New-York tribune., 1908-03-23
GOOD YACHTING AHEAD.
HARD TINES DON'T COUNT.
Little Curtailment Promised This
Season in Erpensire Sport.

yarhtsr,,e- fhror,ehout the iand-and on the wateI
are preparing for what promises to be most m
seres.inC season racing and cruising for not"it
standing TIE cry of hard times ard the scarcity
of read, money there seems TO be little reason 10
believe that there will be mucn curtaiiment oil
expense fr the sport Of yachting
The fact that there are = number OF large spedAi'
yachts sale does not mean thai all their owners
are financially embarrassed on the contrary, many
Of these men are having and more expensive
yachts built boti, her, and abroad in which they
intend TO DO considerable cruising next summer
and winter Among these may be mentioned eA-
Commodore Morton f. Plants new steam yach''
the rcianda vessel tha: is much larger than MS
p-esent steam, yacht. the Nenetia- Naturally the
latter is for sale ano has been for the last two
years Commodore 10, A RAIN. OF the iholar
Isrbor Yacht Club has offered his schooner. the
Invader and his steam yacht, the Bellemere' lot
sale since early last season, when he gave AZ
order for a splendj large steam yacht 10 be
built frora designs of a. s Chesebrough, OF BITS
foi r / That vessel-tke Cassandra-is now near
ing completion at Leith. Scotland. and VIII be
ready for cruising carly this summer
For several years Colonel John Jacob Astor s
l,,x,Irio1slv equipped steam yacht Nourmahal has
been on the market. and matter Of fact, prac-
-icay AL the yachts, like houses, are for sale all
the time their names and the particulars OF tner
dimensions being constantly record on the
books OF all the best yacht brokers, their sale be
ing simply question Of price Some are consld-
cred cheap at any price. while others are soio
81 what might he called bargain counter prices
either because their owners are really hard up OF
because they are building new boats and want
TO apply the money realized from the sale OF the
old ones TO the cost OF the new
Ever since Archibald Watt died. some three
wears ago. his big steam yacht American. the
hun and engines Of which he pracncaIlv oesisi'ed
himself has been for sale. The reported price,
$3.50 ooo is considered by many TO be rather high
for that type Of vessel
While there have not been so many sailing
yachts built this winter usual, the number OF
power boats constructed seems TO have increased,
snd they are gradually growing ii size and In sea
worthiness. This may be directly traced TO the
growing popularity Of ocean racing which seems
70 have taken q firm hold on TIE younger yachts
men Of to-day. That they are evincing an earnest
desire 10 be able 10 handle their own boats ana
10 navigate then. in these races is shown by the
fact That owners Of power boats, and In Iact
of steam yachts. have graduated from the New
York Nautical College since the close OF last sea
sor than ever before Most OF them nave ooIaineo
licenses as masters and pilots
Meanwhile the regatta committees of the Prlh-
cipal clubs making up their schedules for Inc
year thus far those that have been announced
show quite as many as last season. 1he Ne"
York Yacht Club has announced tentative sched-
ule which will doubtless be confirmed at the regu-
Jar meeting Thursday OF this week, Its race
for the Spring Cups. off Glen Cove. is TO be sailed
on June IS. and the annual regatta on June -
While that for the Glen Cove Cups is announced
xtA
gin in the first week in August, and the race for
the Autumn Cups is 10 be sailed on September q
While it is hardly likely that the 7Ofoot class VIII
be put In commission this year. there is every
reason suppose that the G-footers VIII be raced
by their owners as well as several Of the large
schoone-s and all of the -thirties-
Ocean racing Will be popular judging from the
number Of entries sent in for the three contests
announced. The latter are the race for sailing
craf- to Bermuda, which is to start on June and
for which eight entries are recorded: the Brook
lzn Yacht Clubs 325-rne race for the $1,000 Lip
ten Cur. from here to Cape May and back, for
which there are also eight entries and the Ne"
Rochelle Yacht Clubs from Marblehead tc
New Rochelle which is TO start On July lS
One Of the most interesting races of the season
VIII probablv be the enc contemplated by Frederic
Thompson, who has offered secs gold challenge
cup. TO be known the American Cup, TO be raced
for by yachts Of any nation over the America s
Cup courses of Sandy Hook