The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-16
A BOOM IN YACHTING.
THE CHALLENGE FOR THE AMERICAS
CUP STIR THINGS UP A BIT

wintrinshnm or nay Ridge Building Three
New Shops for shelter Island Yachts
men-SIr. Maxweirs New sehooner-The
Bryants or Boston and +. NJ. Fuiton' Dr.
OF This city to Build Cup Defenders.
The acceptance OF Lord Dunrayen's chai-
lenge for the Americas Cup by the New YORK
Yacht Club will undoubtedly do moro 1or
yachting In this country In one year than any
other event could possibly accomplish IN ton
years
Already its influence has begun to be folt.
and the season OF 1893 will undoubtedly prove
one OF the liveliest on record Designers nave
begun to cast around for orders. and large
number OF persons are talking OF bull ding OF
buying yachts who would not otherwise nave
thought OF going into the sport. Every one1s
anxlously waiting TO hear who will bulld
yacht 10 defend the cup: up to date tho fol-
lowing gentlemen have been named US pos
bilities: Nice-Commodore f. ID. Morgan.
oliver Iselin. and L. NJ. Fulton Jr.. OF this city.
and Gen. Paine. the Bryant brothers ana the
Adams boys OF Boston. not to take into con-
sderation j. Malcolm Forbes OF that city. tho
owner OF the Puritan.
A well.informod yachtsman said yesterday
that the news published In THE Sun last week
that the Bryant brothers would build boat II
the challenge was accepted was true. thst
Henry Bryant. the designer Of the Alert, would
design her. and that she would probably be
built at Lawley's yard Boston. In addition
he said that representative OF Mr.. Fulton.
who Is now on a cruise South in the Sycamore.
had been around getting estimates as to tho
probable cost OF an s5-footer. 1t Is not prob;
able that anything definite can DC Learned
that gentleman returns from Europe. but It is
said that he made arrangements with the Her.
Maxwell would try his new 81 foot schooner
single sticksE and enter her Il hsn the R fsai
designer and builder. who 10 helping Mr.. Max.
we'll design her. said yesterday that there was
sPs Ser he sa Us not under vet
aso Se n 81 h sn sehoo sSp
They are working night and day on her Tor tho
SS nep Vii sn r as sM sTSsfs
The PRINCIPAL dimensions Of the yacht are:
enrth OVER q all lsf lis
feet Q inches: lraught. 10 feet: freeboard.
boar ana will hay VII y Ss
lap streaked boat ever built in this country
saloon. IL feet square, which is finished in
rooms. including tho Captains. with closets
0SkeTs &c Then tie galley sn. TnGs
%he esds to he I
and qua,tefs Forward OF this
The owners stateroom is abait the com
with the, main saloon. The interior decora,
be OF qMertered oak and white mnhosany
Mr.. Nottingham says that while sho viii
not have large sail plan she willhave mod
crate spread OF canvas.
fairly busy now. and he has three new sloops
per per- They are all from tho board Of Charles
Olmstead. a young Brooklyn amateur. and are
sad to he for d tSe staten
follows Length on the So. water Line 2S feet
feet I, inches. She is centreboari bout and.
will carry 5000 pounds OF lead.
One OF the other boats Is keel boat. some.
water Inc. SO feet over ali. ii feet beam. and
ieet inches dlaaEhs. 81. Ihe third is thirty
boafd Win
IN his machine shop M. WintrinGham has
15-foot ice yacht for his own use we'll under
ought to boom things. and that he was look
inf fer Sss there will
YORK" said Designer Arthur Binney this
who the des gners will be do not know. We
have had considerable communication with
parties in the matter. but nothing is yot
definite. II Lord Dunraven was to come over
with a smaller boat there would possibly be
more boats built here. hHt the big cost pre-,
more probable that the Adams Brothers would
build than any other Boston men. George
Adams WAS unwilling to give an Any definite IN,
rllmor that Boston men were forming syn
dictate to build boat