The New York herald., 1922-01-01
YACHTS BOUND FOR
THE SUNNY SOUTH
Miami and Palm Beach to Be
Winter Quarters for Large
Fleets.
BY ARTHUR F. ALDRIDGE.

Pleasure craft Of all types and de-
scrfptions are now heading south. Some
aro going by the inside route, through
the canals and inland waters. speeding
away from the ice and snow ana tne
cold winds toward the home CT the palms
where It is all sunshine. Or some u
these vessels the owners ana guests
making the voyage, put on otne 90
yachts are proceeding ieisureIy .. ,,,i in;n
- the cantain and the owner VIII JON
1atev ~ some Southern port ram
reach and Miami will be the wntea -
norts Of these vessels and trips WIN "a
,nada 20 the Bahamas. to Cupa. a
.oyne 81 the larger yachts Will
sr,nn~ the islands Of the west Anoios.
1rha warle. the handsome steam yaSn.
,.oorait,oned about year ago ioE M ~.
,unar w X. Vanderbilt. Is one Oh .no
,,,ost prominent Of the yachts III Sou1
ern waters. This vessel VIII .,S,1y n'an.
tended cruises, as she is .no' e .ha
ehIe and stanch cruiser ana oie eaa,
most comfortable yachts OF . avan-
Eornarlv she was known as the AuV1n- III
1890 ard was built from designs py
cn,ar at South Shields, Engiano'
in 1918. ,a ao non-
r,ar NOWADAYS is quite prominent In Ine
f,eet. The Ava, built last year Ior 81
Arr,o,,r from designs by Tams.
r .rno,ne & Crane, Is one OF tne Hose
ottra ctive of this type. Mr. Arnoui
Maid a great deal of attention 70 INC
building of this yacht and ne mas e ..
bodied in its arrangement many y. -. =.
own IDEAS. which add 'mucn 20 ils
tractiyeness. Among others tnAt nase !,
gone south are Col. K. Nj. lnonlpsUa sa,, .
TfUarmOTe9
ronnewaao. now under charter to Roo-
man wanamaker: l.. Gordon hammers
isy'a sindbad. Charles B. Dillingnam
Nanoera Osborne Howes's SantAnrs'
Crawford Fairbanks's Granaaa ILL.,
Georee d. Rosengarten's Jane VIZ bruce
Dodson,s Clan. Merrill B. Mills's steam
,,acht Cvnthia. the Maliard and Mure-
lette.
Many Sales Reported.
r,a brokerage business has been quite
active in the past few weeks ana severe
vessels have been purchased TOT Souln-
arm use. but few charters are repor.eu-
". e. Eaton of Boston. owner o, the
schooner Taormina. has chartereo tne
Luneta, a Mathis houseboat 80 ieet Iohs'
louis II. Eisenlohr OF Phiadeiphia.
who is having a new houseooat uun'
City Island, has sold the 30 i0oe yaon.
Miramar 10 Clay ]. Webster. The yacnt
viii, 60 South. Hugh L. Willoughby. Jr..
has sold the so foot cruiser Seminole
Queen to George III. Webster. ihis
vacht Is now in Southern waters.
Tohn Ringling, whose Vidofner H.. llo
feet long. was burned in Pamlico SOUND
has purchased the houseboat Pastime.
Albert ]. Fay of Lowell. Mass, has pur-
chased the Boomerang IL, formeriy
Dreamer. and the yacht Is to make its
headuuarters at Miami this winter.
H Wilmer Hanan has purchased the
auxil,arv schooner Gallavant Nv. ana
will use the yacht cruising and fishing
In southern waters. Gallavant has LETT
for Florida. This schooner Is 40 feet
over all and is equipped with a standard
engine. The auxiliary schooner Aga
wan has left for Miami and now fiies
the flag OF +. A. Armstrong The Aga
wan, go feet on the water line, was ouiit
from designs by II. ]. Gielow.
The ~ foot power houseboat Miramar
has been purchased by Clan NJ. Swift OF
Chicago and will be in commission in
FLORIDA waters. DR.. II. N. Torrey has
purchased the Avalanche, a 81 footer
built last year by the Consolidated
shipbuilding Corporation at Morris
Heights. This yacht is to temporarily
take the place of the Tamarack, 120
foot cruiser recently burned while on Its
way South. Some time in the near fu-
ture DR.. Torrey intends to build another
fair sized cruiser.
Plans for Next summer.
While many yachtsmen are going
South, others who will spend the win
ter at home are planning for the next
season in these waters, which will open
about Decoration Day. Next summer
yachting will be even more popular than
n was last summer, and not only will
many more of the older craft be In