New-York tribune., 1899-12-31
IN THE YACHTING WORLD.
ANOTHER POsT-M -MoRTEM ON THE SHAM
ROCK
TOO FULL AFT. SAYS AN ENGLISH AUTHORITY
COMMODORE PosTLEYs PURCHASE


TOO FULL AFT. SAYS AN ENGLISH AUTHORITY
COMMODORE PosTLEY's PURCHASE.
In private letter received at this office yesterday
from the Editor of THE Yachtsman," OF London.
England. II appears that the Shamrock repeated a
Iault in the Asas design. Mr.. Hamilton's letter
says:
shamrock's defeat. My own is that the Shamrock
IS too full aft e. the centre OF the M oaa a w w,b
the Asa but In much more pronounced iorin
The mast is probably too far aft. Columbia l4okeu
a far more busnesslike boat, with her smah heau-
sail
Ailsa did not point as well the Britannia and II
her fault is correctly Indicated as above 1t VIII
seem strange that 1t was repeated 10 some eA'e"'
In a yacht intended to be n world oeater'
A member OF the New-York Yacht Club was
yesterday discussing the possibility OF the next
challenge for the Americas Cup being for TWO
master and he suggested that some further dehn-
tion should be made. He said
What is n schooner? Allowing that she must
have two mass where do you find anything IN tne
deed of gift or in the racing rules of the club to
say what a schooner is? What Is 10 preVent a
challenger having her masts so close together tnss t
she Is practically a cutter? In our Eastern waters
a so-called schooner did this short time ago; anu anu
she beat the sloops Of her own size arounu tne ne
course while at the same time she was entltle1 as
against them to the schooners ordinary ume al'ow "
ance sailing 50 per cent GI ner of ,bs has since
been prevented by rule, but there rs notnrs M tbn m
Amorics's Gmp to exclude fake schooner Of this
kind. II to me that TINS should pe Pioi PS 49,
for before any schooner challenge ariNeS' anu NV
afterward.
William Waldorf Astor has chartered the steam
yacht Catania for a cruise to the Mediterranean
The Catania is fitting out at Southampton
She belongs to the Duke OF Sutherland
Commodore Clarence A. Postey. of the Larch-
mont Yacht Club. seen yesterday ABOUT Ms
new purchase. the big steam yacht Alberta when
he has just taken from A. Edward Io"e'' Vi 'Ae
New-York Yacht Club. He said:
SOON me have her in the yards Of Mr. Manning who
conducted the purchase for me ana ana peror 5ner
ike the boat very much. and she has lots OF power
and twin screws, and all that sort oil o tigd MA tbe
her interior does not suit me. Inc sd,eS s u S me
main saloon are both in the wrong place IOr dr M;
will have all this changed ana and the Her interior
viii be pulled out and rebuilt so as to get innings
the way | want them
The Alberta is 1S5 feet long over ALL with water
line length Of 1863 feet inches and Hea oy vas 81
feet She draws eight feet OF wafer; anu raar on
built by Roach. at Chester. Penn last year 0H
the design Of Gardner & COX
Co,toir Ieander A. Jeffrey formerly the skipper
Of the schooner Columbia. who took the Vlgllaht
TO England in 1894, will be In command OF ,r'e ne"
steam yacht Virginia. which has Just hat @ me- her Rath
trip at Bath Ne r Sne hss Stern of the New-York
Yacht club
~. o,, sohooner Fndymon, which has been
I'll, corrnIeted at the Lawley yards for George
Lord Dav of the New-York Yacht Ciuo wiz D
commanded by the same skipper VINO mas 49, D
ot Mr. DAYS right hand in many long cruise
JIaptaln I'D takc charge of the vessel The
Fudymion will be prepared for cruising at'e' He
trials.
Andrew, Barclay Walker. the owner OF the cele-
brated cutter Ailsa has just arrived IN hhsia"u
after a trip to the Arctic regions IN the steam
Yacht Esquimaux. Mr. Walker was accompanied
nv DIR Mckenzie. his private physician; by SCI
enlist and by two or three personal frienus rum
q sporting point Of view the trip was most success
~, Fiftv Ua,rus a couple of whales and large
number OF reindeer were taken. the scentis' a''o
brought home large quantity OF goId ,, Deaib bs
Quartz Mr. Walker took the EsqulrnauA lIoln III -, ~
Dundee whaling fleet and altered nee eerdin9 much
changing all round ana sPenuiiaS7 naS7,od nm
Ier ber bark rig TO St Johns y. F., where me
owner and his friends joined het iro ,ons in fhe
sailed for Davis Strait. The alteTatons ~ s on n
tyboiir9 shin rad made her ideal vessel TOT an
Arctic Yachting voyage on the main deck att OF
thc bridge a saloon and sleeping quarters LOT Ine
omosts om TDre constructed These were In com,
modious deckhouse. the top OF whlch was lTv, IT,
saloon had room for party Of ten sitting az table,
and the walls were enamelled whLIe., WIN "oobtng Inc
nSGany Part Of the forwerd wall laid
with tiles and the fireplace IVES furnished WIN Win
4ini,T IN numbered ffty-one hands all told, the
men being the pick OF Dundee whailng seanen,
about twenty being Shetlanders ana experience
en- Arctic navigation. The boat carried tents COZ,
iapsibe boats and other camping-out enects, anu
a complete armament for a sporting trip, Deslues
iibrary of over one thousand volumes, and several
instruments that played music by mechanicai
means.
Inouircs in regard to the international yacht
races are st!ll coming in and It Is remarked that
most of them come from inland places, where men
hunger for whiff Of the sea "he following lines
arrived Yesterday from one OF the firm OF Rogers
Cuthbert & Ellis. attorneys. Of Denver;
Your free and cheerful reply to my inquiry was
this morning received, and hasten TO thank you
for IT, In this busy it is sometimes wei 10
rerfoTn, acts of a gratutous nature, end you may
properiy permit your better nature TO pat itselt
on the back When you are sent 10 Colorado 10
Tenort the first international race between prairie
schooners OF Glass you will find In me pilot or
some experience upon whose assistance you Gan
count Yours etc THEODORE HOLLAND
II Is expected that the Genesee and the Beaver.
which contested for the Canadas Cup on Toronto
last summer will meet again. Although the time
for putting I'm the challenge has expired under the
ruIes governing the challenging for the Fisher
Cup the Rochester Yacht Club members who now
hold this trophy will not stand on ceremony II
good race can be brought on. and a challenge
from the Royal Canadian Yacht Club is expected
I'm a few days. There will be no more boats built
for this. the object OF the cnaRlenge Delns 10 give
chance to SEQ what she do in something else
canadian clubs have been the best Of terms for
over twenty years and good racing ls looked for
when these two 35-footers. said TO be the fastest
OF their length in the world. shall meet again.
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BOWLING.