The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
SCHOONER RACING
IS DUE FOR BOOM
Many Large Craft Will Be
Commissioned for Sport
This Summer.
ny ARTHUR F. ALDnIDGr.


There Will be a marked Improvement
in schooner racing next summer and
transfers that have recently been made
indicate that this class will be quite
popular. Commodore II. S. Vanderbilt
of the New York Yacht Club is what Is
known as a schooner man. He owns
the Vagrant and is very fond or racing.
A recent transfer of the Flying Cloud
TO winthrop w. Aldrich put another
fine schooner in the sport Mr.. Aldrich
last year raced the 6 meter sloop Mon
tauk in English waters, that yacht being
one of the American team. 1t is to be
brought back TO compete in the trials to
be sailed here next August. and between
the schooner and the Montauk Mr..
Aldrch will have "a busy summer. The
Flying Cloud was sold by Paris S. Rus
sell to Mr.. Aldrich through the office OF
Tams & King. The Flying Cloud was
built in 1913 by Lawley for Clifford r.
Hendrix. She was designed Dy VIII
lam Gardner and Is a very handsome
and fast yacht. She is 90 feet over all
and SO feet on the waterline.
The schooner Valmore has been sold
for e. =. Stewart of the New York
Larchmont Yacht Club and will be
used for cruising and racing on Long
Island Sound. She is ST feet OH the
waterine. This transfer was made
through Cox & Stevens. That firm re-
ports that the general interest in yacht
ing has been considerably stimulated
and that the improved conditions reflect
the Improvement in industrial condi-
tons throughout the country. This firm
has made several transfers recently.
The 145-foot twin screw steel yacht
Fortuna has been sold for Stuart Wyeth
of Philadelphia to Burns Lyman Smith
of Syracuse. The name of the yacht
has been changed to Flora and 1t will
be used on the st. Lawrence and Great
Lakes Some repairs and thorough
overhauling are being made at City
Island under the supervision of Cox g.
Stevens.
The 100-foot twin screw motor yacht
North Wind has been sold for Frank
w Frueauff of the New York Yacht Club
&c A. c. Burton of Houston, Tex, who is
now cruising in the yacht in the Gulf
of Mexico.
The twin screw power houseboat
Miramar has been sold for r. H. Gar
Gin, New York Yacht Club, to Charles
NJ Swift of the same club, who is using
next summer will have 1t on Lake
Champlain.
A western yachtsman has chartered
the 96 foot power houseboat Harmony,
owned by r. H. Symington of New
York, and is now cruising in Southern
waters.
The 20 foot power houseboat Nahme-
Okla has been sold for r. Nelson Slater
to C. b. Meloney. The name has been
changed to Aloha and the yacht will be
used on Chesapeake Bay and Florida
waters.
Clifford 3. Mallory has sold his 55-foot
auxiliary yawl Remar to Gordon r..
Buck of New York. The New York
Yacht Club 30-footer Mizhap has been
sold for d. Raft Richardson to l.. Il.
Warner of Bridgeport, Conn.
Haidn Off for Santa Barbara.
The three masted auxiliary schooner
Haida, recently purchased by Major Max
G. Fleischmann. New York Yacht Club,
sailed from Camden for her new home
port, Santa Barbara Cal, on January
81 in command of Captain Charles Rod
strom. She is expected to arrive at
her destination early in March. The
Haida was formerly the Elise II. and
was transferred to Major Fleischmann
through Cox & Stevens, who superintend-
ed the overhauling and fitting out Of
the vessels.
The yacht is So feet over all. sc feet
on the water line. 20 feet inches
breadth and 9 feet draft. She spreads
$500 square feet of canvas and her
auxiliary power is 1890 horsepower
engine. She was built in 1917. Major
| Fleischmann intends to make several
extended cruises in the Haida, the first
of which will be to Alaska
At the plant of the Consolidated Ship
building Corporation at Morris Heights
work has been started on several yachts
The ways have been prepared for the
1o5 foot steel houseboat for John Ring
ling designed by Henry j. Gielow. The
keel will be laid in a few days and the
stem set up. The yacht has been laid