The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-28
MANY YACHTS BUILDING.
MORT HAN TWO HUNDRED CRAFT
UNDER WAY Al DIFFERENT YARDS.

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Cup-Nnmes, Owners and Dimensions.
The most important OF the sailing yachts
building this year is, OF course. the Columbia.
which, 1t Ia expected. will be The champion
selected to defend the Americas Cup against
the Shamrock. which is coming over to try
and win the famous old trAphy AMI take 1t back
to the other side of the water. This yOcht IL 80
far ahead Of all the others that are being built
that 1t completely overshadows them. Apart
from the Columbia there are more than 2OC
yachts being built in the different yards this
year and many Of these will race In the re-
Rattas that have been arranged for these wa
tors. They will make the season a very lively
one and lots III snort Is expected in every class
Many Of the new boats are simply for cruis-
ing. but many have been built as racers, espe-
clally for the 30. 25 and II foot classes.
A seventy-fOot schooner is being built at
Lawley's yard. Boston. for DR.. II. c. Enc. the
Rear Commodore of the Seawanhaka-C orinth-
ian Yacht Club. The Yacht is nov approach.
ing completion and will be seen in :hese wa
ters next month. She was designed by Gin
ton H. Crane. and while nothing has been sac
rifced for speed it Is expected that the new
vessel will he quite speedy and that she will
give a good account OF herself In many races.
Her dimensions are 96 feet over all. 20 feet on
the water line. extreme beam ~ feet 4 inches.
depth 10 feet 3 inches and draughtS x feet q
inches. The construction OF. this essel is
composite. and the planking from the water
line up is OF mahogany. 80 IA to insure smooth
topsides. The rail. waist. planksheer and
deck fittings are OF teak. The interior ar
rangemen:s are designed for comfort. The
owners quarters are aft OF the companionway.
the staterOom extending the full width Of the
yacht. In this room are two berths.' q sofa.
wardrobe. &c. and in the dressing room which
adjoins will be a bath. Forward on the port
side Is the chart room. and then comes the sa-
loon, which Is the full width Of the boat. This
compartment is fitted with a side board. sofas,
bookcase. fireplace and q writing desk. On
the starboard side forward Of the saloon are a
double and a single stateroom. and on the
port side is another stateroom. Then come
the pantry. iceroom. storeroom. the officers
messroom and rooms for the CAPTAIN and
steward. in the order named. The galley is
next and is separated from the fore"astle by a
bulkhead. The interior tinishlngs Of the
Yacht will he pine. enameIled white. The
furniture Of the cabins will be quartered oak
and in the owners suite mahogany. II Is
thought that DR.. Emo will enter his Yacht
against the Amorita and Quisetta. and the trio
should furnish some very interesting races.
W. q. Cav OF Boston has commissioned tho
Herreshoffs to build for him a seventy-foot
sloop which is to be delivered in time for the
cruise Of the New York Yacht Club. during
which the new boat will race in the squadron
run and In the special races. Work on this
boat has begun, but very little Of the general
dimensions are known. The only rival this
new boat will have in her class will be the
Queen Nab. owned by Nathaniel J.. Frances.
also OF Boston. The new boat should beat
the old one, but it will be interesting to see
how much faster she 10.
Malcolm Graham. Jr.. Is having a small
auxiliary built at Samuel Ayres & Sons yard.
Nvack. from designs by: C. q. Davis. This
boat is AZ feet over all. % feet on the water
line. IA feet beam and 2 feet u inches draught.
In design this boat is very much like the Sur
prise. She has one full-slZed stateroom and two
quarter staterooms. She will carry 1.uOO
square feet OF canvas and is to be fitted with
an auxiliary gas engine. This boat will be
used without the engine for a while.
Charles G.. Davis has designed. several small
yachts that viii be raced. Altogether 1O3
''larks'' are being built. many Of which will be
seen In these waters. The.lark design. has be-
come very popular and should furnish Just "a
good sport as any Of the one design classes.
These boats are IA feet ON the water line. lG
feet over all. : feet beam and I inches draught.
J. O'Brien. Jr. is having a racing lark built
on Orange Lake the dimensions OF which are
IL feet over all; "A feet, on the water line. u
feat beam and Z niche draught. She has hol-
low snars. sails, by Wilson &.Sil'bee and is the
hanging stern. She is built OF cedar and pine
with OAK frames and steel ~trans..
an auxiliary sloor built from Mr.. Davis's de
signs. Her dimensions are ~, fleet over oil. 20
Is inches draught. She is 10 be fitted with a
gas engine, An unnamed ISIoop is being built
BY $. c, Wicks \ CO. at PHtchoGue for Il. S,
by c.. Ct. Davis and g.. Ashton KAY. Her d.
mensions are * feet over al. y feot on the
drauGht. This firm OF builders also has ON
hand a thirty-foot. sloop named l'aiuet for
Beam Brothers Of mis- city: n twenty four foot
Of Long Island City: u twenty-four. foot sloop
named Crony for H. e. Ses4ine Of Rossyile.
city: a twenty-One-foo ra"eah"ut for II. Wes-
son Of Springfield. Mass. and Il twonty-four-
foot raceabout for |. VI. Miller Of latchogue.
The Hanan Brothers have a new sloor built bv
Hanley.. which will race in the Srce clnSs and
Of which great things are expected. The boat
racing. and will lie out bvtte end Of The month.
ent. hut she is II fact over all. and In model
is an improved Aclshln. which the Hanan
Bros. raced 50 successfully.
Three small boats are being built to try tor
the honor of halnE selected challenger for the
Seawanhaka Challenge CUP and sent To Mon.
trsnl to race against the Canadian ooat. ono Of
these Is for II syndicate Of bridgeport yachtI-
men. and 1t is hring built 10y L.awl"y Of Boston
from designs bv Il. b., CrOwnin shield. Two
other boat .desirnei by {. II Crane are being
built BY the SualdinG st. Lawrence COMPANY.
The dimensions OF all these boats ara not
made known for the present.
Two thirty-frbtcIS are under way at Green
port from designs BY e. Fl. Crane. They are
~ feet over all. 10 feet , inches beam and 7
feet draught. one. named Possum. is FOR j.
Rogers Maxwell. Jr. aud the other is for II. Is.
Pratt OF BROOKLYN. Three twenty i've. foot
sloops are also being built at this yard from
designs by Theohmre W. brigham; They arc
for II. J.. Coe. f. r .NuGert and F. VI. Smith
Those for Coe and Nugent are 30 feet over all.
10 feet beam and q feet, %draugh'. The one for
Smith is 81 feet q iLr!. - over ali. ~ feet \
inches on the water line. 81 feet 3 inches beam
and u feet lrauEht.
An improved Norota is being constructed At
Wool's yard. City Island. from designs hy
Gardner and Cox. aud will DO raced nIst
against the llussah. with which boat a match
race has been arranged.
W. y. EHvier il having a yawl bull, bv l.. u.
Huntington. lr,, n New Rochelle. the dimen.
sions Cf which are 80 feet over ALL. 30 feet on
the water line, II feet , inches beam AID I
feet 3 inches draught.
The yachts at lHwIcy's ar" u thirty three
foot cutter named Siruua. frR {. ". Jones.
from designs by ~lnwler: "A tweuty-siN.foot
yawl named Jahhawoi. for {. \. Harding.
from designs lay IAwloY; Il twsntv-twu-fo foot
knocknbout Designed 10y Arthur Blnney for
Walter Burgess. named Helene: Il twentv-onc-
foot knockabOut Tor n. y. Young. Jr. named
ID Npkip. md "A twenty five foot EnG1knh,u.