width have never before been used In Amer
lean yachts and it would from the unfortunate
experiences Of the Mneola and Saymara that the trek
Of making them hold had not been completely mas
tered by American yacht designers. The Nrs, II
is true, has rather wide channels. which have
stood well for couple Of seasons OF
racing. Mr.. Gardner made them Of steel plate ana
angles and they rather longer for their width than
those on the new Boston 4ofooters. The strain on
wide channel is tremendous and It IL well that the dc
fects in construction were developed at the outset IL
certainly ought not to be an impossible task TO make
the channels on the feet strong as necessary
and so fastened to boats the strain win be properly
distributed fact It Is absolutely necessary to DO
this even nghtness has be sacrificed a trde
The 4O-ton cutter Tara, well-lnown and sue
cessful racer, has been converted into yawl ana Is
fitting out at Southampton. The Tara was designed by
J. Beavor Webb and was the boat which first gave
him q reputation.
1t is cheerful sign of reaching after better things
In the way Of yachting nomenclature that the names
Of the two fast Down East catboats which have
| recently
been changed. One was called the A P. E. She Is
now the Marguerita-not an intensely original name,
but great improvement A. P. E., X. ;. V. r.
or any other such combination. Inc poa'
bought by Commodore Gerry and now called the Iris
was called when she bought the Muciage' How
any man who could build boat or own boat or sail
"a boat could ever have such depraved corner In his
heart as to call her the Mucllage Is certainly
d" stickers "Forest and Stream" remarks tauntily
that Il ought to be no difficult matter TO beat these
Eastern boats with boat designed for New waters
The sailing Of the iris at the opening sail OF the hua
tic Yacht Club however. did not seem TO point out oil
easy task in this direction. The fact Is that inc p
East catboats have heretofore been underVaIueu 0!
NewYork yachtsmen in regard to helr spec
However prophesyng is uncertain and precarouS
business these days, especially In yachting io"
races between New York and New England caloos'S
and We shall all know more about their rcspecuFo
| merits 1t is possible that in smooth water te
| Ne,v-Yorl, tvpe may be more speedy. but for an
all round" boat the England type ought certainly
to be the best in every respect
The famous old schooner yacht Flying ClCud has
been sold on the other side to be used In the coasnE
trade. This was one OF the schoohers Du4I " u"
English Immediately after they got over the surprise
| cansed by the victory Of the America In 1871.
number of schooners were turned out that year WIFI
the idea Of building which should be an improve
ment on the America. Most OF them were lareei!
copied from the lines Of the America as nearly DIS Ie
| En-
| ever was a bold and new departure, her lines belhs
| hssad on an original application Of the wave-line
theory She had a successful career and as late as
! 1879 carried of the Queens Cup at Cowes. When
Count Edmund Batthyany owned her, In 1eo2' ne put
a lead keel on her weighing two tons. his was
wonderful thing in those days, and the great success
| NJ the Flving Cloud with such an attachment gave
great impetus 10 the Of outside ballast Now the
| farnous old schooner has become a merchantman IN
which she has followed after tie Cambria, the Old
antagonist Of the Dauntles and the winner OF the race
across the ocean against her In 1870.
The former owner of the Flying Cloud. Count Ed
mund hathaway now become the Prince Batthyany
s+++rnon Of Austria has succeeded in establishing
rccassfu Yacht club Vienna with headquarters at
! the mort of Poac. This club has the privilege Of
diving the naval ensign from its yachts, one which Is
granted to no other yacht club in the world, with tho
| exception Of the Royal Yacht Squadron OF England
II the Prince succeeds in nfusing his own spirit into
Austrian yachtsmen challenge for tic Americas cup
may vet come from the shores OF the Adriatic.
| Tho decision OF the Seawauhaka Corlntllan Yacht
C1ub N establish shore station at oyster BAY taxes
the club back 20 the place Of its BIRTH Tor II was on
that sheet Of water that few yachtStleh meeus W
thor on ono OF the wind bound fleet, formed them
! selves into a club which for many years
was known as the seawanhaka Cormtllan
| Yacht Climb OF oyster Bay. 1t is only fe"
wears ago that oyster Bay part of the name was
dropped The scheme is large one and conteh1pIhes
the establishment Of summer city on the bIus Vi ,ie
Bay as well as the building Of a clubhouse anu INC
establishment Of a shore station The success OF lhe
Larchmont Yacht Club has made all the yacht clubs
feel the need Of shore station. IL IS Just possible
that the Neyy-Yorz Yacht Club Will some time realize
1.-the necessity and comprehend that It's oetter Hie -
being sapped by the younger and more vigorous 0D''
which are not content with merely suDsistlhs Oh uie
achievements of the past but are alive TO tne heces
sites Of modern yachting and the WISHES OF INC PA0
| generation Of yachtsmen.
The sweepstakes regattas which the Cornthlan Iacht
Club of NewYork holds every August of Newport are
not exceeded In interest by any OF the season Inc
dominant racing class is the one generally taken ny AZ
these regattas and the members OF the cIuo 20
| about Yacht racing in a thorough and scienuno
manner This year the 46iooer5 are the ones Wiz"
Will receive special attention at the August regatta
The AIhorak, Nautilus, Oweene BeatiI4, JSaS,
Uvira barbara, Mnneola and Glorlaha nave aIio'1'
Mr. Price has had mercy the ychtng public and
fright red YACHT sun as they doing some stTI &c
things in the way Of color over III Ensiu a co1o
out over here with boat painted like bar9er poe
or in some glazing and inappropriate color IA hit
yachts In England small % be sure, panlcu WnlS
ON one side and black on the other, uiy Deausnu
idea 1t constant struggle IN america 10 cS o
into American yachting the good points developed oi
the other side and keep out the weird ana aiscou'
h ccptreboad ton boat Dora recently launched
in scotland has been successful so far IN her Ikes
she IS seems 1rs s0 OF as r9er Of the same
siya and her centred ard working through her pea
keel They call centIeboard in EIgla.o e. ttr
riafe nv the wav pointer for those VINO huht altcI
he strange in English yachting phraseoogy: - a.,
The London Field gets rather petnIant over ere
racont dinner Of tho New-York Yacht Club and pays
re- meets 10 the club and T. Lieutenant Henn VINO
was present at the dinner. as follows:
There seems likely be speedy end to the America
crn rba annual dinner o. the New-York Yacht Club
% lace on May T. ard reporters describe the scene
s SOFT ~ Babn and Bou display The Americas Cup
, nresent OF course. and thus described; beneath
the NewYork Yacht Club pennant ana tne ha'ioI =, "a
-, ro.tad tho Americas Cup The old trophy had
boon nolished until IL scintated like one mass OF diaoho'
ana reAected all the brlllancy with which II was sur
.o,nd.dn A few more pollshngs Ike this 10 fenect
80 a., n, existence This will be serious
natter for the citizens Of the United states
az the commodore IN an a'terdinner speech de-
se,bed the cup the IDOL Of the American peopie
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