New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
YACHTING.
A GREAT YAwI CLASS TO BE ADDED
TO THE RACERS IN AMER
ICAN WATERS.

IT was learned last night that Royal Phelps Car
roll of the New-York Yacht Club. intends TO turn
his IIerreshof 90-foot cutter Navahoe into yawl,
and that some of the work on the designs of these
alterations was already under way. The Navahoe
did not appear in open water last summer she
was anchored in a dismantled condition, OF the
Fawkins yards, and was not put In commission.
Henry s. Redmond of the New-York Yacht Cluo'
left the Grand Central Station at o'clock yester-
day on hunting trip. 1t was then learned .iia1
his intention to buy the celebrated English @-1ooe
cutter Ailsa, which was announced in The Irfpuhe
at the close of last seasons racing had peeh lui
filed and that he had purchased the yacht throush
the agency of Gardner & Cox. The Ailsa Is the
well known Fife design which has raced for half
a decade against the Prince of Wales's Britannia.
She already has the yawl rig. under which she hau
proved very fast and as some think, FASTER thah
under the cutter sail PLAN She will be sent across
the ocean in the early spring. and delivered 10 her
owners skipper at City Island Under the cutter
rig the Ailsa was not at first so fast as the
Britannia but later on. after improvements oy
Fife she managed divide the plate pretty evenly
1t has been stated that she suffered from me same
fault that was charged against the Fife challenger
sbar,rock in having the widest part of her model
too far aft
From the same source it also learned that
Commodore Percy Chubb, of the Seawanhaha Co-
rinthan Yacht Club, is having his former cup de-
farder Vigilant altered to carry the yawl rig Ihe
intention of Mr.. Redmond, Mr. Carroll and MT
Chubb IS to have racing class of @-foot yawis'
and this great fleet would in any ordinary year pc
probably the chief announcement of the approach
ing year but in spite of some overshad9wing from rom
the more important Cup yachts, NeW-4ork anna
teurs will be delighted to hear of the grand addi-
tion that is to be made to the American RACING
field. +, ..o,-h the
Ali three are about the size, though the
Navahoe will probably take time allowance from
the others. Her over all length is 1S feet; water
line 81 feet; BEAM % feet. and draught, without
board 12 feet inches. The Ailsa,s over all Length
is 26 feet; water line $780, BEAM $3.50, and draush
il feet The Vigant Is Of the same oS over eaa an
length 126 feet; water line, sc feet lncnes' peaI
26 and draught, without board II feet ihcnes es
and two centreboards. though the Vigant IS prae rae
ticallv keel boat, and sailed nearly all last sea-
s"ay sn yy,tbomt her board which was broken in her
I,archmont race against the Mineola ,
II is thought by of the owners tnat the
Navahoe will have a good chance in heaYy
weather. in which she has already beaten the VIZ
liant and that allowing some superiority 70 the e
britannia as between her and the VlSllanI, tLe
latter ought TO be on about even terms & WIN re
Aisa MIR Redmond has bought the A1lsa prlina- pn
ry as cruiser as he found his 51-footer syce 700
small to be used to entertain ms trlehds put tri
nroposal to have a new yawl class In the racing
keId had good deal to do with the completion on
the nurchase 1t was said in England mat Ihe
nrice required for the Ailsa was f5Ooo. Ine @ ue.
ens for the alterations of the Vigilant nave oeeh
made by II. C. Wntringham, of this cry