New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-15
YACHTS AND YACHTSMEN.
PRIZES FOR BEST AVERAGE RACING
PERFORMANCES.
THE MASSACHUSETTS, YACHT RACING AssoclA-
TONS SYSTEM OF RECKONING PERCENT
AGES ARRANGEMENTS FOR VARi-
Gus REGATTAs 49, NOTES
AND GOSSIP.

AGES ARRANGEMENTS FOR vARi-
Gus REGATTAs NOTES
AND GOSSIP.
rn,ch more exncrence with one-design classes thah
has been obtained here, where there has only oceh
one feet OF this kind the 3o-foOters In inc iacn'
Racing Association Of Massachusetts prizes are
awarded for 5es, average performances 'hroushou'
the year and as boats Of the new one-desisn meets
are now numerous In this locality, ana as '"e
introduction OF the Massachusetts system IS De'hs
discussed for the coming season. an expaha'io" VI
II is here Givcn. -
In the Yacht Racing Association OF Massa
chuseuis TIE plan for reckoning the percentages
differs slightly from that or previous years
First place will count 100 per cent. second 80 per
cent and third 30 per cent. Each yacht competing
the course within the time limit outside 81 me hrst
three shall receive d per cent. and this arrange
men; Is expected to generally have the erect OF
bringing each starter TO the finish line. insteao Vi
dropping when the chance OF "hi'hs mas
passed because each starter can add to her per-
ccntage though not among the hrst three 10 hn'sn
Only open races which have been duly scheduled
and officially accepted in advance OF the race anu
which sailed under the rules OF inc ~
counted for percentages Inc total anIoun, Oi
percentage will be divided by the number OF stars
In figuring percentages II rs assumed that !a'h.
shall nave started In at least nall as many ,ares az
the yacht havng Inc of This yachtracing
association will open on May 80 and ehas on oT T
tha nth &C. class as follows The cups offered in
The l5-foot class TO the yachts winning the hrs''
s seS o @ IN The associations
Of Oft T best BE qs wS o n
1t is thought that this system VIII mo niue, mucn
favor inc HyatIs cnm mt when desire
all starters to finish The allowance to be gained
sy n bsng as os Ms os as the Of the
percentages becomes highly exciting as me season
advances. and when all have had their luck shaken
by reverscs
In the regatta of the Harlem Yacht Club. which
Will be sailed Memorial Day. there will he races
for the following classes of yachts: Among the
cabin soops cutters and yaws. the 81 q. 80. 80 %
and 20 foot classes viii each have separate race
open jib and malrsail boats. &c. 80 and p foot
classes; open cateoais So % 20 ana 10 100,
Commodore Morgan of the New-York Yacht
Club does not intend travel long in chartered
vessel. and since his old yacht the Corsair now
called the Gloucester. taken by the Govern
ment he has obtained a design for a and
much larger steam yacht from j. Beavor Webb,
who the designer of the Corsair The new
fity feet longer than the Corsair and nineiy-tWo
feet Longer an p eve W be- Of ABOUT
tons burden. and will draw IL feet OF water with
S3.6-foot beam.
In spite OF the many reports that the regattas OF
the Larchmont Yacht Club would not come OF. the
previously scheduled LOT AL classes Oh iaC-
ing length of 80 feet and under Will be sailed
as at first arranged and the dates of the Larch
mont regatias will be found in the race lists of the
Long Island Sound Yacht RAGING Associatlon As
70 tins that the racing Of the largest
yachts was called off only because OF The sub
Fort Schuyler and Fishers Island. and elsewhere.
and deep-draught boats could not AFFORD 70 axe
he added that the outside races of thc Atlantic
Yacht Club have for the same reason been sban,
med heir
theiT inside courses
II is now settled that the Gravesend Bay Yacht
Club will build a clubhouse off Bensonhurst.
and the work will be begun Immediately. The
plans show a building and half stories high.
with spacious verandas on every SIDE IL VII be at
Thirty -frst-st.. though landing place Will be re-
tained at the Timer wharf where the old club
open its with cruise OF the fleet on May 80
The Knickerbocker Yacht Club went into
mission yesterday afternoon and at O'Clock mem
bers and guests broke bread in the College Poin,
clubhouse where there was afterward smoker
and varieties
The sloop yacht vorant II. belonging to Commo-
dore George G. Tyson. is now in commission.
The feet captain OF the New-York Yacht Club
for the year Will be j. Beaver Webo.
The steam yacht Barracuda. D. p. Reishard
which was lately lowed into Nassau. y. F., with
for the shaft to arrive
Edwin Patterson has been placed in charge of
the New-York Yacht Club Station No. s. at At
The steam yacht Oneida belonging 10 Commo-
dore f. c. Benedict. of Indian Harbor has had her
undcrbody painted and new sails are being made
for her. The yacht has now gone East
Several yachtsmen having new craft built
Charleston. s. C., Is taking a 25-foot four horse
power naphtha launch; the State Board OF Health
at Ferrandina. Fla. has ordered another Of the
came dimensions, and third is almost completed
for b Ssnney Of n1eaPo.s ord M,na W "abs
yaeht of 81 ten n W. Ferris Of New
Is o being prepafed for G. Amsinck' Of NewYork
Austin Corbins yacht, the A1olus. has left South
Brooklyn for Great South Bay, which will be her
summer cruising ground.
The auxiliary yacht Iona. which belongs TO s. G.
GoUTay q s the Ga aDaE Yacht Club has begun
H. B. shaen Of the Atlantic Yacht Club. is hav-
ing his cutter wabossa overhaued The cutter
Saona, owned by Charles NJ. Brooks. OF the same
club. is also coming out.
Edward A. Morrison. OF the New-York Yacht
Club is having his sloop yacht Verena put into
commission at Oyster Bay, The bowsprit has been
shortened five feet TO have more comfort
able head rig for a seaway.
Commodore Jesse II. Metcalfs new steam yacht
the Endion which was lately launched at Morris
Heights will proceed on Wednesday next TO her
home In Providence. Mr. Metcalf is the commo-
dore Of the Rhode Island Yacht Club. and the
Endion will be the flagship. She is fitted with
water-tube boilers and her speed will be fifteen
miles an hour. She Is hundred feet long
S-foot water line. with fourteen feet beam