New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17
YACHTING ON THE LANES
AN INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND lis
ACHIEVEMENTS.

IMPORTANT RESULTS IN YACHT DEVELOPMENT
AccoMprrsHED-s FAST YACHTS.
The delegates from the different branches Oh .',c
| Lake Yacht-Racing Association met cary w
| month at Oswego. n. T., to devise ne" poe h
| for the summer Of 1896 This assoc'a''' :,
| most important in the northern part OF A'"'',0
is not widely known. because 1t goes N so'e.
| sport and not advertising. but II turns gu. a" So
,,.ch,suen as any in the world. Indeed, there are
| one or two amateurs in this region VINO !" -"
smart handling Of racing yachts nave "o -
| America or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS not eNeep'
Tho association has the distinction OF being 'he
only one devoted to International sport IN ,"e VIZ
so far as is known. The American yacnt CLUBS o''
rako Ontario Joined with the Canadian cIups ~
form one body in which set OF rules anu Ea'"'
mea surements governs Since the organization -
successfully completed about fifteen years "so' "
has been the custom for the yachts Oh ''e -
of both nations to meet at certain port an
cruise in company each harbor possessing al a."
socation Yacht club At these ports there was al
least one DAYS regatta, followed in the e'eii"s W
a public ball, or other entertainment pi''' -
the residents or by the local clup ,
THO ossoc,atIon has about one hundred and hfty
Yachts and the fleets that have turned out at inc
best-attended regattas have not been eauaheu ~
ro,n, ~ numbers except in the nelghborhood Oh
New-York ,o n
Al the meeting now to he held in oswego
change in the programme VIII De uiscuSse', o"'e
70 the fact that many of the yachtsmeh iii'u ''',
selves unable TO give much as two WEEKS ~ ~
long cruise II will be proposed that one week o'S
shall he devoted to the general annual meeting
,hree DAVIS OF which shall be spent at an America"
port and three days at one on the canaan siue
pochcs,er n Y will probably be chosen as tne
first rendezvous Its port. Chariot'e' p'o,'''
ecient shelter for the Canadian fleets; the heis"
boring city has attractions, ana the .or
men OF Rochester have for twenty-five years 'ee'
noted for their wide hospitality 49,
toc,use the inland seas OF America are far from
the great centres 1t must not be supposeu '' 80.
Yachting there Is unmportant. During the aS'
twenty years the problems regarding the r'a
ori,s NJ centreboard and deep keel have Deeh '7'e
,1,d and tested more thoroughly than IN any
other locality. either In America OF r'"s'a
neculiar conditions of the region necesSa'is ~
This ON one side Of Lake Ontario the amer 20,
vacbtsmen were firm believers In their Na'loiia'
tvne Of boat and on the Canadian slue '"e -
oh hacked their opinion of the deep-keei craft ny
| making many expensive purchases AS 10 '''' -
| must also be said that the American type VS.
a rule the favorite on both sides OF 'he wa
far NOR. numerous than the Enghsh Kee', III ~
earlier wears of this international yach,nis i'%
tsrnitv the English portion o. ii had to prn's "'e
heats they desired all the way from EnsiaHu'
4 HISTORIC YACHT
ri, Gre, irnortaton which was made many years
ha,ore the existence Of the Lake Yacht RACING Ass
citation was the narrow iron cutter NV.
yinnar Of many races was brought lroih H.e'
about forty-seven years ago. After su,eeaa ', ~
nev decks and riggings, and after peihg hus'e "
roI generations of amateurs NEARLY always ia"
vers, the Rvet is good as ever riie -
her no permanen. harm After she IL
| flames she is generally abandoned lor a"'''' -
~ 40 g,ves her new woodwork and rigging
Ouinq 70 the Improvement In sallnahihs JUL"
last half-century. the old tank Is iaS'e' 20 gns
49, ro,er, dav than at her launching NO o"0
nov living knows exactly when or wnere III e
| land she first took the water. one mas t,
/ ,radtion except as this, that she was D"
u an in wears before being imported ohe was
crack racer in England before me ce,eo, 'I'.
,or,ca fbui,t in $500 thought OF. Ana io'
ono of her plates has been reheWeu si n,e
launch Even as late the year leoo TIE NV
'o ,hrse Guns in races for deep-draught yach's'
CONTINUOUS YACHTING DUELS
r T., auh,fuI whether the experiments OF either boz
ION or New-York would at TINS time n''e ~
a, such satisfactory results II not LOT ""''! 'N
~ trial which the Lake yachtsmeh ueNo.eu
., tho discovery of the best type. THESE Vaiuaoe
cor,s ~ the sportsmen in New-York were ignored
49,. Nswyorl and Boston newspapers burgess
| va,chel the Lake experiments all the uh'e' am
| went north to view them personally His pes' &c
| s,gns were produced for the Lake men, OF which
NAV be mentioned the celebrated Merle Inc s'e"'
| hu,iders-the Flies of Farlie and George L. watson
. hoa, IN constant correspondence with sci
| or,,ec amateur Canadian yachtsmen who purchaser
and imported the crack products Of the English de-
sIgners -.
Lake Ontario was the arena in when " watson 'es'-
| a, bis hest deep-keel boats against the American
TYNE There was no other place for him to learn MS
| necessary lessons In England there we're no CEN
trehoards 20 teach him either the merits or de-
| ar,,s ~ that type In New-York there were no
deem keels TO test with the centreboards unt alter
| the coming of his Madgr and Flies Minerva But
| IN rho Canadian and American waters OF Lake on
ario the experiments never ceased ana II Is certain an
that Watson would have designed his Nalkyrie III
manv vears before 1894 If he had personally attended
the Lake ontario trials between deep Keel ana CEN
treboard
CUTTER AGAINST SLOOP
The first valuable findings were made when sew
ora, NJ Watson's fastest deep-keel cutters were
purchased and imported to Toronto. Canada. Robert
| Cochrane led off in the purchase or NerVe |, ABOUT
,ss, This Watson boat was often beaten by the
| Iolanthe and other boats OF American type ana
| Canadian build much the surprise of those who
xpected success for the deep English craft in heavy
weather. - p.....ou -, A.. ro,..,
n 20 long slim thing that you could feel working
under you like snake as sne wen. 10 w'Iu"a h
heavy cay sea perhaps the most pronounced Of
the narrowest English Idea Here again Watson
failed S wh W he su BY ty cahber " met
' These two boats were the best Of the respective
National types, which at that time were dametrl-
| nurchased in Rochester. This was the boat that
| fah New-York by the heels when she first APP
| peared here In lS~
THE YAMA AND ZELMA EPOCH
Later on. In 1880. Alleyne Ames. OF Oswego Y. c..
produced the Yama Lake Ontario. This keel cut
ter was designed in England by W. Fife, jr., and