The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-09-08
3-M1NUTE cLAss-S15O.
YACHTS AND BOATS.

The auxiliary yawl rugged yacht Siesta
was in port last Saturday.
The steam yacht Wissahicon called at
this port Saturday. She is "a tons gross
! was built at South Boston in 1900, and halls
from Philadelphia
The schooner yacht Speranza, Capt. W.
D. Scott, F. w., Hill of Bangor owner, ar
rived at this port last Thursday to 60 out of
commission and is now in winter quarters
above the railroad wharf. Her owner has
summer home at Tenants Harbor.
The schooner yacht Eltin arrived at this
port Thursday. She is % tons net and was
built at Bath in 1879. Her owner, a Bangor
man, has spent the summer at Bucks Har-
bor The yacht was bought at New York
last spring and was reported missing when
on the passage east, but turned up all right.
An 1slesboro man who served the past
season on board the Henrietta Francis, the
fisherman transformed into a yacht, says
that Mr.. F. S. Jones, the owner, is well
pleased with her, and that her sailing quail
ties are good in light or heavy weather.
Next season Mr.. Jones will have the schoon-
er meet him at New York and will make
the trip in her to his summer home in Isles.
boro.
The three-masted auxiliary yacht Intrepid
was at Portland last week, bound to the
westward, and The Press says she will
probably soon go out of commission. The
Intrepid, Lloyd Phenix, owner, does not go
out of commission. When the yachting
season closes here she crosses the Atlantic
or goes to the West Indies. This is the
third yacht of the name built for Captain
Phenix.
The sloop yacht Undine, Capts. Davies
and Wardwell of Rockland, arrived at this
port last Thursday with a party on board,
cruising. The Undine is "a tons net, was
built in Brooklyn, n. Y, in 1872, and was
bought in Boston last spring by her present
owners. She was crack craft in her day,
winner in many race, and is good sailer
now as well as comfortable and weatherly
craft.
Edwin Morey's steam yacht Princess is
in Belfast for general repairs to her hull
and machinery. The wood work will be
done by E. l.. Macomber and the mach ne
work by the Duplex Roller Bushing Co.
The repairs are superintended by Capt
Ellis Gray, sailing master of the Princess.
Mr. and Mrs. Morey will remain in Castne
about two weeks longer
The prettest craft at this port this season
was the auxiliary yawl Fanfare In model
and rig she is up-to-date, and her fine sail
ing qualities were shown when she beat
into the harbor in a strong northerly breeze.
She had a crew of one man, and her owner
and wife were on board. Her port of hail,
where from and where bound, were not
learned. Supplies were obtained here and
the yacht sailed the next morning.
The handsome steam yacht Waturus,
owned by Randall Morgan of Philadelphia,
anchored III the Reach last Wednesday and
grounded on Sally Island at low tide. A
the yacht off without damage. Capt. Cush-
man of Rockland was in command. 1t is
reported that Mr.. Morgan has purchased
the Tom Harris place ON Little Deer Isle
and the land known as Byards Point on
the opposite side of the Reach.-Deer Isle
Messenger.
The steam yachts Satlla ard May were
at this port Tuesday, and brought parties
who attended our fair. The Satilla was
built by Lawley, Boston. and is owned by
DR.. j. c. Strawbridge of Philadelphia,
summer resident of Camden. The May is
an English-buit craft and is owned by
Mr. Van Rensselaer, of Philadelphia, one
of the Dark Harbor summer colony She is
652 tons gross, 1863 net.