New-York tribune., 1900-07-04
YACHTING.
FAST CUTTER AsTRILD HAULED OFT A.
CITY ISLAND

George l. Watson's fast light wsatbsr .n...
Astrld. now owned b. Addison G. ana yrr,r
Hanan, arrived at City Island two davs aro -,
has been hauled out az Hawkfns's yar6z - -
cleaned for the LarchmOnt races TO-DAY r.
Astrild now comes TO New-York for the arst IT,
since she crossed from GOurOck IN the CIvda -.
she left on May and took thirty-tvo dav, !.
cross. The log OF Captain Macmillan. the sco.-s
skipper who sailed the yacht across. vas sxar,i,,
yesterday on board the AstTild and &c IS an iuss-
esting record OF what 6i-fOOt wararlina 80
cutter has 10 go through on an ocean trip o. 49,.
kind On many OF the days Captain Naesrr.
did not try to heave the boat TO- but ran 5ae,-.
the wind in any direction In which she would a.
the seas easiest. which in her case was onA nol,.
abatt the quarter For days she would be r11nfr-
anywhere except on her course with only a balance
Ieefed storm tTysail with perhaps a double rsAfe5
storm iib set and oil bags leaking on both Nl6ss
In several cases the log reports that saior wa
kept on deck pouring oil out OF a bottle all dav al
that il could spread out on the seas before vht-b
they were running. The captain writes that tbs
seas terrific and that the oil did much goos
Captain Mcmillan has started for Scotland s7eA
ne cast anchor at Greenport and Captain "Dt,E"
Sherlock the former successful skipper 9f ths
schooner Amorita, is noW IN charge Of the Aztrld
as the interior Of this boat has EeVe- been d.
sgrtbed in America. few lines this subject vii
be OF interest. The long overhangs give a zrsa.
deal Of extra room insite- large part of the rsn
quarters in the forecastIe is n the forward ovs-
hang, spacious apartment. followed aft BY tha
galley and pantry on side and Captain shs-
locks staterOOrn the other Then comes t-a
main saloon, which runs the fUH width OF tbs
ship. Aft Of this is passage. into which The com
paniOaway descends. and on one side OF Il Is
Cloakroom and the chartroom and on the otba-
the owners sta terO0m At % the central psgsaqs
comes the wOmen's stateroom. double berthed *
tending the width OF the vessel and partly out On
the after oveFhang The whole Of the interior IS fitted
in the simplest way in dark mahogany and black
walnut. There has been attempt ar ornarasnta-
ton and the yacht has been turned out as a racer
that will be thoroughly comfortable and yet win
the severe simplicity which is the rule in English
yachts
Captain Sherlock thinks her water line 10 bs
about sxty-four feet and that her over all length "a
somewhere about ninety feet. The New-Yorz
Yacht Club year book puts these measurements
unOfiicialy 60 feet and so feet and the beam al
Is feet inch The draught is n feet and the dsDn
Of hold is feet . inches The boat has not ye-
had her racing mdinSan SCI on this side 0f fha
water, Captain Sherlock having brought her u5
from GreenpOrt under her cruising UrySaiI. which
she carried while crossing the ocean The racing
mainsaf was bent yesterday morning while re
yacht the ways. She will leave the wavs
early to-day. and viii be tOvved 10 Larcnmout 10
enter her first race. for which she was duly e.
mer will be the Queen Nab. also a Watson keel
cutter, designed and Launched IN 1892 IL IS not
yet known whether she viii Try conclusions with
the design seventies Of the HerreshOfs
and her other antagonist the imported Isolde vii
not be in racing form this season