The morning news., 1888-08-10

ISLE OF HOPES REGATTA SAILED
IN TIE RAIN.

the Gertrude in the Open Yacht Class
The Weather Too Heavy for tn,
Junior Club Race
The Isle of Hope regatta yesterday wa
begun under most auspicious circumstances
The wind was fair, the tide going out, tn.
yachts lying close to the line, the crew
eager, and the bath-house pavilions crowded
with spectators. 1t ended in a squall, fol
lowed by drenching rain and darkness.
The Charleston yacht won in the first class
beating the Ocean Queen minutes and 4!
seconds, and the Glance minutes and 2:
seconds
In the second class, the squall struck the
Thistle before she reached the Spit buoy,
and She didn't round it,
In the open yacht race the Marie beat the
| Gertrude one minute, but the squall struck
the latter OFF Demere's point aad carried
away her snrouds, and then tho Marie had
the race, but the Gertrude will challenge
| the Marie for a race and inquiries were
made last night of the officers OF the Isle of
Hope yacht club, as to what steps were
proper to properly bring the challenge to
| the owners of the Marie.
The mosquito fleet had but two entries,
the Ida and the 81 r. K. )" and the Ida ran
nearly half way down the course without
setting her jib, and it is said, kept up sail
| for Savannah. She did not finish.
| PLAYED HAVOC WITH THE BOATS.
| The squall played havoc with the boats of
the Isle of Hope junior yacht club The
| little boats could not outride the storm:
and only two crossed the line out of eight
that started.
The Eta crossed the line first, and nearly
minutes later the Ocean Queen sailed
| across, followed II seconds later by the
katrlnka and SO seconds later by the Glance
1t was seen at once that all the interest lay
IN the race between the Ocean Queen and
the Charleston yacht The Queen held her
own until she reached the convent wharf
of Skidaway island, when the Katrinka
got to the windward on a long tack
and headed out straight down the
sound. She gradually widened the
distance, although the Queen had main
talned the lead up to that point, and the
Charleston yacht luffed around the buoy
off Cabbage island at 4:17. The Queen was
only six minutes behind her in rounding
| the buoy, which she did without a foot to
spare, and headed up the sound before the
wind, and gradually lessening the distance
between herself and the Carolina yacht.
| STRUCK BY A SQUALL.
| The squall struck the yachts off Whit
| ing's point. The Katrnka and Glance
reefed sails at 5 o'clock, but the Queen rode
| out the gale. Had she reefed sooner she
would have won easily. but>before she did
so the Katrinka again shook out her sails.
tackled across the river and headed for the
| Isle of Hope river. She got very fair
breeze at the point, but was becalmed about
| One-quarter of mile up the river hemade
| long tack to run in the river. The Queen
| put out her storm jib, lay close to the wind
and luffed into the Isle OF Hope river very
| prettily, but the Squall had passed by and
| there wasn't breath of air stirring. The
race was watched with deepening interest
by those on the tug Maggie and the opinion
was general that if the Queen could get a
breath OF air she would win. But it
was not to be. The Queen put
her boom well forward and began to
| gain on the Katrinka which was drifting
slowly toward the goal on the incoming
| tide; at last breeze filed the sails of the
| Katrinka at time when the Queen was
almost at a standstill in dead calm That
settled it. It was a full ten minutes before
the Queen caught the wind and then it was
too late.
| THE KATRINKA LEADS.
The Charleston yacht was too far to over
take, and she was destined to be a certain win
ner. But Raymond Demere and his invinc-
| ible crew were not disheartened. They had
| not rode out gale that had put every oth er
| craft under bare poles to let the KatrinKa
| have walk over, and they husbanded
| every breeze, determined not to be far be-
hind, and when the Katriuka crossed the
| line at 7:09:2S, amid the shouts of the
| spectators and to salute of small arms.
| the Ocean Queen was almost ready to round
| the point and she was greeted with prolonged
cheers as she sailed over the line 5 minutes
| and IL seconds later She had made gal
liant race, having gone into the regatta
flying only jill and mainsail, handicap
| from the first had weathered the gale. and
| although the crack yacht of the Carolina
| club had one of the best pilots and was
manned by trained sailors, she had won
only by scatch, and was fairly outsailed
| in the homeward course.
A PRETTY RACE.
1t was pretty race, and it was anybody's
race in the squall. Had the Queen got the
wind as she rounded into the Isle of Hope
| river the stranger would not have carried
| off the cup But the universal verdict was
| that the Katrinka deserved it. She was
ably handled, and she responded to the
| slightest touch. 1t was noticed that
| before the regatta she housed her
top sail in twenty-five seconds. 1t was
seamanship and pilotage that made her a
| winner yesterday. Her crew made no mis-
| takes. mistake on a single tack would
| have lost her the race. Before the wind the
| Queen can walk away with her; the Katrin-
ka saved her prestige by the time she gained
| on the course outward, and that was OBJ
tanned only after a close struggle.
The following are the particulars Of the
regatta:
THE OFFICIAL TIME.
First Glass Cabin Yachts Course, Isle of
Hope to Cabbage island spit buoy and re-
turn; distance, twenty nautical miles; time
allowance, six seconds per foot per mile
| prize, a silver cup.
Elapsed Cor'td
Start. Finish. Time Time
Yachts. Inns Inns. Inns. Inns
Katrinka ......l:41:42 7:09:2S 5:27:46 5:27:46
Ocean Queen ..1:4l:30 7:14:45 5:33:I5 5:3235
Glance. .........I .I:42f5 7:i8;56 5;36:4l 5:33:li
Eta. 1851 Did not finish.
Second-class Cabin Yachts, course and
time allowance as above. Prize, silver
cup.
Elapsed Cor td
Start. Finish. Time. Time
Yachts. Inns. Inns Inns HMs
Zlnga. l:a300 Didn't finish.
Thistle. le..........1:43:00 Didn't round buoy
Open YachtS-Course, Isle of Hope to
stake boat of Tybee cut; distance, 10 nauti-
cal miles. Prize, silver cup.
Elapsed Cor'td
Start. Fipish. Time. Time.
idchts Inns Inns. Inns. R.n.s.
Gertrude. .......l:s455 bt3:00 3:2s:05 3:21:05
Marie 1850 5l0:35 3:45:05 3:25:05
Mosquito Fleet-Course, stake boat off
The Sisters distance, 10 nautical miles.
..ss Ill.