New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-24
THE SEA FOX LEFT BEHIND,
TwENTY-oNE YACHTS RACE ON THE BAY.
THE GRArLrSG CONES IN FIRST IN THE SEA-
wANBAKA REGATTA.

THE GRATING CONES IN FIRST IN THE SEA-
wANBAKA REGATTA
The annual regatta Of the seawanhaka- Cornthian
Yacht Club was sailed yesterday, and with its
proverbial luck the club had good breezesomething
TOO much Of It at one time. Neither the sachem
the Marguerite entered, though their presence was
much desired to add interest to the race. They
both In the Bay, and the sachem sailed part Of
tho course They must have feared another such
beating as they received Friday. and did not
to risk It. Twenty-one yachts started.
There were three courses The schooners and
sloops, down to and including the fifth class, went
around the Sandy Hook Lightshp by way of Buoys
10 and IL and return Glasses and z, after
passing Buoy LIZ, went around the Scotland Light
ship. Glass 8, after passing Buoy L. went around
Buoy 8, of the Point OF the Hook The starting line
was Off Buoy 10, inside the Narows, and the finish
line of Buoy 10, Just outside the Narrows The Sea
Fox sailed a good In the beat out to Buoy IL
she fairly got the better Of the Grayng, but she didn't
maintain the advantage However, II she hadn't
carried away her bowspt nobody could have foretod
bow tho race would have ended. The Sea Fox may
yet provo the best schooner of the Her bad
showing In Thursdays regatta was due largely her
centrcboard getting jGmmed.
There was a wait Of an hour and half for breeze
after the judges boat to an anchor of Buoy is
IN the Upper Fay. During this period II almost
dead calm, and some Of the boats had 10 be owed TO
the starting line. But the breeze proved a breeze
worth waiting for IL came from the southwark
| and improved acquaintance, gaining in strength
scattering white caps In its path, and causing the
boats to keel Till their lee scuppers were under
water outside the Hook At IL AS a prolonged blast
from the steam whistle Of the Haviland warned the
yachts to prepare to start. At IL so came another
shri too which sent the schooners hurrying toward
the line.
THE CRAWLING FIRST TO START.
The ever wide awake Grayling the first to go
tna rf,,1
out jib topsa and malntopmast staysail as she
| crossed The English Miranda came next the
starboard tack but went about after crossing the
line Then came the big Sea Fox, also on the port
tack She too about as soon as she was the
line hunting the Crawling At IL :55 came another
long blast from the brass lungs OF the Havand the
signal for all the other yachts to start OF this lot
the Rival was first over, then came the Roamer and
next the English cutter Stranger with the beautiful
Katrina close at her heels In the eighth class the
Euryla legged before the starting line and payed
the penalty by being handicapped few seconds but
she could afTord But by gross mismanagement, the
little English cutter Yolande, which couldn't afford to
concede anything, handicapped five minutes.
1t dead beat down through the Narrows to
Buoy 10, but the boats had the ebb tide In their
favor and with freshenng breeze made rapid pro-
gress The yachts zigzagged It through the Narrows
and spread out oyer long line. The
Sea Fox was evidently in much better form than in
Thursdays race, but stn rather sluggish in
stays. She rapidly overhauled the English Miranda
and gained the Grayling. Her sails set beauti-
fully. She had no big club-topsaIl Tapping up
aloft. the rules of the permitting only the
Of ga topsas, except in the smallest class, and this
probably helped her.
When she and the Grayling came together on OPP
poslte acks at 80, the Sea Fox crossed the Cray
llng's bows about hundred yards TO windward.
Then ensued series Of short tacks, but the Sea Fox
held her advantage She passed Buoy s IL at
I'D I'D and the Crayllng at :23 :Os. The Katrina
came next at 90 10, followed by the Hlldegard at
, :32 80. Though in a class lower she had beaten
The cutter Stranger In the beat out The latter's
time was Q :34 :35. Next the Miranda at
, SO :45. The two smart Yankee soops Nymph and
Banshee, though less than half her SIZE within
an ace of beating her. The Nymph's time
. 80 80 and the Banshee's :35 40. 1t nip
and tuck between them, but the Burgess slOop had
a trhe the better of II.
Il was pleasing sight to see7 the way these two
little sloops hung to the big English schooner that
had beaten every twOstlckcr the other side. After
passing the Point of the Hook sheets cascd off
bit, the bigger boats heading for the Sandy Hook
Lghtship and the smaller ones for the Scotland Light
ship. 1t was a reach, with the wind point free.
In this work the Grayng proved faster than the Sea
Fox, and slipped by her The Grayng rounded the
sandy Hook Lghtshlp rs Al, and the Sea Fox at
30 :03. The Katrina turned 1t at "a 100, and the
stranger at 3 80 80.
BLACK SoUALL COMES UP.
Meanwhile the breeze had freshened considerably
and before the last of this lot had rounded the light
ship black sIual in from the northwest, max
Ing the smaller boats take in In great hurry.
Some OF them under ilbs only, while Others vent
ured TO hoist dOuble-reefed mansalls and few Of
them hove to. The Grayling struck her topsals but
the Sea Fox held to hers much longer. The
Katrina lowered her topsall, being a winner in
her class and caring to risk any spars 1t
beat back to the Hook, and the big
fellows laid over 10 the breeze until
their lee scuppGs flooded, and
with the bursting In spray from their knltelke
bows, they made fine sight.
But not much Of it from the judges boat.
With three courses look after, she couldn't wait
on any class long In the beat back contrary to
general expectations the Graylng maintained her adj
vantage Somewhere inside the Hook the sea Fox
carried away her bowsprt, some four feet from the
stern and that out all her chances OF beating
the GrayHng. Nevertheless after clearing away the
wrcckage, she kept over the course and came In
long way ahead Of the Miranda when the sqnal came
on the weather not " q sultln' and httln Tor
the small Merlin and Yoande and they turned
tail. Apparently too, the blow must have scared
long way astern Of the Nymph, while before the blow
came she was hunting her close. ..,., ., III.
Graylng came in a long way ahead Of ali the bigger
boats. The squat had passed over some time before
ually petered OUT and there ensued tedious walt
some Of the lasgards. The Sea Fox, the Bansnee
and the Rival passed the line all in bunch
The Miranda, after trying for some time
to pass to wlndward of the judges boat,
not timed But She was a badly beaten boat. and
that good beeze, such as she has been hsnaer
aid In British waters or the schooners she defeated
there were a slow lot.
OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE DAY.
SECOND CLASS SCHooNERS. ,
Time
Start Finish. Elapsed Corrected