The sun., 1891-06-08
REGULATIONS FOR YACHTS.

Yachts or Five Tons are Licensed, Those
OF Twenty Tons nre Licensed and En-.
rolled, Steamers Inspected, and Little
Boats are Merely Personal Property.
Yachtsmen are thinking these days that they
will not have so easy time escaping tho Gov
ernment regulations pertaining to the licensing
and enrolment of yachts as they have had for
several years. The owners of boats Of under
i've tons. Custom House measurement. are
lucky in that their crnft are considered By
Uncle Sam as personal property. and no
attention is paid to them by Government
officials. They can go and come when and
where they please without question being
raised as to their rights In the eyes Of the law.
When yacht is OF five tons or over. however.
she runs afoul of and gets all TANGLED up In
legal intrlcscies which start in something OF a
mess hero md do not get fairly straightened
out In shlp-shape order until they get into the
Treasury Department at Washington.
All yachts OF five tons and upward have to
be licensed. This takes in all the modern
boats of about 80 feet water line length or
over. Yachts of twenty tons have to be
licensed and enrolled as we'll. The 46-
footers built this year will come within
this double-hended regulation. the net tom
mage Of Gen. C. j. Paine's 46-footer. Alborak.
being 245O and that of Bayard Thayer's Say
onara being 22.77. yachts license has to be
renewed every year, and In the case OF steam
yachts the same rules apply. with the extra
provision that they have to undergo yearly
inspection OF engines and boilers By properly
Yachtsmen all along the Eastern coast wore
made By congress providing for tho lettering
OF the names and ports OF vessels on their
snd on each BOW ana tue AK
post. The object Of the law was plainly to
prevent the overlooking Of vessels and conse-
lNy
policies OF their crews. aud TO make It compar..
ativey easy to identity the vessels 1t was at first
Of dA vessels I els as I mentioned in the % now law and
pleasure craft into advertising sign boards
yachtsmen declared. for ships engaged in.trade
to comply with the law. but for the beauty Of
bad so they combined In protesting.
While the discussion was going on Commo.
Glab iocied Himself up for I a time % with his law
ss aS sSe s%sgns &
relating specifically to pleasure craft aud ask.
had done since 1883. when # was rassed. The
Treasury Department replied that the Com
VIII be- no Change " this year IN regard I" the
lettering, Of names, and no figures will have to
BE- Sarysd IN the stern po1 ha
licensing and enrolment of their craft. Last
1 octs ns Gs 70 s
that the laws in this regard arc complied with
S yssht nst maTe oTsers Up ts Ss Il
ss PsDsrs so,; Te5s I'D
yacht W owners began to saFmf4 .Gst tie pres res
ent ,AdministratIon inteh hded to make tbem
ReM E6ndon EhN wias9 9Ssf* give
uhn The Sfsh ofs al to
GERS is built the first step in the way Of having
he mss gut by
owner: &e, which is sworn to before .
tho Ho'e Customs @ House % sends Dsen oicIai tfai
measurer to the yacht a. and no makes calcnla-
made made to the % Custom House end the facts about
the u yncht are sent Mt to the treasury Department
md an of1iciai mher, given TO- the craft
The number is s,.s sent >, back to the Custom
asase oe ass a%bes ho and net hs5
o. the yncht GHryed , on the main beam
the oath Of ownership. swearing that he
Is all sorts Of L rthe them
gives n bond to use the vessel merely as q
pleasure craft and 70 conform to the
thSoash h orm ise s
license papers OF the yacnt and the Govern:
Cages against licensed boats are recorded at
the Custom House. and any one wishing TO
her unless the laws have been evaded. as has
been the ease In many instances -
and Upward i must s'e be earol'ed that is Il must
take out certificate OF onrollmvnt as well as
ilcenso TO the owner. the enrolment being
permanent document. not changed unless by q
change OF ownership. when an enrolment IL
Issued to the new owner. A license has to 10
It is customary for yach,smeu to employ a
yacht broker to ase SSt papers thus saving
HSou ali hs yachts WITCH are oad or sss
and whether q boat ISIS is sold through broker or
nientiy, In arranging ior the change q owner
ship For instance. when yacht brokeg takes
House broker when the prospective owner viii!
30 present to taSe & ths 9Gth , nt ownership and
at the Custom House nearest the owners resi-
dence. and must always have their papers on
Wien yacht is Is laid ap at s' ,Ss end Soi q
Custom. House ana get a new one for the next
5a for
last week preparatory to sailing for Halifax
N. 8. This commission is passport TO foreign
wise. The regular enrolment OF a Yacht would
not be questioned. unless there was Buspi.
cion Of smuggling. IN which case no papers
would have any weight.
The yachtsman who ia not subject to any Of
these regulations rnrely gives them thouaht
The owners Of sal ing and stenm yachts which
about them either. in tne past. but thoy viii now
probably consider them Rs long as the
lar. In some wa,s yachtsmen do not
like the laws. but few will dispute the
value OF having yachts documented. The chief
objection seems to be the tear that the Gov.
ernment will make and enforce laws disfigur-
ing yachts by making them wear their names
In large lettors OF a distastsful color displayed
In o conspicuous place. but there Is no danger
OF this for some time at least
Southern Shots to Have = Chaace.
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