The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-28
BRIEF BITS OF YACHTING NEWS

po horsepower "uTraN q 'V"'
motors.
The motor yacht Navigator mentioned
IN TIE SIS OF last sunday was buit by
the Murray 4 Tregur,na Company ana
not hy Lawlcr, as Was stated.
Louis T. Hail. president of the Coium-
bia Brass Foundry. has taken >ptc" IN
he Hudson Terminal Building and soon
will open "A New York office. The Hud-
son Terminal is fast becoming a show
place for motor boats, engines and ac-
cessorics.
Holland s puell Of Yonkcrs has
ordered a 30 foot Hand V bottom boat
| which is 10 he built by the G~rcerport
Basin and Construction mpan TIL"
yacht will be equipped with an eight
( cylinder Van Blc-ck motor or $50 horse
power and is to make the trip from ON
k"rs to the Battery. twenty miles. in one
hour.
The AUXILIARY Fiorgyu, formerly the
/ Gone. is now fitting out AZ chicago in
charge of Capt g. coalfeet. who has
been appointed master. This yacht was
purchased last fall by Thomas Thorkil-
, drcn OF LIS Angeles through Gielow a
O.. aud will start East as soon as naNi-
CATION opens. The yacht will come by
way or the -. Lawrence to this port and
then after a short say to reiit Will go
Oh to san Francisco by way OF the
Panama Canal She Will anchor on the
exhibition grounds during the summer
and II is possible that she will be a
starter in tho race TO Honolulu.
lrving Jennings. who formerly owned
the motor yacht Frances. Is having a
- foottr built by the New York Yacht,
Launch and Engine Company al Morris
Heights. Tn" older vessel was taken In
part payment for the new one and has
been sold to Mrs. Katherine X Blake.
TIL rev yacht Is TO be fitted with a
Twentieth Century motor.
The bureau of navigation intends 10
enforce strictly tin. regulations as far as
I motor boats are concerned this summer
and to help in thai work has purchased
the IS foot twill screw zach; Dixie, for.
m.rly owned by x Wsverly smith. Ths
transfer was made through Giolow a
orr. tn Dixie will cruise on the At
:, ltntic coast and viii work with III.
Paragon. purchased last year. TO rur
down motor craft that do not carry tl'
proper equipment and which do no
comply with the law.
\ 100 foot motor Yacht Is being bull
at the yard OF Robert Jacob AT cit!
I Island. The designs were made l.,
4, Swtzey. Raymond n Page and Tn" mode
Is thi; of an enlarged and improve
Ensign, a small boat owned by |. T.
Raymond OF stamford. which proved
f., hlg success last year. II is said tina
, tn, new boat is for MIR. Raymond
Rear Commodore Van den Berg OF IA
Columbia Yacht Club is TO have a - foo
Hand V bottom boat equipped with
four cylinder sterling motor.
Tho Columbia Yacht Club arranged a
9 q meeting on Friday night that tn
n Cornticld Light vessel race should be de
r,drd on July . and ,. There viii l.
i've prizes as usual. offered by senate
p 'ypriau G. Hunt. The perpetual troph
is now held 10y the Port Wash.ngto
70 Yacht CsIh. having been Won 10y IN
II flydWdy III. last year.
- Tn" Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency 70
ports thes" transfers The 81 foot Nat'
line auxiliary Halcyon sold for ". !
n Baker. New York, to James +. jackson
Brouklinc. Macs. the 80 foot moto
yacht potsie sold for Dr. Henry Va
Dyke. United States Minister to III
Netherlands. to a Boston yachtsmau
the {, foot motor cruiser Aries sold fC
Alexander Forbes Of Milton to a mcmb,
OF the Quincy Yacht club