New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-21
YACHTS AND YACHTSMEN.
THREE BOATS FOR THE IDEM SCHOONER
CLASS NOW ASSURED.


ENr1yE-ro CHARLESTON IN SIXTY HOURS
POPULARITY OF TIE TWENTY
oNE-rooT KNOCKABoUTs-
THE GOBLET CUP FOR
scIooNEFs.
Robinson. Of City Island. has purchased the ma
reral to go into the one-desgn ffty-foot schooner
70 he built for c. b. Buchanan. OF the Seawanhaka
| Corinthian Yacht club The keelsons are 10 ne oil
yellow nine The keel centrebcard logs. rails ana
other parts are to be OF oak end hackmatack me
outside pIanking and ceilings hre TO he OF yellow
pine Mr. Robinson says that some hne material
for knees tough and crooked as bow WEI aE IN
/ shed in hardwood This is the third craft OF the
1880 &c being bullt M Tottenvie Staten ISL
| and for A. n Chandler. Of the Philadelphia lacht
Club, by Brown & Sons. builders
pr.nk Ro1.ne Jones vas seen Saturday as 10
further additions 10 this schooner feet. He said he
thought three or four more yachtsmen intended 10
come into the class. but. he added. sagaclousIF'
at is iust as we'll nowadays to he not too sure
about intending yacht-builders. and. although
would perhaps be safe enough TO mention certain
names ! prefer 10 hold off till arrangements are
finally completed Progress is being made on
/ Philip r Dodges craft. at Browns yards In TOT
families there is every chance that the lead thus
given will be followed by others in short time
SIGN scbooners viii he the most interesting class
Of the coming season Even II only 'hree Toe ''e
Anent this same class II has been hoped that J.
Rogers Maxwell. ir.. would add one craft TO the
feet Since the collapse Of the 25-foot knockanout
he has been known 10 be looking about for an in
teresting racing class to enter, and some one hap
/ pily suggested that 10 have the veteran yachts
man and his father in the same contests would he
/ good sport
| Piepgras has named his last yacht the John F.
| Carroll and this name now adorns her sternhoard
/ in brass letters In acknowledgment Of the com
! pinent Mr. Carroll who is OF the Tammany
/ chiefs has written to say that he would like TO
! he allowed to present full set OF coors for the
new boat. This craft is not steam launch. but a
| jib-and mainsai sloop Few yachts Of Z-foot Wa
ter-line present such combination Of advantages
/ as Is here seen. 1t is a keel boat. with broad.
/ fatish floor and with the p feet Of beam will
/ make 4 powerful sailer. All the bobstay and
/ shroud fittings are turned In the finest Tohn
| bronze as well as the keel which draws about five
/ feet Of water and carries three thousand pounds
Of lead The little wheel is made Of a peculiar
redwood that costs 81 a superficial foot and it is
inaid with designs in brass For economy Of space
excellent arrangement is shown In the interior,
where the full outfit Of washstand, with IFS little
pump and washbasin, made In nickel silver f9lds
down over the patent closet. This craft, which u
IS feet long all. constructed for the
| builders own use
John D. Parker's yacht Is now in course OF
construction Frank Wood has made a beautiful
casting OF the seven thousand pound lead mine. and
this Is now In position. with the huge oak timbers
OF the kee built up from IT, The frames are nearly
. all prepared, and when these fitted into place
the one-inch planking OF yellow pine will follow in
short order. As exclusively described in The Trio
in January this boat will be smaller edition
/ Of the Norota and the Syce which were both built
by Frank Wood-the best qualities Of both these
boats being retained Her water-line length will he
30 feet with deck length Of q feet and draught
Mass viii sail her in New-Yorf Waters. though her
chief will be in some special races OF the East
and two men forward The design is by Gardner &
Cox. The launch will take place early in April.
In the general conversation that followed business
at the Larchmont meet at Delmonicos on Wednes-
day a point was made by a practical yachtsman,
who Is also a lawyer For nearly thirty years"
he said. the tenure Of the Americas Cup has been
disputed. owing TO the first letter OF gift cover
Ing contingencies likely 10 arise and when all the
parties to such transaction dead tho terms i'm
posed in loosely wordcd original letter come 10
( have all the binding effect Of trus; deed. And
/ here is Mr.. Astor making gift to last FOR all time
nm ~ Soi,lpor, cno, ~, ''s ~ i,
Cups rs sailed OF Newport. his letter says: 7
KIND Of prizes 20 he called the Asor Cups and to
he sailed for AZ the same tine and place This.
taken alone will compel the New-York Yacht Club
/ 10 always hold their best races Of the off
Newport I; IS difficult 20 why Ncw-York,
sandy Hook. should continue to exait a remote
which happened 10 he chosen IN the first place
t .hg4s' because NJ ''e'e' "'' a summer home
The sloop Vaquero J. whose races with Burton
Harris Houri hard fought last summer is
rolled up in a circus tent at Hawknss Yards.
CITY Island The Naquero Is owned by ". Gould
Brohaw, o. the Larchmcnt and New-York Yacht
clubs.
King Leopold OF Belgium the purchaser o, the
yacht MayGower from the estate ot the late ogden
Goelet will rename this craft the Clementine after
his third daughter. the Princess Clenentine who
was born in 1872. The crew that will take the May
flower from her present position in the Erie Basin
Southampton has left England FOR Ncw-York
The officers OF the royal yacht will all lie English
while Of the f9remast men bali will be Belgian and
amined and passed at Southampton. some slight in
rattons. and the yacht will then proceed TO the
Mediterranean.
handsome steam yach; is being bull, by tho Sea-
bury Company for Albert l.. Pope Tho new craft
will be called the Columbia. II a now in frame
with the planking well advanced and f. OF white
oak In the keel and ribs. the sten and sternpos,
being OF hackmatack The keelsons are OF velov
pine. and the panking. copper fastened and rive;-
ted Is OF white cedar The rudder scag propeler
and all billboard fittings 10 be OF bronze The
Columbia Will be on the low:trunk cabin order
"a
Of same The top % the trunk cabin viii he made
strong enough 70 be used as part Of the deck. The
owners quarters are forward and aft IL The toi.,-
ROOM with patent marine fixtures The rnoir
saloon Is arranged with folding berths ana foidin1
dining-taDlr This apartment can accommodnte
quite number. The boat IL c. feet over All tho
water-linc being 5s feet and the beam II feet sh.
will draw Feet inches OF water.
Yachts NOS II and IS. at the Seabury yards be
ing two sister ships Of io3 feet in length. now
well under way. One Of these Is for member OF