The sun., 1908-11-08
YACHTS WORTH TEN MILLIONS
LAID UP TOGETHER IN 1 BUNCH
~ 4 BROOKLYN YARD.

/ Cost Of Yachting ny No Means Ceases
When the season Closes laying Jp
Hig and IAttlc Graft for the winter
Famous Yachts Seen IN tndress.
Only few weeks ago the waters along
the Atlantic coast were crowded with
yachts looking trim and neat. These
waters are deserted now and the trim,
white coated pleasure craft are lying In
basins, shorn Of their beauty. Dirty
streaks OF black mar their white hulls,
ard over their decks where gay parties
enjoyed themselves during the summer
months, are grim looking houses built
roughly Of wood to protect the fine wood
work from winter storms.
This Is the doleful time OF the year
for the yachtsman. His season Of fun is
over. The craft on which he has sailed
for, many miles. with which, perhaps,
he fought with the wind and sea and of
which he was proud, is no longer thing
OF beauty. bat a hull, dismantled and
decidedly homely,
All along the coast in the harbors fire.
quented by yachts there are yards and ba-
sins where these craft can be laid up when
not wanted by their owners The larger
craft float in the water, sometimes anchored
out in the harbor and sometimes moored
alongside piers. The smaller craft and
yachts that are particularly in need Of
care are hauled out on the beach and
then carefully and snugly covered up
The spars and sails and fittings are stored
IN houses built for the purpose.
There are basins at Boston, Marblehead.
Newport, New London, Greenwich, Milton
Point. Huntington. Port jefferson, City
Island, New Rochelle, South Brooklyn,
Bay Ridge and Gravesend There are
yards along the Staten Island shore,
on the New Jersey coast; indeed, wherever
there are yachts and yachting there are
yards where the craft can be stored
The larger craft around New York
are laid up at the Marine Basin ct Ulmer
Park, at Teoo's Basin ct the foot Of
Twenty third street. Brooklyn, ct the foot
OF Fifty-fifth street. South Brooklyn, and
along the Harlem River ct Morris Heights.
Most Of the vessels stored in these yerds,
with the exception of the Marine Bssin,
are steamers end power boats, although
there are few sailing craft.
At tho Marine Be sin there ere steamers
and sailing craft large and small, and
there Is found the largest feet Of dis
mantled craft to be seen near the city,
There are three long piers, two Of which
form the sides OF the besin end one that
runs down the centre, end every inch OF
space along these piers lie occupied by craft
well known in the yachting world. In
many places these vessels ere three or
four deep, and on the shore the smaller
craft are so thick thst walking through
the grounds one has TO dodge around the
hulls OF boe.ts thet have just finished
se.son Of cruising end racing,
The Bensonhurst Yacht Club he's its
house ct the end o. the long pier at this
basin, and the members who visit tho
house during the winter can gaze on the
largest feet Of yachts they have seen ct
one time. To look toward the land a
forest Of masts presents itself. At the
end Of the basin are several Of the largest
steamers owned in this country.
On the right is the Columbia, owned by |
j. Harvey Ladew end sometimes cher |
tered by James Stillman. Next is the
Rheclair, the big steamer on which Com
modore D. G.. Reid flies his flag. The next !
boat, black yacht carefully housed ovor.
is the Mona. which was owned by the .
late W. B. Leeds. The Rheclfir End
Noma were built at the same time from
designs made by Clinton II. Crane for
mon who we're partners end they have
always been stored away together.
Next TO the Nome is the KPnawha.
owned by H. H. Rogers. This is the
fastest steiner in those waters. and