New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06
CAUTION Accent Ma Worthless Imitation.

ming gear was in place, with everything reauy' ap-
parently, to leave In half an hour captain curtis
was down In the big gallery serving the END or ne"
hawser which had been led down the companion
way to where the climate was less rigorous than on
the decks II don't krow how soon we VIII star l.
or Ii Will start at all said no go, pa my IA "a
off the crew that had been taken on for the cruise
l don't know what Mr. Astors intentions are. , w .
were all ready To start except as TO iurther coalng
/ seldom see MIR. Aston. his COMMUNICATIONS gen !,
eI s yes ngS kat Mr. and Mrs Astor would go
Europe by regular liner. and that the Nourmaha'
would be left here
Tn. Yacht Emerald which is the Colonia's rival in
the big schooner class. Is now lying at Teoos yard
for work TO be done on her. The alterations are
not very extensive" said her skipper, Captain
Abraham Peterson yesterday About three feet
bas been cut OF the mastheads. which have also
been pared down bit We thought those mast
heads were too long and the extra weight aIoit ava
not help The Emerald is totally denuded OF rig
ging at present and the nas:s which were hoatiis
alongside before the cold snap now frozen IN
foot of ice A popularity of the mainmast is mat
II Is divided from the foot UP TO near the part that
goes through the deck Captain Peterson expainada
that the centIehoard crossed the spot "nere LIE LIE
stick was to enable it to sraddle the centreboard-
box Captain Peterson ms pesn i ond bn Sei,e%rs
fhat the Intention is to the Emerald as nara
as ever in the coming season
nvlNc owned BY George Matthews. OF New-fork'
was lowed Yesterday from Manning's slips. IN the
Erie Basin to the shelters OF the Bay Ridge hacht
Basin Company. 1t IS sad that the dsmaee sus
taned off Cape Fear last November. wheh ule i'e
nublc lost her masts and howsprit while al anchor
IN a gale has been settled by the insurance COM
NAMES The terms Of this settlement as reporte1
in the gossip of the yacht yards ore mat NJ NH
hews received 5000 ana oli9 me the 1 wn pnt s the
Renubl,c seventeen wears ago IL good for many
year OF hard work Her jury rls Is sun s'a"''''9
Tn. work on the steam yacht Embla. whioh mas
been in progress since last october. Is now ABOUT
completed at Mannins's Twenty-siXth-st. pas'h,
South BROOKLYN She has received new ooheIS uHd
tanks and q general overhauling In her interior
Her skinner. Captain Frank Torrey. expects her to
be faster now than ever before The Emoia Is
ounea NV John r Williams. Of the New-York
Yacht cqs and was foTmerS the PTTeenS
Sycamore
Manager Gunnson Of the Bay Ridge Yacht
Pas,n Company. said yesterday that the schooner
wanderer. belonging 10 ex-senator Reynolds is
having the old coats OF paint scTaped ana ouIheu
of. and Will now be painted white lot next year
The same processes are being applied to the steam
yacht Aqulo. which skipper Al Frost has IN
charge for Mr.. Van Lew, of the Larchmont Yacht
Club The Aqui,o IS having the work done IN the
Bay Ridge Basin.
which Il is reported. is to be altered to the yawl
rig She is in McGowan's hands, but beyond sup
plying estimate Of the cost of making the alter
ations this builder has received no instructions.
The GaviOta belongs to Mr.. Alderman, OF the At
iantic Yacht Club.
The we-known schooner Iroquois the hagship
of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, owned
by Commodore Henry c. Rouse. is hauled out on
the shore at McGowan's.
At the same yards may be seen the schooner
Ariel George b. HILL which IS now for sale She
was lately calked and placed In excellent con-
I dition Her skipper. Larsen, VIII command the
Katrina the coming season.
This winter shippers getting as many different
orders as in the drilling Of a recruit The schooner
F1eur-de-Ly was lately fitted out FOR foreign
cruise and had practically proceeded part OF the
way toward Montauk Point when she was ordered
back by her owner. George LORD Day, OF the New
York Yacht Club She then entirely stripped
and prepared once for the winter!ng here
with everything put away IN the storehouses Now
comes the order TO ut out once more and proceed
20 Southampton. The will Join the yacht in
England and cruise in the Mediterranean The
schooner Intrepid Lately purchased by +. T. Hunt
has also been on the cards for departure for many
weeks. but somehow she docs not get off. The
Nourmahars prospects have many changes as
the moon. The Narada has just got away. but her
departure was talked OF as long as n Corbett fight
before she showed the blue peter. +. Kiddcr IL
aboard with the owner. Henry Walters
The Yankee captain Of the Spray, Joshua Slocurn
is evidently intending to sail a forty-foot sloop
round the world Slocum arrived at Table Bay.
Cape Town, South Africa, December 20 The
Spray left Boston April q, 1885, and sailed from
New-York for Gibraltar on May 10 following