New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-20
GENERAL SERVICE YACHTS.
THE MODELS THIS YEAR FAR IN ApNA"|r'
OF THOSE PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED
coNpARIsONS OF VARIOUS BOATS

MODfl$S MO IS-f4s 49,
OF THOSE PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED
COMPARISONS OF VARIOUS boAl'
Dunlap. OF the Baltimore Yacht Club mas
sent his sloop Yacht Daisy 20 this city 10 NC
,Ior stc,er,s instructions were 10 buy TOT ~,
r,,,on onothor vocht. which will be more suite pie
for his nome waters. The. purchase ., ,ne sai,eS
boat is practically arranged and IT. VIII %, era n
South in n few days The Daisy - nc,, In
y fee, long over n and may be had al 'd'b''
Tho Yacht sotonelIa offered by Perry Belmont
10 the Government. has been Incorrectly oes',''
She is not a schooner. but brisnn'lnc-''SS'
col with auxiliary steam power. She was "u,'
., cowee England and was launched IN lS% on
euhscouen,lv formed part OF the Royal Nova Sco''"
Yacht Clubs feet under the name or inc "'
Fleece she then belonged 20 four yach' ci"o'
the ROYAL Southampton, tho Royai NOVA 'Co'''
rho Ncw-York and the Ncw-fork Cofinthiah. r!oi"
Halifax she was brouCh, 70 this city by me I''e
t'h,r,es osborn. and was rca,tcd in 1891 Mr.. os-
horn sailed the Golden Fleece In the cruises OF inc
Nevr-York Yacht Club In n calm or headwihu
sho can steam NJ a fair rate. She did eNoeIien'
work under canvas when cruising with inc -Ne"
York Yacht club fleets. At these times inc aH,o"e-
stack which works ,clescopically. rrtires into -,
asked why this device has not been Utilized 10
greater extent in these waters The Saian.lla hah
Rscn twice around the world before NJ. Us
born brought her here. Her bulwarks ana ua,
fittings glie impression OF extreme strength
70 stern There is no boom FOR sail on her square
iiggod forer1ast. and sac carries thre- tySSiiS De
tween her two nasts. The boilers ara nldchlncry
arc compactly 2rranSed the -3'2nal,a - lsi ~
water She may prove q usnful boat "a tine Gov
ernmcnj bus nc IS not ad9Died for great stee1' Hs
she was intended t. be strictly cruising craft
4 Yacht that Will satisfy everybody Il difficult to
design aud not until 1875 has there been much ad-
vance made in producing the scneral-purpoSe
yacht, The knockabout. or. rather. its improve"
COPY the raceabout comes nearer 10 nel's gen
orally satisfactory than anything heretofore known.
and 70 appreciate the all-around gains one mas OILY
TO pay a visit to the old-time yacht. One can
,roverse the great waste spaces In such craft
ard calculate the extra cost Of carrying about
these huge windy interiors Every unnecessary
cubic yard OF space means difference IN the
wages paid and for the extra outlay the on'y re-
turn IS vacuum The uncapsizable keelboat now
modified into n slim I'm. and still with small
centreboard reaching down below IT, has been &C.
ceDted as the most generally desirable craft YET
produced for these waters. This design gives sea
racing and great activity together with capacity
for internal comfort. and good deal OIL eH,efhaI
vosseI In the beat OF 1898 all these are combined
with rig that Is asy h@na ole s nnd II must 'b be
admitted that the question has been put. practi-
cally In nutshei!
young ma, tho spends nearly all he Is worth
on Yachts w,s asked why he had bought still an
other boat "It IL written he said Lay not up
for yourself treasure upon earth so lay mine up
on the water For the winter my treasure Is idlu
up at Tebos
II was stated in an English newspaper that Cap
tain Harknett who lately came from Sou'hanp'o"
TO take charge Of the Maynower and make the re-
turn trip in her. would probably be her skipper
after the craft was transferred TO King Leopold
II this Is true Captain Harknett has lost a GOOD
berth through the sale OF the Maynower 70 tne
United states Tb%rsaav aernoon when III. tugs
Tho Navy Yard took the yacht away from the Ere
hasip nie said Some changes come quickly
Duncan Hunter and DR.. Halsey De Wolf. OF
Providence together with Captain Rowell ana DIT
Osbourne OF Boston. are with George w Weld on
the cruise Of the big schooner Hildegarde to Ber-
muda The racing rig Of Mr. Yields yacht has been
removed and she Is now sailing with '|-loo.
main BOOM instead OF the s9-footer she carried
last summer She has received smaller and stouter
topmasts and the new sails made ey wilson q
tain Edward Calbeth, who commands a crew Of
twenty three men is sti In charge re sh mas nt1sen
years.
, Of the steam yachts that tho Government is
81 10 have its eye on Is tho Andrta. belonging 10
John Z. Brooks. OF the New-York Yacht CLUB Inc
Andria is now at Malaga, having arrived there
yesterday from Tangier with Mr. Brooks and party
aboard She 4. an able vessel almost ls2 feet long
lei feet on the wate,ne q feet beam and draws ,Ss
II feet OF water. MI BROOKS was Formerly the
owner of the world-criisng schooner Lasca
The schooner Fleur de Lys. belonging to George
Lord Day OF the New-York Yacht Club. has got
OF at last for Southampton. as a preliminary step
TO European cruise In the early part OF the winter
months the Fieur de Lys took In stores and was
fitted out for this trip but after she went part OF
the way to Montauk Point she was recalled.
stripped and for the second time laid up for the
winter. About four weeks ago she was again fitted
but the crew was again paid Off. on Thursday last
she left Sandy Hook for the voyage. but later
she cleared the Hook at 10 a; m. and will prob
ably get away for sure this time.
OF the seventy yachts indicated by The Tribune
last Sunday as capable Of being useful to the Gov
eminent In OF war thirty are included In the
list presented by the Manning Yacht Agency yes
terday for the consideration Of tho Naval Board
on Auxiliary Cruisers. Most OF the yachts on the
Manning list belong 10 the New-York Yacht Club
fleet Mr. Manning said yesterday that he thought
the Board would probably take three OF them.
whose speeds range between eighteen and twenty
knots an hour. 1t was stated yesterday by mem
Der of the Board that the Government would prob
ably buy the Yacht Aeen Thlcn sc0ngs n 10 Krh
Allen is l4O feet long all. with il5foot water
ne om es new yesse and is said to be be to
travel when pushed at fifteen knots hour.
One Of the fastest vessels now offered 10 the
Government is the Hevetia. owned by Columbus
O'Donnell Iselin OF the New-York Yacht Club
Any one who has this boat moving at her best
rate can vouch for her speed. There is great
deal being said about steam yachts doing sixteen
and seventeen knots The top speed OF tho fine
ocean tug Edward Luckenbach Is about twelve
knots or little under that. and. as this boat is
used by race committees at great many regattas
opportunities are had for Eauging the speed OF
steam yachts that run alongside When returning
late from a Sandy Hook race. and NIL arc doing
their best there are few yachts that can get away
from the Luckenbach. In other words few yachts
travel at better than twelve knots. The Helvetla