Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-16
AMERICAN YACHT iSTR,y.
The Norma Picked Jp and Lost Agnin
In Red Sea.

WASHINGTON. March lj.-United
states Consul Cunningham. at Adon, Ara
bia. reports to the State Department that
the commander Of her Majesy's ship
lirisko picked up small American yacht
or schooner, but lost her again after tow
ing her 200 TO 80 miles In the western part
Of the Red Sea. There was afterward
rough weather, and 1t is believed to be
possible that the yacht had gone aground
somewhere, as she was much overdue.
Her name was unknown but the British
officer said she had aboard a man from
New York named Weaver. The Consul
on February 22d received a cablegram
from one Percival, at Colombo Ceylon,
asking for news of the yacht Norma.
YACHT A "WET" ONE.
NEW YORK, March 15.-The American
yacht referred TO in the dispatch from
Washington rs having been picked up and
lost again in the western part OF the
Red Sea by the British cruiser Brsko f.
undoubtedly the old racing schooner Nor
ma. designed by A. Cary Smith in 1883. and
at one time known as one of the 'wettcst"
I yachts in the New York Yacht Squadron.
In october. 1896. the Norma was fitted
out for a cruise around the world. her
up foreign countries and photographing
picturesque scenes r a. Morris. a Nova
4 S'otian. was given charge Of the Norma.
She h0.sted the flag Of the Atlantic Yacht
/ club and sailed on her long voyage on
/ November 2. 1896 The party on board the
/ Norma. in addition "a Mr. y. J. Weaver
! "a New Englaudcr. who engineered the
/ scheme. consisted Of Mr.. G. {. Collins. Of
/ Greensboro. y. c.; DR.. r. A. WOrran, Of
! Northeast Indiana: A. G.. DanfOrth. Jr., OF
] ST. Louis. Mo; Harry =. Tabcr, Of Buffalo,
/ y. y. and w. Z. NewcOme The Norma
/ reached Fayal. Azores, about March 18th.
! "TO HADEs, AND DARN EXPENSE"
At the time the Norma sailed from New
! York statements were published TO the
| effect that from the point Of view of an
/ expert sailor the schooner was not eX-
/ actly fitted for trip around the world.
/ IT was said that she looked more 1T 10
sail i'm regatta than TO encounter an
| Atlantic gale. Her stOrm-slils were re-
ported to be few in lumber, and it was
| added that she had only a main storm
/ trysan to bend if ii blew hard. one oi
| the passengers on the Norma Is reported
10 have said TO reporter on october 49,
1895: Each Of US goes to Hades our own
road. and darn the expense
CAPTAIN Morris is understood to have
left the Norma before she sailed. and II
is presumed that his reason for doing so
was that he did not believe her 10 be
/ equal 10 the task of ngnting her way
around the world.
TO GO EVERYWHERE.
When the schooner sailed her itinerary
was roughly. as follows:
She was to touch al Baltimore. Charles
| ton. and Jacksonville. ana thence so TO
the Bermudas and the Azore Islands. ana
thence to Cadiz and Tangier, and through
/ the Straits of Gibraltar 10 the Baleailc
Islands Corsica. and Sardinia Ihe
| Adriatic Sea was next 10 be visited, ana
the Norma was then TO cruise around the
! coast of Greece 10 the Aegean Sea, the
Rosphcrus. the Black Sea. Southern Rus
s,a. Asia Minor. Egypt. and Tunls; the
north coast Of Africa. the Cape OF Good
Hone. MADAGASCAR. the Indian ocean. the
Gulf of Alden. the Arabian sea, Ceyloh'
Sumatra. Java. Australia, the South Sea
Islands China. Japan, and nearly every
place on the habtab.e globe.
The Norma is wooden Yacht OF ~
tons. O. feet , incnes long on the water
line. of q feet inches beam. and draws
II feet 3 inches of water. }. Weaver Is
registered as her owner.
THE NORMA KNOWN AT NORFOLK.
NORFOLK. VA. March l5.-Late in 1885
or early I'm 1897 the yacht Norma touched
nj Norfolk. Here She got into trouble,
| and was libelled FOR repairs and Tor pro-
| visions furnished. She was released the
! matter fixed up and after couple OF
| weeks delay. the yacht proceeded.
Commodore Weaver married lazy
from Suffolk. and Mrs. Weaver was at
| the time the yacht was here, passenger
| aboard here.
Subscriptions were taken for book o.
art and descriptive writing by the news
| ..,,,r mon i'm the varty which was TO be
! delivered through the American News
! Conpany. Whether or not this contract
was carried out is not known
| numbers of newspaper men were en-
| tertained aboard the Norma. and the pa
uers AT the time were filled with sensa-
! tional accounts Of the Commodore's al
fairs and the yachts experiences.