New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06
MONG THE YACHTSMEN.
THE TIME IN WHICH VARIOUS CRAFT
HAVE CROSSED THE ATLANTIC.

TOY M1zzBN-MAsrs- MEETING OF THE
NETWORK YACHT CLUB-rHE PARTY
WHICH WILL SHIP IN THE
PoI.,Rls WORK UNDER
WAY AT THE YARDS
James sibley Watson, of the New-York Yacht
Club IL now giving his schooner the Lasca long
rest after her second European cruise ~hich was
completed in October. her last passage 10 New
York from Southampton went 10 prove mat 'ho
fastest boat sometimes makes tho longest oc.'li1
passage Having hard weather out OF the west reI
crossing took nearly month and na1A' nN ths
took twenty-nlne days to return eastwAiIc va.
o;her hand the vgant hPp9d aGT e one the trick
in eighteen fast steel tee tsda lately imported
Toronto remained unspoken at sea Tor over S,
weeks and rs the april ,ations for ne su @
renee ciose-reefed and as rusty as derelict ron
pot. When such n swift ans sea"1,It'Is or,.H a
as the Lasca is forced 10 take nearly iio Nnr,
cross. viii be seen that sSod tine on hns Vi
Atlantic is simply matter OF Duiihe'o '"'"'
Captain Thomas Larsen, the skipper OF inc
schooner Ariel is not going TO spoil any more sun
day clothes in trying 70 rescue other people prop
erty During the gale oa the sunday oeio'e '1s =
when tho wind registered ut siNN-'~o i''ii'S
an hour the new tank boat OF certain dredging
company broke away from her moorings IN the
bay and went flying past the outside OF Mcuo"-
ans Yacht basin Larsen her coming. ana as
she rrazed past the pier he slid down the sea
weedy posts and got aboard with a line rs
TREND rs ,o al ,ur9 OF the line round several
posts. which all pulled out but hnay vac :, t T1s
craft craft, vas bs saepy Soai lately cost
AMI she had about forty ions OF go aann ard he nd
ed the rescuers IS. TO be divided between mem.
This promptly declined larsen 1prc nS% eca and
rocks would undoubtedy have sunk tne veS n%,
hut for his timely aid he has been ADVISED 10 gu.
40 fora IN
IN. "a mage he incurred This COMPANY nc shld
yeserdssyv e ga .6 ge' az and would Ike them
WISE '""' ~
Anchored of the Atlantic Yacht Club. and with
her bows covered with ice. the schooner Each'
Polarts 10 swinging with the TIDES her departure
for the Klondike via Cape Horn. has been expect
"a ha,ors this Roth topmnsts have been struck
and will not be sent up again until warmer lat-
tudes are reached. Her main boom ana s'o"eu
rnainsail have been lowered TO the decK 10 ease
the masts in the heavy seas that have oeeh sweep,
ing across the bay This boat was formerly caIleu
the Actea when she was pilot-boat' ana there IS
no doubt OF her stanchness. There is an interest
Ing mixture in the forccastle where. OF the seven
three b are cI ll%m Of Ta Val
kyr.s III a yachimasier salG ,.o,,, asIs
NH be .arp sf:s Two brohss Charles and
Frank MCCARTHY bous1 She craft c sa w n her
husband and take with her a three montns-old
BABY. Mrs Pestzler. whose husband viii be stew,
ard % saS aT ssp aSSS 'wnans Among he pas
sengers viii be Thomas Caldwell HAITI h raisnS
Arthur Saunders James Brennan, CsSsar Eiu'ira'''
and his brother Adolph'
Mccox.n has GIVEN III. Katrina her new mixzen-
mast and he SAW there a lot OF work In hitting
the t,nbers for the step in the counter. The Het-
zoe cement that has for ter years has been
removed and a fresh let will be put on. The mast
carried by the Katrina as sloop has not oeen
moved or cut down. A hand from well-known
English racer thought the new mizzen too slender
perhaps we look for bigger spars than are neces-
sary here" he said. but the same mistakes seem 70
be made in both countries the Worst ihing apoui
mast and toy mizzon. When you want yawI 70
~ yfnd tSat's the tine YOUR toy .nizzen blows out
OF her I'm telling you tie history OF many English
yawls Why don't they send some OF these design
ers TO sea with their own designs? Then would
have mizzens that would stand up TO their worK-
The steam yacht Althea, owned by Charles Sooy-
smith, is now az Te6os 10 receive new oo'iers'
Tne Athea formerly known as the Judy
Sore OF the yachts w.ntering al South Brooklyn
have elaborate houses built them. with roofs
felted and windows and doors through the pine~boed
constructions FOR instance the steam yacht The
Calypso carries a regular house from stem 10 stern,
in which are seven glazed windows ana door or
opens out Into the empty air providing the unwary
Win are n54p no s e civ De scerS s to lS
nake3 eye so 10 speak.
The first 1888 general meeting OF the New-York
Yacht Club will be held at the clubhouse. No 81
Madison-ave.. on Thursday at $50 p. M The cleo
tion 0. officers and standing committees will take
place az this meeting and the annual reports Of the
secretary. treasurer and standing committees will be
presented Attention IL called 20 Chapter XI OF the
bylaws: "A member buying. selling chartering
yacht shall at once notify the secretary in writing
and similar notice SHAH 10 gwen OF changes IN rig
dimensions. private signal and OF alterations froU
keel TO centreboard or from centreboard 10 keel
The Nominating Committee OF the Atlantic Yacht
Club has chosen the following ticket for officers
Monday. February Il:
Commodore-Frederick T Adams. schooner Sa-
chem: vice-commodore Harrison y. Moore steam
er Marietta: rear-commodore. j. Herbert Ballan-
treasurer George II Church measurd e. e;eoyec
Hill. Trustees-J. Rogers Maxwell George J. Gould.
!. Watson and J. Fred Alderman Membership
Conmit;ee-Howard p. rockingham. chairman:
I n Ceballos and Henry b, Howell Regatta
and Henry c. Barnett
The Nominating Committee consists of P. G.
l. Watson David f. Austen and J. NJ Ceballos.
The MAMMA did not make fast run to Ber-
,anuda az the varuna, which left Nsw-York Sat-
'urday and arrived early on the following Monday
The Nahma left about the same time on Saturday
January p and did not arrive til Tuesday morning
She sailed for ST. Thomas last Wednesday with
d ggs AND TNGa seas b on board
Guiding all but French naval vessels from this love-
~ natural harbor must have been made less strict.
John Jacob Astor expenis bu; little time In OK
planning his orders 10 the skipper Of the Nourmaha
YESTERDAY this yacht looked II she were now on
the cruise. All her sails were bent. ard the run
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