New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-26
YORK OF STURDY Young SHIPBUILDERS
THE LAUNCHING OF A scHooNER-YAcHr CON-
srRUcTED ENTIRELY BY SEVEN STUDENTS

THE LAUNCHING OF A scHooNER-YAcHT CON-
sTRUcTED ENTIRELY BY SEVEN STUDENTS
OF THE WEBB ACADEMY.
Seven Young men. members OF the frst-year class
in the Webb Academy and Home for shipbuilders
Ut Fordham Heights. have just hnished neat III
tie ncrrigged yacht. which was put overpoard
last night. The youthful builders are Capin b.
Tuthll twenty-one years old. of Bellevue. Mich:
Charles II. Adams, twenty. OF Canton, OHIO; Arthur
I. Drew. twenty. OF Howell Mich; Charles II.
Hanscom. twcnty-fonr. OF Kalamazoo. Mich.; Ever
EFT G. Haymaker. twenty-five. OF Canton ONO;
Henry y. Schulze, eighteen Cincinnati ana heginaid
g. Steele eighteen. OF Wyandotte. Micn. Tuthii
was the designer Of the boat and the plans 10
buIld her began 10 form with the opening or the
term last October but the working drawings were
NOT completed until February. The keel was laid
an an improyised cradle built unused ground
hack Of the stable and there these practical young
s,ers might be found working In season ana OUT, az
their studies permitted The work was all zone OUT
NJ hours. or from TO o'clock In the morning and
from 4 until o'clock In the evening. The COST too
was nrovide5 by themselves. As all OF them live
e., ,ha w.xt I, was an easy matter to persuade
,be,r narents that as the homecoming time vas
near they could the boat for a lake cruise ana
thus save railroad transportation.
The boat Is built OF oregon CEDAR ana oak the
former being used for the panking ana the iatter
for heel and ribs She has bulb keel OF cast-lron
Weighing -
,,oros md crew Of SEVEN Is expected fully 10 meet
m. demand OF her SAL plan She Is q feet In length
over all beam feet draught 80 inches. Ihere Is
cabin feet inches In length, Win perrin rooi Iof
four and a cockpit 10 feet long. she mas twe
nasts the manmast being about u Feet nigh' ana
n been said will be schooner. or douplecat rig
whichever YOU like and Will carry jio. The fore
sail however will not be rugged with DOOM ou'
will ne used with a single ballard Her displace-
mont will be about two and one-half tons
The school closed for the summer nearly Two
weeks ago but the boatbulders remained over 70
finish their task which was v'rtuany compIe'ea
vasterday and the boat carried TO the FORD
han, Heights dock, nearly hair mile away on I'M
nroylsed trucks Then there was ne" pu@~ie' ioF
The bulkhead was too high 10 admit OF iauhch IN
,hc good Old fashion. Finally arrangements were
made with Mr. Lawrence. a stevedore whose pdrse
nd derr,ck were living at the wharf and shortly
after 3 o'clock with many sigh OF satisfaction,
tho new creation struck the bosom OF the piacio
Harlem, and was duly christened The Corsalr "hch
80 hy,bs-way Is already borne by j. Pierpont
Morgans yacht l., ,.oo ,odav and her
sais will be set on Monday the rejoicing ses s
expect 10 start their cruise Ihey VIII ~ up ~
syracuse from there bs VIZ o. d,,s sne Wss
,hnar boat is going through the Weland Canal
they viii visit Niagara Falls Then tney WI W.
TaIsI' schuze vii. separate from the crew
bound for Cincinnati The others WIN LIN, VIVA
no the cruise at Detroit where the boat VIII 70.
vain up during the summer. II the Corsair SHOWS
man har oSners will enter her in some OF the lake
sp e,i,as as they are in hurry to reach home.