New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-20
YACHTING.

| THE ALTAR MAY BE SEEN HERE NEXT
WEEK - THE M1NEOLA AND THE
RAINBOW TO CROSS TOGETHER
New-Yorkers will probably have chance to
| the 49, footer Affair early week, she
| expected to leave Bristol yesterday under sail
| for this city. Her first trial which took place on
| Thursday. eminently satisfactory. Her own
| err. Cord Meyer of New-York. on board. with
| his brother and friend. Fridays trial was In
| lighter winds, and the boat showed good turn
| of speed Her sister ship Is owned In New-York
! by f. Lothrop Ames. She at first named
! the sirocco. but 1t subsequently found that
another yacht was called the Srocco the name
changed the Shark.
Captain Lem" Miller is the skipper of the Affair.
! and arrived to take charge about week ago with
crew Of four. but mate has yet been en-
| gagged. The lower masthead Is peculiar 1t Is as
| long the Columbia's The spreaders are adj
! justed far down. probably over twenty feet from
| the top of the masthead. Instead of having
partly square form. the masthead from the spread
up nearly to the peak halyard block is rounded
! that the gaff slide operate on it above the
! spreaders similar to the plan shown the Sham
| rock.
| August Belmonts 7o-foot Mneola. 1T is now
| said VIII wait for the Rainbow, the second Of
a few finishing touches. Cornelius Vanderbilt will
then sail on her when she starts for this city II,
| be The first of the feet to BE- seen in New York
Work hs she E fast nike eose ana
! is speedy runner and smart in stays. Captain
pleased with her s' and says: "rheres no use ef
Ke sna Of the S 1 yacht Cub and
Mrs. Kennedy have been sailing on her. with Vice
VIII, it is said. act amateur manager at times
when the owner is unable to attend races.
THE CRAFT AND THOSE WHO SAIL. THEM.
Some vessels are rarely spoken Of by their right
names H. NJ. s. BellerOphon was known to Jack
Tar he Several
| Psyche have been commonly known Fish"
| The well known schooner yacht Elsemarie, which
| received this combination name from her first
into M aDs fGT s By
printers and others who thought tho they knew more
Frederick Fletcher, the new owner of this craft
ake is beng 10 and is hat seS
eral papers the craft is being called the Rose Mary
The fnkeel 21-footer Mishe-Nahma. which
built at the Herreshoff yards the order of Rob
ert Coelet, and which boxed to be sent to
Europe, has been removed from the Grating and
foated again. She has since had trials in stiff
mort winds ana MADE 5000 Taowing
have not been given.
Richard Walln, of Bay Ridge who building a
feet of small for the members of the Red
Bank Yacht Club, has finished three of them and
has three in frame. They are decked in except
05 the fH9kP and 1rs s FFqRg built sho d nd
terday Richard Wallin gave their dimensions, which
Of the one-design fleet is l6 feet inches, water
e e about se ane ee o sail T%e
Of them ordered.
Miss Eloise L. Breese of the New-York Yacht
Club is having her steam yacht Elsa fitted for
commission at McIntoshs Basin, Twenty -sixth,st.
been bea1 SKIPPER for Miss Breese for number Of
years. is Still in charge.
The schooner Rowena. the flagship of the Brook
Ign Yacht Club, has been thoroughly overhauled
by Hansen, at Bay Ridge, and was LAUNCHED yes
Turner. '"' 'ONs' -
Colonel William Hester Of the Network Yacht
Club. is having his 127-foot steam yacht Willada,
designed by Nottingham. put in commission at
awnings as finishing part Of her Preparations for
dress parade, and she is now ready for use
Commodore Walther Luttgen will be able to-
day take his steam yacht Linta to the moorings
Of the Columbia Yacht Club of which she is the
finished yesterday.
| While the Paris Exposition continues pleasure
| yachts will be permitted station temporarily in
the Seine between the Invalides and Jena bridges.
! The arrangements made by the Commissioner
| General are intended to encourage yachtsmen to
Surveillance which will pass these vessels their
! entry into France will endeavor to complete its
work in the shortest possible time so that no yacht
! ton longer than eight hours.
| The Clan-Na-Gael Yacht Club has been started
! in Brooklyn. and will have its headquarters at
! Bowery Bay. The clubs burgee will show a green
field with sunburst and harp in the centre.
An addition to the Williamsburg Yacht Club fleet
| will be Charles Hartmann's Portia and Rear Com
nodore Rosemond. of the same club, has bought a
cruising yawl to replace the Cape Cod vessel
| Gently sold
The Manhasset Bay Yacht Club will open June
2. From membership of forty-two year ago
| the club lists have increased to 100 The club
sleeping rooms, a dining ROOM a reception room
and bar
George Edward Ide. of the Larchmont Yacht
| Club is having his 3S-foot keel sloop Cara put in
commission at Woods yards. City Island.
The Regatta Committee of the Penataquit Corfu
THAN Yacht Club composed of Richard A. Bachia
chairman; Richard W. cambridge, Eugene Len
tilhon, Carleton E. Brewster and Regis H. Post
| announces the following racing programme for the
| coming year:
July iEFirst gun z p M frst special. Class
soops.
July 21-Frst gun 2 p m. classes and of
July 2s-First gun p. m. annual club regatta.
August 4-First gun p. m. second special Class
August 11-First gun p. m second special.
August 1S-First gun IL a. M. annual open
| gatta
August First gun p. m. final special. for
September 3-Flrst gun p n1 fall club regatta
September S-First gun p. m. final special, for
Class soops.
Mr. Higginson and Mr.. Lawrence will prepare in
businesslike way to sail their respective chal-
lengers for the Quincy Cup. Their craft will be
| taken to Quincy three weeks before the match con-