New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-19
OCEAN YACHTS BOUND OUT.
FASHIONS GREAT MEET IN THE MEDI-
TERRANEAN.
WHOLE FLEETS ARE LEAVING FOR SOUTHERN
WATERS AND FOREIGN PoRrs-PREPA-
RATIoNs AT CANNES FOR THE

FLOATING COLONY.
good many people think that American yach'-
ing ends with the first frost. But IN soihe III
portant respects It only begins at that tiihe' INC
big yachts prepare for their cruises u .'o''
warmer waters where the aristocratc Meets OF 'he
world gather. where excusiveness gives pace "
genial comradeshlp and where Fashion is lehleht 10
her devotees Ii Is at this time, during the inter-
change OF courtesies aboard the yachts ana IN az
tending entertainments on shore thal hihe, Vol"
become better understood Magnhceht 'ee'e'' q"
yertise the American yacht-builders' anu aio 10
plete with al kinds OF American h'eh'o"s' 80
cially electrical contrvances. one result - .ha'
Europeans are sending to America Tor electric
launches and other luxuries that nave oeeh Pe'
fected only in the United States
4 glance at the list Of yachts now leaving port
tells a good deal about the Importance OF "ih'ef
Yachting Tho steam yacht Margarita, A. j.
Drexel New-York Yacht Club. cleared from Ne"
York last week, to have some slight alterations
made by her builders at Glasgow. When TINS Is
done sho will proceed Marscilles, where MT
Drexel and his family will go aboard as carry ''S
possible in the year. The three-masleu yaE"'
sultana. owned by John r. Drexel. OF Philadelphia
has also gone Marseilles. where the owner anu
his wife will join her on arrival. After her TRIP
along the East Coast OF Africa the big Varuha
Eugene Higgins. New-York Yacht Clup. Will go "
the same locality. Tho three-masted steam 'ao,,,
Narada. Henry Waters New-York yacht Gi ,d WIZ ~
January The large bark-rigged steamer UtoWana
West Indies. and afterward attend the racing al
Cannes After her present cruising IN tne We, We.
itacht the Nav. to ioin the floating American col
ony al Cannes Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Nanderpilt
81 a9 SaiSpia e is Chartered English yacht
belonging to the Duke OF Sutherland ..r,
70 be- mentioned. a large contingent is moving
E"E SY ThS hS'
Mr. Clark. has Just been launched at the yards OF
ray 60 FOR sr hss and sh s viii join in the Ri
yera resatas George Ting the new Mayor ,S OF
sothsmpS Will also aite9 Wk n MS !, G now being
fi:tei out for the same contests Harrison Lam,
take y for the Cope de France is being pushed
toward completion. Whole fleets OF English yachts
viii gather in the same blue waters. ,-
FOR the smaller racers by The building Of ,etty for
has given 5000 \ floating clubhouse will also be
moorcd mo position beside the jcty for the accom-
vim anil. decks dressing -tooms restaurant etc,
who, j. being built Just OPPOSITE the Marie
c.i"s this FathcsnE OF me prn'iPai yacns OF
Hunt is having whole neT suit from 1s S2Hy%r
y son and VIII san ior me south earV 10 hd
Williamsburg, was hoisted aboard one OF the Nal
lpfy Line steamers yesterday TO be conveyed 10
'i iaWy5r "f living At Key Wet The Florida Is
feet long MN b lot OF taS hea
ao.!e-powcr which car drive her quite fast.
-. Starts down next, wednesday: Her designer.
John D"vcnt'ry. will 30 In command OF her. Az
other by ne same designer IS the Nikko. owned in
c1.'naah ly. s"iaeT Both thH ia aboT Eo6 are
South from Boston. arrived at Charles on. $; G. on
ara Mrs. = C. Roome aboard. has arrived at VII
South because 70 many depart unannounced.