New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-13
DAY OF THE STEAM YACHT
OWNERS SAIL LESS AND SPARS GROW
SMALLER.
THREE NEW BEAUTIES FOR THE COMING SEA
SOMA GROWING TENDENCY TO DEFEND
MORE oN ENGINES THAN on CANVAS.

SOMA GROWING TENDENCY TO DEFEND
MORE ON ENGINES THAN on CANVAS
The coming yachting season promises to be one
for steam yachts The owners OF scoops ana
schooners WILL OF course have them In comm's-
sion but the number OF steamers VIII be- IN al
probability. larger than ever before. The yach's-
men who can handle their own boats ana VINO
have a good knowledge OF seamanshp are dying
out. If anything is needed to prove the truth oil
this. n glance over the catalogues OF the d'Hereht
yacht agencies in this city and other cities VIII
confirm H. schooncrs Scoops and yawls are al
vertiscd for SALE and In many instances tho own
crs for selling are stated-"owner wishes
10 purchase steam yacht"
over In the Erie basin there Is big steel
steamer. the Marietta. now receiving iln'sh'ns
touches before going into commission inns h"""-
some vcssc, Is owned 10y Harrison u. Moore OF
this city and was built AZ Wilmington. Del She
IS schooner riggcl. bu, her two short mnsts do
not look II they could support enough san 70
give the yacht siccragc way. The Mari''a IL
II, feet over all ana 10 feet on the wator-!in"
She draws six feet three inches AMI considering
her length. her beam Of seventeen feet seems small
The vessel IL gem below decks IN" ~ U''''
with four wa,cr-tlght compartments. has collision
hulkhcad forward. one fore and arr or IN" engine
room and another further aft. Triple expansion
engines will drive her ~ ratio Of eighteen mi'"'
an hour under natural draughi. and twenty miles
with a forced drauEht.
At Chester Penn. another large steam yacht is
buiIdlng for A Ncw-York yachtsntn. At present
thc hoa, is called 80 80 Her dimensions are;
Length over all 3S feet water line. 100 feet; beam
IS feet: depth Il. II in: draught. feet.
This vessel shows I'm the extreme IN" tendency 10
do away with sails steam yachts. She VIII
carry but one small signal mast. stepped amid
shins In apucarance she bears close res'm-
hlancc 70 the Tinted States dynamite cruiser We
suvlus Trplc-cxpanslon engines VIII propcl her
4, ls cxne.tcd at "A great speed. on deck forward
will be dcckhouse - feet long. and over his the
bridge from which the yacht viii he steered The
new craft Is built OF Steel and has four Steel
bulkhenis
At Woods yard. in city Island. there was
! launched last Thursday 3i-fooi keel s.oop Tor
y II Uoy,. - stamford. Conn. This trim vessel
is especially built for racing. Her dimensions are
Water line 3 feet. - feet over ALL II r. . IN
| h.,r,. dr,urh, ~ feet. She will carry 2.2' sluar"
feet ~ canvas. The rev sloop has a big cabin
;arge sia,croom and a galley and forecasiie roomy
and comfortable
Mr. Eemcnt quaker City Yacht club, Il having
an ,foot steam yacht built by Gardner CON-
70 have a guaranteed speed % fourteen miles
She has a low trunk cabin. with lilot-house ior-
ward The hullle are also at Work on N'-i'o'
| caiboai COR Mr. Ii'meri
Tho s,hooner-yacht F,cur-dc-Lys. Georg" Trot''r.
which recently arrived from Europe. has gon" out
%, commission ~ Maunlngs yard. south brooklyn.
| perciyal " clements blk schooner Giana l"tt
<.~,,fk a. SATURDAY fpr "A straight run TO Boston
,rte si,., Vnr~..e. which Vas badly damaged l'
mo gale ~ LAST fail has unl"rs'r" EXTENSIVE, r.
pairs aud Viii 80 inio cominl.s ON ~ '-in-'',
Tn. fhirl general messing or ~" Sew = nrk lA'h'
club viii be held Dcimoniro's on Thursday even
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