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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE SUKPAy, MAY 17, 1896. 15 BROOKLYN YACHTS AND YACHTSMEN. cruises about Jamaica bay and neighboring waters. The 22 foot catboat Elaine lately purchased by E. C.

M. Fitzgerald and kept moored off his. place at Bath Beach, is one of the handy as well as fast boats of tho nay. J. W.

Wheehvrlght'3 Mamie is an exponent of tho cutter class, which, while it is still In vogue In England, Is fast dying out In this country. She Is 25 feet over all and very narrow and deep. George Lathrop of the Gravesend Bay Yacht club is the owner of the Columbia, a type of boat which has come much into vogue of late. It Is nothing more than a flat bottomed row boat, fitted with a center board to prevent leeway, and cat rigged. In Gravesend bay.

this type is called a flattie, which at Shelter Island, where they are also very popular, it is known as a sharpie. The peculiar advantage of Ibis type is that It draws but two or three Inches of water and with tho center board up can be run right on shore and the mast unstopped. There sho can be left for tho night. To'get under way all that is necessary is to step the mast, tho work or a minute, and shove days ago and the conversation drifted toward yachting. In speaking of' the sport generally Mr.

Boury said: "I have been studying yachts and yachting, as well as sailing and racing boats, for upward of fifteen years now, and my study has not been an entirely superficial one, either; yet I am free to confess thai I know little about the subject now. It is one which a life time Is all too short to master. Hie wonderful Improvement which has been made In the speed of racing boats in the ten years, aa well as the radical in types, shows conclusively what a study It is one which Is ever capable of new ihings and one in which the best type has not yet been evolved. There Is one thing, however, of which my talks with well known designers, yachtsmen and builders, aa well as my own observation, has convinced me, and that Is, that the sport Is now and has been for several years, passing through a critical period, and one which, If the present tendencies are not corrected, may do It much harm. I refer to the tendency now existing to build the racing machine, surrounding It with conditions and restrictions which when they are framed are supposed to be Ironclad, and so complete that they cannot be beaten or cheated by the de3igner3.

That such an idea Is a fallacy has been proven time and timo again. A set of conditions cannot be put together which the designers cannot beat. The consequence is that none but the wealthy can afford to be racing yachtsmen. Each year some new fad springs up in the way of yacht building, and as soon as It Is demonstrated that the restrictions surrounding It can be or are being beaten, the rich owners will throw aside their racing craft of the year before and build a new one In some new popular class. Now I cannot afford this luxury nor can tho great rank and file of racing yachtsmen, so that we arc practically precluded from racing.

See the Larchmont 21 footers, which It was supposed would be a popular class for many years, and which was fairly popular the flrit year, where is it now? It was superseded the following year by one of last year's fads, the Larchmont 34 rater, so called. I have a case In mind now, where a wealthy yachtsman paid $2,000 for a 21 footer, and when he sold it the following year could only get $400 for it. Another 21 footer which cost from $1,500 to $1,800 sold for $200. The 34 foot ratera which succeeded them were never a success and this year are unsaleable. Nobcdy wants to buy freaks which have gone out of style.

"On the other hand," continued Mr. Boury, 'there are no really good cruising boats on tho market. They are not being built since the craze of freaks came into vogue. I have a letter in my pocket now from a well known yachtsman who has been looking for a good thirty foot cruiser, not the new thirty foot Racing and Pleasure Craft, and and Sail Brooklyn has always furnished to the yacht world more than her share of sportsmen, tho truest sense of the word. Men who are willing to sacrifice much for the pure love of the sport and its advancement.

Men who, through their uprightness, honor and position, lend it dignity. Among the Brooklyn yachtsmen who have hdljfcd the sport most is J. Rogers Maxwell. He does not confine his yachting to Brooklyn clubs and waters, but carries the fame of his city abroad, for, beside being a member of the Atlantic Yacht club and the Marine and Field club of this city, he Is a member of the Now York, the Seawanhaka Corintbian, tho Larchmont, the New Rochelle and tho Shelter Island Yacht clubs. His handsome schooner, the Emerald, is as well known among yachtsmen of this vi clnity as any other yacht which floats, and there is probably not another boat of her age in the whole country which has taken so many prizes.

The Emerald is a steel schooner and flies the International code signal 136,362, and letters K. L. R. B. Her gross tonnage Is 90.67, and her net 94.69.

Over all, she is 120 feet, while her load water line is but 85.90 feet, giving her an overhang fore and aft of over 34 feet. Her beam is 21.10 feet, her depth 11 feet 3 inches and her draught 10 feet, with her hugo centerboard up. She was designed by H. L. "Wlntrlnghaim, and launched in May, 1893, during which year she defeated everything in her class, and won many cups and prizes.

Last season she came, out with a complete new suit of racing canvas and an innovation in tracing sails in this part of the country. In the shape of a three foot lug to her foresail, which proved of Immense service in catching the wind spilled by the mainsail. Another man who has done much for yachting In this part of the country is Benjamin P. Sutton. He was formerly Commodoro of the Brooklyn Yacht club, when tie owned the sloop THE REGATTA GReAt SOUTH BAY YACHT CLUB.

10 feet beam. Mr. Smith Is a comparatively recent addition to the Brooklyn club, having been elected to membership in April, 1894. J. R.

Falco's cat boat Wanda is another of the Brooklyn's pleasure crafts. She Is sound and safe, making a cruise aboard of her replete with nautical delights. Two sloops owned by members of the Brooklyn Yacht club are the Adele. A. J.

Harrison, and tbo Aliris, J. A. Constant. The Allrls Is the larger of tho two, measuring 34 feet over all, 31 feet water line and 15 feet beam. Tho Adele is a 26 foot sloop, with dimensions in proportion to her length.

Both are in commission and have taken several spins about the bay, performing to the perfect satisfaction of their owners. The date of the Brooklyn Yacht club's annual cruise is fast approaching and every yachtsman is looking forward with pleasant anticipations to 'he event. The Bess, the Wenona and the Mary A. are all sloops nlylng the Brooklyn's burgee. The Wenona is a big boat.

48 feet over all and 17 feet beam. The Mary A. is next in size, measuring 37 feet over all, 33 feet water line and 13 feet beam. Her owner is J. J.

Lyons of Bay Ridge, who has been a member of the club since 1S91. The Mary A. has a fine reputation as a racer, and invariably finishes near the fore in the club regattas. The Boss is also, a fast boat, In fact, cne of the speediest of her class In tho Brcckiyn club. M.

J. Hanley and W. T. Murphy are her owners. A typical yachtsman, whose sloop.

Trilby, flies the Brooklyn colors, Is William E. Doggett. Mr. Doggett Is widely known as a yachting and beating enthusiast, and has been one since his early college days. He is a graduate of Cornell, and, while a student tbere, pulled a strong oar in the famous crew of 1875, which won the Inter collegiate regatta at Saratoga.

Mr. Doggett joined the Brooklyn Yacht club in June, 1SS1, and has been very active in all matters per.ainlng to yachting. His boat Trilby is a 37 foot sloop, 24 feet water line and 11 feet beam. Other yachts whose owners are residents of this city are the Moya, owned by William L. and Fraser M.

Moffatt, a speedy cutter, 33 feet over all, 29 feet 10 inches water line and feet 8 inches beam; the Kerreshoft sloop Kite, William Peet. 22 feet over all, 8 feet beam; James Weir is the owner of the sloop yacht Tigress, which is well known all along the shore for her speed. In the year 1894 she was entered in five regattas and finished first In four of them. The regattas which she won were those of the Brooklyn Yacht club (June 4). the Atlantic Yacht club (June 5), the Larchmont Yacht club (July 4), and the Shelter Island Yacht club (July 21).

In the Larchmont club's regatta, June 9, of the same year, the Tigress crossed the line second. The exact dimensions of Mr. Weir'3 boat are as follows: Length over all, 46 feet 6 Inches; length of water line. 34 feet 11 inches; beam, 13 feet 8 Inches. She was designed by Philip Ellsworth and built at Boston.

in 1S90. J. H. Hanan's Steam Yacht Embla. the Sportsmen Who Own Them II Them.

yacht, Santa Maria, that was on exhibition at the world fair. The Thelma marks a new departure in the way of naphtha propelled yachts, being original in the way of hull and deck plans. With a length of 76 feet over all, a beam of 11 feet and a draft of only 33 inches, she is propelled by two Independent engines of twelve horse power each and is capable of being driven about nine miles an hour. In addition to being tho largest naphtha yacht In the world she Is fully rigged as a schooner, carrying a foresail, mainsail, staysail and jib. The former two sails set on standing gaffs and the foot of each is extended without a boom, the sheets making fast after the heads of the sails are hauled out along the gaffs.

In an emergency the yacht could bo handled and could make fairly good progress under canvas alone. Having, however, two engines independent of each other, the danger of a total breakdown Is reduced to a small percentage of risk. Perhaps the most unique, and certainly the most captivating innovation In relation to this altogether beautiful vessel. Is a turtle back deck 25 feet long, which affords generous lounging accommodation for two score of guests, and which Is designed also as a promenade. An awning stretched across and along Its length contributes greatly to enjoyment in the way of protection from sun and unpleasant weather.

The pilot house, of solid mahogany, is commodious, and from tho after part of It a short flight of stairs leads into the main saloon, which is rich in white enamel, gilt and plush. This saloon is about 15 feet long and ex tenns the breadth of the vessel. It contains sleeping accommodations for four people and a large room just forward of the cabin has quarters for two people. Abaft, the cabin is a passageway leading to mo gaiiey, pantry, toiiot ana engine rooms, and back of the latter is found the sleeping quarters for the crew. Throughout the yacht has been built In the most desirable and complete manner and thero are evidences everywhere of lavish expenditure In the way of fittings and appointments.

It is stated that Mr. Mollenhauer was obliged to reduce his bank account to the extent of $20,000 in order to call the Thelma his own. One of the best known yachts enrolled In the Atlantic Yacht club fleet is Vice Commodore Bank's schooner Water Witch. Not only is she well known in New York bay, but in yachting waters everywhere. In the club regattas the Water Witch Invariably holds her own and Is a fine boat in every respect, both above and below decks.

She is 88 feet over all, 78 feet water line and 22 feet beam. Beside the Atlantic she is enrolled in the New York and Riverside Yacht clubs. Her owner, Vice Commodore Banks, Is one of the oldest and most influential members of the Atlantic Yacht club. A few years ago he held the office of commodore and last year was acting commodore throughout the entire season, the club's affairs Deing managed most skillfully durins his administration. Ex Commodore Banks is a most enthusiastic yachtsman and has been all his life.

The Atlantic Yacht club has greatly profited by his zealous labors in its behalf. An enthusiastic yachtsman, who not only takes a keen interest in the sport generally, but. who does his own sailing, is William H. Langley of this city. He is the owner of the schooner Comet, which was built by A.

E. Smith of Islip, in 1874. In 1892 she was lengthened in the keel and made flush decked by C. and R. Polllon of South Brooklyn.

The Comet Is 89.6 feet over all, 74.11 water line, 22 feet beam, 5.4 feet in depth, and has a draught of 6.10 feet. Her gross tonnage is 52.13 tons, while her net tonnage Is 49.53 tons. She is enrolled in the New York and Atlantic Yacht clubs. Mr. Langley has recently purchased the steam yacht Sultana from a gentleman in Detroit, and proposes to change her name to Marjorle, as there is another Sultana.

On Wednesday next, the schooner yacht Alda, owned by F. Marlon Crawford, the novelist, will be ready for sea. She has been fitting out at Polllon's basin. South Brooklyn, for a month or so, and now the alterations are about completed. Scarcely any actual changes have been made in the build of the schooner, the work being of a general character, calculated to make tho Alda as seaworthy as possible.

But little has been done below decks, the owner expecting to reflt the cabin abroad. Deck davits for the suspension of the small boats, have been arranged, the masts and spars have been scraped and oiled until they shine, and the seams have been tightly calked. The dimensions of the Alda are as follows: Seventy feet over all, 19 feet, 5 Inches beam and depth 7 feet. Her net tonnage is 44.12, while 46.44 is her tonnage gross. The Alda was formerly the Sandy Hook pilot boat, Ezra Nye, and was built at Grecnpoint, In the year .1859.

Since then, she has been rebuilt four times, the latest being about four years ago. Until about 1894, the Ezra Nye was owned by the Jersey pilots, but in thl6 year was Bold to those of New York, In whose hands she remained until purchased by Mr. Crawford, when steam was substituted for sailing pilot boats. Thero Is not a more weatherly schooner In the bay than tho Alda. In 1888, she rode out in the famous blizzard, which proved fatal to so many vessels.

During the past fall and winter, she was laid up at Erie basin, and during that time, did not leak a drop. The schooner is now in command of Captain Ber Her Feminine Crew. tun, formerly of tho steam yacht Nerld, owned by Charles Adae. He will have a crew of four beside the steward and cook. She will very shortly sail for Sorento, Italy, which Is the home of her owner, Mr.

Crawford being tho only passenger. She will stop eurouto at the Azores, later at Gibraltar, thenco direct to Sorento. Captain Bertum believes that forty days will be about tho time necessary for the entire voyage. Mr. Crawford's wife and family reside in Italy, and during the summer, after the cabin has been refitted, they will cruise leisurely hero and thero along tho Mediterranean.

Tho Alda may return to this country In November. Tho commandants of the United States navy yards are provided with steam launches for their own use by tho United States navy department. The Minnie, of which a cut is presented, is the boat at present In use for this purposo at the Brooklyn navy yard. She Is about 03 feet long by 11 feet beam by 3 feet inches draft. She has a.

pilot house forward nor At Shelter Island a sharpie club has been organized, among tho members of which aro many Brooklyn people. The sharpie or flattie is quite a favorite with the women, many of whom become very nroficient In handling them. The Shelter Island club boasts of two yachtswomen who, it Is said, are the equals of any of the men. One is Miss Schroeder, and the other Miss Frederics, both of this city. The Gravesend Bay Yacht club also has a division of flatties, which is christened the Mosquito fleet.

The Pup, which is owned by H. C. Osgood, Is a peculiar style of cutter yacht. She is not over 15 feet long, and Is nearly as deep as she Is long, with a very narrow beam. She Is jib and mainsail rigged and absolutely non capslzable.

Her great disadvantage, outside of her dearth of beam, is that she draws too much water for the bay. In places where there Is no lack of water, she would be a useful boat. Among the other Brooklyn yachts and yachtsmen are: C. F. Larzaller Cat boat Juanita, 22 feet 4 Inches over all.

22 feet 4Vj Inches water line 0 feet 6 inches beam anrl 3 feet draft. It. v. Riimmcl Cat boat lidrla D. has won all the prizes in her class in Gravesend bav.

James Hellly 18 foot cat boat Paul and Stella one of the beat known small btxits in the bay George It. Wheeler Cat boat Rosamond feet over all. 21 feet water line and 8 feet 0 Inches beam. Ex C.mmndore R. C.

Hopkln Sloop Faustina Jib and mainsail, 24 feet 4 Inches over all and water line, 10 feet beam and 2 feet 3 Inches draught. G. A. Jackson Jib and mainsail Pastime, 23 feet Hempstead Harbor over all and water line. 11 feet beam and 2 feet draught.

YV B. Growtage Center board sloop Royal, 31 feet over all. 20 feet water line. 12 feet 6 inches beam and 4 feet draught. He also owns the 25 foot sloop Nomad.

Charles E. Simmons Schooner Osprey C7 feet over all and GO feet water line. H. B. Ogden Naphtha launch Cisne.

She is 3C feet over all, 31 feet water line and 8 feet beam. Kenneth Otis Twenty four foot racing cat boat. Slto. Has carried away many honors In Shelter Island waters. Benjamin F.

Dally Thirty two foot cat boat. One of the fastest In Jamaica bay. John Rotlno Twenty seven foot HerreshofC cat boat. She Is now being overhauled and put In condition for the season at the Jamaica bay anchorage. Charles Rupp Herrshoff sloop Vision.

She is 26 feet 10 inches water line and 30 feet over all. 5 A TALK WITH L. J. BOURY ff There is probably no better yachtsman or interpreter of the signs of the times, from a yachting standpoint, to be found in the city, than L. J.

Boury of 190 Columbia heights. For the past fifteen years he has been closely identified with the sport, and an ardent and enthusiastic advocate of its utility and of its pleasures. He has always, up to the past two years, been as fond of racing as well as cruising. Nor has his yachting been of the theoretical sort. He has sailed his own boats, even in the most delicate and important races.

Mr. Boury's yachting plans for this year ore not yet fully matured, but as he has taken a great interest in the welfare of the New York Canoe club, whose fine club house is very conveniently situated at Gravesend beach, and of which he is a member and an officer, it is very probable that most of his time will be spent in furthering the interests of the club. In fact, he has already commenced, by offering a cup to be raced for by tho half raters of the club, ten of which were built last spring, for a syndicate, composed of members of the club, by Rigby of Canarsie. They are built after the same design and have been pronounced by Herreshoff, who lately inspected them in company with Mr. floury, as all that half raters should be.

The boats are all finished and have been tried. Mr. Rigby says that they have sailed all around the fast sand baggers of Canarsie bay. Mr. Boury Is intimately acquainted with many of the best designers, sail makers and builders in the business, such as the Herreshofts, Gardner, Stevens and many others, and meeting them often in a social way, Is in a position to gather much information and many views concerning yachting.

Not being a designer himself from a business standpoint, he is not bound down by prejudices or leanings toward pet fads, and not being a builder, his views are not restricted by feet and inches, cr by set rules, so that from all the information which he gathers, 'ho can fairly and without prejudice sift the good from the bad and usually arrive at a very nearly accurate idea upon any prevailing yachting topic, keeping well up to the times. An, Eagle reporter saw Mr. Boury few The 'iirHiiiiiniiiiniMitiiiM "iimmiMMU'iit ii iii'im" i i I m. a. PREPARING FOR and her engine and boiler room is amldshlDS with a saloon in the after part of the cabin.

All of her Joiner work above deck is finished In hard wood and varnished. She is fitted up In the interior with transoms, on which are tufted plush cushions, and the windows are artistically draped with dark brown curtains of like material. Brussels carpet, silver service and handsome furniture lend a comfortable, if not luxurious, appearanco to the general arrangements. The Minnie has been in continuous service now for over three years, and during that time has always been ready for use by the commandant of the yard at a moment's notice. Her machinery consists of a vertical triple expansion engine with cylinders 6 and 9xl6 inches in diameter, having a stroke of ten Inches, which was built at the navy yard here In Brooklyn.

This en gino makes about 375 revolutions per minute, driving a propeller 3 feet in diameter. Steam is supplied by a Roberts safety water tube boiler 4 fet wide by 6 feet long, by about 4 feet high. The boat has attained a speed of fourteen miles per hour, which is exceptionally fast, considering the amount of power the Minnie has and the size of the boat which has to be propelled. A steam launch which is bestowing considerable distinction upon her captain, who is a Brooklyn man, Is the screw steamer, Norwood, which belongs to the estate of N. F.

Munro. She Is said to be the fastest steamer of her size afloat to day, and several times within the past two or three years attempts have been made to race her with other speedy steamers of her class. Unfortunately, these efforts did not materialize, although it through no fault of the Norwood's owner. The Norwood was built in 1890 and was launched" from the yard of C. D.

Mosher of Amesbury, Mass. She measures 63 feet 2 inches over all, 61 feet, 3 inches water line and 7 feet 2 inches beam. It Is more than likely that the Norwood will figure in som speed trials with other steamers this season, and the event will be sure to arouse much local Interest. One of the most comfortable all round cruising yachts in these waters Is the schooner Winona, owned by Anthony Barrett, and flying the Brooklyn Yacht club burgee. She Is 85 feet over all and 73 feet water line.

She is fitted with every convenience known to modern yachting and Is now being put into commission. Her home anchorage for tihi3 season will be In Graves end bay, from whence she will take frequent cruises. The steam yacht Adela, whose owner, J. Harper, la a memher of several Brooklyn clubs, was built both for convenience and speed, and has both. She is 55 feet over all, 49 feet 6 inches water line, 12 feet 6 inches beam and 4 feet 3 Inches draught.

She was designed by John J. Bockee and launched in 1887. Her gross tonnage is 16.98 and her net, 8.49. Mr. Harper is an enthusiastic member of the Brooklyn Yacht club and the Adela's anchorage will probably be Graves end bay most of the time.

Frederick A. Reid's schooner Florida is another one of the good comfortable cruising boats with wliich the waters of Brooklyn i1! nwrn ll llM.l ill i I lnmui.Ul I''" Brooklyn Yacht ahound. Sho is enrolled in the Canarsie Yacht club and her owner insists on anchoring her in Jamaica bay, in spite of the fact that he can do little sailing with her there, on account of the shallow water. He Is a good yachtsman, however, and does his sailing in the open ocean or sound mostly. The Florida is of 48.31 gross and 45.90 net tonnage, 79 feet over all, 73 feet water line, 18 feet 6 inches beam, 7 feet 3 Inches in depth, 7 feet 4 Inches draught.

She was launched as a sloop in 1886, but was altered into a schooner in 1892. She formerly belonged to ex Oommodore Alanson J. Prime of the Yonkers Corinthian Yacht club. While, strictly speaking, it can not be termed yachting, the house boat fad which has broken out in late years, Is so closely allied to it that It should be treated under that head. The most noted boat of that kind in this part of the country is the Studio, belonging to M.

F. Tobin, whose home anchorage is in Gravesend bay. It is nothing more nor less than an old scow, with a roomy cabin, extending four or five feet above the deck, which gives about nine feet head room. Mr. Tobin has had a pointed bow built on his boat and two masts stepped in her, so that under her schooner rig she can manage to move from one place to another.

The great trouble Is that she makes as much it not more leeway than headway, so that when she starts for a definite place it is difficult to tell where she will bring up. J. J. McCue of the Brooklyn Yacht club has changed the name of his big cutter, Isls to Nautilus. She is 23.87 gross, 22.68 net tonnage, 61 feet over all, 51 feet water line, 13 feet beam, 8 feet 5 inches in depth and 9 feet 6 inches draught.

She was designed by A. C. Canfield and launched in 1SS4. Tho screw schooner Armorlca, owned by Mr. Havlland, Is perhaps one of the most comfortable steam yachts of her size in this city.

Although not fast, she can make her ten knots easily, without overtaxing her engine. She is 70 feet over all, 15 feet, beam and 5 feet 8 inches Her cabins are finished in mahogany and birds eye maple, and she is fitted with every convenience, either for a long cruise, or a short excursion. Mr. Havlland has gotten out plans and a model for a 110 foot, steam yacht, the work on which will be commenced shortly. William Hester's centorboard sloop WizaTd, which appears in the fleet lists of the New York, Atlantic, Larchmont and Shelter Island Yacht olubs, Is an exponent of the good, comfortable, satisfactory yacht, which has yet speed enough to win races, for she has a.

number of them to her credit. She was launched In 18S8 and was designed by Phil Elsworth. Sho was last year re tlmbered and a new deck given her, which made tho yacht as rood as new and moro seaworthy than ever. Her gross tonnage la 85.54 and her net 33.76. i Over all she measures 63 feet, and her water line Is 58, with the good, comfortable beam of 18.4.

a depth of 5.3 and a draught of 6 feet. Tho center board yacht Sasqua. the property of Captain Henry Andras, from designs of Prague and Ellsworth, was launched In 1882, and Is also of the comfortable style, though even now. bid model though she Is, she Is ablo to keep well up with the procession. I II 111 I ii" nil" "in iniiiii r.

i mi iTrr 1 lull 6 Hor gross tonnage Is 11.10, and her net, 10.55. She is 39 feet over 5 feet water Hue, 14 feet beam, 4 feet 4 inches deep and 4 feet draught. J. Fred Ackerman ordered last season, from Designer H. J.

Gielow a 45 foot over all, yawl rigged, yacht. The boat was built by Abramson at his shop, foot of Twenty sixth street, was launched late last season and christened the Fedello. She demonstrated beyond question that she was the fastest yawl rigged yacht of her size In this part of the country and as to the other expected qualities, proved a complete success. She Is built to comply with the requirements of the Larchmont 34 foot raters, being 29 feet 5 inches load water line, 45 feet over all, 12 feet beam and 5 feet 5 Inches draught. She Is fitted with a 600 pound steel plate center board worked by a winch.

She has very long overhangs both forward and aft, which give her easy lines. Her bows are high and bluff, making her an exceedingly dry boat in a seaway. She carries 1,400 square feet of sail, consisting of jib, main sail and mlzzen sail or dandy. The beauty of her rig Is the ease with which she can be gotten under way or reefed, as she sails equally well under mlzzen COMMODORE JAMES H. LANE.

and Jib, mlzzen and mainsail, or in running to windward under her mainsail alone, as a cat rig. She had occasion to test her quick reefing qualities in one of the A. Y. C. races last season, when a terrific squall, accompanied by rain, came up suddenly; while the other boats in the race were obliged to put in shore In a hurry and come up in the wind the Fldelio simply doused her mainsail and drove into the finish before the gale, under mizzen sall and Jib.

Among the well known yachts of Gravesend bay is the Cape Cod catboat Buster, owned by L. J. Behrlnger of the Brooklyn Yacht club. The Buster is an ideal cruising craft, roomy and comfortable, as the following dimensions will show. Her length over all Is 26 feet, on the water line, 24 feet 6 Inches, while the beam HUT Club House.

measures 13 feet. Mr. Behrlnger has been a member of the Brooklyn club for ten years, and ha3 always been an enthusiastic yachtsman. J. R.

Collins, owner of the sloop Lena, is another yaohtsman who has done much toward bringing the sport in this vicinity to Its present level of prosperity. His yacht, the Lena, is one of the numerous cruising sloops that are found In New York waters, and she compares favorably with the rest of her class. She is a medium sized boat, 32 feet over all, with a 27 foot water line and 11 feet beam. The Atlantic Yacht club includes in its fleet the cutter Coquette, owned and sailed by Thomas Teeming. The Coquette Is not a new boat, hoving been built in 18S1 by Thomas Bond, but on thi3 account has become thoroughly seasoned.

There Is no more reliable boat enrolled in the Atlantic than the Coquette, and being fast, she has been first on a OWAIN L. HUGHES. number of club regattas. She is 23 feet 9 Inches over all, 19 feet 6 Inches water line, and feet beam. The Brooklyn Yacht club is represented in tho waters about New York by a vast number of small yachts.

Not only, however, are the boats of the Brooklyn clubmen to be seen about New York bay, but they have carried tho Brooklyn ensign on extended cruises and made It nearly as well known in other waters as it is at home. The anthorage oft tho Brooklyn Yacht Club is finely adapted to 1 tho needs of small and medium sized crafts, and some very fine examples of the boat builders' art are enrolled in the membership lists. There is G. L. Robinson's catboat Dol phln, 30 feet over all, with a water line of 25 feet.

Sho Is a roomy boat, with the best of cruising facilities, and has furnished her owner with many a day's fine enjoyment. Sho is one of the best boats of her class in the club. Another Brooklyn Yacht club boat Is the cat Tabltha, owned by Lemuel Smith. She Is not as lengthy as the Dolphin, but Is wider in proportion. Her dimensions i aro 26 feet over all, 22 feet water line and Yacht Club House.

class of this year. He says that he cannot find a good one from New York to Boston for sale. In fact, I only know of one good cruising boat that was built last year and that is Mr. Ackerman's yawl Fldelio. The half rater craze started late last year and consequently has lasted over into this year.

That it is a well developed craze is beyond question and hundreds of these craft are being built But will It last another year? That is a question which time alone can answer. Another freak of thl3 year is the thirty footer. Clinton Bamum Seely is having one built after plans by Gardner and the Herreshoffs are building ten for a syndicate of New York Yacht club men, at the head of which Is Mr. Duryea. Will they become popular enough to last? I think not.

I can confidently predict that while there may be a few instances of special classes for thirty footers, they will be forced in most cases, if they wish to race, to enter the open forty foot class In another year they also will become things ot the past. "I tell you that the whole principle of surrounding yachts with restrictions Is all wrong and cannot help hurting the sport. No one wants to own a boat which cannot race in popular classes. Men of mederato THE we WA. means cannot afford to buy one or two new yachts each year to keep up with the stylo and throw them away the following year, so we don't feel like building boats at all.

Go right through the boat building establishments to day and you will find in almost every one of them freaks are being built, and very few sensible boats unsurrounded by conditions. The only way that yachting can be saved from stagnation in the racing lino is by abolishing all classes which must bo built according to certain conditions, such as the half rater, the 30 footer, the 34 foot rater and the like, and allow owners to build tho kind of boats they please, entering them in any class where they will fit, as in the old fashioned system, with time allowance to tho smaller over the larger. This will give the owner latitude enough in which to build a racing boat which may also be a good all round pleasure boat and at the same time do away with fads or styles, so that a boat once built may be good as a racer as well as't cruiser for many years." Mr. Bourey was at one timo the owner of the great racing cutter Smuggler, designed for him by William Gardner and built by Thomas R. Webber at New Rochelle, a picture of which Is given herewith.

The Smuggler was launched In May, 1891, and at once started out on her racing career, which was one of the most brilliant of that season, prolific though It was of racers. During the season hor prize list amounted to upward of $500. beside plate. Tho Smuggler Is a cutter, 34 feet over all, 24 feet water line, 7 feet beam and 5 feet 3 inches draught. She was sold in 1893 to Messrs.

Frank 3, Moore, aud Robert Mull, and afterward accepted the post of commodore of the Yacht Racing association. the Mull too small for hlan he ordered Designer Henry J. Gielow, in 1893, a ischooner which he afterward christened the Loyal. She was launched in May, 1S92. Mr Sutton sold the Loyal at the close of last season to Boston yachtsmen.

He says he is not out of yachting, however, but as yet has not definitely settled upon his plans for tho aeason. John H. Hanau is one of Brooklyn's most enthusiastic yachtsmen. He Is the owner of the composite built screw schooner Embla, whose international code signal and letters are 136374 K. L.

R. J. Her gross tonnage registered at 170, while net she is but 96.68. Over all she is 159 feet 6 inches, and 133 feet on the water line. Her beam is 20 feet, depth 9 feet 6 Inches, and draught 8 rfeet.

She is fitted with triple expansion three cylinder engines 13 inch, 21 inch and 34 inch by 21 inch. with safety water tube. She was designed by C. Li. Seabury and "launched in July, 1893.

Inside she Is a model of compactness, beauty and convenience, and is fit for anything asked of her, even to crossing thw ocean. Mr. Han an is a member of the New York, Atlantic and Larchmont clubs, but flies the Atlantic club colors. His son is also an enthusiastic yachtsman, and was the owner of tho racing cabin cat Almira, which has won so many races in the past few years. She was designed by C.

C. Hanley, is 26 feet over all, 25 feet WALTER SMITH. water line, 12 feet beam and 2 feet 6 inches draught. She was launched in 1890. He sold the Almira and built and raced the Acashla last season in the 34 foot class.

The screw steam yacht Clara, the property of Whitman W. Kenyon of this city, is a well figure at the anchorage of the Atlantic Yacht club and Is a model of neatness and comfort. Her gross tonnage is 45.67, net 22.84. She is 98 feet 6 inches over all, 92 feet water line, 11 feet 6 inches beam, 7 feet 3 Inches depth and 4 feet 6 Inches draught. She was designed and built by the Herreshofts and launched In April, 1887.

The schooner Cavalier, Jefferson Hogan, owner, is a well known figure in Brooklyn waters and while she Is not a racer she is one of the good, solid, comfortable boats with enough speed to keep well up with the fleet while cruising. Her gross tonnage is 50.78 and Cat Watchogue and her net 4S.25. Over all she measures 77 feet 10 Inches and is 65 feet 10 inches on the water lne. Her beam Is 20 feet, depth 9 feet 3 Inches and draught 10 feet. She comos from tho yard of Joshua Bedell and was launched In 1888.

Mr. Hogan is a member of the Atlantic Yacht club; tho Now Ycrk Yacht club and the Marine and Field club. Tho Cavalier's anchorage is off Bay Ridge. The Tholma, tho new twln scrow naphtha yacht, built by the Gas Engine, and Power company.at Morris Heights, for Mr. J.

Adolph Mollenhauer of Brooklyn, was given a satisfactory trial trip on Tuesday last. The yacht left tho dock at Morris Heights at 1:30 P. passed Into the Hudson river by way of tho Spuyten Duyvll canal, ran as far as Yonkors, then put about and at 6 o'clock In the oven ing dropped anchor off tho Atlantic Yacht club, at Bay Ridge. Mr. Mollenhauer, who Is vice president of the Sugar Refining company, is well known as a Corinthian navigator, and recently owned tie prize winning naphtha There is no place like Jamaica bay for testing tne sailing qualities of a small boat and if a boat proves herself a stiff sailer there, there is no doubt that her owner has a prize.

One of the fastest boats in the Canarsie Yacht club Is Congressman I. F. Fischer's cabin cat Welfare, built by Wallin Gorman of South Brooklyn in 1S92. She measures 30 feet over all, 25 feet water line, and 12 feet beam. A number of club regattas have seen the Welfare in the van.

Another Canarsie Yacht club boat is the Isabelle, F. J. Hallenbach, owner. She is 37 feet 4 inches over all, 33 feet 6 Inches water line and has a beam of 14 feet. She Is another fast sailing craft and was built by J.

Lenox of South Brooklyn. Other yachts, most of which are enrolled in local or neighboring clubs, are the sloop Dion Is, owned by E. H. Converse, 38 feet over all, 34 feet water line and 14 feet beam: the sloop Mary, A. Tracey of the Brooklyn Yacht club; 27 feet over all, 24 feet water line, is a type of the cruising yacht of which class so many are seen in New York waters.

The sloop Kestrel is the property of H. E. Pierce. She is by no means a large boat, but her lack of size is compensated for by her all around abilities as a sailer. A famous yacht Is the Dilemma, owned bv Latham A.

Fish of the Atlantic, Shelter Island and Riverside Yacht clubs. She is 38 feet over all, 26 feet 6 inches water line and 7 feet 3 inches beam. The Dilemma was built by Herreshoff and was launched from Bristol in 1S91. In 1S94 tho Dilemma won five races, which were held at the Shelter Island Yacht club. One of the best known boats in Hempstead harbor is D.

K. Hall's sloop yacht Mona of the Hempstead Harbor Yacht club. She is one of tho trimmest boats about Glen Cove and it noted both as a cruising and racing craft. She measures 21 feet over all and 6 feet 8 inches beam. Another fine boat connected with the Brooklyn Yachtclub is Louis Wunder's cutter Heedless.

She has been quite extensively altered this year and Is one of the finest boats In the club fleet. As she is very speedy, Mr. Wunder expects to win some racing laurels with her this ueason. The sloop Gladys, Howard Place; the sloop Wenona, the center board sloop Fair Wrind. J.

G. Meehan, and the sloop Iroquois, E. H. Chandler, according to recent reports, are all fitting out extensively, and, as ail were firs: class boats in 1895, improvements will make them unsurpassed in these waters as pleasure and cruising crafts. Robert Hutchings has lately bought the big English built cutter Nonpareil, which he proposes to take into Gravesend bay and convert into a house boat this summer.

She will be anchored off Bensonhurst. Joe Plant, the beat builder at the foot of Twenty fifth street, is now at work on a new 34 footer for F. H. Duval of this city from the board cf M. H.

Smith. It is expected that she will be very fast. He is also at work on a 30 foot cabin cat for a member of the Atlantic Yacht club. She is being built in the most careful manner and will be a comfortable cruising boat. The 32 fcot sloop yacht Venus which was rebuilt.

last season at Steinway for her owner. Dr. Bush, is one of the comfortable yachts of the city. She flies the Wllllamsburgh Yacht club flag. Ex Secretary William Martin of the Wllllamsburgh also has a race winner in the 31 foot cat Bel Ami.

Arthur Glbb of this city is also an enthusi astic yachtsman. Ho is the owner of tho Herreshoff designed and built centerboard sloop Bonnie Doon, whose cruising waters are those the Great South bay, where sho has beaten everything in her class. She Is 42 feet over all and 30 foot water line, showing a good 12 feet overhang fore and aft. Her beam is 13 feet and she draws 2 feet 3 inches of water. She was launched In 1S93.

Congressman Israel F. Fischer Is also much interested in yachting, having been commodore of tho Canarsie club. Mr. Fischer's boat, the centerboard cabin cat Welfare, was launched in December, 1S92. She is 30 feet over all, 23 feet water line, 12 feet beam and 2 feet 2 inches draught.

J. W. Afeldt of Twenty fifth street has built this year something of a curiosity in tho way of naphtha launches. It is said to bo the smallest one even" constructed, bolng but 12 foot in length and propelled by a one horse power engine. It Is said, however, that tho boat has buoyancy enough to carry six people.

E. H. Chandler's ccuter board sloop yacht, Iroquois, which has taken most of the prizes in her class In Gravesend bay. is 27 feet over all, 24 feet 2 inches water line, 10 feet beam and 2 feet 6 inches draught. John Zabriskte of Flatbush Is tho owner of a steam launch, the Zella, with which he Smujgler..