New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-31
THE YACHTING SEASON OPENED.
REGATTAs OF TIE ATLANTIC. sEAwANHAXA AND
oIuHp CI I-ps--rur pAY ELL OLE GRAFT.

| THE YACHTING SEASON OPENED.
REGATTAs OF THE ATLANTIC. sEAwANHAXA AND
OTHER CLUBs-rHE BAY FULL OF CRAFT.
| The yachting season WAS opened yesterday
| by the Atla1t:c Seawlnhakl, Knckerbocker. Jersey
City and other smaller clubs The waters OF the Upper
and Lower Bays were covered throughout the day by
wnite-wnged vessels forming feet which for numbers
and excellence OF yachts could probably be exceeded
only by the Royal Thames Yacht Club of Engandl
At 1880 a. IL. the 1ag OF the Atlantic Yacht Club was
run up the clubhouse at Bay Ridge, and "a II I'M
furled itself the breeze salute fred from each OF
the yachts OF the feet, Of which were lying AT
anchor and standing from Staten Island The
day was a day be idle heavy mist hung over the
green heights of staten Island aud Bay Ridge and made
the fleet OF merchantmen standing up through the Mar
| rows look like phantoms as they gradually evolved
themselves from the Oh cuiy below, with every san sci
TO catch the scarcely perceptbe breeze that blew from
| the southeast The tide on the ebb and the wind
! had freshcned and veered to the south when al
1915 gun from clubhouse gave the signal for start
ing At the sound thirty yachts. all flying the las OF the
Atlantic Yacht Club, spread their white wings ana new
toward the Narrows The yachts started IN bunch
the schconers Crusader MOntauk. Eolus ana Narun"
being among foremost The Oracle had stood over 10
| the clubhouse from Staten Island ana was
to the lceward OF the fleet The Mischief had
| not troubled herself 20 come 10 the cluD-
house, but standing away FOR the southwest spit
As it race, but merely the opening SAIL OF tue
season, most of the yachts carried only Their WORKING
sails which quite enough in the strong breeze Inc
Oracle worked rapidly to windward and passed ahead OF
the fleet by the time that the yachts were fairly through
the Narrova The distance between the Oracle and the
OF the feet steadily Increased, the beautiful
soop making long stretch the port tack Tor tue
buoy the Southwest Spit and sailing remarkably close
to the wind MoTe than two miles lay between the
leading yacht and tho schooner Crusader which leu
the res the feet Next tothe redcToss Gag Of the CRU
sader flew the signal OF the schooner Moutauk Follow
ing her the the EOius, and about sixth IN the
ae which began be pretty well strung out, was
tie muchtakcdOf Grayling, which had been hurriedy
put in trim for the Far away the south was
the Mischief which, in spite or the difference IN the
start the Oracle overhaung The Mischief rounded
the buoy al the Southwest SPIT and then stood away
for sandy Hook The rest OF the feet rounded and then
started sheets and before the wind for home The
sloops ran up their balloon jib-t9psals aud some
set their cub-top-als The schoOncrs set their main
opmas staysals. some running up enormous pieces OF
canvas that hid everything aft Of the manmast The
Oracle started at lO4j rounded the buoy nj noon and
reached point OF Bay on the Atlantic Club House
from which started at 1l9a II was some time be-
fore the next yacht, the schooner Crusader hnlshed
Next to tho Crusader the flagship o. the feet.
Commodore .VeTmilye's schooner !Aailanta. she was
followed by the Montauk aud close behind came the
Jnla About sixth was the Estcllc behind her the
Grayling Then the Crocodile, the Lotus aud the
Lime l. The rest Of the feet followed az best they
might the csscuing breeze About ne time tha me
Grace finished the wind partially died out aud II began
TO But me ram passed ava, ana ne DiSeAe resi-
cncI gain before last OF the fleet had finished The
Montank came with her sails filed with the strong
south wind and the water boiling under her foreiooI
forming a most beautiful eight. -
few minutes after the feet OF the Atlantic Club bad
started down Bay. about fifteen yachts belonging 10
aud stood over on slarboard tack There were The
cutters wnonab, Oriva and Bedouin, the schooncrs
schemer Wave. Valkyr vixen and Others The cutters
got best OF the start and Kept II throughout Aer
..,V, a.
feet about on the port tack and headed Tor nc
Southwest spit Bao,. The yachts eeneIay carried
when they for before the wind with an osten
,'cr Wi9pnb took the lead out and when she came
before the wind, after rounding materially increased
it, The two other the Orya aud the Bedouin
kent pretty close together, the former In the lead
Much centred In these three long narrow
yachts with their immense spIeSI o, canvas hn'
Il was not n day aud they I'D nothing wonderful
Many yachts OF the fleet after having came mp abreast
of the clubhouse put about ana to,k run through
the Narroys aud back The members Of the Hc4wauhaEa
CLUB had their usual dinner at the Pavilion Hotel at
For the annual spring regatta Of the Knickerbocker
course was from the club around Gangway Buoy
and return, the start being hlng one Al Al 80 o. N
sixteen feet. started the nr-t gun Was fired. The
yachts OF the other clas followed a. the signal sounded
spread canvas 10 the breeze Tie wind was southeast
and the squadron ran before 1t to Fort Schuyler.
lifting sheets Gang way Buoy. In turning The stake
the susie open jb and nainsl yacht OF the second
class lost part OF her mainnnst and was to~ed back 10y
Gangwsy Buoy. among them the Nuncess. IL catanaran
hrInfVing 10 a. Coughtry After turning the stake,
the race vas between the Ethel cabin slOOp yacht of
the class. and the Oracle, an open b ana lain-all
Yacht OF the second class The Ethel, close hauled,
ganed slightly Oracle during the first half OF the
Goncward course. After passing Fort Schuyler the
Ethel rapidly increased her lead before free wind and
passed the line minute past D. m, the Oracle
second minute and thirty -hve seconds later Inc
Ethel took first prize having covered the course ~
twenty miles ia 3 hours, 8 minutes and 20 seconds,
actual time tOOL the first prize OF the second
elias. the NusidOa Of the third the Lizzie X. OF tie
fourth the the hh and the Rex OF the sixth
None OF yachts Of the seventh class made any record
a. all withdrew after passing the Fort Schuyler buoy.
The steamer General Scdgw1cE followed the race and
there several hundred persons on board.
Opening regaItas were he'd also ~ the East River
and New Jersey yacht clubs.