New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-30
AMONG THE YACHTSMEN.
A CURIOUS NEW CRAFT WITH A BARN
DOOR sTERNPIECE.
THE BRITANNIA TO RACE AGAIN-A BOAT WHICH
IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A TRANSATLANTIC
REcORD-A CAPACIOUs sLOoP.

EXPECTED TO MAKE A TNANsAIl'N ~
REcoRD-A cAPAcIoUs sIOoP.
In spite of the large amount Of rain In the
Riviera. notablcs are focking there In large
numbers and the yachting meet soon TO come OF
promises to be the gaycst ever known Ire last
arrivals 10 he reported are the Duke Of Cambridge
the Duke and Duchess Of Cumberland and the
Crown Prince and Crown Princess OF Rumania-
The Queen Of Rumania has also taken Tay VIVA wb a5
has one OF the finest villas at Cmiez, Is now ex-
IS to ys In s ssd ' to be
Tsrah Uooeys Intention to race the FORMER cham-
Pon nor of Of hs odme avore viii greatly add
10 the interest OF the meet ON ms sue yact ~
Turns sverything to gold can perform the almost
unknown feat of making money through buying
old boat.
Yachtsmen have been waiting to hear more
abe ut the large craft to be constructed Tor james
Gordon Bennett and which is intended TO estab-
llsn a speed record for yachts in the passage OF
the Atlantic The Toronto World. quoting rom
THE London Yachtsman.' says that this vessel
Is to be $40 feet long. with quadrupie expansion
@ no @ 10 enable f her to be
fun speed for long distances without roans' nn
the whole way across the Atlantic; George /;
Watson the designer Apparently this craft dafir w
by watson for the late ogden Goele and slightly
than the Sf9"snFS to whS IS now
MedIf erranean, via the west lnues
The Gas Engine and Power Company OF Morris
Heights IL now about 10 build new marine rail-
way for the hauling out Of yachts. ms VIII oe
capable of landing vessels as long as go rect y
large fleet of important yachts Is now noa''is III
the basin Of the company. Among 'hcse are we
big steamer Anita belonging to eX-CominoIiois
John H. Flager. who has 6een away Soa on The
KIP TO EurSTe IN sGf be a o. Gp' Of the American
Yacht club The stea yacnt HlaaWatha, ~. ~
Of the Now-York Yacht club; The l.inta OF W., ",
Wachu.ett. Of f. r Holden. president Of ne
smith Carpet Factory of yonkers the steam y a>9t
conn he ,qGh Tie now S R R@yi OF 6wd 5ef
estate of the a'H W. M Of the NewYork Yacht
T q eth the Maspeth, owned by c. NJ Meyer; tie
Punjaub beoneing to r ! ,r s. Mpzar1R' Nee Nee
Oregon are amongithe others now there.
Perhaps no one had much cause 20 regret 'he
failure OF the twenty -hve-foot knockabout class as
tho intended builder Of the one-design feet Frank
Wood Of CITY Island. lie says he put or otner
work for weeks expecting TO nave co 10 nrnmised 70
considerable number. but IL never p'o'"'' ~
be a large feet" he added
A well-known schooner OF the upper axes
soon to make her appearance on the SOUND ln'S
Il the Wasp which some years ago sailed series
Of international with the schooner or'o'e' %
Toronto She was then owned in Cleveland ana
has inst been sold to Or. \. Brewer. Of tea y'no
Intends to use ner IDo craFt after the old
hoard pattern and in the Cleveland lacht N'up
she was measured at about 100 tons
eteam Yacht OF curious design has been al
most completed AT city Island The hui Is an
ready 10 receive the engine and boiler ils peru"
arity is that II has no modelling IN us ai'er mr.
and that It's floor extends back perfectly nat ehu"e
in a barndoor sternpiece. which rises almost per
.,i,- from
be speed boat. least one that VII traVe'
At sixteen knots. in spite Of her being only tor'E
five feet long Her designer believes that stern
OF this shape is perhaps the fastest or all because
# does not allow the after part Of the vessel 10 SINK
down when 1t is steamng under a high pressure
This scow stern he said yesterday. sits fiat and
broadly on the top Of the water and cannot be made
to sink. The correctness OF this ldea was ahpN
afterward purchased by the American Government
A high-speed short vessel makes big hole in the
rectihed by the modelling. The Eide and SOM
other fast boats are parity mode i"I III acvotua"es
to this kind Of stern dragging water me dei
impair the speei at al ordinary rates OF going In
sailing yacht it will always spoil speed But
when subjected to a really high driving pressure
and when the boat is going from sixteen 10 thirty
knots there is no drag AZ all behind this stern
nor does it settle. IT simply skins along the sur
face. ieaving the water behind almost as smooth as
glass These are interesting points for vechtsmea
to consider. and to most people they viii appear
Island She is - feet long by 10 feet wide. and
will be fitted with an Amy water tube boiler. The
shaft leading to the propeller VIII rot Issue from
that more central portion Of the hull which is di-
rectly under the engine: where sort Of keel. heav-
lily built Of timber. shows the round hole from
which the shaft will issue Certainly. this is
queer craft ON grounding in shoaling water the
propeller will be the first part OF her to strike the
bottom
Piepgras Is building an excellent craft for his
own use II Is now to he seen at his yards. At CITY
Island She IL a scoop IS feet long all. with
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