New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-17
YACHTING.
THE FAVORED KNoCKABoUT FAST TAN
INC THE PLACE OF THE CATBOAT.


o., ,hat q has almost entirely supplanted the cat
boat fleets that formerly dotted the Sound Inc
knocka bout Is perhaps the easiest hanuleo cl"il "
existence and she costs less than hrst-casS RAJ
ing 3O-foot catboat. She can be produced new Win
everything complete in the way of sails etc. LOT
about 81 900 and there is good shelter ana a id'
amount Of comfort to be had in her cabin "heh
strongly built she Is able to ride out haru sea-
and she is the best combination OF cruiser anu
racer that has yet been devised. The gymnastics
OF the old sandbaggers. which depended OH t"o
shifting of ballast to stand up. now almost for-
gotten and Il is thought that the Kit. the DOT the
Volsung and few more are about the last of their
class that will be built for the racing on the SOUND
The latter boats carry an enormous mainSa1i anu
although they have no shifting ballast. they want
watching The improved types have the call all
along the line.
THREE NEW FLEETS PREPARING.
There will be three new and important fleets rae
ing next year-the Herreshoff 65-foot water-line
class the 75-foot schooners. with the rebuilt Am
orita and Ouissetta included. and the fleet that will
be built for the racing for the Eastern hacht
Clubs cup The latter will be yachts OF % feet
water-ne and OF 81 feet racing length. The latter
class promises TO be much liked. as the expense or
running vessel OF this size is not very great.
The 46-footer is about large amateurs wish TO
handle In any racing yacht larger than this the
work is too much like downright hard labor to
Of a full professional crew begins. The Newport
feet of 65 footers will have TO carry a professional
crew all the time with the exception OF the own
ers. who are well known yachtsmen and will do
their own steering With them, however the best
of all Yachting in which amateur crews do the
whole OF the work is not to be looked for and they
are only ordered by men with whom the expense
THE CRAFT AND THOSE WHO SAIL THEM.
AS some people have had idea that Sir Thomas
Upton might have the Shamrock improved and
challenge with her again. 1t may be as well TO
quote the deed of gift. which says: No vessel
which has been defeated in a match for the Cup
Interviewed. or until after the expiration OF two
Several members of the Knickerbocker Yacht
Club have put up the money for the clubs pur-
chase of the land which the clubhouse
rests. This is a block of land situated on the
waters edge at College Point and is 200 feet by 300
feet. Hitherto II has been occupied by the club
The price paid is 5000. This Will give the
club a permanent home in central and desirable
location.
There will be classification for yaws In the
ing Of the Long Island Sound Association next
SON. In former years this rig has had to race in
the sloop classes with the yawl's ordinary time
allowance. but at the last meeting of the assoca-
tion il decided to give yawls their classes.
mus inns was necessary 3E me numbers OF
built. The rig Is becoming great favorite, and
many sloops are being converted. The IS and 43
foot classes of yawls will now sail by themselves,
and there will be pretty large fleets of them, ac-
cording TO the present outlook.
1t has been reported at Tebo's that the steam
yacht Half Moon has been sold to the United
States Government to be used In Southern waters
for hospital service. probably at Key West The
Half Moon has been reported at Beaufort, \. c., on
er way down the coast She formerly belonged 10
Charles Mclaughlin of the Larchmont Yacht Club.
Captain Fisher is in charge.
When Captain L. B. Lake was laying UP the
auxiliary brigantine Aloha in the beginning of this
month ne said that they were well satisfied with
her present lofty rig Her truck reaches 1872 feet
above the water, and she sets huge sail plan,
square rugged forward and she Is the only yacht OF
her size In this country that carries a topgallant
mast. 1t is reported that the owners, the
Messrs. James OF the New-York Yacht Club, In
tend TO cut down the rig before the vessel goes
off on one of her long cruises. 1t has been ex-
pected by some yachtsmen that this would have to
be done ever since the vessel first appeared In Sep
TENDER last
The Long Island Sound Yacht Racing Asso-
citation has determined to have one gun starts for
all classes next year, and to make the restrictions
governing the construction OF knockabouts con-
form to the rules Of the Knockabout Associa-
ton Of Massachusetts,. Some Of the cassihcatons
schooners the IS foot class. s. foot class and 10
classes.
Lewis c. Van Ripper A. II. Wray and William A.
Lombard have become members OF the Atlantic
Yacht Club.
The following officers have been elected to the Old
Mil Yacht Club: Commodore, G. A. Cooper; vice.
commodore. Adam Blelthick rear commodore
Augustus Eberhardt secretary. Henry Teare. jrr
recording secretary, Joseph Bushler: treasurer.
H. W. walker measurerI Andrew PortaveceGnla'
Charles Terry. Otto Krisch and E. Boyle. The
headquarters Of the club is at No. l65 Clymer-st.
Brooklyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Gould will start this win
ter on a cruise TO Southern waters. Their steam
yacht. the NADIA is to be put in commission again.
and they will take q party OF friends to the Gulf
Of Mexico and the West Indies. The departure
will not be made until after New Years but the
cruise will last till well on toward the warmer
weather.
The fine steam yacht Sapphire which was for
merly called the Roma, when she belonged to Baron
Ferdinand de Rothschild was brought TO this coun-
try last month anS laid Up here ~, AMI L. BaT6eT
He and Mrs Barber viii leave Dobbs Ferry shortly
and 60 TO Washington. The Sapphire is TO De put
I'm commission again early next year.
About January ] Eugene Higgins. OF the New
York Yacht Club will begin voyage to the Medi-
terranean in his large steam yacht Varuna The
start will be made from England. Since the finish
back TO Brightlingaea. where she is now laid up
The Prince OF Wales 147 prizes with the
Britannia before ne sold her, and the total value
Of these was fl0O73 The Irex has taken ia prizes.
representing in hard cash about fe023. The Prince
bought back his old racer last year but since then
she has shown very little OF her oldtime speed and
1t Is thought that she has become waterlogsed
through being left in the water when out of COM
mission
The 36-foot racing sloop Shima San. belonging
10 ]. T. Pratt. Of the Larchmont Yacht Club has
been laid up at the Piepgras yards. City Island
where she lies beside the old Clara, which
one OF the introducers OF the English keel TO Amer
lean yacht building.
Al the annual meeting OF the jamaica Bay Yacht
Club 81 reported that the club had acquired
thirteen members in the last year and had
paid off $500 of its bonds. Officers were elected
for the coming year.
An article on yachting has lately appeared in
which the old America is described a typical
centreboard boat and the opinion Of the writer,