The morning call., 1895-01-08
OUR NEW YACHTS.
The Corinthians Lead in
the Building.
Total Number of Crafts Built In One
Year Since the Starting of
Yachting Here.

The yachtsmen who for the past yea
have been building one of the mos
modernized Graf at the foot of HyG,
street. will launch their creation OIL
Thursday next. She will be the first tt
take 10 the water of a series of crafts now
being built here, whose lines aud rigs are
after the idea OF popular racing crafts in
the East. Her principal measurements
are: Length over all, 40 feet; length or
the wafer line, 80 feet; beam, Is feet
builder are: George Nj. Edgar, George
M. Stevenson, z. K. Guild and Samuel b
Stevenson. When the bottle is broken on
her stern by fair hands. she will be given
the name CT Tbelma.
The largest craft that Is being built this
year is by Commodore j. A. Leonards of
the Encinals. She will be fifty-one feet
over all, ana will be she first practical
auxiliary Yacht ever seen on this bay.
The W ork the commodore is putting upon
this boat is of the finest order. She will
be f1Onted and in trim by the Opening
day" of the club.
Next comes Cooks original creation al
SauSalit0, which will be 45-footer Of the
modern idea. Tnen there is E. Currier' 8
49, toot-keel schooner, being built at Ed
Stones South San Francisco yards. This
up. If the amendment that will come up
before the Coriutban Yacht Club at their
annual meeting is not adopted It will force
the owner Of this last named craft to
enter her In the feet of some other club,
as she is three feet over the clubs limit.
The Blanchard brothers have lateiy,bought
the framing for a Kew craft, about thirty
five feet long, which they have set up on
the shore of Oakland Creek. where they
will build her. She will be q cruising
yawl.
The McLaugbland brothers, the owners
of the sioop Hazel, have put up their craft
for sale and expect TO start work this week
on 35-foot sloop of their own design.
Another new one is the Nits, which was
launched on the closing day OF the Encinals.
She belongs in the 80 DOT class.
Captain Bibo of the Mist has ordered a
32-fooer from Frank Stone Of Tlburon.
Tie Morrow brothers of the University
Rowing Club have the line for n 32-iooter
also. Size was designed by Hall, and will
be- built on Sessions BastD, alongside the
Union Clubs boathouse. M Pierce of
Stockton, who has been building yawl
on Seasons Basin, will launch his craft
next week. She is another 32-ioOter of the
cruiser type.
Treasurer Walter of the California Yacht
Club is about closing negotiations with
Beetle. the builder of the Flash. for era It
in the neigh borhood of forty feet, 10 De
ready by opening day.
Then there is new craft, about thirty
five feet over all. just finished by Lauierier
of Sansalto, and one by Stone of South
San francisco, 29-footer, both built on
speculation.
Stone Of Tiburon Is just putting the fin
ishing touches on highlander for one
OF the CORN thians, which will shortly be
launched to make room for the Bibo craft.
A syndicate Is being formed by Messrs.
Benhemann and Watson of the Cali
fornias to build 45-footer. The same
club will have two others, both modern
skip jacks" about q feet over all. One
will be the Ma File aud the other will be
built by Captain Jack Hanlon.
William Brooks, the owner of the Witch,
is working on the lines for new craft to
measure 90 leet over all, which he will
build as soon as he disposes of the boat
which he now has.
Figuring these up there are now eigh teen
new crafts to take part in the next sea-
sons work. Six belong to the Corinthians,
two 10 the Encinals. five unattached and
more TO hear IRON.