New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-14
TIE NAvAHOE a SUCCESS
TIIE NAV NIIOT u oCNOT'oO
GREATEST CREATION OF THE IiERRESHOFF
nENIrS-YACIIlING NOTES

| TIE NAvAiIOE a SUCCESS
crr ,rrsr CREATION OF THE nERREsHoFF
GENIus-YACHliNG NOTES
| A. far rs the necessarily one.slded view Of an
| American yachtsman 60. the boat built hy the
,Iorrcshos for Royal Phelps Carroll IS success. ana
viii bring back these shores not only the Cape May
| and urrntons Reef cups. which were given away rs
consolation cups to the Royal Genesta but also the
cnp offered by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club as an
| International challenge. Patriotism Is strange
thing IN the Ango.saxon race. and of its functions
| T. necessarily to find fault with the productions Of
It's own country. tbs peculiar phase OF patriotism Is
| more dominant Just the western side Of the
| Atlantic than tie eastern. and II one hall the
| things said about thu Navahoe just If one hall
Of the adverse criticisms had been based upon atso
lutte knowledge. the long swash which breaks forever
on the sandy shores of Cape May and the sllen swell
which rocks the tossing lights on Br'n,ohs iuc,
wOnld never again bear yacht 10 victory or defeat
take their nane from these two landmarks OF the
| As a matter Of fact all the trials OF the Nava-
far shown that she l. not only the latest
but the greatest creation OF the genius OF the HERES
hoifs The rumor that she could not carry her cam
have been advanced since the boat was launcheo an
fade away before the fact that she IS probably tle
fastest yacht of her Size ever launched III the brso
shipyards and has far borne herself 10 iulh all
| the expectations OF her designers.
| The designers Of England. great In their day and
| generation, anu WHO SnhH say NHcH lidi udS az"
generation shall pass. fully alive to the double
responsibility which this year rests upon them. The
| sovereignty OF tho yachting seas carries with 1t more
than the frivolous members OF the yacht clubs can
COMPREHEND, but what IS thoroughly comprehcnded on
10th sides OF the water by those people, and there are
many Of Them who realize the truth aud the prcsclcncc
| OF what sir Walter Raleigh wrote while awaiting his
death In the Tower: The nation which commands the
sea commands the commerce Of the sea; the nation
which commands the commerce OF the sea- the world
so on both sides OF tie Atlantic II be fairly said
that the yachts which to contend In the race Tor
the Americas Cup. In the for the Royal Victoria
| Yacht Clubs cup and the Cape May and Bren'ohs
Reef cup, have been subjected TO closer scrutiny
| more complete analysis and more intelligent criticism
than before avlshed Oh any yacht designed
TO compete for international trophy. This summer
on both sides OF the water struggles will take place
| for yachting stprcmacy-that supremacy which has
been held since 1851 by the United States OF America
Each nation has thrown aside national conventionallty
and national prejudice has taken from the other what
there seemed be- OF good In Its naval architecture
| and has gone In for a struggle which has lad no
parallel In The yachting history OF tne world ~
10 hoped extreme type VIII win IN any OF
the races No trick OF construction can overcome Tor
any length OF ur eSseI horro anu and nross When
the America first won the cup al CoweS ~ was on
principles of construction which have ever since been
acknowledged fundamentally correct, and the heets
OF the world In their swiftneSs and their might DOW
TO the ancient schooner today Every victory for the
| cnp which has been in the last ten years has
| bcrn based on fixed and mmutabe foundations. The
races for the cup between the time that the America
| first won II and the day when the Puritan sailed Tor
it nothing. or far more ,mportan ns TO
yachting the Victories OF the little Madse ana inc
| sweeping triumphs OF the Minerva.
| or the honors which overhang the American yacht
ing world the greatest is the Stewart and Binney
| boat That boat Is "splashcr Of last year, with
fin keel attached It to bring the centre oil gravity
| low and prevent the thing from tipping over Ihls
| n dor will undoubtedly SAL 1ASt, out
! she IS not a boat which Is wanted to defend the
| Americas Cup. Stewart and Binney are both disci-
pies OF Burgess. and have served their apprenticeship
in his Office and have succeeded to his business. but
does any sane man believe that Burgess would nave
dcsignrd such n boatf BURGESS designs we're such
that he was placed board of Naval experts by
| the United States Government 10 pass upon lhc cor
| s,r,cton OF menof.war and he was asked TO build,
and DID build. fishing schooncrs for the Grand BANKS.
| bont being embodied in Grand Banks fisherman or
man-ofwar. This boat Is not able on account OF her
draught TO 20 through Long Island sound though she
is of a sailing length against the Vakyrie and
to sail In the trial races with the yachts when VIII
| claim that honor She may possibly develop greater
speed In trial than any OF her competitors
but she be representative American yaCt,
and whatever she may DO II Is to be hoped that the
committee will select her for the defender Oh the
| Americas Cup.
| The revival OF schooncr.racing, which was begun
Inst wear Is undoubtedly be feature OF The yacht
ing season this year. The contests for international
Guns Will OF course ovcrshadow every hing else. but
there Is one who wants to be known as the owner
| NJ the fastest schooner ahoat. That Is j. Rogers
| Maxwell. lie may say that his new boat the Emer'
| aid IS only built for a fishing boat but II she Is
sh. l. a fishing boat OF quality and will not condne
her victories to the haullngn OF the conventional
u d.nizen OF the deep" AS Il matter OF TACT the
fishing boat OF Mr. Maxwell IS n fisher OF prizes
and though wlntringham Las been her ostensibe
designer the brain and the genus OF Maxwell are SO
onnarent AS 10 leave little room for doubt as TO who
lines. There lew lOucrll
for The Emerald TO compete with II she Is confined 10
varioIs papers possible rival. The Marguerite
was built 10y Burgess. was not success. ana mas oee,l
tlnlcrcd with by every yacht designer on the At'
lantic scaboard The latest stage OF that yacht J., Is
than ths rs' the io s new schooner anoat
Dixon Kemp. who bIVods like stormy petrol over
international Yachting and has even designed yachts
for local races and done II well enough for those pur
,,,cs Is still In state OF mind over the challenge
. N Lord D'inraven for the Americas cup the spas
modc violence which characterized his earlier WRITINGS
has ciycn place TO calm resignation That the val
kvre can win the Americas Cup Is something that
b mayor Ind the iaintcst idea Of That the Navahoe
ran win the cup OF the Royal Victoria Yacht Club or
hiring hack the Cap May and Brenton's Reef cups Is
oso a thing whcb Mr. Kemp has settled. He does u In
a nr,brous manner. and attributes 1t all 10 time
notice OF races and the difference Of local waters
somcbody-was It DR.. Johnsoni No. twas Byron but
with as much philosophy. who said
say the failure Is serious matter.
| And 80 for Gods SAGE hook aud soda water.
The future Is a serious matter. and Mr.. Dixon Kemp
thouoh ne has the columns OF The Fish" to Weep
throIcb cannot solve the mystery OF that future
When The cup first won II was won under rs dis
odynntnccois circumstances us II Is possible to con
ccive Of The inside course OF the New.iork Yacht
club "A course happily abandoned. could not
compnre with the course around the Isle OF wight,
which WAS sailed by the America The cup has re
NAMED I'm this country go FAR because can build
The best and nstest yachts and the cup Will be held
. I'm the same principlcs-0r lost honorably.