New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22
YACHTS AND YACHTSMEN.
SAILING DINGIEs FOR THE PENTAQClT
CORINTHIAN CLUB.
AN HISTORIC CRAFT RFFITTING FOR CRUISE
WATERFRONT BtLKHEADs FOR Pho
lection IN SOUTHERN WATERS

WATERFRONT Bt.IKHEADs FOR Pro
LECTION IN SOUTHERN WATERS
FLEET NEWS.
feet OF fifteen small craft that look Ike dories
and are called sailing dngies are being prepared
al the Crosby yards al South brooklyn They are
all ordered by members Of the Pentaquit CorEihian
Yacht Club Of Bayshore, Long Island. ana wiz
take a prominent place in the years sport OF ,ha'
club. Twelve Of them IRE finished ana WEI ne
sent on tomorrow The other three are 10 follow
later on These boats carry a wooden centre
board and are partly decked They are 10 iSei
four feet beam. One hundred and fourteen square
feet Of canvas is their total sal area nshins
and Il desired the boats can be used as shooting
punts.
The schooner Iroquois owned b. Commodore
Henry Rouse. of the Seawanhaka Corinthan facht
Club. up on the ways at McGowah Ea'us
yesterday for final touching up before proceed
flagship Of the club she has a large GRE"
aboard and is in the pink OF condition.
The sloop Selnada which sold by Major
Frederick Alderman OF the Atlantic Yacht Club.
to George RuRpsr has had her Hams cna aqs,ic
and is now called the Fran after hansen a'c''o
craft.
The schooner yacht Nettie. bearing another
name is one Of the historic yachts OF the country
according to the account given yesterday by her
new purchaser, f. 7. Hatch. of Brooklyn. she
built long time ago. TO take part In the great
ocean race for schooners that America ever
knew This when the Nosta. the Henrietta ana
the Fleetwing raced from here TO England Mt, H,
Hatch says the Netie sailed in that race snI Una,
her builder. a man named Coral was so chagr!ned
by the defeat that he soon sold her after CLEANSING
her name TO Nckoms She served as pt9d-fG Io
ward was partially rebuilt. Mr. Hatch is now
fitting her ont once more as yaChI Az; ana az amv
vessel
oboco frOu
Henry W. Cannon. of the New-York Yacht Club
and she Will hereafter be called the Augusta She
is being prepared at Tebos. 10 go to the Great
Lakes.
Sawyer & Sons are making new set OF sails
for the 4ofooter Chispa. owned by George Gair. of
the Atlantic Yacht Club. Her rig has been cut
down. and she will be used in future solely as a
cruiser She will be sailed 10 the summer resi-
dence of her owner, at Bangor. Ne.
A peculiarly about the yawl Flying Cloud which
IS being rehtted inside and out. by MCGOWAN. is
that she is receiving two steel water-t!ght bulk
heads to prevent beetles. reaches and craving
things from coming aft when the yacht Is in
Southern waters Her owner. James Laughlin. OF
Fittsburg. takes her South every winter and MI
MCGOWAN says 1t is impossible 10 keep wooden
boat from generating all kinds Of bugs wnen she IS
always appear first in TIE 62recaste ana t9en
after cabin from the galley, and the second Is to
castle.
John Driscon Of Forty-sxth-st.. South Brooklyn.
has turned a smart cabin sloop for the Sofoo;
cass. She IS for a Nev-York man. and looks
good deal like refined and improved edition or Mr..
Seeleys Departure.
a handsome 75-foot yacht has just been COM
p.e,ed by j. Herman Crosby for the Pennsylvania
Iron Works Company. She carries Globe gas
engine Of fifty horsepower. and Is guaranteed to
run at ten miles. She is finished in mahogany
throughout and is flush decked crosby has also
HE Each of these powerful-ookng craft carries
The middle OF the poat The contrivance is about
neat as the motor Of an electric launch
William j. Curtis of No. IS wal-st.. is bringing
out the lo-foot sloop Kathen,ina which will be
ready abou; June 10. The name Kathelmina is
combination Of the rames Of Mr.. Curtis's three
little daughters
Ex-Commodore Elbridge T Gerry. Of the New
York Yacht Club, had his steam yacht Electra out
on the floating dock at brooklyn Yesterday. for
cleaning and painting The Electra is now In
commission
The steam yacht Eleanor. which was chartered
for the year by Colonel Oliver II. Payne left
Tebos last week for Port Washington. formerly
called Cow Bay. nearly opposite City Island Al
that time her bunhers were filled for long
cruise and C9pan scct, had come from batn 70
reported. end yachJsInen have been wondering II
the present unsettled conditions continue The
small crew on the schooner Coronet is making no
said a, Tebos that yacht is likely 10 go out
unless 1t can he arranged for her 10 carry English
colors
The designer Crowninshicd has sold the noted
Beverly knockabout Maraposa TO II. W McCord. OF
the Indian Harbor Yacht Club
George Bullough the owner Of the English steam
yacht RhOuma has left Norfolk Va. for Wash
inston. Mr.. Bu,loush has been cruising in South
ern waters Cor some time with three friends. and
has visited Bermuda. Tampa. Key West and Ha~
vana. He entered Havana soon after the Maine
was o'o o up A II, Wasnng'oh me me
Rhounna is typical English worlG-cruiser.
The Sag Harbor zach, Club is Offering num-
Der of resattas to the yachtsmen OF 7elghboring
clubs II gave Ave resattas last yea. and they
were well attended by Yachts OF the Long Island
Sound and Shelter Island yacht clubs.
Philip T. Dodse's one-design schooner will prob
ably be ready about June TO-
The Regatta Committee Of the New-York Canoe
Club has announced the programme for June 4.
when q series of will be sailed in Gravesend
Bay. These will be solely for canoes both for
sailing and padding, and the following is list
of the contests: Sailing, three niles; padding
decked canoes. one half-me, with turn: sailing
with an upset. and manruvrng: tandem padding
IN open canoes. singe-blade paddles, one half
mile, with turn; open canoes. combined sailing
and padding: club fours. open canoes single
blades. lf-mile. with turn: tournament and
hurry-scurry All will be sailed under the
rules Of the American Canoe Association.
The Hermit which has seen service a pilot
boat. is being fitted ont yacht. She is owned
by T. NJ Moor. who intends 20 make trip
Europe in her.
4 COLONY or CHIMNEY SWALLOWS.
From The Philadelphia Record.
Workmen engaged in repairs upon one OF the