The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
YACHTING NEVIS OF INTEREST.
Corinthian sailors Props ring for tho Coming
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The Council OF the Yacht Racing Union OF
Long Island Sound, through Its secretary, F.
Bovine Jones, has issued a circular letter to rep
rcsentatives OF clubs in tho union stating that
on Jan. Is they were requested to furnish q list
of sailing yachts in their respective orgnniza-
tons so that racing numbers could be allotted.
These lists have not been forthcoming and Sec.
rotary Jones says 1t is OF the greatest Importance
that this Information be furnished before April
Is. 1t Is also necessary to know whether the
clubs annual r~eSattas will be for all classes or
classes under n certain length, and for what
classes the special races. IL any, are open.
Irving Cox, the well-known yacht designer,
who, with F. NJ. Hoyt, the owner of the new
tifty-ono-footer, Syce, took the Huntington de-
signed halt. rater Paprika to Bermuda about six
weeks ago. has just returned. He says the Pa
priIa astonished the ynchtsmen In the Land of
Lilies" by winning all four OF the races she
started in. The Paprika was raced against what
they call the dingy sailing class. These boats
measure fifteen feet on the water line and
carry 525 square feet OF sail. while the raprika
measures only twelve feet on the water line and
carries 26O square feet OF sail. The American
boat not only beat tho dinGy class. out actually
downed yachts which measured from nineteen
to twenty-three feet on the water line. Cox says
that the Paprika beat all hands going to wind
Iish yachtsmen could understand. They thought
that on account OF her peculiar form her best
point Of sailing would be before the wind; One
yacht called the Und:ne, which was built over
eighty years ago.
Mcleod OF Chicago. which will be built by the
burg. Wyckoff Of Clinton. Conn. who was rep
resented in the half;rater class last year. will
A new yacht club has been formed nj Bridge
port, Conn. with headquarters near the site OF
organization will be known as the bridgeport
Yacht Club. The officers are as follows; Com
William f: Burnham; Secretary, II. 4. Hill:
Treasurer. Ebenezer Burr.
Club, Tho Commodore is DR.. n. {. Hexamer.
has ninety members.
The Yachtsman OF March ls says: 80 far the
have had a very disappo!nting result. Our read.
ers will remember that tho chief alteration is
shS f It Mas tSo as!RRF tS Gs d i5s Fdfdr in S wcnYd 'l ieaa
TO more building. However. II seems that the
anxiety Of yachtsmon for a better type Of boat
building. for not r. single order has been placed
for a new racing yacht o. any size since the new
the fifty-one-footcr Syce. which was started be-
fore the drausht limit was proposed. Things
whole the prospects OF American yachting seem
Harrison IL. Moore 3 new steam yacht Marietta
will carry four boats in her devits. Including a
2O-foot nsphtha launch. an 1s-foot cutter, an
1s.foot gig, and q l4-toot ynwl.
The Atlantic Yacht Club OF Bay Ridge will
open the yachting season with q special regatta
on june 12; when Commodore {. A. Postley's
first race. F. NJ. Hovts new ffty-one footer
Syce. 1t Is said. will also make her debut in this
regatta against the unbeaten Wasp. while the
Queen Nab and Wavward will take part rs well:
On June 10 the Atlantics will hold their, annual
regatta, and on June II the Now York Yacht
Clubs regatta will be sailed. On June 10 the
Larchmonts will open their season on the Sound.
Vice+ComInodore Fl. Adams OF the Atlantic
Yacht Club has offered his usual cups for sloops
and cats this year. and the races will be sailed
in the upper bay on June 10 and 90.
L. J. Callanan's wcll-known sloop yacht
Eclipse III being altered and improved at C.
Browns yard. TOttrrvillc. under the direction
OF Designer II. G.. Wintringham. The Eclipse,
nearly all Of her ballast inside. This lead has
been taken ont. run into one piece. and will be
put on the bottom of her keel, which will In
crease her draught fourteen inches and. IT is
hopcd, improve her speed.
At Ogdcnsburgh, the S%palding. st. Lawrence
Bont Company arc busy on several small yachts.
including n twenty fOoter for Commodore Rouse
and Colgate HOyt. from dcsiRns OF Gardner q
Cox: "A sailing lifeboat for the schooner yacht
Coronct. and two small boats from designs Of w.
J.. Stephens for the schroeder yacht Yampa,
owned by X. $. Palmer. The firm Is also at work
on a bulb fin keel twcnty-foOter for ii. J.. CHS
holm OF Buffalo, and has just finished atwenty-
footer for Lloyd Phconix's Intrepid. from designs
OF w. Il. Stephens.
NEW HAVEN, April 2.-The- Yale Yacht
Club will open Its quarters Mt Morris Cove on
April 30. Special races for tho ,l5.footcrs will
be held every Saturday til July ! and, open
gatta will 6c held on June l. The Yalo-Harvard
yacht race Is still undecided,