The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-20

BALTIMORE. Feb 20-SeveraI first
class racing yachts are now being con-
srructed in Baltimore for the purpose OF
competing in the events Of the racing sea-
son of 1901 All of these boats are to 90
TO the outside clubmen.
At the yards of the Nilsson Yacht Build
ing Company, Ferry Bar. various stages
Of yacht construction appear from newly
laid keels to big first raters almost ready
to be slid into the water
The largest yacht which viii be turned
out this season from the Baltimore yards
is 70-foot keel yawI ordered at a cosJ of
$1,000, by F. r Stanley, of the Boston
Yacht Club Narkeeta is the name which
the yacht viii sail under and under which
the owner hopes 10 bring honor 10 the
Boston club The craft is designed not
only for racing purposes. but as a family
cruiser, and next summer Mr. Stanley and
his family viii go for a long cruise along
the New England Coast from Marblehead
10 Bar Harbor, spending most of the
yachting season upon the NaTkeeta- The
vessel is to be fitted up with every modern
convenience 1t is OF a beautiful model.
Three staterooms, a ladies' cabin main
saloon. and smoking room viii be con-
s,ructed Of highly polished haTdwoods
mounted everywhere with brass 1t is to
be of the flush deck type, with everything
below and decks free from hamper except
the skylights. The keel is laid and the
work which is now progressing rapidly,
VIII De completed May 10. in time for the
early meetings of the club
Another order has been placed by a BOs-
ton Yacht Club 0fficiaI-Walter c. Lewis
His craft which is 10 be a 25-foot (water
Hne) yawI. Will be constructed on very
fast lines and is to compete next summer
in all the meets Of her class on the New
England coast. The Boston Yacht Club
has placed twenty orders for yawl-rigged
yachts this winter and Baltimore has Sc
cured two of them.
The rules Of the Massachusetts, Yacht
Racing Association Will be complied with
in the construction Of the yawl, to enable
her 10 be eligible to all yawl races Of Cape
Cod and Massachusetts, bays, in which
VIII compete the coming season. II wlh
be consigned to Mr. Lewis on May 10.
J. F. DOnohue- Of Sandusky, Ohio. has
placed an order for a racing yawl q feet
on the water line. This viii bear the
name Of Lucinda and viii be used exclu-
sively in Lake Erie racing events. Mr.
Nilsson. the designer. expects to attain
much speed in the light yawl even more
than in the heavy class yawl Of Mr.. Lew
IS
4 schooner yacht. which viii sail under
the name OF Ciconia. IS nearing completion.
It Is to 20 to G. c. Wilkinson Chairman
Of the House Committee Of the Capita:
Yacht Club Of Washington, D. c. The
cost of the Ciconia is s.. 600. II IS 43 feet
on the water line. As feet over all Is feet
6 inches beam. 41-2 feet draft, and to
carry u tons Of outside ballast. II will
carry a spread Of $500 square feet of can
vas. and is expected to be very fast, al
though designed only for cruising purpOs-
IS and to accompany the races in which
the Capital Yacht Club boats will compete.
Mr Wilkinson will cruise next summer
N the Potomac and Chesapeake going late
IN the season as far north as Bar HarbOr
The yacht Will be delivered April I
The DOddy Greta, an auxiliary yawl or
Gered by Louis Cassauender. Of New York.
Is nearing completion. II viii he equipped
with Il 5-hOrsepOwer gas engine IN add
t5on to large spread Of canvas and is de-
signed for cruising in Long Island Sound
and even outside
The Doddy Greta is 48 feet over all. and
It IS thought she viii probably develop
good speed Independently Of her engines.