New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
TALES Of MANY SEAS
ON YACHTS LOG BOOK
LLOYD Phoenix Has Sailed the
World Over in His Trio of
SChoonerS Intrepid.
HOLDS CRUISING RECORD
Romantic Voyage to Recover
the Bell and Relics Of the
U. S. S. Kearsarge IN
Caribbean Waters.

For nearly fifty years stal"ar''
though modest, figure in American yacn'-
Ing circles. especially along the Atlantic
Coast has been Lloyd Phoenix, the owner
and navigator of the auxiliary schooner
Yacht Intrepid. the third vessel of that
name which he has owned and sailed
Since she was launched, at Newourgh ten
years ago. the Intrepid has, under the oi-
rection of her owner. cruised between D.
600 and 10000 miles. while the sum 'o'a'
NJ miles covered i'm these waters ana
abroad bv his three schooners since 1873
when the first Intrepid was built, has oeeh
close IN 100. coo miles. Few yachts that
depend chiefly upon sails for their pro-
mission can show such cruis..g record
with the exception perhaps, of Lora
Brasseys good old sunbeam, when was
one Of the starters in the 1905 ocean race
from, sandy Hook to the Lizard for the
German Emperor's cup.
Away back in 1866, when the Ne" YORK
Yacht club, as a corporation, was only
o,o wear old and william II. McVickar
vas its commodore. Lloyd Phoenix
graduate Of the United states NaVa'
Academy i'm 1861. who had served IN the
navy all through tho civil War. resignins
with the rank Of lieutenant in 1860. was
elected 10 membership in tho clup' Inc
following year he was made rear coi'i-
modore. serving until 1868. when ne was
succeeded by William p. Douglas
cantain Phpnix was always an enthusi'
,su. surnortor Of the club, and on the
annual cruise each year the lnterpu mas
beon n consistent starter in the races lot
tho AUXILIARY class There never was
,retrier Yachting picture presented than
,,,s handsome. seaworthy schooner. with
sbeets eased to port or starboard and all
her balloonets set in SPANKING oie'~.
sbaft the beam. Below. In the lockers Vi
her superbly appointed cabin may be seer
soue of the silver prizes she ana the
other Intrepids have won in cruise faces'
In the accompanying Illustration the
Intrepid is shown under reduced canvas
making splendid weather Oh " IN the Sa'e
through which the cruising meet Oh 'h0
New York Yacht club thrashed ls way
90 u,udward last August from vineyard
ugvon 70 Provincetown. The photoSraph
uae taken when she was standing III LOT
,bo Cane cod beach off Chatham. on the
starboard tack The Endymion' the De"
Fox. the Corona and the hatri''d "''' "
company, not far away.
The Intrepid is a steel. auxiliary nee
schooner OF $50 gross tons. she was VI"
signed by j. Beaver Webb. ana she was
built by the T. 5. Marvel COMPANY d
Newhurgh in 1903. Her chief dimehslo"S
ara IN feet s inches over all. Ia feet wa
terl,ne Is feet beam and 10 feet dra'l'
Che is equipped with a compound '"o-
cylinder engine. vita cylinders - anu -
inches I'm diameter and Win 10 "'|"''
pIston stroke, built By w. n. Fleleher'
and two watertube boilers. she mas NV
oroged thirteen and one-half knots unuer
sail for several hours.
one of the delightful cruises thar Oap-
tain Phoenix and his guests zane $50
summer ,n Eastern waters is 10 h"hi""'
n S. and sydney, 1. ID, soi''s'
t,nuipg on to Prince Edwards ls'ahu
The YACHT. which is equipped with all
modern improvements. including An eieo
tr,c light plant. carries crew oil t"ehS
three men. all told She flies the hass ot
tho New york. Larchmont Eastern anu
Corinthian Yacht cluos' as
the occasion may require her owner De-
tho q ,pember of each.
some years ago. when the Navy De-
partment expressed the wish that SOM
one should endeavor to recover from nc
wreckers on Caiman Island. In the Catio.
boan waters. the log book and the oeii VI
the United States steamship kearsars"
which had been wrecked on Roncauor
Reef Captain Phoenix undertook TINS al
0cult mission with his second schoohei
Intrepid-a three master when Is ho"
called the speedweIl and IL owned oy
Theodore y. Vail. lie was succeSsiu' III
mis- quest and the log book and peli nave
long been in the possession OF the Nav!
Department at Washington.