The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-06
AMGIG THE YACH7SMEN
Program for Summer Festivities Of
R. !. Club Partly Arranged.
CUP REGATTA OCCURS JULY IL.
Open Regatta on August 21-Program
OF Ciambahes Distributed-Ipprove-
ment To no Made mt Rhode Island
Yacht Club House.

Next Sunday the Rhode Island Yacht
club will indulge In the first clambake OF
the season at Fotler's cove. Numerous
p' stal cards have been sent to .he men,
hers OF the cub, commanding them to
as semble pursua it TO tire annual custom
at the Pott RS cove rem ezvous, a. d then
and there eat and drink e. repletion. III
Z 20 desires o. he members OF the club
are any index to the,r Scppor.p.
ril, be one of the most sue
siccessful OF the season. both from a gus
latory and social strndpoint Later
axes are adyertii ei for July 23, August
9 August 20, September aud Septem-
Der Ia; the COMMITTEES In charge consisIs
Of A. ID. Ross, G. r. Hart and f. p. Eddy.
who will be glad to answer any ques-
tions concerning the festivals
Tie annual cup regatta will be held
Monaay, July H. The open regatta oc-
ours Au-t,t ai- The PROGRAMS for thess
occas 0 IS nave not bsen sufficiently ar
ran sed yet to warrant public alton.
July 30 the Rhode I,land club cruise
will start. Arrangements aud route
have not yet been fully determined. "A
much larger fl set than usual will parti-
cipate. A canvass OF the members own
ing boats has discl suffic ent enthus-
ia,n TO convince the committee In charge
In he history of the c. ub
TIE Sha on, the new cutter OF the
u ted State, has BEEN put In commits
sion. Tues .ay. 1t was tied up at the
Il lie I'laid clubs boat house for the
first ime.
Tie mem bers OF the Rhode Island
Yacht club took advantages Of the splen-
uid weather on the Fourth aud nany
enjoyable trips are reported. Wind aud
wave sere favorable aud number of
yacht owners spent the entire day cruis-
iny around in the calm waters of the bay.
The board OF directors of the Rhode
Island Yacht club held meetiug at the
ciuo house list night. Appropriations
Mere made for the cup regatta and for
Potter cove.
Growth OF the n. L Yacht Club.
This highly successful club is enjoying
the most prosperous year in its history.
Starting in 1887. on the ruins OF the old
Providence Yacht club, which In its
p ,luliest days never boasted mem ber-
snip of more than eighty, It has Risen
steadilv until it now enrolls nearly 400
members and 100 yachts: Al tue
dreams of tho Rhode Island never
contempla ed more than seyenty-fve
or eighty members and pernaps a fourth
or that number OF boats. AT present
out of 100 odd yachts 1t has fifteen steam
launches AID tiy, napnatha launches of
the latest and most relia lie IN tk 8. It's
club house, while palatial. compared
with tue one first erected, has already
erased to provide sufficient facilities for
the rapidly growing needs OF the cl ub
and a nev aud larger hous. Is among
the possibilities Of the future. At pres
ent the club feels that IL cannot afford
TO expsDd the g. 900 or "a 900 necessary
TO build ana equip suca new
home as IT. needs, ana will content itself
WIT making certain Indispensable i'm
provemeuts In the present structure.
New pilinR Il urgent. and enlarged plat
I run a ea must be Obtained as soon as
possible. IL is Intended to extend the
platform the entire length Of the build
ing To provide accomm odatiou for the
lar1e number Of boats now represented
la ths club.
Many members have expressed a de-
sire for club book giving complete in
formrttou- of everything pertaining to
the uo, but as the expense VI getting IL
up .Ould involve an outlay OF at least
$500, IL is deemed advisable by ths M r.
conservative memb .rs ITO postpone such
luxu v. until the club finds itself in a
more affl tent condition.
More new members have Joined this
club durins the pres n season than in
any year OF its existence The mem her.
sh'' is what MAJ be called ''solid." IL is
composed OF men who are to the manner
born, not OF tender-footed Ian lubbers
Nho have been whipped In by threats os
cial osSracism or carried In on the wave
Of sudden enthusiasm. Twenty-Five per
cent own boats and the yachtless ones
Will no be long without some kind OF "A
craft to vile away their tedious hours.
Necessity 40 ionger compels the cluo to
AXE In members who don't know n lib
loom fro quarter eek, uor fo' castle
from marlin spike anu don't care 70
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