New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-31
YACHTS MADE SNUG FOR WINTER.
FAMOUS RACERS AND CRUISERS ALONG
THE BROOKLYN SHORE

Some people cannot entirely escape the notion
that a. yacht is partly a living thing There are
many who regard a winter visit to their yach's
with as much interest as huntsman takes IN
visit to his kennels to the horse that has carried
him we'll in the summer. When q small yacht can
go at big sea with all the seeming intention and
spirit that Is felt in a thoroughly gamo horse as
he gathers for q stiff fence. the feelings OF the
owner pretty much the same for the boat as
for the horse There were two men down at Man
ninss Basin yesterday who evidently possessed THIS
affection for their boat. The workmen engaged for
the work OF laying her up for the winter were
there. but these Two owners were wrapping up the
spars fitting covers for the matches and hanging
heavy canvas curtains from the gunwales to the
waters edge to ward of the wntry blast from her
polished sides. It service not altogether for
paid hands to render And then the remark when
all the work finished: Now. there old GIRL
you can take six months sleep IN perfect COM
fort"
But not all tho winterng yachts were being
treated in the same way. The steam yacht Emola,
owned by John T. Williams OF the New-fork
Yacht Club looked as II she had been excavated
by large charge OF dynamite And the DEBRIS Oh
rusty worn-out iron on the wharf alongside carried
the idea. Her decks were gaping wide with
derrcks erected to lower into her hold the new
boilers and tanks she Is to receive A good deal OF
money will be spent on the Embla BEFORE she goes
to sea again. and Captain Frank Torrey says she
will have a general overhaulng, from stem 10
stern.
Across the narrow waterway from the EmDid'
and apparently much out Of place In yacht basin
lay the rusty old tramp steamer formerly British
called the Brixham. now going to the Klondike
with cargo OF Adventures. Captain Torrey
thought she advertised to start about Novem-
Der 1, but it will take a power Of oil and paint to
make the weatherbeaten old nomnd or the seas
look respectable. A large party visited her yester-
day. perhaps cabin passengers. and 1t was hoped
that they liked her appearance.
In her present condition her rusty iron hull pre-
scnts marked contrasts with the gstening pets
that tied up close by. There was the DIG steam
yacht Kanapaha which was built for the Kew.
r. l.. Moore. and the Stranger. owned by Mrs
George Lewis one Of the flag members OF the New
York Yacht Club: also the Wanda, owned by Harry
S. Henry, New-York Yacht Club OF Philadelphia
these three boats shining In the sun like brass bin
nacles their black tunnels. newly japanned, being
regular cye-burners.
The schooner Miranda imported BY George Hill
years ago. and at one time an important Doat
had rather tired look a. she lay alongside the
schooner-yacht Grampus, which seems TO be
strange. here. II was curious mixture or cratt'
this collection in Mannings Basin. with catooats
like the Aurora lying almost hidden between steam
yachts like the Sappno and 7. Henry french
Ioando The celebrated Now Then could he
deserted wedged in where in the sleeping Meet
and the Uvira sailed last season by CLIFFORD
Brokaw. was not yet covered. and told OF her re-
cent arrival by the newness Of her paint ana the
decks that showed the care she had received
Further up were the od-tners. which are always
an interesting feature OF a yacht basin, There
was the biz sloop Fanny. with her overall length
OF = feet and huge horn reaching out IN front
of her that must be fine FOR walloping big sea
She IN commission last year. and was per-
haps the last OF her class 10 be seen under canvas
her the , big AND e
Me-Not II easy to remember the Forget
MeNot because OF her condition. and one feli 70
hull got a treat I'm the way OF oil and paint and
how long the plaintiye appeal painted on her stern
Further along the South Brooklyn shore another
huge feet Of Interesting ves'es is sanerssa IN
the Nencedor lies in rather summary attire, with
simply canvas spread over her boom from gun y,
weight taken out OF her. and she is floating high
In this way one gets further view Of her entrance
that tells a good deal. People wondered why she
made so much fuss while Looping over quiet swell
and in her present position they can get full ex-
Beside her lies George H. B. Hir. schooner, the
Ariel She has never looked well since painted
white When she first came out: with a glistening
plano finish hull. black above the water;lne and
lifetime as she lanced out through the ocean
schooner. tho Iroquois. lies in her old winter berth
bcside Tho cutter Nautilus that j. Rogers Max AK
peared in 81. The schooners Peerless. the syiph
and The old Winona are here sose,sher with the
fDrty-TODtar when
brought out lying in among the large hulls;
on the other side OF the long fence Is the big
Bay Ridge yacht basin wca was Is omS cons
business seventy yachts being left In Its care
G Rr s .H side drags has
done to give a full fourteen feet OF water Here
is moored tho handsome white steam yacht called
number OF schooners were punched near the
OF Harry NJ GilIis; the lls-foot " lnderer. belong
ing to W. II. Reynolds; tho viator; a: j. Morssn1
cruiser the FTeur-de-Lys. George Lord Day. New
York Yacht Club drying sails preparatory to
f p on 'S
Yachting ,skppers though he does not get much
the Fieur-de-Lys After returning from Euro;
pean trip she went to Halifax last sumner i and
Her departure and the Nahma's arrival provide
reminders that the yachtsmsn OF America have S;
year The Yampa. r. suydam Palmer. left Fun
chal. Madeira. on October r. and has not yet ar
her charterer. Colonel Oliver II. Payne. and his
guest. Grant b. Schley after three and half
festivities. The schooner Iasca. James sibey Wat
son. Ncw-York Yacht Club, lately arrived from
way over. causing her TO take nearly a month in
the passage and tho list OF foreign cruisers would
hc = pretty long one II all were counted. Captain
Lush seems to think that long cruises are becom-
ing more popular every year. He says. and he Is
probably right. that there Is not much use fooling
to circle the world
packed together like sardines along the whole
length of the wharf. ;ying stern on and heading
the Hclveta. and W. II. Lansley's two pets the
steamer Sultana and the historic schooner coronet.
the AQuilo the IIalcyon. the sloop Rover j. s.
Manning: the lola. Colonel D. f Austen, the
Gaviota j. Fred Alderman. are all ranged hero.
with dozens OF others. The yaw Flying Cloud.
which generally goes to the West Indies or Florida
IN the winter. Will apparently remain at home.
/ BICYCLE TROLLEY.