The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04
WHITE HEATHER YACHT
FIFE'S CREATION ONLY DE-
FEtTED ONCE THIS SEASON.
Able To sail Wen In All Kinds OF weather
Schooner ResOIute's Remarkable
Atlantic Trip-American Protest OF
French Motor Boats ArOuscs Criticism.

SCHOONER HesOlute's Remarkable
Atlantic Trip-American Protest Of
French Motor Boats ArOuscs Criticism
The White Heather. Flies best creation,
IL still winning races in British waters. and
In spite Of all they can do on the Brynhild
they are not able TO improve that yacht
enough to make her even close to the White
Heather. and il is the continued success Of
this yacht that has so much encouraged
the friends of Sir Thomas Upton, who is
now preparing 10 challenge for the Americas
cup
The White Heather las met with one
defeat this season. In order 10 keep the
Nyria in the racing an allowance of ] sec
onds a mile is given TO that yacht by the
White Heather and she has won once.
Strange 10 say. il was the thirteenth race
OF the White Heather. and il was sailed on
the 18th Of July in the regatta of the Royal
Cirque Ports Yacht Club from Dover to
Boulogne and back. The wind was light
from the southwest. At Boulogne the
White Heather led by l minute. The
yachts raced nome with started sheets
and the Nyria. with freshening breeze.
finished within her time and won the race.
h Brynhild was first across the finishing
line. 10 seconds ahead Of the White Heather.
On the previous day the White Heather
Won over a 30 m le course. beating the
Brynhild = minutes SO seconds and the
Nyria : minutes 81 seconds. The White
Heather won the Dover to Ostend race.
which WIS sailed in a fine northeasterly
breeze, and at Ostend she won again in
another good breeze This yacht seems
b. be able TO do well in any kind of weather.
Ex-Commodore J. Pierpont Morgan's
steam yacht Corsair has been overhauled
and painted at Summers a Payne's yard
at Southampton. The Emperor's yacht
Meteor is now at Cowes, ready To race there.
The racing in the 81 foot Gloss is as hot as
ever. The Britomart, Ma'oona and Shimna
alternate in winning and the Sonya occa-
sionally picks up a race. This season the
Sonya has won fifteen fags-three firsts,
eleven seconds and one third.
A new 1900 ton yacht is being built for
Morton +. Plant from designs by Cox a
King at Leith. This yacht will be abou
$50 feet long and will be fitted with two
sets OF four crank triple expansion engines.
with steam supplied by cylindrical. tubular
and water tube boilers working at high
pressure.
The auxiliary schooner Resolute, built
for John W. Masury in 1903, has been sold
10 Capt. r.. V. Nebster of the City of London
Imperial Ycomanry. and the yacht has been
renamed Ceylon. The R~esolute was de-
sgned by A.. Cary Smith and is a steel vessel
ia feet over all. % feet on the water line.
2s feet o inches beam and Ia feet 3 inches
draught. She was built by Townsend 4
Downe at Shooters Island. where the
Emperor's yacht Meteor was built. She
IL fitted with a gas engine. Capt. Webster
took the yacht across the ocean himself,
and the Yachting World has an account
of the voyage. which was an exciting one.
Il says:
Capt. X. V. Webster Of the City of London
Imperial feomanTy has Just completed
q remarkable performance in bringing
the large American built schooner Resolute,
now renamed Ceylon, from New fork to
Southampton. with a very small and poor
crew,
Tbs yacht in question ~ a very fine
vessel, resembling very much II. l.. NJ.
tbe German Emperor's Meteor. Her ton
mage I. m IN 222.
Capt. Webster purchased her very re-
Gently In New York n made his arrange
ments TO come over here in her. but he
had considerable difficulty In getting a
crew.. and finally having got a small crowd
together. had To make the best he could
Oh Jnem, LnOuRn none OF tnem were yachUS-
rae, and few sailors. Only one could steer
and hardly one Of them could speak Eng
lish. There were seven Of them. eight in
Guiding the captain. but he deserted at
the last minute. and Capt. Webster decided
70 come over and be his own skipper. he
having served his apprenticeship to the sea
AZ a lad. He accordingly engaged a tug
20 take the schooner out at ? A. M, the crew
having no idea they were going to sea.
Capt. Webster gives Us the following short
account OF the passage across after the tug
cast them OIL at the Scotland lightship on
the morning of june ~ last:
Having got the canvas on the yacht with
considerable difficulty. owing to the igno-
rance or the men. they made a fine start,
logging 800 knots in the first twe nty -four
hours. He then encountered dense fog for
three days. after which came a succession
OF strong gales. during which the yacht
average ten knots under storm trysail.
staysail and jib. After this came four