steam yacht myra

Construction

Built in 1893 by J A Houston of Rowhedge, MYRA is a steam schooner, carvel built of teak and gaff rigged. Her engine dates from 1910 and is steam triple expansion, maker unknown. She was built for W H Mackenzie of Colchester. Her subsequent owners were: W J P Peacock, London (1896-1920), R S Heard, Swansea and J Hughes Rice, Newton, Glamorgan who owned her until at least 1932.

She was converted to a motor engine 1920.

Acquired by a further owner in 1977 and restored, a new plant was fitted in 1979 and she was believed to have regularly steamed on an annual basis.

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Vessel built by J A Houston, Rowhedge

Vessel converted to a motor engine

Steamboat Register: An illustrated Register of surviving steam vessels in the British Isles, Steam Boat Association of Great Britain, Edition 6, May 1994    The Funnel magazine, Edition 15

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MYRA is about as elegant as any yacht can be; built of teak bronze and iron in 1893. She is an extremely exciting project with many of her original fittings and details intact but this should not be undertaken lightly because of the extent of the work needed. We believe MYRA to be totally unique and therefore her next owner will be rewarded by a vessel that surely defines the oft over used term “Gentleman’s Motor Yacht”.

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Restoration project

This vessel is offered for sale as a restoration project and some of the pictures used are historical and do not necessarily show the vessel as she is today.

Built in 1893 for wealthy young man and serial steam yacht owner Willie Mackenzie of Colchester by J A Houston of Rowhedge; MYRA is a steam schooner, carvel built of teak and gaff rigged. The original steam compound engine was built by Mumford of Colchester, one of the world\'s largest steam engine builders of the late 19th Century. This remarkable vessel was used by Mr Mackenzie in a variety of roles both as a vessel for day trips out with friends and admirers such pleasures much enjoyed in those days as well with accommodation for 4 and a sea going capability; more extended voyages. Her second owner, one WJP Peacock used her from 1896 to the outbreak of war in 1914 for watching yacht racing and again for day sailing and longer trips - functions she could perform again in great style. Another story has it that she went over to Paris – to win 1st prize in the maritime section of the Great Exhibition of 1903, later plying the Seine on day trips but this is uncorroborated. Her subsequent owners from 1920 were: R S Heard of Swansea and J Hughes Rice of Newton, Glamorgan, who owned her until at least 1932. Details of her history thereafter are scant. Between the wars Myra had been fitted with a petrol engine but kept her schooner rig. After WWII she declined through neglect – left it seems for many years in Ipswich dock sans engine. It was there, by then in the 1970s that Peter Darby owner of Everson’s boatyard at Woodbridge found and after long negotiation, bought her. Once agreed he had her moved quickly by road to his own yard, where close inspection revealed that in spite of long immersion in brackish waters the hull condition was exceptionally good, requiring only limited re planking but total re caulking. Substantial refitting included removal of the petrol engine and concrete ballast as well as treating and replacement thereof. The deck caulking was completely stripped out and finding the timbers good, they were treated and re caulked. The interior was scraped back to bare wood, re varnished and deck houses re glazed. The original steam engine long gone, all sorts of options for an engine were considered, given Peter Darby her owner was a builder of steam engines himself. Looking for something suitable he found an awesome triple expansion engine, commercially built to deep sea standards; possibly a college training engine, which fine engine he bought and fitted – with remarkable ease as it happens. To power it initially he created a new oil fired 3 drum water tube boiler but replaced this later with a return tube boiler of Scotch design. It is worth noting that the combined size of this boiler and engine required some repositioning of the propulsion system further forward in the vessel, with some consequent re positioning of cabin spaces. MYRA made her second “maiden” voyage – the first time she’d steamed since 1920 on 18th December 1979. She was subsequently refitted with her schooner rig and is believed to have steamed regularly up to around 2005. pictures exist of her sailing hard pressed - and her surprising performance confirmed by her previous owner. More recently she was acquired by the Schiffs und Yachtwerft Dresden where further work was carried out and then acquired by her current owners in 2012.

Construction and condition

The teak carvel topside teak planking is considered to be 95% excellent and two large sections have been stripped to show the beautiful colour and patina of the 120 year old teak. Below the waterline again the teak planking is mostly good, but the garboards – believed to be of elm need attention. Fastenings are copper and bronze. The deck is not so good and the 1½ inch pine, swept deck planking - possibly the original, will need to be replaced. Both deck houses are complete and sound but require full cosmetic refurbishment. Cabin tops are teak (laid fore/aft) doubled with diagonal teak beneath. The grown oak frames and steam bent oak timbers do need significant work with about half needing repair, doubling or replacement. The keel is straight and well supported on a 40 ft flatbed trailer.

Rig spars and sails

- Schooner rig with loose footed sails and furling by brailing - The masts need work or replacing but have all the fittings. - The gaffs are varnished and look good - Galvanized rigging and all blocks are present but need attention - Main sail sheet track well aft on the counter - Foresail tacks with a Lazy sheet - Wickham Martin type Jib furling - The sails are scruffy but will provide good patterns

Deck fittings

- All deck fittings for sailing except ship\'s wheel are present - Additional fittings include the bronze coaling hatches, period anchor winch and capstan - Forged iron tiller enabling steering from the counter - Bronze chain plates - Ship\'s bell is in Rostock NE Germany and attempts are being made to repatriate

Engine, mechanical and electrical

- Triple expansion steam main engine - no maker’s plate apparent but probably by Sissons - Cylinders of 4.5 inch + 7 inch + 10 inch x 6 inch stroke - Engine is complete and has crosshead driven air pump for the condenser - Eccentric driven boiler feed pump and chain drive to a 12 volt generator - Remote control Stephenson reverse gear and regulator enables deck or engine room control - Engine complete but now not free so needs stripping cleaning and reassembly - Dry backed Scotch type Boiler, currently oil fired - Domestic type burner converted to 12 V - Steam donkey engine with own condenser and salt water pump powers a second generator - Generator for battery charging or lighting when main engine is stopped - 2 x Modern fuel tanks for paraffin or 28 sec heating oil are currently removed for access - 2 x Top up water tanks and the hot well water tank for boiler feed water - Water can also be fed by injector - Boiler certificate expired and the boiler will require attention or replacement - All fittings, gauges etc are available

Interior from forward

- Chain locker, with some storage, very pretty teak oval hatch - Head with period Downton pattern WC and bronze pumps currently discharging over side - J Stone fold away self draining basin with nickel plated taps, pump and all parts - Ladies fore cabin panelled in dark oak; 2 x berths, needs a full cosmetic restoration - Table with drop sides, fiddles and bottle storage - Engine room containing the propulsion and generating etc equipment - This space was originally just the boiler room - Aft cabin; 2 x berth and galley mostly teak interior of 1970 s vintage currently stripped out for access - All parts labelled for replacement if wanted - This cabin was originally the engine space plus crew quarters - Also in store; an early Simpson Lawrence stove and a classic pattern Patay galley pump - The Windermere kettle is in Rostock NE Germany - attempts are being made to repatriate - Lazarette mostly dedicated to the large diameter steering quadrant but with some storage

Owners notes and comments

MYRA is complete but needs new decks and a substantial restoration The original Mumford compound engine - or one identical from near MYRA’s home port is currently for sale at Preston Steam Services Ltd near Canterbury in the UK. If a potential purchaser would wish to fit a different steam or maybe diesel engine the owners would be willing to sell her without the existing machinery, which could be removed with ease having been installed only to facilitate the move from Dresden back to the UK. MYRA is currently on a 40 ft York artic trailer with air suspension, which is also available for sale by negotiation. She could very easily be delivered anywhere with road access; including USA as there are RoRo services to most parts of the world. Height with funnel etc removed is under 4 m. Assistance could be given to the new owner with moving if required. MYRA is listed as a project boat in need of restoration but once completed she would be a unique vessel and the belle of the ball at any regatta or gathering.

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Sailing Schooner MYRA was designed and built by Turkish Ege Yat yacht builders in 2003, the yacht received a refit in 2010, and a further complete refit in 2020/21. She accommodates up to 12 guests in 6 cabins, making her ideal for larger groups.

There is a traditional vibe about her. The exterior steel hull is painted deep rich black, her bulwarks are high gloss varnish and the decks a classic teak. The interior is spacious and warm boasting fine woods panels and teak and holly inlay floors.

Aboard MYRA, the salon is in the raised deck house, large ports allow ample natural light and great viewing. On the port side, 2 formal dining tables seat all 12 guests with room to spare, on the starboard side a built in lounge and coffee table invite guests to relax in comfort. A flat screen TV and audio system are available for indoor entertainment. Four double guest cabins are forward of the salon, while 2 twin guests cabins are aft of the salon.

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Exterior living on this beautiful sailing yacht is plenty where the aft deck offers an alfresco dining option, seating and aft facing sun pads, shade from a Bimini cover can be provided. Further sun pads on the foredeck allow everyone to find a place to relax. She boasts generous wrap around teaks decks, with high rails, the yacht is easy to walk around safely both at anchor and under sail.

This Sailing schooner has a beam of 7.6m (25ft) and a draft of 2.7m (9ft), under full sail the yacht flies 5 sails, she is mechanically powered by 1 x 350hp Aifo Ivenco engine and is capable of 8.5 – 11 knots and has a professional permanent crew of 4.

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The MYRA sailing yacht can accommodate up to 12 guests in 6 en-suite cabins. Forward of the salon: 4 double cabins, 2 on port and 2 on starboard. Aft of the salon is 2 twin cabins on port and starboard. Each cabin has a simplistic warm atmosphere with a serene calm feel.

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S.y. varuna   .

If ever a millionaire enjoyed spending his money it was Eugene Higgins.

Born 14 July 1860 in Manhattan  Eugene Higgins was the rich heir to a carpet-making business. Graduating from Columbia University in 1882 he went into banking but spent most of his life his spending money.

He was a devoted golfer, cross-country rider, fisherman, hunter, coach racer, yachtsman, fencer and amateur enthusiast in physics and mathematics. After  studying fencing in France he became, in 1890,  America’s first fencing (epee) champion. His luxurious steam yacht Varuna was named after the Hindu god of the ocean.

Higgins owned a townhouse at Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street (at the intersection that is now the Empire State Building) which was a magnet for high society, and a country home at Morristown, New Jersey.

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He willed the bulk of his $38,500,000 estate for "education in natural and physical sciences" before he died in the summer of 1948. Columbia, Yale, Princeton and Harvard share the income from one of the largest trust funds ever given to educational institutions to “promote the general advancement of science by investigation, research, and experiment."

Below - Eugene Higgins

THE DUNDEE COURIER - Wednesday 15 July 1896 - “LAUNCHES ON THE CLYDE - .... Messrs. A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, launched yesterday the Varuna , a twin-screw steel yacht of 1500 tons, built for Mr. Eugene Higgins, New York.....”

THE YACHTING WORLD -  October 1896 - Capt. Trayler (ex La Belle Sauvage ) of Wivenhoe  has been appointed to s.y. Varuna . The same issue also notes that a crew of 40 men had left Rowhedge to join Varuna .

THE GLASGOW HERALD - 13 November 1896 - “THE STEAM YACHT VARUNA - The twin-screw yacht Varuna , which has been designed by Mr. G.L. Watson and built by Messrs. A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, for Mr. Eugene Higgins, New York, went on a trial trip yesterday in the Firth of Clyde. On the previous day she had completed her progressive trials very satisfactorily, and there was little doubt that she would go through the severer tests as easily. Her boats, which have been built by Mr. Peter McLean, Roseneath, were got on board in the morning, and she left the Tail of the Bank shortly after ten o’clock. Two runs each way were made between the Cloch and the Cumbrae, and with everything working splendidly for a new boat of the class, a mean speed of just on 17 knots was the result.

This morning she starts on a 24-hours coal consumption trial, and as soon as possible next week will proceed direct to New York. Mr. Jas. Gordon Bennett comes north on Saturday to look over the yacht, which will rank as one of the finest and most luxuriously fitted of the pleasure fleet at present under construction on the Clyde for America. The work is of the best, as everything is which comes from Pointhouse, and under the supervision of Mr. Watson nothing has been left undone to make the Varuna the ideal yacht her owner desires. Internally there is a lot yet to do, but even amidst the chaos which always precedes the finishing touches in the construction of a boat there is abundant evidence of the advance which the newer Watson steamers make. She is fitted and furnished magnificently, and in her completed state will provide the shipbuilders of the United States with a lesson rather difficult to follow. Captain Trayler, of Wivenhoe, is in command, and amongst the crew of 16 there are several well-known racing hands from the Colne.”

THE SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM INDEPENDENT - Friday 20 November 1896 - “The yacht Varuna , which has been built by Messrs. A. and J. Inglis, Partick, for Mr. Eugene Higgins, New York, is the most sumptuous yacht that has ever left the Clyde. Of 1,520 tons Thames measurement, the Varuna is built of steel throughout. It is to the size of her bridge deck that the Varuna owes, in greatest measure, the exceptional character of her accomodations. Her deck is 168ft. in length. the dining room is about 18ft. by 34ft. It is fitted up in panelled oak. The library has an area of some 187 square feet, and a total wall length of 50ft., enough to allow of bookcases containing a plentiful supply of literature. This library is aft of a series of rooms for maids and valets and lavatories and bathrooms for guests, arranged along the casing on the starboard side, and alongside the after end of the dining room is a vestibule floored with rubber tiling. Passing abaft the engine room, you come to a drawing room 18ft square, and the fencing room, nearly as large, which is provided with cabinets, racks for foils, dumb-bells, clubs and other accessories for physical exercise. There are magnificent state rooms some in white, some in mahogany, a large bachelors’ room, bathrooms, a doctor’s room, and so on. The guests’ rooms will be upholstered in luxurious fashion.”

THE YACHTING WORLD - 20 November 1896 - “SEA BREEZES - The fine steam yacht Varuna , just built by Messrs. A. & J. Inglis, of Point House, to the design of Mr. G.L. Watson, for Mr. Eugene Higgins, a well-known member of the New York Yacht Club, underwent a series of severe trials last week on the Clyde. Mr. Watson and the builders were of course on board the boat during the trials, which turned out as satisfactory as anyone could wish. Eight runs on the measured mile at Skelmorlie resulted in a mean speed of 16¼ knots an hour being attained, the engines during the trial working with every satisfaction. Another trial between the Cloch and the Cumbrae light showed an even better result, close on 17 knots an hour being chronicled. The average speed of the official trial was 16.75 knots an hour, the contract speed being 16.5 knots. The engines ran smoothly, without a hitch, making 160 revolutions a minute at 160lb. per inch steam pressure and 37lb. vacuum.

The Varuna , as will be seen from the photograph reproduced in the present issue, has a fully curved clipper bow nicely set off by an artistically carved figurehead. The stern, which is elliptical, is quite in harmony with the stem, being considerably drawn out, therefore giving big overhangs. The dimensions of the Varuna are:- Length on load-water line, 260ft.; depth moulded, 18.3ft.; breadth, 35.1ft.; while the tonnage according to Thames measurement is 1,500 tons. The yacht was coaled on Tuesday, and was expected to leave the Clyde for New York to-day (Thursday). It is anticipated that the Varuna will average 14 knots an hour  on her journey across the Atlantic.”

THE GLASGOW HERALD - Thursday 5 December 1896 - “ARRIVAL OF THE VARUNA - (Telegram from Special Correspondent) - New York, December 1.- Mr. Eugene Higgins’s fine new steam yacht the Varuna arrived here to-day from Greenock, after a satisfactory first voyage.”

THE YACHTING WORLD - 11 December 1896 - “ VARUNA’S VOYAGE - PARTICULARS OF THE LOG OF THE TRIP ACROSS THE ATLANTIC - The New York Herald gives the following particulars of the trip of the Varuna across the Atlantic:- The Varuna’s maiden voyage was made in stormy weather, but the yacht behaved splendidly. Not a screw or bolt was loosened.

Captain Taylor (sic) says:- “I never sailed a better boat. I could have come straight across, if necessary, but my instructions were to take things easy. We left Glasgow on the Saturday night. There was a great wind and the sea was so heavy we thought every minute we would stick our nose under, but the ship lifted to the waves like a cork, and practically no water got aboard. Having new engines and gear, we did not care to strain her. The weather grew thicker and heavier and finally we decided to put into Lough Swilly until it abated. It took us just eight days and twenty-one hours to make Sandy Hook from Lough Swilly, which is pretty good time. The storm did practically no damage. On the second day out the sea burst through the forward port, which is likely to happen to any ship. The wind drew so hard that we kept bearing off a trifle. In the evening of the same day the wind was north-west and blew great guns. The boat behaved nobly but we did not care to take chances, so we kept her off a few points.”

The Varuna anchored off Bay Ridge, and Mr. Eugene Higgins, who went aboard her, said:-

“I am highly satisfied with the Varuna’s excellent sea qualities and general appearance. There is no question but that the builders of Europe have more advanced ideas of the construction of ships than we. The Varuna reached port with not a bolt strained. There is no sign of repairs needed either to the boiler or the engines. The heavy weather gave an opportunity to show her seaworthiness. The log shows that she is not deficient in speed. My orders were not to try for speed but to ensure safety. I start on December 12th with ten or twelve friends, stopping at Bermuda, Madeira, Gibraltar and Marseilles, and will continue my cruise in the Mediterranean until Spring.”

The Varuna’s log shows her record as follows:-

Leaving the Irish coast on Monday noon, to Tuesday noon, 301 miles; moderate gale, heavy sea, wind south-west to west, sky overcast.

Wednesday, 296 miles; strong west-south-west wind; heavy sea.

Thursday, 313 miles; strong breeze south-west to north-east.

Friday, 371 miles, strong north-east gale, tremendous sea.

Saturday, 310 miles; moderate gale, north-east to north; very heavy sea.

Sunday, 357 miles; fresh north-west winds; thick weather.

Monday, 371 miles; strong wind, east-north-east; moderate sea.

Tuesday, 357 miles; moderate wind and sea.

Wednesday, 238 miles; arrived at Sandy Hook 4.30 a.m.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 11 December 1896 - “RECEPTION ON THE VARUNA - Eugene Higgins gave a reception on his new yacht Varuna yesterday afternoon. The yacht was anchored in the North River off Thirty-eighth Street. Among those who inspected the yacht were Commodore E.M. Brown, Gouverneur Kortright, F.W.J. Hurst, and J.V.S. Oddie. The Varuna will sail for Gibraltar to-morrow.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 13 December 1896 - “SOCIETY’S WINTER SEASON - .... Mr. Eugene Higgins gave a “stag” reception on his beautiful new steam yacht Varuna on Thursday afternoon, which was attended by all the prominent members of the New York and Seawanhaka Yacht Clubs and by a large number of Mr. Higgins’s personal men friends. The Varuna was greatly admired, and a handsome collation which followed the reception was enjoyed. Mr. Higgins sailed for Gibraltar on the Varuna yesterday.”

THE YACHTING WORLD -  1 Jan 1897 - “SEA BREEZES - The Varuna , Mr. Eugene Higgins’ steam yacht, just built on the Clyde, arrived at Madeira on Saturday from the Bermudas, having steamed the distance of 2,435 miles in seven days and sixteen hours.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 3 March 1897 - “FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST - La Valetta, Malta, March 2.- The steam yacht Varuna , owned by Mr. Eugene Higgins of New York, arrived here to-day. The Varuna sailed from New York Dec. 11, and called at Bermuda, Madeira, Gibraltar, and Marseilles.”

THE MORNING POST - Friday 23 April 1897 - “SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE - Home Arrivals - Greenock: April 21 - Varuna (steam yacht), Marseilles....”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 24 April 1897 - “ PERSONAL - American merchantmen are lamentably scarce in the Mediterranean nowadays, but the owners of yachts are doing their best to prevent the Stars and Stripes from passing quite out of memory in those waters. The writer of a letter just received here says that when in Venice toward the end of last month, he saw our flag flying from three magnificent steam yachts that were anchored off the Piazza San Marco at the same time. They were the Varuna , owned by Anthony (sic) Higgins; Anthony J. Drexel’s Margarita , and the May , which belongs to Mrs. Sarah Drexel Fell. They are all floating palaces, well calculated to excite the awe and admiration of foreigners, and to fill with pride such chance observers from the United States as didn’t take the trouble to recall that every one of these bearers of his country’s banner was built on the Clyde. The Varuna was on her way to Marseilles, where she arrived on the 28th, after circling the inland sea in less than a month, and calling at Villefranche-sur-Mer, Monaco, Malta, Alexandria, several towns in Crete, Zante, and Paxos, and the Austrian naval station at Pola. Among Mr. Higgins’s guests were Major Glentworth, of the Austrian Army, Charles Le Goy of New York, and Mr. Wood of Morristown, N.J. The cruise, as can well be imagined, was an enjoyable one, for the Varuna’s passengers were able to get a close view of war as it is understood in Crete, and participated in many impressive social functions at the more peaceful ports in which they anchored.”

THE GLASGOW HERALD - Tuesday 4 May 1897 - “SAILINGS FROM FOREIGN PORTS - Varuna (s), Colne from Kiel, May 3.”

THE HAMPSHIRE ADVERTISER - 5 May 1897 - “YACHTING - The American-owned steam yachts Varuna and Margarita arrived in the Clyde last week from the Mediterranean and both will undergo extensive overhauls....”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 23 May 1897 - [Yachting] - Besides the two steam yachts for Ogden and Robert Goelet there are at present in the Clyde two other leviathan steam yachts, owned by American millionaires. These are the Margarita , built last Autumn on the Clyde [Gourock] for Mr. [Colonel A.J.] Drexel of Philadelphia [to Troon Shipbuilding Company’s yard], and the Varuna , built during the past Winter by Messrs. Inglis of Glasgow [to Inglis’ yard]. These four steam yachts were designed by G.L. Watson, and their internal fittings by his cousin, Thomas Watson of Glasgow. The Margarita and the Varuna (built for Mr. Higgins of New York) have returned to the Clyde, after cruising in the Mediterranean, to have an overhaul and clean-up previous to another cruise to complete the season. It is not reported what the intentions of the owners may be, but it is surmised that some of these American yachts will attend the yacht race from Dover to Heligoland for the German Emperor’s Jubilee Cup and do honor to the occasion.”

Additions [  ] from The Belfast News-Letter 26 April 1897.

THE ESSEX COUNTY CHRONICLE (Chelmsford) - Friday 9 July 1897 - “How sweet must be the sleep of the owner of the great steam yacht Varuna , which has just left the Colne for Southampton, and thence for New York.

The Varuna is the largest yacht that ever entered the Colne, and it is one of the best appointed vessels known. Its elaborate furniture includes a silver-plated bedstead, where the owner passes his nights.

Only fancy - rocked by the silvery waves on a silver-plated bedstead!

The steam yacht Nerissa has returned to the Colne after a successful cruise to Norway. She is shortly to proceed on a coasting tour.”

THE HAMPSHIRE ADVERTISER - 17 July 1897 - “SOUTHAMPTON YACHTING NEWS - ...[Departures] ....the Varuna , s.s., Mr. Higgins, for New York....”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 24 July 1897 - “MR. HIGGINS’S VARUNA IN PORT - Her Owner Home from a Long Voyage South and in Europe - The steam yacht Varuna arrived in port yesterday morning from an extended cruise in European waters. Eugene Higgins, her owner, and several guests returned home in the yacht.

The Varuna left New York Dec. 12 last, and visited numerous places of interest in the West Indies and in Southern Europe. She also visited ports in the British Isles. She left Southampton for the return July 10, calling at St. Michael’s for coal, and sailing from there July 16. Moderate and variable weather was experienced during the voyage.

Mr. Higgins’s guests were Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, Baron de Heckerer, Allan Arthur, son of the ex-President; L.F. Gregory, W. Wood, Dr. Domingoe, and Charles Le Goy.

The Varuna registers 1,166 tons, and carries a crew of fifty-nine men. She has twin screws, and was built in 1896 on the Clyde, by Inglis & Son. She proceeded to Bay Ridge, where the owner and his guests disembarked, coming thence to the city.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 6 August 1897 - “YACHTING - NAVAHOE BEATS VIGILANT - Royal Phelps Carroll Wins His Second Goelet Cup in an Exciting Contest.... Newport, Aug. 5.- .... defeating the Vigilant by 1 minute and 1 second elapsed time.... Among the yachts  out to see the race were.... Eugene Higgins’s Varuna ....”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 20 August 1897 - “NEWPORT, R.I., Aug. 19 - The following yachts arrived here to-day.... steamer Varuna , owned by Eugene Higgins.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 27 August 1897 - “NEWPORT, R.I., Aug. 26 - ....Yachts in the harbor: steamer Varuna , owned by Eugene Higgins....” Noted as being in port until 9th September.

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 5 September 1897 - “EVENTS OF THE WEEK - The most notable events of the past week at Newport were.... There were also receptions on Mr. Higgins’s steam yacht Varuna and numberless dinners and luncheons....”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 10 September 1897 - “NEWPORT, R.I., Sept. 9.- The departures were as follows.... steamer Varuna , owned by Eugene Higgins....”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 25 November 1897 - “ Varuna to Start on a Long Cruise - E.S. Higgins, New York Yacht Club, has completed arrangements for a protracted cruise on his steam yacht Varuna . Mr. Higgins will be accompanied on his voyage by several friends, among them Chatfield Taylor, the golfer. The yacht is ready for sea, and will leave port to-morrow, and after a few weeks among the West Indies will cruise along the coast of South America, and thence to Africa and the Mediterranean.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 6 February 1898 - “Eugene Higgins is cruising in the Mediterranean with a party of friends on the steamer Varuna , and will go to Cannes in time for the regattas. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Drexel will be there on board the Sultana as will Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel, on the steamer Margarita . Robert Goelet’s Nahma and Henry Walter’s Narada will also be there.”

THE GLASGOW HERALD - Monday 2 May 1898 - [The Spanish - American War] - “THE AMERICAN YACHTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN - New York, May 1.- The reported chase of Mr. Gordon Bennett’s yacht makes it interesting to recall the names and owners of valuable yachts now in the Mediterranean, and therefore liable to chase and capture by the Spanish Government. They are:- .... the Valiant , Willie Vanderbilt; the Margarita , Mr. Anthony Drexel; the Varuna , Mr. Eugene Higgins; the Sultana , Mr. John Drexel, and the Namouna , Mr. Gordon Bennett....”

The Namouna was chased by a Spanish flotilla and took refuge at Cannes.

EVENING STAR (Ipswich) – Friday 16 September 1898 – “COLNE OYSTER FISHERY – THE OPENING CEREMONY." Varuna was in attendance for the event in the river Colne.

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 7 November 1898 - “Mr. Higgins, as already announced, is expected daily with his yacht, the Varuna , which sailed from Bordeaux last week.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 15 November 1898 - “EUGENE HIGGINS HOME - Eugene Higgins and a party of friends arrived from Europe yesterday on Mr. Higgins’s steam yacht Varuna . The Varuna left New York nearly a year ago for a cruise in European waters. She was at Venice when the [Spanish - American] war broke out, and a regard for the possibilities of an encounter with Spanish gunboats, known to be on the lookout for American yachts, led to her being laid up till the cessation of hostilities, when she went to Southampton. She left that port for the homeward trip Oct. 21, stopping at Bordeaux, whence she sailed Nov. 1. and Funchal, Madeira, Nov. 5.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 28 November 1898 - New York experienced the worst November snowstorm on record with 9.7 inches of snow falling. The storm which raged throughout Saturday night and into Sunday blocked streets, prevented travel, delayed passenger liners  and played havoc with sailing vessels.... “E.S. Higgins’s big yacht the Varuna was threatened with destruction during the night, as she began to drag her anchors and work in toward the Staten Island shore. An extra anchor was gotten over with thirty fathoms of chain, and this checked her, and she came out safely.”

NORTH-EASTERN DAILY GAZETTE - Tuesday 6 December 1898 - “NEWS IN BRIEF - At a dinner given by Mrs. Astor to Lord Strafford and his fiancée, the announcement was made that the wedding will take place on Tuesday morning next at the home of Mrs. Colegate’s sister. Bishop Potter will perform the ceremony, and only the immediate relatives of the family will attend. The Earl and Countess will make a honeymoon tour of the United States, sailing for home in January in the yacht Varuna , as the guests of its owner, Mr. Eugene Higgins.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 11 December 1898 - [Wedding of John R. Livermore and Miss. Josephine Whitney Brooks the following Wednesday] “Eugene Higgins, uncle of the bride, who came from Europe on his yacht Varuna to attend the wedding, will sail the same day on his return trip.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 19 December 1898 - “Eugene Higgins sailed last week just after the wedding of his niece, Miss. Brooks, to Mr. Livermore, in the Varuna , with a large stag party.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 20 March 1899 - “Eugene Higgins, before she sailed, gave a dinner on board his yacht, the Varuna , to Sir Thomas Lipton.”

THE BURY AND NORWICH POST - 23 May 1899 - “DANGERS OF SMALL SAILING BOATS - A sad boating accident occurred at Wyvenhoe, near Colchester, on Saturday evening. Two young men named Arthur Firmin and William Traylor, the latter being a son of Captain Traylor, of the steamship Varuna , left Wyvenhoe Quay for a sail down the river Colne in a fifteen feet drop keel sailing boat. When off Alresford Creek the craft was struck by a sudden squall, which caused her to heel to leeward. Owing to the shifting of the ballast she did not right herself, and the occupants jumped overboard and started to swim ashore. Traylor, finding that the boat did not sink, returned, and clung to the side, at the same time shouting to Firmin to do the same, and thrusting an oar towards him. Firmin, however, became quickly exhausted, and sank. Two lads named Pooley and Pleater, who witnessed the accident, put off in another boat and rescued Traylor, who was in a state of collapse. Firmin’s body was not recovered until low tide on Sunday morning. He was the only son of a widow.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 31 August 1899 - [Sir Thomas Lipton’s steam yacht Erin and Shamrock I were at New York for the America’s Cup challenge] “Visits were also exchanged between the Erin and Eugene Higgins’s steam yacht Varuna , which arrived with her owner and a party of friends after a ten-day voyage from Havre.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 2 September 1899 - “The steam yacht Varuna arrived from New York to-day with Eugene Higgins, the owner, and a party of guests on board.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 9 September 1899 - “Newport - Anchored in the harbor to-day are the steam yachts.... Varuna ....”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 21 September 1899 - [America’s Cup challenger Shamrock I takes an exhibition spin for the benefit of American worthies and many spectators witnessed the proceedings from yachts] “Other yachts in the fleet were the Varuna , Armorica , and Sultana .”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 1 October 1899 - [Regarding the second America’s Cup race] Following a list of steam yachts which “will take out parties of guests, of whom the largest and most socially important will be on the Corsair , Narada , May , Vergana , Conqueror , Varuna , Atalanta , and Lorna .”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 8 October 1899 - [America’s Cup races] “One of the most interesting features of the marine spectacle of Tuesday, Thursday and yesterday was the unprecedentedly large fleet of steam yachts which accompanied the cup contestants each day over the course.... The largest and most notable parties were carried every day by Mr. Pierpoint Morgan on Corsair , Mr. Eugene Higgins on Varuna ...”  [And many others]

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 28 January 1900 - “The Varuna has also left Southampton for Nice, where she will be boarded by her owner, Mr. Eugene Higgins, who has arrangements made for a long cruise.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 30 January 1900 - “On the Riviera.... Eugene Higgins, who has been at Nice for some time, is experimenting with different kinds of electric and steam automobiles. His steam yacht Varuna is in port, and later he goes on a cruise. “

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 22 February 1900 - “In the harbor of Nice, last week, there were a number of English and American yachts, among them the Valiant and Varuna , on which last Mr. Higgins is entertaining.”

THE HAMPSHIRE ADVERTISER - 24 February 1900 - “YACHTING ITEMS - ....The Varuna , s.s., from Southampton, arrived at Palermo on Wednesday....”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 27 February 1900 - “Eugene Higgins is on the Varuna , and from last cabled dispatches was at Naples.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 9 March 1900 - “Eugene Higgins. on the Varuna , has left Nice for Tunis.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 10 April 1900 - “Eugene Higgins, in the Varuna , has passed Gibraltar, westward bound.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 29 April 1900 - “Eugene Higgins is coming westward on the Varuna , and will be at Newport during the season.”

THE ESSEX COUNTY STANDARD - Saturday 12 May 1900 - “WYVENHOE - SMOKING CONCERT - On Wednesday evening, May 9, a capital smoking concert in connection with the arrival of the steam yachts Varuna and Rosabelle , and the departure of the yachts Surf and Gunilda was held at the Park Hotel, Wyvenhoe. A large company was present. Captain H. Harlow occupied the chair. Mr. F.J. Lax kindly presided at the piano, and Mr. A. Vinson, violin. During the evening the health of the Wyvenhoe Volunteers now at the front was drunk with musical honours. One of the chief features of the evening was the singing of Mr. Harry Dunstane, a humorous and descriptive vocalist of first-class talent, whose songs elicited loud applause, being rendered in great style. Below we give the programme. Song, “The Little Hero,” Mr. Owen; song, “I can’t change it,” Mr. Bewen; song, “It’s a pretty little place inside,” Mr. C. Harlow; “Extras,” Mr. H. Bird; song, “I’m a looking at yer,” Mr. Anderson; song, “That’s how he tells the lie,” Mr. Dunstane; encore, “When she goes to bye-bye,”; song, “Oh the khaki,” Mr. H.L. Wright; song, “Sons of the sea,” Mr. H. Chamberlain; song, “Sons of our Empire,” Mr. Mitchell; recitation, “Selected,” Dr. Smith; song, “The same house,” Captain W. Harlow; song, “My gal is a high born lady,” Mr. Small; Essex ballad, “Owd Bill,” Mr. H. Moore; song, “A life on the ocean wave,” Capt. H. Harlow; song, “Oh let it be soon,” Mr. J. Maskell; song, “Sweet Genevieve,” Mr. E.F. Heath; song, “The reason why,” Mr. J. Cole.- At the conclusion of the programme a vote of thanks to the accompanist was proposed by the Chairman, after which the evening was brought to a close with the National Anthem.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 13 May 1900 - “SOME HAPPENINGS IN GOOD SOCIETY - Nearly all the yachting parties are coming back. Eugene Higgins was near the English coast when last the Varuna was spoken. He may come over later to this side, but will wait for the races at Cowes.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 30 May 1900 - “Mr. Eugene Higgins has been at the Isle of Wight on Varuna .”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 1 August 1900 - “CITY ISLAND YACHT NEWS -  ....Eugene Higgins’s steam yacht Varuna has been hauled out on the marine railway at the Jacob yard to be overhauled and repainted.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 2 August 1900 - “CITY ISLAND YACHT NEWS -  .... Eugene Higgins’s steam yacht Varuna has been launched from the marine railway at the Jacob yard after being repainted.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 7 August 1900 - “WHAT IS DOING IN SOCIETY - Mrs. Robert Goelet has arrived off Cowes, the Isle of Wight, in her yacht, the Nahma . She is entertaining a large party on board. The Sultana , Mr. and Mrs. John R. Drexel, and the Varuna , Eugene Higgins, have sailed from Cronstadt and are en route to St. Petersburg.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 17 September 1900 - “THE LOG OF THE NIAGARA . Incidents of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gould’s Four Months’ Cruise.... [no dates given] About eighty miles from Bergen, while the Niagara was proceeding under full steam, her sailing master, Mr. Caws, landed her on the rocks with her bow out of the water. It was at first thought that the vessel was in great danger, but she did not leak, and word was sent to Bergen for tugs. Before they arrived, however, Eugene Higgins’s yacht, the Varuna , hove in sight. She took the Niagara off the rocks. this took twenty-four hours. The Niagara was towed to Bergen and there put into dry dock. It was found that her keel was flattened for almost the entire length of the vessel. two weeks of hard work by eighty men was necessary before she was again fit for service....”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 25 September 1900 - “The friends of Mr. and Mrs. E. Rollins Morse of Boston and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Alan Arthur of this city are surprised at their bravery in accepting an invitation from Eugene Higgins to accompany him on his steam yacht Varuna on a trip from Havre to this port, in view of the recent terrific weather, which made even such big liners as the Deutschland and St. Paul a day late in reaching here. The Varuna left Havre on Saturday. Mr. Higgins has been cruising on her for many months in the Mediterranean and Norwegian waters.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 28 September 1900 - “Eugene Higgins’s steam yacht Varuna , with Mr. and Mrs. E. Rollins Morse on board, is expected here for a stay. Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks, sister of Mr. Higgins, will give a large dinner on the arrival of the Varuna in her brother’s honor. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish will also entertain in honor of Mr. Higgins.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 2 October 1900 - “The steam yacht Varuna , owned by Eugene Higgins, which is bringing her owner and a party of friends, including Mr. and Mrs. E. Rollins Morse of Boston and Mr. and Mrs. Alan Arthur, from Europe, was expected at Newport last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur were married in Europe last Spring, soon after Mrs. Arthur procured a divorce from her first husband, Clarence Andrews of this city. She was Miss. Myra T. Fithian. Mr. Arthur is the son of the late President Arthur.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 4 October 1900 - “The steam yacht  Varuna  arrived via New York from an extended foreign cruise this afternoon, making an average speed of 15 knots. She is to remain here several days. Eugene Higgins, her owner, came on shore and was driven to the cottage of his sister, Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks, who gave a dinner in his honor.

Several social functions will be given by the cottagers in honor of Mr. Higgins.” [A ‘cottage’ was a holiday mansion]

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 5 October 1900

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 5 October 1900 - “Eugene Higgins is the guest of his sister, Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks. He will remain here until Sunday, when he will sail on the Varuna for New York.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 6 October 1900 - THE NEWS OF NEWPORT - Mr. and Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks, who gave a dinner this evening, were entertained at luncheon to-day on board the Varuna as guests of Eugene Higgins.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 5 October 1900 - “THE NEWS OF NEWPORT - Eugene Higgins entertained at luncheon on the yacht Varuna this afternoon, having as guests Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Brooks, Miss. Brooks, Lord and Lady Pauncefote, and Mrs. Baldwin. The Varuna sailed this evening for New York.”

Baron Pauncefote (d.1902) was the British Ambassador to the United States. His daughter Audrey was a close friend of Urban and Cara Broughton and sailed with them on their steam yacht Sapphire .

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 9 October 1900 - “Eugene Higgins’s steam yacht  Varuna , which returned to America last week from a year’s cruise abroad, arrived in port yesterday afternoon.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 16 October 1900 - “Eugene Higgins has been entertaining a party at Morristown. He now plans to sail early in November on his steam yacht Varuna for the West Indies, and from there will steam to the Mediterranean and spend the winter abroad.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 14 November 1900 - “Eugene Higgins expects to sail to-day for Bermuda on his steam yacht Varuna . From Bermuda the Varuna will steam to Gibraltar, and after a few days spent at Gibraltar Mr. Higgins will cruise in the Mediterranean. Mr. Higgins’s guests on the Varuna will be Mr. and Mrs. James Clinch Smith, Mrs. Theed, Dr. P. Mitchell and Mr. Johnson.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 15 November 1900 - “ VARUNA SAILS FOR EUROPEAN CRUISE - After a stay of scarcely six weeks in port, Eugene Higgins’s steam yacht, with her owner and a party of guests aboard, sailed early yesterday morning for a second European cruise, which will last several months. Bermuda, Madeira, and Gibraltar are to be the Varuna’s first stopping places, and many Mediterranean ports will then be visited. Mr. Higgins’s guests are Mr. and Mrs. J. Clinch Smith, Mrs. Theed, Miss. Hoffman (a young Englishwoman who has been visiting here), John Duer, William Lawson, and Dr. Mitchell.”

THE ESSEX COUNTY STANDARD - 17 December 1904 - “FOOTBALL - S.Y. VARUNA v. MARSEILLES OLYMPIC.- The return match between these teams was played on Dec. 11. at “Parc Borelli,” and resulted in another victory for “ Varuna ,” the final scores being 4 goals to nil. There was a good gate, the match having been well advertised in the town. “ Varuna ” won the toss and kicked off against the wind, keeping the ball well amongst their own forwards. They worked well up the field, and after a piece of neat passing they netted the ball. After the next kick off the game was played very keenly by both sides, and it was not until close on half-time that the second goal was scored. After the change of ends the game was very fast and each goal was threatened on many occasions, the “ Varuna ” finally notching their third goal. The game was played in the same fast style , and the fourth goal for “ Varuna ” came off just before time expired. The “ Varuna ” was represented by the following members:- Goal, T. Cotterill; backs, Brussey and Bryant; half-backs, Winfield, Powell and Lockyer; forwards, Plane, Trayler, McLeod (Capt.), Lewis and French; referee, R. Heard; linesmen, W. Bewen and G. Lebaudy. Plane scored the first two goals, McLeod the third, and French the fourth. After the match the team was entertained to refreshments and dancing at the Cafe Borelli, a very pleasant evening being spent. Out of four matches (this year and last) the “ Varuna ” has beaten the Olympiques three times. The Olympiques are one of the finest teams in the South of France, holding several cups and trophies.”

THE NEW YORK HERALD - 6 November 1902

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 2 August 1908 - “SOCIETY - Eugene Higgins will arrive on his steam yacht Varuna from Europe in the course of a fortnight to pay his accustomed annual visit to his sister, Mrs. Henry Mortimer Brooks.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 4 September 1908 - “HIGGINS’S YACHT DAMAGED - Cherbourg, France, Sept.4.- The American steam yacht Varuna , owned by Eugene Higgins, N.Y.Y.C., has put in here badly battered by the storm that recently blew over the Channel.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 6 September 1908 - “Among those who have left Paris for New York are.... Eugene Higgins, who sailed on his yacht Varuna from Cherbourg....”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 20 September 1908 - “Eugene Higgins, who is now over here on his annual autumn visit to his native land, has, as usual, made the trip across the Atlantic on board his large steam yacht, the Varuna , and has brought with him a party of friends. He will remain until the middle of next month, and then return to Europe, where he lives most of the year....” Also - “Eugene Higgins has announced that he will give a dinner on board his yacht, the Varuna , on Sunday night.”

THE ESSEX COUNTY STANDARD – Saturday 13 March 1909 - “EAST DONYLAND – THE VARUNA – The steam yacht Varuna has returned to her anchorage in the Colne after a cruise of eight months to America and the Mediterranean. Her football team have played 11 matches, won 6, drawn 4, lost 1. Goals scored for 26, against 13. The last match was played at Cannes on February 20, against the team of the yacht Nahma , ending in a draw of two all.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 8 August 1909 - “Eugene Higgins is shortly expected from Europe on his steam yacht Varuna .”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 16 October 1909 - “YACHT VARUNA BACK FROM CRUISE - The twin-screw steam yacht Varuna , (N.Y.Y.C.) Eugene Higgins, owner, arrived yesterday from Havre, via Cherbourg, having left the latter port Sept. 5. The yacht was favoured with fine weather and smooth seas. She left New York Oct. 23, 1908, and cruised in the Mediterranean last winter. Mr. Higgins and five guests were on board. The Varuna will anchor off Stapleton, Staten Island.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 7 November 1909 - “Mr. Eugene Higgins sailed last Tuesday on the Varuna bound for Marseilles. Mr. Higgins had a stag party on board.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 17 November 1909 - “ HIGGINS YACHT ASHORE - The Varuna Reported to Have Struck Madeira Coast - Weather Bad. Funchal, Madeira, Nov. 16.- The yacht Varuna owned by Eugene Higgins, of the New York Yacht Club, is reported ashore on the northwest coast.

Very bad weather prevails and two tugs have gone to the vessel’s assistance.”

THE EVENING TELEGRAPH (Angus) - 17 November 1909 - “AMERICAN YACHT LIKELY TO BREAK UP. A Lloyd’s Madeira message states that the American yacht Varuna is reported full of water in an upright position on the rocky shore at the west end of the island. All lives are accounted for with the exception, perhaps, of one. The vessel is likely to break up.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 17 & 18 November 1909

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 20 November 1909 - “ VARUNA’S BOAT HELPLESS - Twelve Men from Wrecked Higgins Yacht Without Oars When Picked Up.- Lisbon, Nov. 19 - Twelve members of the party aboard Eugene Higgins’s yacht Varuna when it was wrecked on the coast of Madeira had a narrow escape, according to advices received here from Funchal. They were those in the small boat before reported as picked up by a steamer.

The rescuing steamer was the British vessel Hasperly , which sighted the small boat far from land and drifting helplessly. In their struggle with the high seas the survivors had broken their oars. The Hasperly landed the party at Funchal.

The total number saved from the Varuna was sixty-five. The yacht has been abandoned as lost.”

THE CORNISHMAN - Thursday 25 November 1909 - “THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE - SHIPWRECKED NEAR MADEIRA - Paris, Thursday.- The New York Herald (Paris edition) to-day confirms the report that the steam yacht Varuna belonging to Mr. Eugene Higgins, the well-known American millionaire, has been lost near Madeira.

The Varuna , with Mr. Higgins and a number of friends on board, was on a run from New York to France. During the night of Monday last she struck some rocks near Madeira with such damaging violence that it became necessary to abandon her immediately. The sea at the time was high, but it is believed that all on board, with the exception of one, whose fate is uncertain, were saved in the Varuna’s boats.

Mr. Higgins and some of his friends reached Ponta Delgada (Azores) on Tuesday evening, and are expected to arrive at Funchal, where the occupants of one of the other boats, who were picked up by a passenger steamer, have already been landed.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 28 November 1909 - “SOUTHAMPTON, England, Nov. 27.- The crew of Eugene Higgins’s yacht Varuna , which was recently wrecked off the island of Madeira, arrived here to-day, with the exception of the Captain, who is remaining in the vicinity of the wreck in the hope that some of the valuables aboard may be recovered.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 27 November 1909 - “HIGGINS REWARDS RESCUER - Owner of Wrecked Yacht Varuna Said to Have Given Man $5,000.- Paris, Nov. 26.- A special to the Figaro from Madrid says that Eugene Higgins, the New York yachtsman, has made a present of $5,000 to the man who rescued him when his yacht, the Varuna , was wrecked. It was on the northwest coast of the Island of Madeira that the Varuna came to grief. Mr. Higgins, his guests, and the crew of the vessel were all saved.”

THE TIMES - 29 November 1909

THE ESSEX COUNTY STANDARD - 4 December 1909

THE CHELMSFORD CHRONICLE - 3 December 1909 - “ VARUNA SURVIVORS ARRIVE AT WIVENHOE - The crew of the steam yacht Varuna , which was lost off Madeira, arrived on Saturday at Wivenhoe with the exception of Charles Bird, who was drowned, and the captain and mate, who remained near the scene of the disaster until the vessel went to pieces. The crew hailed from Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea. The Varuna , owned by Mr. Eugene Higgins, a well-known New York banker, was a magnificent vessel. She left Brightlingsea last July with a crew of 60, commanded by Capt. Wm. Trayler, her chief officer being Mr. James Forsgate, both of Wivenhoe. There were also on board the owner, two ladies, and a Count. While on a run to France the Varuna encountered very heavy weather, and near Madeira struck a reef. The water poured into her at such a rate that the boats had immediately to be ordered out. In the ship’s gig were Chas. Bird (the cook), Geo. Schofield (a seaman), and two firemen. As they cast off from the doomed yacht a heavy sea overturned the gig. Schofield and the firemen managed to cling to the keel, but they saw nothing of Bird, though they heard someone groaning under the boat. Schofield was swept from his hold, but was picked up unconscious on the shore. Some hours afterwards the owner and a number of the crew, who were in the lifeboat, were picked up by a passing steamer, and the men in the other boats were also picked up, after nine hours’ exposure to the stormy elements. The crew came home on the Armadale Castle .

The cook, Mr. Charles Bird, whose sad death has caused great regret in Wivenhoe, was brother to Mr. Bird, licensee of the Anchor Hotel. He was 38 years of age, and last served on the s.y. Chrysalis , joining the ill-fated Varuna as Lord Middleton did not take out the Chrysalis this year. He had previously sailed in Lord Ashburton’s yacht, as well as in Sir Samuel Scott’s Golden Eagle . Deceased leaves a widow and three young children.”

THE EVENING TELEGRAPH (Angus) - 1 February 1910 - “AMERICA’S LUXURIOUS BACHELOR - Credited with the possession of a fortune of five millions sterling, largely inherited from his father, who was a carpet manufacturer in New York, Mr. Eugene Higgins, the New York banker, has been called “the most luxurious bachelor in America.” His unmarried state is attributed to a romantic disappointment in love in his younger days. It was at one time rumoured that he would marry Madame Calve, the prima donna. Fifteen years ago he was famous as a whip, and his stables at Morristown were said to be the best appointed in America. As an athlete he has been most successful. In 1890 he won the fencing championship of the United States, and as a tennis and polo player has exhibited much skill. Mr. Higgins is a great traveller, and his yacht, the Varuna , which was lost some time ago, off the coast of Madeira, has carried him half-way round the world. She was built on special lines, with a view to entertaining a large number of guests as luxuriously as if they were members of a house party.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES - 26 March 1910 - “ VARUNA’S LIFEBOAT IS FOUND - A lifeboat from Eugene Higgins’s steam yacht Varuna , which was lost off Madeira several months ago, was brought here yesterday by the British freight steamer Portland. The lifeboat was picked up on Dec. 10 ninety miles south of Madeira.”

THE WESTERN MORNING NEWS - Saturday 7 August 1948 - “U.S. MILLIONAIRE DIES IN TORQUAY HOTEL - ‘Few Weeks’ Visit’ Became 9 Years - American millionaire, Mr. Eugene Higgins has died in Torquay at the age of 88 years. In 1939 he anchored his yacht in Torbay, intending to come ashore for a few weeks, but he remained to occupy a first-floor suite at Torquay’s Imperial Hotel for the remaining nine years of his life.

Yesterday his embalmed body left for Southampton, clad in full evening dress, with the insignia of Officer of the Legion of Honour and the Medaille de Sauvetage, decorations conferred on him many years ago by the French Government. Today it will be taken on board the Queen Mary for the journey to New York and interment in the family vault.

Mr. Higgins was a bachelor, and his heirs are understood to be a nephew and two nieces.

Fond of Yachting - He had a great love of yachting, and only a few weeks ago he was telling friends he was looking forward to seeing some of the Olympic yachting events in Torbay from the window of his drawing room.

From 1911 to 1939 he was well known on the South Coast of France, where he presented for competition two of the best-known yachting trophies - The Coupe de Varuna and the Coupe de Thalassa - named after his two yachts.

Soon after Mr. Higgins had anchored his yacht in Torbay, in 1939, war broke out, and his yacht was requisitioned by the Admiralty.”

Varuna sank at Achadas da Cruz, Porto Moniz and her bell hangs in the Capela de  São Lourenço, Faja da Ovelha.

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28m  /  91'10   ege-yat   2003 / 2010.

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Special Features:

• Impressive 2,500nm range
• Sleeps 12 guests

Myra offers guests ample areas to unwind and kick back, as well as 4 generous suites, perfect for relaxing yacht charters

The 28m/91'10" motor/sailer yacht 'Myra' by shipyard Ege-Yat offers flexible accommodation for up to 12 guests in 6 cabins.

Built in 2003, Myra's bespoke fittings and design ensure guests can explore the ocean's wonders in style and comfort.

Guest Accommodation

Myra is notable for her six cabin layout, offering great flexibility for a charter yacht of this size. She offers guest accommodation for up to 12 guests with a layout comprising four double cabins and two twin cabins. There are 8 beds in total, including 4 doubles and 4 singles. She is also capable of carrying up to 4 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht charter experience.

Onboard Comfort & Entertainment

Whatever your activities on your charter, you'll find some impressive features are seamlessly integrated to help you such as Wi-Fi connectivity, allowing you to stay connected at all times, should you wish. You can stay comfortable on board whatever the weather, with air conditioning during your charter.

Performance & Range

Myra comfortably cruises at 8 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 10 knots with a range of up to 2,500 nautical miles from her 9,000 litre fuel tanks.

When not cruising Myra has onboard an incredible selection of water toys and accessories for you and your guests to connect with the waters around you. Principle among these are two waterskis that are hugely entertaining whether you are a beginner or a seasoned pro. Additionally, there are two kayaks - a tranquil and relaxing way to pass the time. Myra also sports a to transport you with ease.

Based in the magical waters of the Mediterranean all year round Myra is ready for your next luxury yacht charter. Let Myra Discover the magical places, food and experiences of the the Mediterranean.

Experience the magical places, food and experiences of the Mediterranean this summer from the luxury of your own motor/sailer yacht. Myra, her captain and talented crew are ready to make sure that your yachting experience is like nothing else.

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For your relaxation and entertainment Myra has the following facilities, for more details please speak to your yacht charter broker.

Myra is reported to be available to Charter with the following recreation facilities:

• 60 HP engine

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'Myra' Charter Rates & Destinations

Summer Season

May - September

€25,000 p/week + expenses Approx $28,000

High Season

€30,000 p/week + expenses Approx $33,500

Cruising Regions

Mediterranean Greece

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Winter Season

October - April

€23,000 p/week + expenses Approx $25,500

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Myra motor sailer

98’ / 30 m | Ege Yat | 2003 / 2021

Myra is a 98 feet sailing yacht built in 2003 and refitted in 2021. It has 6 cabins and sleeps 12, built by master builder Ege Yat . A beautiful sailing yacht that offers more than just comfort and style, Myra provides privacy, relaxation, and adventures, which make up the primary ingredients for a romantic getaway or a sailing holiday along scenic shores with family and friends. 

With a professional sailing crew of 4, Myra promises a thrilling way for you to learn to sail without sacrificing luxury. Myra is available for charter in Greece, Italy .

Major Features

Myra is a luxury sailing yacht that perfectly combines the elements for a yacht charter holiday. With 6 cabins, you can retreat to your private space at the end of a full-day of water sports, exploration, and adventure. Enjoy a sailing holiday without sacrificing your fitness and active lifestyle, while your cohorts are out relaxing on deck, watching a movie, or taking naps - Myra features satisfy the best of both worlds.

Boasting a highly experienced and dedicated crew, you can take this opportunity to learn to sail or enhance your sailing skills on board. Myra is equipped with state-of-the-art navigation features that provide smooth sailing, easy handling, optimal use of both interior and exterior space. Learn the workings of a sailing yacht, while also immersing yourself in days of adventure on and off board.

Amenities and Toys

Myra offers you an opportunity to learn to sail, while on a stunning yacht charter holiday. As the rest of your group enjoy various activities, get to experience hands-on learning with the knowledgeable crew. Whether you have some sailing experience, or have never handled a sail in your life, Myra can be the sailing vacation and education you’ve always wanted to have.

Destinations

As you cruise along the waters of Mediterranean , your family can explore the destinations on your itinerary, while you learn a thing or two about the joys of sailing. Myra is usually based in Athens , providing the perfect jumping-off point to visit Greece, Italy , and experiencing everything these destinations have to offer. 

Whether you’re on a family vacation, or you’re looking for a romantic getaway with a loved one, or a time out with friends; a sailing yacht Myra packs on the romance, relaxation, and exciting adventures as you fulfill a life-long dream of handling a sail or two.

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‘Myra’ is a 98ft /29.87m yacht built by Ege-Yat in 2003 and refitted in 2010.

Myra’s interior layout sleeps up to 12 guests in 6 rooms, 4 double cabins and 2 twin cabins. She is also capable of carrying up to 4 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience. Timeless styling, beautiful furnishings and sumptuous seating feature throughout to create an elegant and comfortable atmosphere.

You’ll find many leisure and entertainment facilities onboard, making her ideal for entertaining friends and family on your charter vacation. There’s ample space for enjoying an alfresco lunch or dinner on deck, or simply lounging in the sunshine and working on your tan.

Wi-Fi connection is available throughout, so you’ll be able to keep up to date with business, check emails or share your experience on social media.

Air conditioning keeps conditions comfortable throughout the cabins, even on the warmest of days or nights.

She combines performance with style, and has a cruising speed of 8 knots. You’ll glide effortlessly across the water, taking in the stunning solitude and ambience of a charter vacation at sea.

A portfolio of toys onboard include Tube, Fishing Equipment, Kneeboard, Wake Board, Water-Ski, 2 x 1 Person Kayaks, and 2 x 2 Person Kayaks, ideal for keeping guests entertained while at sea.

Myra FEATURES & PRICING

• AIR CONDITIONING • FISHING • KAYAKING • KNEEBOARD • TOWABLE TOYS • WAKEBOARD • WATER SKI • WI FI

CHARTER RATES

13.45ft /4.10m Dinghy 40 HP engine

Tube Fishing Equipment Kneeboard Wake Board Water-Ski Adult & Junior 2 x 1 Person Kayaks 2 x 2 Person Kayaks

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Yacht charter

Gulet Myra is a beautiful gulet built by the Turkish Ege Yat yacht builders in 2003, and has been refitted in 2022. This classic and traditional gulet, with her gloss varnished bulwarks, teak deck, fine woods panels and teak-holly inlay floors, has been furnished elegantly.

Inside Myra, large port holes fill the salon with natural light. In the salon there are 2 formal dining tables that seat all 12 guests with room to spare and on the starboard side, a built in lounge and coffee table invite guests to relax in comfort. Myra has a flat screen TV and audio system available for guests indoor entertainment. There are four double guest cabins and 2 twin guests cabins.

Outside, Myra's deck offers an alfresco dining option, seating and sunbeds, whilst shade from a Bimini cover can be provided. Additional sunbeds on the foredeck allow everyone to find a place to relax.

Main features

WEEKLY CHARTER RATE 2024: High Season (15 June - 15 September): €30,000 + APA 30% + 13% VAT Low Season (Remaining months): €25,000 + APA 30% + VAT 13%

If Myra is chartered from a location other than the home port, the charter is subject to a relocation fee.

Crew Gratuity: Although discretionary, a crew gratuity of 10-15% of the charter fee is customary.

CYBA/MYBA terms will apply.

APA (Advance Provisioning Allowance): APA is an estimate (usually 30% of the charter rate) paid with the balance for covering running costs during the charter (food, drinks, fuel, mooring fees, and anything else that guests might need while on charter). Final accounts will be produced by the Captain at the end of the charter and any unused funds will be refunded in full to the Charterer directly. If the funds are not sufficient, the Captain will advise the Charterer accordingly and bills will be settled upon disembarkation.

Payment conditions: 50% of the charter rate within 7 days of signing the charter agreement, remaining 50% plus VAT plus APA, at least 5 weeks before the beginning of the charter.

CAPITAN: Marco Staniscia, Italian. Marco was born in 1969 in Termoli. His sailing career started about 20 years ago with drift sailing boats and a sailing course in Bonifacio. After 5 years of hobby sailing, he started to take part in boat deliveries from boat factories to their final home port in the Mediterranean gaining navigation experience and adapting to any kind of sailing conditions with different types of yachts. A few years later he got his first job as captain on a Tartan yacht sailing all over the Mediterranean and crossing the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean. He has participated in numerous races, has worked for the past 4 years in charter yachts and has accumulated about 45000 NM. After one year on board on Catamaran Genny, he is now ready and excited to join Myra as Capitan. He is responsible, has a hands-on and positive attitude and will be a great asset to the crew on board! He loves anything that has to do with the sea and enjoys traveling and getting to know new people.

FIRST MATE: Giuseppe Marinucci, Italian Guiseppe is 24 years old and from Termoli in Italy. Coming from a marine family, his career began at a young age, from working at the family shipyard and marina to studying at the Nautical School. He embarked for the first time in 2016 on a tanker that traveled the Pacific Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Death Sea, and he had lived on board for 9 months. His enthusiasm grew, and he set out on a dredge from Termoli to Wales in search of a transfer ship. He works on board with great enthusiasm and a strong desire to continue traveling and meeting new and different people in order to broaden his knowledge. He aspires to be a Capitan one day and is well on his way.

CHEF: Benedetta Valentini, Italian. Benedetta is a young, old Italian chef who, despite her age, has demonstrated the necessary characteristics and aptitudes to face the huge role that has been given to her. Despite her age, Benedetta has shown the right qualities and aptitudes to tackle the great role. She is, in point of fact, 23 years old; she has already worked in many locations throughout the world, such as France, the Caribbean, and Italy; and she has already boarded a ferry boat. Her objective is to hone her culinary skills while working on a charter boat, where she will be able to fulfill the needs of the business's patrons while also exploring new culinary traditions from around the world. Both her enthusiasm for cooking and her passion for travel are readily apparent from her platters and the way food tastes when she prepares it.

SECOND MATE/Stewardess: Sabina Lupo, Italian. Sabina is a beautiful and strong woman who began working on a yacht 6 years ago. She rebuilt her life around her hearth, and she has never left the sea since. Sabina is always at ease on board, ready to face all of the sea's adventures and difficulties. She is genuine, astute, and sweet, just like the best friend we all want. She enjoys the sea, navigation, the sun, and breathing in fresh air. She is always willing to assist her crew and takes care to assist her guests in the water. She is an excellent tender driver who is eager to begin the new adventure!

STEWARDESS: ANNA GIORNETA Anna is fantastic at providing service to her passengers on board; she does always so with a grin on her face and is very attentive. She is always available to refill your drink, give your pillow a good fluffing, and do it with a smile on her face. She had prior experience working in the hospitality business, and she made the decision to switch locations this year. Being someone who has had a lifelong fascination with water, making this choice was not difficult for her.

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• Draft 9 Feet
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Deck jacuzzi, air conditioning, deck shower, hair dryers, wheelchair access, stabilizers, onboard entertainment, salon tv/dvd, salon stereo/music, board games, ipod/mp3 hookups, gym equipment, water entertainment, water skis - adult, snorkel gear, kayaks - 2 man, floating mats, beach games, fishing gear, under water camera, under water video, stand-up paddle, sea scooters, swim platform, boarding ladder (loc/type), scuba diving, license info, air compressor, technical details, cruising speed, water maker, communications, charter types, special diets, kosher diets, gay charters, nudist charters, crew smokes, pets onboard, guest pets allowed, children allowed, nationality, languages spoken by crew.

prawns, butter and sage served on parmantier cream Marinated salmon, ricotta foam, raspberries Tuna tartare, egg CBT , cuttlefish coral Shrimp ball filled with bufala stracciatella, with shrimp bisque. Creamed cod with polenta chips Mussels soutè Calamari with pies and lemon, crumble. Cuttlefish tagliatelle, asparagus, spirulina tuille Zafferano foam, red prawns tartare, lime.

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Orecchiette with parsley and mussels Champagne risotto with sea bass marinated in dill Paccheri whit tuna in two consistencies, caper powder, taggiasche olives. Pappardelle with cod sauce Spaghettoni, garlic oil and pepper with prawn’s tartare Gnocchetti clams and zucchini, mullet roe Seafood carbonara Tagliolini with zafferano, loabster and caviar Risotto with cuttlefish ink, red prawns marinated with lime, Greek yogurt Crispy seafood lasagna Risotto with prawn bisque, pistachio and burrata

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Monkfish marinated in beetroot, apple and curry cream, fresh celery Roasted octopus, red pepper cream Seared scallops with Cherry Tomato Confit and lemon Cod fillet with livornese sauce Catalan style loabster Stuffed squid with pies foam and crispy tomato. Salmon with tzatziki’s sauce sweet and sour beetroot Fish soup with catch of the day Mackerel fish with caramelized onions

Remember of a carrot cake: glazed carrot with sweet cheese cream Apple crumble with ice cream and cannella Cheesecake with berries Tartlet with custard Shortbread with white chocolate And berries Mascarpone cream with cacao crumble and strawberries Tiramisu

2003   Ege-Yat    91ft  /  27.7m

MYRA Yacht Charter

MYRA currently registered in Italy is actively available for charter.

The luxury sailing yacht MYRA was built by Ege-Yat and delivered to her owner in 2003.

The 91ft / 27.7m MYRA has been constructed with a steel hull and is powered by Aifo Iveco 350hp with a cruising speed of 8 knots and a top speed of 11 knots.

Charter guest accommodation

MYRA has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 12 charter guests in 6 suites.

The guest cabins comprise 3 cabins with a double bed and en-suite bathroom facilities, a primary suite with a double bed and en-suite bathroom facilities, a VIP suite with a double bed and en-suite bathroom facilities and a cabin with a twin bed and en-suite bathroom facilities.

Your luxury charter crew

Your luxury charter on board sailing yacht MYRA will be managed by the crew of 4 including the captain.

The crew will ensure you have a relaxed and enjoyable charter experience with all of your needs catered for while on board.

The 4 crew have their own separate crew quarters allowing guests to enjoy increased levels of privacy.

Amenities & Entertainment

Amenities on board for the charter guests include Air Conditioning, Light fishing gear and Wi-Fi.

An extensive list of further amenities and water toys can be seen under the features and amenities section.

Yacht charter destinations

MYRA is Currently cruising in the East Mediterranean.

Sample itineraries for the cruising destinations can be supplied by your professional charter broker allowing you to plan your luxury yacht charter vacation in detail.

• Air Conditioning
• Light fishing gear
• Tube - towable
• Water skis - adult
• 13ft/4.1m RIB 40hp

Massimo Marci

Massimo’s passion for sea rules his life, he has been in command of the gulet Myra for 14 years and has collected several experiences in charter yacht industry. He sailed all over the Mediterranean, Aegean and Caribbean Sea. The last professional experiences include three years onboard the 20 mt Classic Motor Sailer Isla Negra and the M/Y Sacra Familia. From 1994 to 1998 he worked as first mate onboard the ketch Sangermani Luna and from 1988 to 1992 was Captain on a 45’ sloop. Massimo has many hobbies, first of all he loves fishing, he is a passionate Someiller, he enjoys cooking using only selected natural and biological products. Together with his wife Francesca they love welcoming their guests on Myra with a friendly atmosphere, creating a relaxing and enjoyable vacation. That’s absolutely a must for them! Massimo speaks English, among his interests are music, literature and reading. He is more likely to be the best companion for a yacht crewed charter vacation.

Francesca Iacona

Sharing the same passion of her husband Massimo, Francesca has gained a long experience in the charter market that lasts for 14 years and has been sailing fot the last ten years onboard Myra. Francesca has a strong passion for sea and is an extremely good sailor and a kind stewardess, the love for details is one of Francesca's main features. She started sailing very young following the sailor family tradition. She became sailor instructor and managed also a sailing school for children in Naples. Her favorite sport is swimming, where she received important competitive results. She has a great attitude to welcome and assist her guests, she loves taking care of her guests with a high sensibility and a particular attention to human relationship. She is Italian mother tongue and speaks English very well.

Andrea Assirelli Pandolfi

Andrea’s enthusiasm for the sea started almost 33 years ago, as a sailing istructor and sailor on Sloop 13 meters Carpediem. Since then he gained a long experience with relevant milestones such as that one onboard the 64m three-masts creole schooner in 1986 as deck manager and toolmaker. From 2002 to 2003 he cruised the Mediterranean Sea on the Black Swan Camper&Nicholson ketch rig 38m. He has been in command of a San Germani 24mt from 2003 to 2011 and his last adventure took place onboard the Sangermani Bermudian ketch 22 m. Tortuga 3 in 2015. Besides all his professional skills, Andrea is a sociable person and a good team player. Qualifications until 50 tonnes both sailing and motor boat. Registered at Sea-faring people, as official boating discipline, driver of boating crafts assigned as rental. Survival and rescue pass. Fire-prevention course (basic and advanced level). Medical aids course. Certificate of radio telegrapher. Diving patent.

Bertilozzo Lorenzo

Lorenzo dedicated his life to his main passion, cooking. Dealing with the cuisine on board Myra is one of the services he dedicates with attention and care. Lorenzo guarantees the excellence of the ingredients to his guests, he chooses fresh and local ingredients, creates stunning menus, following the principles of the haute cuisine. During his experience he taught cooking in different schools and at the moment he manages the Restaurant La Fornace in Milan. Lorenzo will enchant his guests with his precious cooking qualities. He loves skiing, swimming, sailing and cycling and has a high interest for art and beauty.

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How much to charter myra.

MYRA has a weekly charter price starting at €25,000 and an estimated daily charter price of €4,170.

How many guests on board MYRA?

MYRA can accommodate 12 sleeping guests on board in 6 cabins.

Where is MYRA currently located?

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Sabrina Carpenter review, Short n’ Sweet: Confidently hair-flips its way between TikTok pop, yacht rock, and country

F un and flirty, with a frothy hook and bitter little kick, Sabrina Carpenter ’s single “Espresso” was widely hailed as the Song of the Summer. Its follow-up “Please Please Please” delivered an equally bittersweet umami, as the 25-year-old Disney graduate slipped from her sugariest tone to a menacing growl, warning her liability of an actor-boyfriend: “Don’t embarrass me, motherf*****.”

Given the astounding commercial success of its two lead singles , this record has a lot riding on it. I’m happy to report that those punchy little song-shots aren’t the only cool moments on an album that confidently hair-flips its way between TikTok pop, yacht rock, country and R&B without breaking stride or losing identity.

The aptly named record – Carpenter is shy of 5ft tall and the tracklist is only 12 songs long – is actually the singer’s sixth album. She was just 10 years old when she began posting videos of herself online covering tracks by Adele and Taylor Swift (whom she opened for earlier this year) and only 15 when she released her debut EP, Can’t Blame a Girl for Trying , while also starring in the Disney TV series Girl Meets World . There followed a range of teen bop and some experimental ukulele jams before Carpenter left Disney’s Hollywood Record for Island, on which she released her first “grown up” album Emails I Can’t Send in 2022.

That album saw Carpenter make sharp, fizzy lemonade from the lemons of a tabloid kerfuffle around her personal life involving fellow Disney alum Olivia Rodrigo . It was rumoured that the “blonde girl” referred to on Rodrigo’s 2022 smash hit “Driver’s License” was Carpenter, for whom Rodrigo’s boyfriend allegedly left her. Carpenter played slickly into the drama with her own 2022 single “because i liked a boy” on which she called out the slut-shaming by fans and the media: “Now, I’m a homewrecker, I’m a slut/ I got death threats filling up semi-trucks.” In the music video, she winked wittily into the scarlet woman image, scorching in a cherry red dress.

Short n’ Sweet finds Carpenter pressing harder into that man-eating sizzle with lyrics in which she apologises for showing her lover’s private photos to friends (“Juno”) and pouts “Come right on me… where art thou? Why not uponeth me?” on “Bad Chem”. The singer is believed to be dating Saltburn star Barry Keoghan , though rumours of a breakup are floating about and gossip fans are bound to be looking for clues into her relationship with the hard-partying thesp – a tendency she’s somewhat encouraged by casting him as a gangster opposite her in the video for “Please Please Please”.

The album opens with its best song “Taste”: a terrifically glossy slice of FM rock on which Carpenter cautions an ex-paramour’s new girlfriend that every time she kisses him, she’ll also be tasting her. Low-slung electric guitar chords slice through the melody with the casual efficiency of a state-of-the-art, fibreglass rudder. The track dials up the sultry pout without losing the sense of heartbreak in the undertow. Triumphantly nonchalant, Carpenter sounds like she’s singing the blunt lines with her sunglasses on, as Eighties drum pad effects catch the light like sun on a calm sea. It’s the lack of friction that creates exhilaration and melancholy.

First mined at the beginning of the decade by the likes of Florence + The Machine and Maggie Rogers, this kind of late Seventies, early Eighties yacht rock is having a moment. Carpenter also plucks the strings of the current country revival with the snappy “Slim Pickins” on which she scrolls through “all the douchebags on my phone” to the skippy finger-pickin’ of a yee-haw guitar.

Though the Nineties R&B of “Good Graces” is a little forgettable, the savvy snark she puts into ballads like “Dumb and Poetic” and “Lie to Girls” are wincingly memorable. Although their fans originally divided into two camps, Carpenter and Rodrigo share a similarly unapologetic style. Rodrigo stans would find much to love in all the sour sucker-punching here if they can get past the alleged feud between the two stars.

Short n’ Sweet ends with the unexpectedly Laurel Canyon-y strum-along of “Coincidence”. Imagine a 21st-century version of Crosby Stills Nash and Young with Joni Mitchell singing along around a beach fire and you’re there. The whole thing is delightfully caffeinated: Short n’ Sweet is full of hiss and steam, grinding gears and deep kicks beneath the shining chrome surfaces.

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America's Cup sailing is around the corner. Did you know it has ties to North Jersey?

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The Olympics are over, but the oldest competition in international sports is just around the corner.

The America's Cup sailing event, founded in 1851, returned on Thursday with a preliminary regatta off the coast of Barcelona that sets the stage for a one-on-one final in October.

One of the challengers is a homegrown one: the New York Yacht Club.

Now headquartered deep in the heart of Manhattan, hosting club regattas out of Newport, Rhode Island, and having its racing team training in Pensacola, Florida, the club and America's Cup originator was initially based on the Hudson River. Its first clubhouse was in North Jersey.

Built in Hoboken in 1845, the Gothic cottage first stood by the waterside at Elysian Fields, near the bluff that holds Stevens Institute of Technology. John Cox Stevens, the club's first commodore, donated the land at the foot of 11th Street. His brother, Edwin Augustus Stevens, founded the university. Both were involved with the creation of the first winner of the America's Cup, a yacht named America.

America's Cup's founders

The brothers came from one of the most distinguished families in U.S. history. Their grandfather served in the Continental Congress, and their father, John Stevens, was a Revolutionary War colonel who became a pioneering entrepreneur and an inventor of steam engines and boats.

From their mansion overlooking the Hudson River and Manhattan Island, the colonel and his sons developed the first steam ferry to cross the Hudson. When Robert Fulton secured a monopoly on Hudson River steamship navigation, the Stevens family shifted its focus to other lucrative ventures. In 1809, the family's vessel Phoenix became the first steamer to operate offshore when it began service in Philadelphia.

Five years earlier, in 1804, a 19-year-old John Cox Stevens piloted the first propeller-driven boat. Shortly thereafter, he built a sailing yacht called Diver and raced it against fishing boats and ferries in New York Harbor for wagers. In 1844, he and his friends founded the New York Yacht Club aboard his yacht Gimcrack.

The clubhouse, which was modest compared with the club's current Beaux-Arts landmark in New York City, served as the center of club activities for 23 years, records show. That span covered the development, construction and trials of the yacht America.

America's Cup has North Jersey origins

The yacht America was designed by George Steers, a self-taught innovator of yacht design, to challenge the best in the United Kingdom. Its cotton duck sails were sourced from John Colt's mill in Paterson. When the yacht made it to Britain's Isle of Wight, the Royal Yacht Squadron organized a fleet race on Aug. 22, 1851. The winner received a silver trophy valued at 100 pounds sterling. They called it the Hundred Guinea Cup. It is now known as America's Cup, after the yacht that won it.

Within two months, John Cox Stevens and the syndicate that owned America had sold it and given the trophy to the club. The cup came with conditions. According to its formal Deed of Gift, it must serve as an everlasting prize for “friendly competition between foreign countries.” The cup's holder must welcome challengers.

The first challenger was the Royal Thames Yacht Club and a yacht called Cambria. The competition held in New York Harbor on Aug. 8, 1870, was won by the New York Yacht Club. The club went on to win every America's Cup match thereafter until 1983.

By then, the clubhouse was long gone. It survived calls for demolition in the early 20th century and in 1904 moved from its home just north of Castle Point in Hoboken to Glen Cove, Long Island, to serve as "Station 10." At a time, there were 11 stations along the club's racing and cruising route where members could land and load.

Vastly different competition

For the second half of the 20th century, the clubhouse was on loan and on display at Mystic Seaport, the maritime museum in Connecticut. Since the start of this century, it has sat on the grounds of the club's racing base Harbour Court, in Newport, Rhode Island. The club's America's Cup yacht, called Patriot, was built and designed in Rhode Island.

A far cry from America, a 101-foot schooner that was used by the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, the 75-foot-long Patriot relies on a pair of hydraulic hydrofoils on either side of the hull to seemingly fly above the ocean's surface at speeds of more than 50 miles per hour. Due to that technology, the modern America's Cup is a vastly different competition from what it was just 20 years ago. Still, at its core, the cup remains an event in which wind-powered vessels must chart an ocean course to victory.

The last cup was a disaster for the New York Yacht Club, which in team American Magic had one of three challengers for the title held by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. That cup's Patriot capsized in the round-robin qualifiers and, after major repairs, finished last in the event.

America's Cup 2024

This year, five challenger teams are taking on the cup holders from New Zealand. They include American Magic and the new Patriot, led by Olympic gold medalists Tom Slingsby, who won for Australia, and Paul Goodison, for Great Britain.

The first look at them in action comes during the final America's Cup preliminary regatta from Aug. 22 to 25. The match racing event will feature four races per day, with the top two yachts, technically classified as AC75s, advancing to a one-race, winner-takes-all final.

The results of the preliminary regatta have no impact on the America’s Cup standings. Still, they were crucial for shaping team strategy.

The New Zealand team, as the cup defender, has a straight path to the America's Cup, held from Oct. 12 to 21. The five defenders, however, must face off in the Challenger Selection Series from Aug. 29 to Oct 7 for the right to compete in the America's Cup best-of-13 match race final.

The races will be streamed free on the event’s website, YouTube and Facebook. Coverage is also available in the U.S. on ESPN+.

Challenger Teams for the 37th America’s Cup

• INEOS Britannia (Great Britain).
• Alinghi Red Bull Racing (Switzerland).
• Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team (Italy).
• NYYC American Magic (U.S.).
• Orient Express Racing Team (France).

Preliminary Regattas

• The preliminaries were held August 22 to 25, 2024, in Barcelona, Spain.

2024 Challenger Selection Series

• Aug. 29 to Sept. 8: Double round robin
• Sept. 14 to 19: Semifinals (best of nine).
• Sept. 26 to Oct. 7: Finals (best of 13).

2024 America’s Cup

• Oct. 12 to 21: 37th match (best of 13)

Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer dies in yacht disaster - report

Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of Morgan Stanley ( NYSE: MS ) International, was confirmed among those who died when a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Italy on Aug. 19, according to multiple media reports. He was 70.

His wife Judy was also confirmed among the fatalities. The couple were guests of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch on the superyacht Bayesian to celebrate Lynch's acquittal at a trial, in which Bloomer had been a defense witness, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

Bloomer had been a partner at Arthur Anderson for 20 years. From 1995 to 2005, he worked at Prudential Plc ( NYSE: PUK ), a Hong Kong-based provider of life and health insurance, first in senior roles then as CEO.

In June 2024, a jury acquired Lynch of criminal charges of exaggerating financials to get Hewlett Packard to overpay for Autonomy Corp., the software firm he started. Bloomer testified because he headed Autonomy's audit committee. He said he hadn't focused closely on accounting, but rather paid attention to "strategy, new products, new areas to look at, potential acquisitions," Bloomberg reported.

In a statement to Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley ( MS ) CEO Ted Pick said Bloomer's "leadership and experience helped the firm manage a period of complex change for our international businesses."

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