Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-06
AMERICA STILL
TOPS THE LIST
OF OLD YACHTS
Schooner Built in 1851, Win
ner of Cup, Is in Serv-
ice Yet
RECORD LIST THIS YEAR

Lloyd's Register of American Yachts for
1916 has just been published and is of more
than ordinary interest from the fact that
the changes through the disappearance Of
old yachts and the addition Of new ones are
indicative of radical remodeling of the
entire American pleasure fleet
The old schooner America built in 1851
and winner of the cup named for her, still
heads the list of the old vessels. The old
est of the yachts which disappear this year
is the sloop Undine, built by ]. McGarrick
in 1866 for the late w. NJ. Brasher, once n
well-known yacht owner of the Brooklyn
Yacht Club. She has done good service as
cruiser on the Maine coast for the last
seven years with auxiliary power, but she
is now dlsmantled and converted to a
freighter Next in point OF age Is the
schooner Viking, modelled by j. b. Van
Deusen and built by the Poillons In 1879
for the late 'Mahlon Sands, who took her to
England two years later. In the SOS she
was we'll known under the ownership of
the late Col. ]. Mason Loomis and In 1895
she was purchased by the late James d.
Smith, of the New York Yacht Club. She
was converted to an auxiliary in 1902 and
since Mr.. Smiths death in 1909 she has
been used by his daughter, Miss Helen w.
Smith, who sold her last fall for commercial
use.
Also the Bohemian
Another old yacht that has gone the
same way is the schooner Bohemian, orig
inally the Caroline designed by D. J. Law
Ter and built in $780, well known since then
TO Boston yachtsmen Contemporary with
her is the schooner Water Witch, modelled
and built by ID. o. Richmond, OF Mystic,
and so long known about New York under
the ownership of the late David Banks and
as the flagship of the Atlantic Yacht Club.
The breaking up of the cup defender
Columbia. whose lead keel, according to
reports, is now widely distributed in the
form OF bullets over different European
backgrounds, was a matter of course, she
being the last OF the great fleet which began
with Colonia and Vigilant and ended with
Reliance. Except Colonia, now a COM
Portable cruiser under the name Of Corona,
all have now passed under the sedges OF
the wreckers together with the first three
Shamrocks. II is a different matter, how
ever when such fine yachts the sisters
Muriel and Princess (the first Elmlna) and
the auxiliary TelSla, are sold for break
ing up,
These three steel schooners, of excellent
model and cruising proportions, were de-
signed by the late A. Cary Smith and built
as recently as l90l-O2-good for many
years Of cruising service, and yet there is
no sale for them today. In their company
is the composite schooner Endymion, de-
signed by c. H. Crane and built In 1899:
the big wooden auxiliary schooner Grace
H.. originally Hoosier and Shepherdess a
vessel OF the same general type. The
smaller wooden schooner Vigil CA Cary
Smith, 1s99) has gone as well.
List of Yachts
The list as It stands to date, compiled
from many sources OF information, shows
a total of ls3 yachts launched since Janu-
airy l, 1916, or now under construction In
the States, all yachting being at a stand
still in Canada. OF this number, the great
est on record, 179. viii be found entered
by name in the 1916 Register, the others
being unnamed up to the first week In June
An analysis of this feet shows that, though
greatly in the minority, sail still holds a
place either alone with the gasoline en-
gine as an auxiliary. There are two SAIL
ing schOoneTs, two Class boats and new
one design class OF 40 footers, in addition
TO several classes OF small one-design
sloops Several fine auxiliary schooners.
ketches and yawls have also been added
TO the feet. In the power division there
Is but one steam yacht, OF the torpedoboat
type, and more than 200 power yachts.
The 1916 Register contains the particu-
lars OF $3.50 yachts, with the names and
addresses OF their owners the particulars
Of 5s3 yacht clubs and Al associations
within the limits OF the United States. Can
ada and the West Indies; the burgess OF
sos yachting organizations and the private
signals Of 1885 yachtsmen-
The book is published by Lloyd's Regis
ter Of Shipping, II Battery place. New York
city.