The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-10
YACHTING IN EUROPE.
In Secieie Des Resates Du Havre-The II
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HAvRE July q, 1892
I The so-caIled International match of this club
took place the 18th inst, the competitors beng:-
The Sylvia, cutter, 10 tons, lie Comte de Sesmai.
sons; 0ndaie, formerly the English cutter Avoca 81
tons L. Mandrot; LIE Mystere. formerly the Cambria,
| then the Leonora, schooner, 81 TONS LIE Comte de
| Sesmaisons; and the English yachts Cambria,
Schooner OF 1888 tons, James Ashbury, ESQ.,; Gulne-
we're, schooner, 3os TONS G. Thelasson. ESQ.,. Ane,
schooner 2l6 tons, r. Sutton, ESQ., aud Julia, cut
| ter, l22 tons, G. f. Moss, Esq.
The Alarm, schooner, 24s tons, and LHiron-
dele, cutter, 10 tons, both entered for this
| match The Alarm is in southampton docks having
her masts placed more upright, and L'Hlron-
dele. on the day OF the race, very probably
employed at Southampton winning the One Hundred
Guinea Cup OF the Royal Southern Yacht Club.
II was stated that three American yachts
were entered for this race and that too through the
courtesy OF Mr.. Ashbury.
La Fauvette, new French steam yacht Of 23O tons
common measure; the celia, Leda, and another
English schooner, and two large English cutter
yachts were present besides several French yachts,
pleasure boats. steamers and steam launches and
aylsos, and also velocpede formed OF TWO wrought
iron pointed tubes, joined together at some distance
apart, with the paddle wheels ana worker mounted
high between them. The ships were dressed IN
coiors and the etles, &C., thronged with spectators
| to see the start
The yachts lay in kind Of double line, In the.
order above mentioned, in tine bay at the back OF
La Hene, between 1t and the Havre jetty. They had
their mansais set before any signal was made. At
l045 A. NJ, Greenwich time they began to set their
head Sails the Ondalle being the smartest. At 1O:49
the gun to start was fired, and the vessels began to
| heave in their anchors The Ondale, with her big
| topsail set, canted on the port tack towards the
| Shore the wind being very light from the north
west The Julia was first away on Inc starboard
tack, getting her anchor her tafrall. The Cam
| brla caned towards the shore the port tack at
1896 with her maintopsa set, followed by the Alne
! on the same tack and under the same sail; then
came Mystere, with foretopsa, maintopstaysail and
| jlbtopsall set.
The Gunevere made very bad start, not getting
| away until II A. NJ. The vessels worked tack and
tack in the following order towards La Hene:-Syl-
lengths to leeward Of her, and Mystere two cable
lengths to eeward Of Ondalle Julia mile to the
westward, Cambria cables length to leeward of
Mystere and Gulnevere about the same distance
from Cambria. Aiine had got away quarter of
mule to the westward. This was the exact position
At 1885, the Cambria on the starboard tack three
cable lengths to windward OF the Mystere, set her
topsa set crossing her bows half cables length
to windward. and the Oudaile and Sylvia standing
tackled with b topsai set che Gulnevere being then
TWO miles astern, and the Aline on the starDOard
tack tack, crossing her stern cables length to lee.
afterwards, and when the Cambria went about,
| at at, m nss Sue, the Julia, oudale, sylvia
circle OF less than half mile radius with the Aline
| half mile aud the Guinevere three miles to leeward
and TO the westward. AT 11:5s the Aline The port
| tack, passed q cables length to windward OF the
Mystere and double that distance to leeward Of the
Cambria then the starooard tack. The Guinevere,
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on the port tack at 1905. Steam launches and other
| small craft screwed ABOUT among the racers whose
| movements though frequent, were from the want of
| wind uninteresting. The Mystere carried away her
1ymgb martingale at 1891, but soon replaced 1t by
| another
AT one P. NJ the Julia was hull down from the
| Mystere southwest by west, six miles OF; the
and half; the Cambria due west, about league
| distant; the Alne mile and half on the weather
bow, with the onoalie half mile to windward of
her, the Sylvia being three-quarters OF o mile to
wndward on the Mysteries quarter.
The Juna Rugged the coast in hopes, probably,
OF the wind coming from the westward The other
| vessels stood well into the Oiiing. At two r. NJ.
the Mystere was six miles west by north from La
Hene with the Sylvia mile and half on her
| weather quarter, the Ondalle two miles west
| northwest with the Alne half mile to eeward
Guinevere two miles west to southwest and Julia hull
| down, six miles southwest by west before the lee
beam. The wind shifted point two at 224 +. NJ,
and first the Guinevere and then the other craft
hauled more of Shore The Vile de Paris, the mag
| nifcent French TRANSATLANTIC steamer, came past
| u 3 /. M
! was no wind whatever and the Mystere lay be-
| Gained about ten miles west by north from the La
Hene with the Sylvia two miles distant on the
weather quarter, the julia eight or nine miles of
the lee bow, the Guinevere i've miles right anead,
| the Cambria seven OF eight miles on the weather
bow, followed mile or so astern by the Altne, with
| the Ondalle mile or two to the northward OF her.
The reef points ratified against the sail; the helms
| man whistled In vain for breeze; the sun shone
down hot and stining through the haze; chasses-
marees fishing luggers and other craft were studded
about the peagreen sea, In which rolled the por-
all
| around; Havre grew dinner and DINNER, and the
land westward towards Tongues, presented a color
cats pawOr, as the French call It, pate de Iouche
(ny's paw)-but only to be becalmed again. At AGO
the Fauvette steamed past US and acetiously offered
| US ropes end and TO lend us her screw for a few
| hours
At i've P. NJ Sylvia came up with light air and
| passed MysteTe haf mile. to windward the other
vessels being some miles ahead In the following Or
| der:-Julia, Cambria, Aline, Guinevere, Ondalle.
still Havre was in sight astern; and again calm
That awful calm-when every one on board yacht
IN race Is IN the worst OF tempers and most Spite
tul OF moods At quarter-past I'VE there was draft
OF air, under which the Mystere slipped along at
the rate OF about knot and half through the
water the tide being then about an hour and hafs
ebb. At two minutes to eight, Ondale, on the port
tack, ner t0psal reaching half way up It, crossed
the red disk OF the hali-set sum- Cambria, Aline
| Guineveve bearing north northwest on the horizon
and Julia out OF sight AT s:l5 the lights La Hene
were right astern; at s;17 Sylvia MADE aboard on
| shore, and tackled again at $3.50, the half moon
shining brightly on the water, Ondalle bearing due
north three leagues distant on the horizon At s:45
| tIe VIM again snHteu anu an the yacntS broke OIL
point or two. At.a p. NJ Yer lights bore southwest
one-half west and at 9:03 Mysere tackled and stood
into the offing. The light air then died away, and
| once more nothing but CALM a calm all night.
on Friday, at 3:46 A. A., the Mystere was steering
northwest BY west for Bareur the Sylvia being four
miles distant on the weather quarter, nothing else
! In sight. Ala A. NJ. large cutter was bearing
| north-nortnwest and schooner the Cambria, with
jb topsa set, about northwest, and all the vessels
going through the water at the Of about three
knots. At A. M. the Cambria took IN her topmast
staysal, and the cutter, supposed to be the julia,
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there was no wind, and the tide swiried
and twirled IN eddies around us, the
sea being as smooth as a mill pond.
Al 1928 the sylvia bore eight miles south
|. southwest on the Mysteries lee bow. the Cambria
and cutter being .northwest-half-wes and both
OF hem with their sails half below the hOr.
. zon Barneur bearing westDy-so four
{ miles, AT . A. NJ. the sun shone down brightly,
lighting up the clear with Its countless molecules