New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-05
FUTURE YACHTING PLANS.
SEVERAL NOVEL FLEETS LIKELY TO
BE SEEN IN 1893.
MORE ATTENTION LIKELY TO BE PAID TO SMALL
BOATS THAN LARGE ONES-RiNEhsiDE
DoRIEs AND KNoCKABOUTs AMONG

THE NEW CRAFT ORDERED
The Yacht racing of 1898 will be chiefly pecuhar
on account Of the prevalence OF the ohe-uesis'.
classes. No less than six. probably seven anu
possibly more. OF these fleets VIII ne ahoa' "eN'
spring The six that can now be counted upon Win
certainty are as follows: The North Shore fach'
Clubs knockabout OF twenty-five feet wafer n.e
length the Seawanhaka Corinthan Yacht Clups
knocka bout Of twenty-one feet water-Hhe ie"s.''
the Philadelphia Yacht Clubs twenty-loo'ers' "e
Riverside Yacht Cubs dory fleet, the feh'aqu,
Ccrinthian Yacht Clubs swarm OF mosquitoes anu
the present fleet of special thlrties TO these may
possibly be added the one-design hfty-one looters
~. nro,osaIs "a 10 which seem to be hanging fire
on account OF the 81. 500 cost Of each vessel An
eighth idem class will probably be called INTO ex-
istcnce by reason of the Seawanhaka Corihth'ai
necessity to stand by its challenge 10 tne Noy"' o.
Lawrence Yacht Club in the second attack on '"e
international cup which will come on next year
A 10 this II IL thought that the competitors In
the trial races will not be numerous as they
have been In the two last seasons. lmprooaoie DIS
Il is that Clinton H. Crane will be allowed wax.
over when It comes to a question as 10 WHO s"d'i
represent the American club. 1t cannot be easily
forgotten that for two years he has completely
d,stanced all rival designers on this side OF the nhe
both professional and amateur. so that local.
yachtsmen cannot be much planned when 'hes
hesitate to cope with one so victorious MT crane
skill and prolonged study not only placed MN
also gave him the opportunity to consider all Dug
Yan's best points in the last Glencairn-an oppor-
tunitv taken by only two other designers from
these parts Yet. In spite OF the fact that racing
twenty-foote Is pretty useless commodity at'er
she fails to be selected, and that she COSTS great
deal OF money. It may be expected that spirited
competition will be put up in the trial races This
will mean the construction OF new meet IN this
class for no, one Of this years twenties. except
the Mono Is likely 10 have ghost OF cAance
against Mr. Cranes next production.
The Philadelphia Yacht Club has ordered num-
her OF twenty -footers from the design or Charles
G. Davis They will all be built ~ the same
moulds by TON" Weber OF New-Rochei.e. and
will be cat rugged They will each have a pound
Tobin bronze centreboard. and the standing rig
ging will be OF phosphor bronze. In addition 10
the bdlllsng provided by the centreboards' they
will each have thousand pounds OF lead bolted on
the outside With all this as an argument for
stability they will probably carry their 525 feet OF
canvas with ease Their overall length Will be
% feet on a N-toot water line. with beam or
Ss feet and n draught. without the board, of II
inches.
CHARLES c. Davis is coming more and more 10 the
front in the designing OF small craft. and he has
now provided the plans for another idem class for
the Pentnqult Corinthian Yacht club Twelve
boats having been subscribed for. This craft be-
longs TO the mosquito class with an overall length
OF 10 feet inches on l24 water-line' feet
inches beam and 9 inches draught This round
dozen Of midgcts will have cedar planking on GA"
frames with a yellow pine board.
The dory class OF the Riverside Yacht Club
Will be +. feet long l3-foot water-lne.
with feet OF beam. They carry leg-of-mu'.
ton mainsal with n small lib. and are htted
with "a OGDEN centrcboards. Six are now ordered N
the home club and the Bridgeport ard Indian Har-
hor yachtsmen are expected 10 sign for about
dozen more The cost Will be less than 80 each.
and some fun may be had out OF them In que'
watars II will he remembered though. thar the
haer or fifteen S Sgas, rs quickly
nc n nnpearsd nobody caring much about me
swimming match on plank, 80 that me lu.nrs 81
the Riverside dory seems somewhat handicapped
So far the number Of sisners expected for me ne
twenty water Inc kn9ckaoGuts pt 8ftee
,hougE no Anal arrangements will be made until
the meeting tonight when the acnon, IL , Si3'
,aknn hv the North American Yacht haclns ASso-
citation in regard 10 these classes may ne nrSt con-
sldered. ,----..,.,.. (.o~t,+hi,r yoch,
club are reticent about the names OF nose VIZ
have ordered tho twenty-five craft n ms CInp
twenty. one foot knockabout class g. w. Mroonnossd
Of the Regatta Committee. thought the propo,SIhu
owners might object to havirg their names p un
shsd and said yessrday that sb ,hs cnls But
norti,i list obtained from other sources. NAV per,
knps be published without SERIOUSLY inluL 1r she
nervous systems OF any OF the orawny sailors Wmo
no named " Butler Duncan made the most IN,
porant contribution, in ordering one I ol
and ninc others for members Of ,he ,ho have or
GsTsa y this class are J. Hoyt sherman Hort
Arthur Iselin Commodore Henry e. Kouse c,sSrse
T =, re-; Fan r D. sherman y critterden Adets
Leonard Busby. f. Hope Morton Hepn ss i E
ReredicTs name was also mentioned as sub SUB,
scribsr though mi, addition has sfn SSe eab
doubted D. that the price Of each boat
would lie about $50