The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
THE YEAR AROUND YACHT CLUE.
ArrsnE ements for the Coming Season
Opening on New Years Day.

The Year Around Yacht Club Of Greater
New York will open the coming season at
high noon on january /, 1907. Ten minutes
before that hour the frsyed colors OF the
club will be lowered from the mast IN front
of the clubhouse and a new and bright
flag will be bent to the color ballard. The
vessels OF the club will be lined up in the
offing. with the c~ommodore's yacht 1T the
head of the line.
At eight bells the gun will boom from
the clubhouse and the new colors will 60
up to the truck OF the mast. Simultane-
ously with the boom Of the gun the club
colors will be raised on every boat Of the
neet and the commodore's launch will
begin the circuit Of the squadron. As the
flagship comes broadside to another boat
the latter will salute by a gun or by dipping
her colors.
After this review there will be a run down
the bay, and upon returning there will
be a social gathering in the clubhouse.
Gentlemen will come in in their fighting
clothes"-oilskins, dogskins, sweaters; and
ladies' who have been on the water W i'll nave
the same privileges. There will be refresh
ment, music and dancing in the evening.
The new officers of the Year Around
Yacht Club, who were elected on the first
Monday in December, are counting on a
most enjoyable season. There have been
few changes in the clubhouse. The hard
wood fire will burn brightly in the big fire.
place, as before. and there will be a way
open for all craft from the float to clear
water every day, whatever the weather
may be.
One Improvement that has been made
alraadU in q auhNaornihIa AOaf atnun Dc
admitting water to the float it may be sunk
far enough for the smaller boats 20 be
fioated upon 1t, and when the water is
pumped out by the gasolene engine they will
stand high and dry on the float. This float
stage is to be kept clear of ice throughout
the winter. The roof over it will protect
the small boats in case of a snowfall or rain
that might freeze in their holds.
h fleet Of the q Around Yacht Club
consists now Of four or FIVE small ~schooners,
stanch little vessels with winter rigs on
them, and some OF them with auxiliary
power. There are a number of able cabin
cats and a few open jib and main sail and
cat rugged boats. Besides, there are half a
dozen or more g~asolene launches. with cabins
of the hunting or other type. All OF these
boats, barring those that are entirely open.
have cabins or cIddys that can be warmed
One OF the gasolene boats has an interesting
arrangement for warming its cabin. The
exhaust leads to a muller jacketed with
dEDc5DOc, WltLlu1 JLo CdDLu, WnGnCB the
outlet is at the side. This keeps the little
cabin warm while the boat Is running and
for some time thereafter. The swift tide
way past the gap OF the basin prevents
the formation Of any solid ice there in the
severest winter weather, and the cIubhouse
attendants will keep the ice within the basin
from freezing the boats in.
Those who are devoted to winter Yachting
are very enthusiastic regarding it's benefits
and pleasures. They say that the tenn
p~erature on the lower bay averages from
ten to fifteen degrees warmer in winter
than in the city. They aver that half the
sport of winter yachting is in making their
cabins cosey and providing themselves
with the right sort of clothing 20 protect
their bodies sufficiently while they are
breathing the ~mvigorating air of the wintry
sea. IL is rather surprising, however,
TO see some Of these devoted winter yachts.
men sailing close hauled into a stiff westerly
breeze, bareheaded and barearmed 10 the
elbow, and with their sweaters dripping
with salt spray.
The girls of the Year Around Yacht Club
enjoy winter sailing as much as the men
enjoy IL. All the women are ~Rirls7--
wives, daughters, sisters, s~weethearts.
mothers and mothers-in-law OF the yachts
men.
After seeing them come in from a sail
and beat the frozen spray from the fronts
OF their jerseys one does not wonder that
when In the city they think nothing of
running OUT 10 a store IN peokabOO waists
when thes snow sits through the meshes
They say that the only drawback to winter
yachting il the insufferable stuf1neSs ~
their steam heated or furnace heated
ZONES after returning from an outing on
the water. WI
The members OF the Year Around Yacb,
Club are looking forward to an eniovable
n prosperous season. In the coming
summer several new boats desivned 70
winter cruising will be built in time for
use at the opening OF he following season.
The members say that there are onIv =
weeks in the year that are dull with
them. These are usually in July and
August, When the weather is too warn ~
make exposure to the sun in open boats
or the heat Of cabins enjoyable or benefciaI
The foregoing report ~concernin0 the
Year Around Yacht Club is an imagipsrS
Of something that does not vet axis5
But there are men aplenty hereabo,Its +
hope to see the time when thew can nv
their dues to and hy the colors Of a Yacht
Club IN these waters that shall be out 80
only ten minutes in the year
One Way for women IN E.ru -