New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-23
YACHTING.
oRK ON THE NEW DEFENDER

| In preparing the foundations Of the new yacht
| that is TO defend the American Cup process has
| been adopted that seems new IN yacht Dulldlne.
| The whole Of the lead mine Is TO be sheathed IN
plates Of bronze The lower half or 1t Is no"
plated and the rest OF It will be covered after the
| frames are I'm place and the outside plating OF the
whole boat begins. This will lap the sheathins
that has been already placed the lead, and the
Joints Of the plates Will continue upward. with the
lower ones Tapped ny the upper. as in the case OIL
| the former Defender. The bronze sheathlng tha'
! has been put the lead is thin. The preparation
Of the surfaces of the lead has been delicate
piece OF work and the bronze jacket in which II
| now rests is screwed tightly and smoothly to the
| soft metal underneath.
The Herreshofs expect by this TO give the ne"
racer the possible under friction IN her
! deepest parts as the bronze will take hgh
polish: thought 1t said that more care VIII nave
| TO be taken with the new boat than with me I 20
fender in the tr hs rT ns 91 in race
might be much more difficult TO repair tha III
lead had remased qncovereq holes esI in the keel
plate castings. where the lower ends OF the tralnes
viii be Affixed 4 large number Of the steel frames
workmcn have been employed in the last Few days.
Asa Hathaway the 9Eeman in charge OF ba awe
engaged and put at work on me si h rom
launches and hn-keeis in The north smoP was
shipped TO cuba TOR the United States Government
days ago. This WIN nG8er H to be used
in surveying the rivers OF Cuba
THE CRAFT AND THOSE WHO SAIL THEM.
! Colonel Oliver H. Payne IS having several boats
| for the large steam yacht Aphrodite built oy 'ne
| Gas Engine end Power Company, OF Motifs
neaeurin, twenfy-eght and thirty feet respectively.
| and a 2S-foot gig. All will be made or Mahogany
Commodore j. Perpont Morgan is having "a
| ba hui
| for his new steam yacht the Corsair, which will be
the iagship OF the New-York facnt 'iuo
Mrs Lucy .. Carnegie, OF the New-York Yacht
| Club. the owner Of the steam yacht Dungeness'
IN which she is now cruising in Southern waters
will soon take aboard her pleasure vessel 2l-foot
| naphtha launch which is now ready for her al
! Morris Heights
| Captan shuckford of the steam yacht Niagara.
owned by Howard Could. of the Royal ulster
Yacht Club has ordered a 26-foot sailboat from one
Of the building companies on the Harlem. Mr:
! Harmon manager Of the company sald yesterday
It would be rugged with iib and mainsail
The steam yacht .40Susa, which has lately oeeh
purchased by Sir Thomas Upton. and in which he
will bring a large party of friends to see MS
Shamrock sail for the Americas Cup Is now re-
turning from Sicily to England. where she VII, be
entirely reftted for next summers cruising. The
.tjeusa is a Greenock-built boat. only two years
old and is of the largest steam yachts now IN
commission. She can travel at sixteen and hali
knots at about the same rate as the Mamma ana
the Mayfower-and she Is commanded by
Matthews who formerly the skipper OF Baron
Ferdinand de Rothschilds steam yacht the Rhona
Before coming this country in september the
Hjgusa will be used by her owner at Cowes.
The Rev Alexander j. Mackay Smith. OF Wash
ing,on D. c.. has had the Gas Engine and Power
Company build him i3-foot cabin naphtha launch.
TO he used next summer at Bar Harbor.
pooor, Mavu,eu ~ tho Atlantic Yacht Club
who lately sold the racing schooner Emerald to
william +. Tsein. is having a steam yacht built
for summer cruising. 25-foot naphtha launch
and three other boats being built for the steam
yacht by the Scabury Company
large steam yacht. which is to be called the
Mayta is now being completed for Louis Bossert.
OF Brooklyn. This shapely and fast vessel is 49,
feet long over all. i6 feet wide. with a water-ine
length of 40 feet and Is intended to draw six feet
| Of water. She Is Of composite build steel frames
and wooden panking and will have twin screws.
She Is now painted white. with green underbody.
yards. where she will be launched I'm few days.
Two attractive mahogany nfeboats. rugged
double-luggers will be hoisted into the davits
OF the new steam yacht Josephine. which IS being
completed for Peter A. 3 Wldener, of the New
York Yacht Club. These craft twenty-three
shackes at the bow and at the centre seats which
omen outward On hinges. Besides these the Sea-
bury Company has ready for the Josephine 30
foot naphtha launch. a 2J-fOOt naphtha launch,
&-fOOt gig and a li-foot dingy.
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