New-York tribune., 1902-03-18
THE ENDYMION DISABLED.
GEORGE LAUDER. IRIS. YACHT BEING
TOWED HERE FROM HATTERAS.
SHE HAS LOST ALL FER RIGGING FROM
SOME UNKNOWN CAUSE-HER REC
ORD BREAKING VOYAGE.


ORD BREAKING VOYAGE.
The noted and beautiful schooner yacht En-
dymion. owned by George Lauder. jr.. nephew
of Andrew Carnegie. was sighted in a disabled
condition on Sunday morning six miles north Of
Diamond Shoals LiEhtsrip near Cape Hatteras.
by the steamer Proteus captain eager from
New-Orleans. which arrived here yesterday. It
was 6 o'clock. according to Captain eager, wher
he observed the black clipper hull Of the yacht
floating hepessly at anchor, without spar
standing, and flying a signal Of distress. She
was ptifu spectacle.
IN A HELPLESS CONDITION.
The transoceanic record breaker rose and fell
on the swell, her pnons trailing at her side IN
the water. Not a step had been taken - clear
away the wreckage, which numbered the deck
and hung over the sides. = erar lay lengthvise
Of the deck. where II had fallen. smashing part
OF the deckhouse and rail. other spars ana siJI-
We're hanging over the side. Floating I'm the
water short distance away were two or tn a
other spars. which apparently We're stu AZ
tached 10 the yacht. as one of them was butt up
Captain eager ran alongside and asked Cap
tain James A. Loesch the yachts commander
what he could do for the yacht. we would like
to be towed back to New York" came over the
water. "AlI right" Captain eager replied. and
ordered out tow line. While this was being
made ready Merritt K Chapman tug the !. J
Merritt, on her way south appeared on thr scene
and took the vessel in tow. Captain eager then
proceeded his voyage without waiting to
learn the cause Of the disaster Apparently
the hull was uninjured. and as Captain Loesch
did not ask for the services of a surgeon II Is
likely that no one was injured by the falling
rigging.
TWO CAUSES FOR DISASTER
As Captain eager reported pleasant passage
and no storm brewing in the neighborhood Of
the yacht there appear to be but two causes
which can be assigned for the accident Either
she rolled her masts out collIded with an
other vessel So far as Captain eager could see
her hull showed signs Of collision.
The yacht passed out Of Sandy Hook at $50
a. on Friday morning bound for Charleston
where her owner, with n party, was to board
her for months cruise in the West Indies
Mr.. Lauder, when at the Yale club yes
terday afternoon, said that the yacht would be
repaired here Immediately and put in commits
sion again. It was his opinion that she would
be towe1 directly to this port instead of putting
into Wilmington or Norfolk, was suggested
He would not give the names Of his party, but
said they were all men.
The Endymiou built for the late George
Lord Day, of this city. In 1899. by the George
Lawley q Son Corporation, of South Boston,
from designs prepared by Tams. Lemone &
Crane. No. - Broadway. She Is 126 feet over
all, 100 feet on the water line. - feet beam
and draws II feet. She carries a crew of
eighteen men and is provided with five large
staterooms
RECORD HOLDER.
Deep sea cruising was what Mr. Day had in
mind when he contracted for her and with this
in view her designers gave her short rig
How successfully her design was executed may
be judged from the fact that she holds the sail
ing record between Sandy Hook and the Mana
cles, off Southampton. 1t is II days. 20 hours
and 80 minutes for the distance of nearly 3.1OO
miles. The nearest approach TO this record is
that Of the famous clipper ship Dreadnaught,
made in the middle of last century to Liver
pool, 1892 miles, in l3 days hours.
This voyage was made in the early summer
of 1900 with Mr.. and Mrs. Day and a party of
friends aboard. They left Sandy Hook on June
81 at 3;30 p. m. with fair wind on the star
board quarter, and at noon the next day with
out touching halyard or trimming a sheet the
yacht had logged 2lS knots. For three days
she kept up this steady running, with a south
west breeze. ON the night of July n the wind
shifted to the northwest and came out hard. so
hard that the maintopsail taken In and
the mainsail reefed. The next days run was
yacht made 266 miles on June 20. Up To this
time the decks had been perfectly dry.
On the night Of June - the wind dropped to
a dead calm and in two hours the vessel barely
logged eight knots There was general gloom
as there had been high hopes of making a rec
ord. \ good breeze came out of the northwest
again. however. and on July |, 30 miles were
covered. The good breeze continued. becoming
a gale July :. From noon TO noon on this
day pos knots We're logged. During one watch
of four hours on this day the record was fifty
five knots, or at the rate OF 1874 knots an
hour, assisted by a heavy following sea
At II: 30 o. m. on July 3 the Scilly Islands were
sighted and Lands End Al D. m, when again
the wind failed. For four hours the yacht
moved along at slow speed But In tha evening
Gtif y "a M .aDI
Ing the pilot boats along under reefed sails IL
was decided to finish the last lap Of the journey
with a sprint. every kite and the balloon
jibtopsal and balloon staysails were set. At !
p m. July the Manacles buoy under
the Endymions bow and the race against time
was over.