New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-07

Is a fgu deoked vessel. reasonable cockpit ex-
THE CRAFT AND THOSE WHO SAIL THEM
1t has been reported that s. E. Dewitt has pur-
Chased the steam yacht Rival from General Charles
c. Dodge Of the New-York Yacht Club.
Frederick H. Benedict, Of the New-York Yacht
Club. has laid up his steam yacht Vergana at
Greenport, =. \.
The crew that will sail the Shamrock will be
taken from Peter Donadson's sixty-Avs-rater
Isolde which modelled by the present designer
Of the Shamrock ". Fife. jr. and has had nine
s n sr ea nSs eoTd even I'm b2
IS l5 first and q second prizes out Of ls3 starts rep
lot Of practice and It will be lent by Mr.. Donald.
10 Sir Thomas j. Upton for tho challenge
races
The plans for the new Knickerbocker Yacht Club
house Will be ready and accepted before the end OF
December. and tho work the now building will
begin early In the year. This club. which was the
last 10 so out o. commission, will have q smoking
concert every alternate Sunday evening throughout
clubhouse Will remain open for the use OF members
until It IS pulled down in the spring.
Following the A!sa and tho satanita the German
Emperor's Meteor Will now take yswl rig
leaving the Britannia the sole representative OF
the old class Of big cutters. Tho Field" soys that
81 the Duo d'A6ruzz has put the Bona on tho
the Mediterranean racing next March. the Aisa
being the only large yacht likely to attend. and
she VIII sail under her yeWl RIG.
While there is SO much talk about the schooner
racing OF year. glance at the relative sizes
OF American and Engasb yachts IN th!s class ia OF
interest. OF course. the boat for Mr.. Goats Of
Paisley will be the largest Of all. with her water
line length Of lN feet; but, Judged solely By water
line iongth, tho celebrated American cruising
schooner COrOno lately sold 70 Frederick 5. Pear
son OF York, Is tAe second largest two
sucker. though il IL probable that tho Rainbow
finished this year for c. J.. Orf-EwinR, Member OF
Parliament for Ayr Burghs, Is really moro ca pa
cious thhn the Coronet. ~ spite OF having water
limo or only III feet. Ite overall length Of the
Rainbow Is les feet. ana the Coronots 10 only I3S-
& difference IN overall lengths o, 81 feet II these
two yachts were 10 race the Rainbow would take a
largo time allowance from tho practically smaller
| boat. The next largest American schooner IS Tho
! Aisac!eune owned by Caius c. Bragg OF Tho New
York Yacht Club. at IL feet watcr-ine followed
| closely by the Ramona owned by Harry II Cling.
OF the Iarchmont Yacht club. at III feet. Bayard
Thayers Constellation is lc5 feet inches. Tho
hie,ortc Fleetwing. j. r. De Lamar iOf feet .
| frrhss and the time-honored Palmer e. i04 feet
AMI owned by Rutherfrrd Stuyvesant come next
while that splendid cruising schooner, HdegardA
huiit last wear for George ". Weld Of Boston has
a water-ne length OF lD feet inches This
n,easvremsnt on the American schooner Yampa,
purchased last year tor the use Of the Empress 4
Germany. is 10 feet.
Ths sioop yacht Jubilee belonging 70 General
Paine Of the New-Tork Yacht Club. which vas
built 10 sail in the trial with the Colonia the
Vgilant and the Pilgrim for the CUP defence IN the
case Of ,4s challenge OF Takyrs II has been laid
up al Lawiey's yards. south Boston