The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-05
CAPT. BARR TO SAIL ATLANTIC
WILL BE 4 COMPETITOR IN THE
OCEAN RACE.
wilson Marshall's Schooner Being Over
hauled to Race for kalser's Cup-Lem
Miller WIZ lie Shipper OF tho Ailsa
Popularity uf Long Distance Racing.


| Miller WIZ lie Shipper OF tho Aisa
--Popuiarlt, Of Long Distance Racing,
| Wilson Marshall, owner OF the three mastHd
| schooner Atlantic. has engaged Capt. Charles
| Barr 10 sail that yacht in the ocean race for
/ the German Emperor's cup. Capt. Barr
/ will take charge of the Atlantic in few days
/ and will at once begin overhaulng the yacht
| and getting her ready for the big contest
across the ocean The Atlantic has been
: lowered from the Morse dry dock. lead
I keel weighing about seventy tons has been
! fitted to the vessel. which. 1t Is expected,
! will help her considerably In sailing in strong
| winds As soon ms the yacht has been over
hauled she viii he tried. and Capt. Barr will
! find out all he can about the yacht before the
I time for starting the race.
! Henry 8. Redmond has engaged Capt.
! Lem Miller to sail the Ailsa. and that yacht
Ia now being got 10 shape for the ocean race
I She will also compete in the race from Dover
/ to Heligoland for a cup offered by the En-
peror. and then in the Kiel regat'as.
Commodore 1od's schooner Thistle ia Mt
ting out at Shooter Island aud will be
placed In commission about the middle OF
April As usual Commodore Tod Will sal
his yacht himself. He will have with him
two guests. and his crew will be three mates.
four Quartermasters. ten men before the
mast. two cooks and two stewards.
ocean racing or racing over long courses
Will be very popular this year Some years
ago yachtsmen used to Ike TO race out OF
sight OF land but then for some time the
shorter courses became more popular. and for
some years there were no contests longer than
the courses OF the ordinary regattas. About
five years ago the Atlantic Club had race
from Shelter Island to sea Gate. which proved
to be one OF the most remarkable races on
record Four yachts started, tho Saohem.
owned by Commodore Adams; the Katrina.
owned by Robert T.. Tod the Ramona and the
Coronet. These boats took separate courses
after passing MontaIk Point and they came
together again at the KOmer Shoals Light
with less than two minutes between the nrst
AFTER that chiefly through the efforts OF
| the Atlantic Yacht CLUB. ocean racing has
become popular again. This year VIII wit
ness So veral long distance races The Brook
( Ign Yacht Club Will have a race for small
I cruising boats to Hampton Roads The
| Knicker booker Yacht Club VIII have a power
/ boat race from College Point to MarbleheBd
| he Eastern and Atlantic Yacht CLUB VIII
arrange for races over ocean courses. The
! New ork Yacht Club VIII pro bably 20 around
the the CAPE ape Nay and BrentoH's feel saps, 80
Three boats belonging TO the SeawanhakA
| Corinthnn Yacht Club are 10 race around
/ Long Island These are the ketch Peggy.
owned by Rear Commodore Hastings. tie
/ sloop Nike. owned by Victor /. Cumnock.
| and the sloop Regina owned by Francis u
/ Stewart. The start for this race ls to be
! maze OH knf OJsbT Dhg HouFt VI Nit Nft-
wanhaka Corinthisn Yacht Club and the
! finish will be OF the Atlantic Yacht Club
| house at Sea Gate,
The motor boat men are arranging Tor a long
| cruise 1t Is planned that motor boats are
to meet at; Albany on Aug; 10. and then the
| OsweGo across Lake Ontario and down the
| St Lawrence TO Chippewa Bay. where the
races for the American Power Association
challenge cup ore to be held Coming back
the yachts will take another route.
Robert Jacobs At city Island IS building
a cruising motor boat for Charlea VI. Gould
OF the New York Yacht Club, Mr. could
intends to use his boat in making extensive
cruises on Long Island sound and 70 the
eastward. With this in view, designer Henry
j. Gielow has turned out a boat that will be
q good craft ~ heavy weather. The conven-
tionnl class cabin top has been abandoned and
the sides of the hui have been carried up amid
ships a distance u twentY-iour feet making
her flush deck for that distance The dimen-
sions O! this boat are 4B feet inches over all.
4, feet on The load water line 10 feet beam
and feet draught The keel. stem and
OF cedar and the deck of " hite pine,
he owners stnteroom Is forward and T.
10 feet inches lcng and extends the full
width Of the yacht In IL VIII DO large
Joining win be bath and toilet room, AIT
| Of the owners room will be the galley and
icebox and passagcway leading TO the after
cabin. IN" galley, passage and the engine
| The cabin will be feet long and viii have
transoms on each side. The cockpit will be
I ~ Iett n llfneS long, WIN "A kfAI across INC
after end The boat Will be driven by a 10
! horsepower motor, which will give her
speed OF fifteen miles an hour The shaft
ing v il be of bronze and the propeller Will be
specially designed by Mr.. Gielow. Tho
! casolene tank Is forw ard and the boat VIII
/ carry enough TO run $40 miles. The boat viii
be lighted by electricity. a dynamo being
/ operated by the main engine for charging Il
| storage battery. The steering gear IS OF the
automobile type located on a slightly raised
/ platform In the forward part OF the cockpit
and the helmsman win have fun control OF
the motor. This boat Is to be ready by Deco
The annual meeting Of the HuFuenot Yacht
| Club as held recently and these officers were
elected. Commodore J.; {. ketchum; vice
II A Woodward treasurer. j. H. riggs
secretary. Reune Martin.
for Charles T. Gibson OF Boston which Is being
built by G.. +. Brown al Pulpit Harbor. Ne
water lne, IL feet inches extreme BEAM
3 feet inches draught. The least freeboard
Is feet inches and the yacht will sprend
1850 square feet OF canvas, She Will have
1000 pounds of inside ballast and 1900
pounds outside. The cabin plan shows ac-
conmodation for several guests IN the main
saloon there are two bertks, and transoms
will give room for two more. Forward of tho
saloon there are two staterooms with two
berths In each The toilet room, gnlley and
forecaste are very roomy with iull headroom
throughout. There are 20 be fresh water
tanks beneath the cabin floor with capacity
Of 100 gallons The toilet room is TO be sup
piled with hot and cold running water and tho
boat is to be lighted with acetylene gas
The Canada cup boat deei gned by Gardner
& Cox for q syndicate of Rochester yachts
men headed by Thomas Il pritchard will be
built bv William ii Miller at Charlotte The
A. Cary Smith has designed racing cathoat
for A. G. Middleton OF Camden, \. j. This
boat Ia for racing on Barnegat Bay
The HerreshofIs are building 90 foot sloop
for n member Of the New York Yacht Club.
The design IS similar 70 that Of the 2o-footers.
OF the New York Yacht Club.