The Republican journal., 1897-09-02
Yachts and Boats.

The soop Annie Lee of Ellsworth, with
party on board cruising, was in port last
week.
The sloop yacht sidgrifa, Capt. L. A.
Coombs, returned to Vinalhaven last week
to take party from that place to the Ban
gor fair
The sloops Iene, Capt. Jason Ladd of
Islesboro and Water Nymph, Capt. John
Scott of Northwest Harbor, Deer Isle, were
at this port last Saturday.
Websters snockabout which had been
under charter to Mr. Whitney at Saturday
Cove for ten days, at her moorngs
again Saturday.
The steamer Stella PicSert with covered
seine boat alongside was to leave Green's
Landing yesterday morning for Bangor to
take party to the fair, returning Friday.
The steam yacht Neckan Of Bristol, R. l.,
was in Belfast harbor last Friday night with
the owner Mr.. Herreshotf and family on
! board. They were returning from Bar Har-
Dor.
1dDl. Leroy n. COollbS Oh ' lHdIudNtH is
building knockabout of somewhat different
design from any other in this vicinity. She
is 20 feet over all, about IA feet on the water
line, feet beam. and draws II inches with
out her centre board The keel is straight
on the bottom, tapering to nothing forward,
50 that she may be run on the beach like an
ordinary row boat. The centre board will
l. q
inches deep.
The steam yacht Alcedo n. Y. Y G., Mr.,
George W. Childs Drexel, New York for
| Southampton, arrived at ST. Georges. Ber-
mnda, on the 9th inst. with portion of the
coal in her bunkers on fire. Smoke was
| seen issuing from the bunkers the day be-
fore, and St. Georges was made in ccnse-
| quence. The bunkers were discharged, but
| the heat was great the men employed to
| do the work had to be relieved every few
| minutes. Iron plates were put around the
| boi lers, leaving an air space between them
and the bunkers, and then obtaining fresh
| supply of coal the yacht resumed her voy-
age on the 10th inst. New York Herald.
| The Alcedo arrived at Southampton Aug.
| 25th. She IS commanded by Capt. Frank
| Dyer late of the four masted sch. VIM. B.
| Palmer.
! The steam yacht Wadena of New York ]
HI. Wade, owner, arrived in Bangor las
| Thursday and is the largest craft of the kind
ever at that port. She was built in Cleve-
| land, Ohio in 1891, and is of the following
dimensions Length, 1873 81 beam, 20.S;
hold, II feet; net register tonnage, ISL. 40.
She is painted white and is schooner-rgged,
and is rather handsome vessel. She is
| commanded by Capt. Colamore of Vinal-
! haven, and carries crew of % men, all of
whom belong in Penobscot river and bay
towns between Bangor and Rockland. Grant
Ee1st chief engineer; John OBrien,
uuarter-master; Donald Mcneil, assistant
engineer, and John O'Brien fireman, are
residents of Verona.
The auxiliary steam yacht Intrepid, Lloyd
Phenix of New York, owner arrived here
Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Phenix with small
party of friends have cruised as far east
St. John and the Bay of Fundy, and are
now returning homeward, touching at points
| of interest. While here they took carriage
ride in one Of the Belfast Livery Co.'s turn
outs, and expressed themselves as highly
| pleased with Belfast and its surroundings.
The Intrepid is $40 tons gross, 100 net, l43
feet long, q feet beam and Is feet deep.
Her engine is 500 horse power, and she is
rugged as full three masted schooner with
square-sal yard. She is painted red be-
| low the water line and black above, and is
| az trim as a man-of-war and a seaworthy
looking craft Mr.. Phenix is a devoted
| I l,c no oxrirv
BILE waters Of the globe. He built and owned
the schooner yacht Intrepid of Ill tons. but
she was not large enough for his use, and
he had the present yacht built at Philadel-
phia in 1898. She left about II o'clock yes
terday forenoon and went up the river.