New-York tribune., 1900-07-15
YACHTING.
AMONG THE CRAFT AT EWPORT-AN
ESCAPE FROM KETTLE BOTTOM"

arrived make things still livelier, and remained
/ from Thursday to to-day The station Of the
| New-Yorl1 Yacht Club. which might be called its
| Newport clubhouse, is a commodious two story
| dwelling house, with landing floats every side.
| and is at easily accessible part of the town
! shore line on its land side there is open space
into which all kinds of vehicles constantly
driving, and IL is rathe' interesting spot in which
! to wait hour, because all the youth and beauty
| of Newport there sooner or later. Most of the
! men arrive in automobiles, and after they have
! aIighted and passed the time o day with fellow
! yaChtsnen they take their machines into a nearby
| livery stable, where they fed with gallon of
! naphtha connected with a wire that sup
/ plies them with the fuel of the lightning bolt
| Among the most admired little vessels here are
Cornelius Vanderbilt's tender for the Rainbow the
Mirage and its sister vessel the Scout, the tender
| for August Relmont's Mineoa. These wonder
fully active and speedy vessels and as they
/ take guests the yachts and back, and the
way they in a limited space by backing
| on one screw and going ahead the other, and
their sudden speeo as they fly out through the
anchored fleets attract great attention.
/ The New-YoTk Yacht Club has had two New-York
| vessels in attendance. both from the Luckenbach
| fleet, and on the larger one OF these there has
been party of guests on each day of sailing. 1t is
huge steel ocean tug that is made to live through
any Atlantic storm. and the women have felt per-
fectly safe while out in the open sea
One of the finest vessels here is Commodore Led
yards flagship, the schooner Corona, formerly the
Colona. She unfortunately has had no competitor
with which to race, OWlE4 "a tle Nltiui w ti'S
Amorfta and the Quissetta from the racing courses
Even more powerful in appearance is George w
Yields cruising schooner the HHdesarde, Whch ar
rived after fast from Boston. A e. Towers
newly purchased English steam yacht the Erl-king
has a family party board, and so has the cruis-
ing schooner Emerald. The fast paddle wheel
steamer CleTmont came rushing IN from newton
and hoisting that of the New York Yacht Club as
Mart%ta is @ith the % de9t togstheT With the
yawl Flying Cloud, the steam yacht Maspeth and
r,a c.,oo OH nd he
Fredona, O; Boston; ex-Commodore Ei3ridge i,
Gerrys steam Yacht Electra wilson MSrshalls all.
owned by H. J. Robert and T. L. Arnold, respec-
and many others outside the racing fleets of special
thirties and ffty-ones and seventies.
way through the fog into Newport Harbor on
THURSDAY morning fsherman's eatboat suddenly
You're going into the Kettle Bottom!"
dron Of waers which @ came dmy into S view eV' as the the
man spoke Close ahead the Atlantic seas were
shapeless and mysterious sheets. Through the
like aurora boreaiis fights. The Kettle Bottom is
not pleasant place al which 10 effect landing,
and the steam yacht hacked away into deep water
about % as fast as steam gower could carry her II
would have been different.
THE CRAFT AND THOSE WHO sAIL. THEM
The 51-footers Carmita and AcushIa II are an !
chored in the quiet waters near City Island These
boats are now owned in Philadelphia The Carmta |
was sold by " X Vanderbilt jr.. and the Acushla |
" bay he ir1r,o Cd
Scotch cutter Isolde.
Arnzi L. Barber, whose big steam yacht the Sap
phlre is al the Cape under charter TO Harry Mccall
mont is using theJ steam yacht Tuanta this sum |
mer 10 ferry him from his summer home at Ards !
~ r,ri f - CuS' 10 {hs cry The Juanita is
ISeTSa antie Yacht 5t9 Herbert ba'ntne Of the At
Aoo1 suy
In coming to his business in this citv Connodors
Waither Luttgen leaves Linden y. j. on a launch |
a49 ana then boards mis- steam yacht the Linta in the
NlI Won huH Z" cross to the Battery.
Joseph stickney's large steam yacht the srsque- |
saGna PeTs mas 3efn zen chartered for the by F.
Colonel Oliver H. Paynes large three master the
Aphfodlte Is At anchor in the Sound near West
chester Creek. and the start of the cruise to tho
-'i'' ape ana Baltic has been postponed
Inc Newport Kat Bote Klub will take its first
cruise to-day. when the fleet, headed by the flag
snip Carrie Will leave Newport for Warwick The
nressi nrW TduDnouSe there viii be dedicated i'm
rsf lecture Of fhs sres d Vter SePins s b to the
VIII nave ciamhake.
J. V. S. Oddie. secretary Of the Neyvyorl, vaI,.
Club gives notice that the fourth general rneetn,.
OF the club will be held in the Demonco Building
the racing rules viii be bronrbt n AneFd nm fd
HnaI approval and another will be presented
It is said at Newport that The Trbune's sugges-
ton that Captain Sycamore had sailed for This
country to take charge of the Rainbow for Cor
oHiner F%nafrnt us Is ably correct 1t
pIeted to have Sycamore in charge.
EX-Commodore J. Perpont Morgan has offered
to the members of the New-York Yacht Club the !
use use OF the Corsair landing. at Thirty-hfth-st and
the Hudson River " ~
The German Emperor's Meteor had no trouble IN |
defeating the new yawl Sybarta Just finished for |
WHITAKER Wright on George l.. Watson's latest !
design. This was in the German racing OF the |
last week. The Sybarta's Performance is bein,, !
watched with interest America for the purpose |
OF seeing how far later experiences have assisted
Mr.. Watson to build dangerous boat to challenge |
for the Americas Cup 1t is no secret now that |
Sir Thomas Upton will give Watson a chance to |
help him out with the challenge
A well known yachting writer in England savs.
This performance OF the Sybarita is decidedly
disappointing the many who have foIIouyaS bar
there are two or three things o be reckOned 10 |
canvas has not yet been uursed into share The
sailed by skipper and crew who have had On
poTIunlty or getting acquainted with every twist
and turn of her pecuharities This differences
should alone account for more than twice the dif
terence OF TWO minutes which between them
lies in the fact that the race was plain sailing ali
me, me way round ana meyer turn at the wndward
signed '-' Ne
1t is true that the Meteor is a stronger boat :,
any other point of sailing but the Sybarfta looks
just the vessel TO give her dressing down on her
lay pronouncing on the result u Watson's exneri-
ment until she has had more thorough trial
Francis SINNERS large schooner Constellation
las baau ken IA rauta d