Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-08-04
THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB.

Their Departure from Our Harbor
Yesterday-A Beautiful Sight-One
that IL Likely to be Repeated-New
Haven Likely to be One of the ReEu.
lar stopping Places for the Fleet.
To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER.
Whoever Witnessed the finest yacht feet
in the world at anchor Tuesday night in
Morris Cove, and the beautiful maneuvers
of the vessels (sail and steam), while get
ting under way yesterday morning could
not help the expression show beautiful"
Although this feet is not the first that has
visited New Haven harbor, it is the largest
and best Equipped as the list appended
abundantly proves and leads the way for
the stoppage here of important fleets of
war ships in the future.
A gentleman at New Haven light house
told the writer that he counted at one
time twenty-seven steamers at anchor,
and at 1915 yesterday morning he
counted forty nine yachts inside the break
water; and there were many up the harbor
which he did not count.
Another gentleman counted in the upper
and lower harbor, before o'clock yester-
day, wednesday, morning, sixty-four
sail
This shows the importance of our har-
Dor not only for refuge, but for commerc ial
purposes. These yachts were attracted
here for shelter by the breakwater, and
| every yachtsman sailed away yesterday
| with the Idea of visiting New Haven again.
Said one of their number: IT thought
New Haven harbor was a mud hole. We
| have been told by those that we supposed
knew that there was hardly room for a
scow to get into the harbor and up to the
| docks. The latter may be correct at low
| tide, and this lack of water the owners of
the property are responsible for, but in
time men will realize the Importance of
your beautiful harbor and make the addi-
tional facilities for commerce, which it
can have az we'll IS not"
Another impeachment to getting to the
city Tuesday night for the yachtsmen, was
want of conveyance. 1t was expected that
/ the electric railroad would be finished in
| July and many yachtsmen had been 80 in
| formed and came in expecting to
| avail themselves of this easy conveyance
| to town and SO save their steam and naph
tina launches and their tired sailors, who had
had a tedious beat to windward from Glen
Cove to Morris Cove. The inquiry came
"who has assisted to impede this progress
and when the story was told" it was sim
| ply disgusting and the old story of trying
to kill the goose that lays the golden egg
I But this will be seen more clearly later.
| The following is Commodore Gerry's
order:
| ABOARD FLAGSHIP ELECTRA. New YoRK
YACHT CLUB, HAHBoR OF Moan,s Coy, Cove,
General order No. 3-squadron runs from por
to port having been decided upon, the time o
yachts competing therein will be taken by tn
may 30 had aboard re aagsSip o. ths luna: r..
the committee, who wIll act az judges Of ea ae
orders Of the day from the flagship. BY orde
" sTEPHEN PEABODY, Fleet Captain.
The list of the yachts of the club here
whose arrival and departure made 80 6n'
sight, is AZ follows:
Sohooners - Dauntless, Constellation
Fleetwing, Miranda, Fortuna, Marguerite
Merlin, Shamrock, Alert, Columbia, Ag
mes, Azalca, Viator. Iroquois, Montauk
Gevalis, Alcaca, Quickstep, Phantom, Me
teor, Lasca, Fenella, Atlantic, Comanche
Comet, Lancer, Magic, Nirvana, Ramona
Viking.
Sloops Gloriana, Adelaide, Katrina
Fannie, Oracle, Nymph, Sayonara. Lyris
Nonpareil, Athlon, Pocahontas, Huron
Witty, Clara, Peri, Wizard, Wasp, Ven
tura, Idlewild.
Steamers-Electra, Ituna, Anita, Alicia
Avenal, allegro, Clermont. Conquero,
Corsair, Evelyn, Emu, Fedalma, Halcyon
Helvetia, Jean, Lucille, Linta, Magnolis
Nearia, Nomad, Nooya, Ollie, Oneida
Radhs, Sapphire, Sultana, Vedette, Vision
Vivienne, Ladoga, Daring, Vamoose.
! Commodore Gerry expressed SINGER
pleasure and qualification in behalf of hin
self and feet at the attention and receI
ton here, and his splendid feet will n
doubt visit our waters again, and Me-
Haven, it is very likely, will be hereafte
!: one of the regular stopping places for til
feet while on its annual trips.