New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-12
GLORIANALETS OTHERS WIN
But SHE STAYS QUIETLY AT HOME.
MEANWHILE SOME YACHTsMEY ARE GROWING
CONFIDENT AGAIN-NOTES.

Olortna, quietly at her moOrings tnere Is a Pos9f
BIlity Of good racing In the 46foot class. After his
victories in NewYork Bay Mr.. Morgan took the Gorana
| 10 Newport and has kept her there.
Down where the white waves dash Oh Hallway ROCK
and the dreary reef Of Normans Woe they have been
sailing which would tempt the GIorfana
The result has been that the gty yachtsmen OF New
England are what the vulgar would call eockey, ana
as none OF them have the GlOrana SAIL they are
not at all afraid Of her. What excellent yaehtsmen are
these, born Of generations Of sailors and welded to
their idols How the Gloriaua can be such a remark
able boat they cannot understand. In fact they re
gard the record Of her great achievements as bit Of
Boosting the part OF the New-York men and are
awaiting with hope and almost with confidence the day
when the Herreshof boat will sail against the Beatrx
and Oweene
Meantime anchored of that rockbuilt house with its
sweeping colonnade of marble, the Glorana Hes at
anchor When the Newport races are on she VIII
come forth again in all her heetncss and power
1t must be remembered concerning the Glorana that
no professional has yet sailed her In all the races
which she has sailed she has been steered either by
Nat' Herreshoi OF by E. D. Morgan neither of whom
has reputation as an expert COrnthian And yet the
" story Of her glory has spread over the seas
In the death Of r. T. MaeMulen the yachting world
loses man whose career as yachtsman has been
brilliant and unique His fad" was single handed
sailing and he will be remembered best By his book,
How Came TO sail Alone In the Nineteen-ton 1aWl
Orions lie was stricken with death while sailing alone
In his little slngle-handed Perseus, trying to maze
Lands End In 1887 he sailed alone In the British
Isles In a small boat. He wase not by any means
foolhardy sailor but most careful man regarding the
sea- as "The London Field puts it with reverential
interest"
The Boston boats have been coming to pieces all the
way from Sandy Hook to Marbehead. 1t is most de-
plorable state Of affairs when feet Of yachts de-
signed by celebrated naval architects aud built by
firm which for the last six years has been looked up
TO as the one firm that could build good boats on this
side Of the not able TO sail race without
carrying away something. In order TO achieve light
hess Of construction every thing else has been sacrificed
and the result is what 1t is.
The Oweene tried to sail the regatta Of the Eastern
Yacht Club and carried away her b0bStay AT the
same time the Albonk carried away her port spreader
The BedtIix managed 10 make race and went III the
drydock the next day for repairs. The Sayonara has
had her channels closed up and the MineOa has SUI
ered the same sort of accident besides carrying away
two masts Captain Harry" Half summed up the
whole situation when, after the Mneoas mast had gone
by the board of the American Yacht Club regatta he
said II this boat will hold together long enough to
sail a race will show you how she can SAIL
August Belmont is to be congratulated on the charac
Ter Of the crew which he has on board the Mneoia
When her mast was carried away on Monday, a poor
niece OF wood apparently which had been bucknng'
all over the course the sailors prompt and ener-
re+lc in their movements. couple of them without
waiting for orders were the side up 10 their necks
in the water clearing away the wreckge' IN an instant
When the club boat arrived alongside the dlsmasteu
Yacht there was no confusion loud talking on board
the yacht. Every man was working Ike a beaver 8Hu
Captain Half was directing their movements in quiet
tone. II Mr. Belmont had been there he wOuld have
thought II well worth the loss Of the mast and the loss
Of the race 10 have Of what stuff his crew was
made.
II is a singular thing to man feel called upon
10 apoligize for the speed Of boat which he has
built yet here is a writing to Boston paper
letter evidently inspired by the HerTeshos In which he
does his best to make honorable amends Tor the OUT
rageous feetness of the Gloriana
When some one not versed in yachting asks a
yachtsnlan Is that boat soop or cutter7' nova
days the yachtsman Is unable 10 reply II the ques-
ton were Is she centreboard or a keel?" he could
answer but 50 rapid has been the change in American
yacht architecture and In the rig Of single stickers
that the old-and yet not old-dferentati0n between
sloops and cutters has entirely disappeared as terms
Of common use among yachtsmen. Nearly all boats
built for racing this side Of the water now are keel
boats. with a rig which pertains 10 boats built on
both sides Of the Atlantic. We have taken much
from the English and they have borrowed from US. so
that there is now really no difference Of type The
British loose-footed mansail has given place to the
laced mainsall and the single iib, popular in
America, has been superseded BY the split !b Of the
iib and foresail.
For those who are curious and will persist in ask
ing about cutters and slOops il may b. well TO say
that tho new American fortysix footerS the
deepest boats ever built their length and beam.
over the mantepece OIL The library in the house OK
the Eastern YACHT Club at MaTblehead IS photograph
of the finish Of the OF Newport last year, IN
which the GossoOn beat the Minerva When the sun
sets behind those stern shores and back By Half
4. ~ MI IA, cI4 10
furl their wings in the sheltered harbor and the
dying light, the tired yachtsmen, struggling into the
clubhouse before they 20 TO dinner make pilgrimage
to the library and gaze, only for moment, that
picture before going to dinner
In the building of fast steam yachts there can be
doubt that America IS long way ahead of the rest
of the world. As Harry Warrington told his noble
cousin We Americans never boast but the fact
remains. Here are two steam yachts, one launched
in Paisley and one in Bristol. R. l., in the week
They were yachts OF about the size. The
Scotch boat designed by Watson for the Allans,
and made fifteen knots hour her trial trip. The
American yacht designed by Herreshof and has
a guaranteed speed CT twenty-five miles hour.
The British sporting papers consider the speed Of the
HermiOne which the OF tile Scotch yacht, 10
be rather remarkable.
The attempt which made a short time ago to
pass a bill I'm Congress which would make foreign
yachts visiting the ports Of the United states pay dearly
for the privilege the matter Of lighthouse dues and
port tonnage was defeated by the influence brought to
bear by the Eastern and New-York yacht clubs. The
status Of yachts in these waters is still however IN
determined w A. W. Stewart tried 10 bring about
issue as 10 the right Of foreign built yachts. owned
by Americans, to fly the American yacht ensign. |
He was lawyer Of repute, for long /
period Of his career Interested both in the way /
of business and in the way Of pleasure in maritime !
affairs. lie was The first who dared 10 fly on a
foreign built yacht the American yacht ensign. Many
other American yachsmen followed his example. For /
several seasons the Clara flew the blue ensign Of the
ROYAL Naval Reserve she now flies the American yacht
On. Last week Collector Erhardt, IN reply TO ,
letter which he wrote 10 the Department asking for
regarding certain vessels received the fol
lowing communication from the Treasury Department.
This Office receipt OF your letter. dated the I'd
st. requesting instructions whether dues coecbe
under Section 90 Revised Statutes, as light money
from vessels arriving from domestic ports.
The Bureau hell. October % 1857 (section s'ocsl,
that such dues accrue, under Section 4,225 Revised
statutes on undocumenod foreign built vessels owned by