Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-31
THEIR OPENING SAIL.

The New Haven Yacht Club Holds Its Annual opening Sail Kesserday-A Great Lack of Wind Going DoWn the Sound, but an Abundance on the Return-An Inferior Dinner. The members of the New Haven Yacht club held their opening sail yesterday. It has been the custom of the club since it's formation to hold its opening sail on Memor- isl Day and yesterday was no exception. About eight o'clock yesterday morning the yachtsmen began to make their appearance at the club house and at nine o'clock nearly all had arrived. There was no wind and 8 damp and dismal fog hung over the harbor varied now and then with sudden dashes of rain, A little way out the Marguerite, Dare Devil, Vixen, Mariota, Ceres, Camilla and the Daphne were anchored, while Comno- dore Clarks steam yacht, the Alert, lay in close to the club house. At precisely half past nine the first gun was fired by Commo- dore Clark to warn the yachts to prepare for the start, and all the cannons on the other yachts and also the club house cannon an- swered. Meanwhile the fog had lifted some what, and everything WAS made ready for the starting gun.
 After several attempts to start the result of which plainly showed that there was not enough wind to enable the yachts to stern the flood tide, it was decided that tugboat should be chartered to tow the yachts to their destination Branford point. Charles Warehouse undertook the task of procur- ing tug and finally secured the Hogan and at 12 o'clock the yachts started off under the leadership of the Hogan. At 2:15 they rived off Branford point and after dropping anchor were rowed ashore in small boats to Sheriff Swift's house where 1t has been the custom to take dinner.
 The dinner this year was far inferior to that of last year and quite 8 number of the yschtsmen expressed themselves as greatly dissatisfied with the dinner s'spanking breeze'' sprung up and at o'clock the start for home was made. On the way up the sea was very rough and chop py. Several spirited races took place on the homeward trip. especially that between the Mariots, the Seabelle and the Ceres. The Mariota, by carrying an unusual amount of sail, finally distanced her competitors, but her victory was short-lived, as the wind car- ried away her topmast shortly after she had passed the Ceres. Immediately after this mishap the Ceres began to rapidly gain on the Mariota, finally passing her and keeping ahead of her the remainder of the sail home. The Marguerite and the Dare Devil had a spirited contest on the return sail, but as the Marguerite is by far the more powerful yacht she soon passed the Dare Devil.
 The committee in charge of the arrange ments was composed of the following gentle- men: E. 8. Osborn, chairman, Myron R. Durham, John H. Klock, jr.. James Galla gher, jr., T. Sherman Foote, secretary.
 The parties who enjoyed the sail on the different yachts were composed as follows:
 Alert-Commedore 0. Cooper Clark, fleet cap tain, Colonel l. [. Morgau. W P: Morgan and MT.
 Ss1aLl oamilla7J C. M Healy, F. H. Andrews, s, w l. Avery, E s Perry, J: E. Gerry, G. & H Whtttemore % Ceres.J; H. Parish, Frank Hlnman. ": F. Bart lett, H. R. Besse, Frank Lockwood, Emil Altman.
 Mariota-G. R. Chamberlin, Lese Mouthrop, Joseph Parsons, John G. Stetson, E. J. Smith, W. A. Harris, E. 8. Osborn.
 seabell-F. L. Seymour, Charles waterhouse, A. B. Skelding.
 vixen-Allen Seaman, F. Hutchinsen,C. ". Ray son, E. A. Foote, N. N. kronfield of New York, 0. Richards Allen Seaman, jr.
 Daphne-R N. Burweii, M. ". Burwell, Elihu Miller, E. O. Lounsbury.
 Marguerue-C. N. Peck, W. A. Foskett Arthur Martin, 0. s. Cook, Myron Durham, N A. King
 Dare Devil-C. Andrew. Benjamin Spock, George Hum, Harry Ward, Fred Crabb, Charles Bradley, H. N. Redfield.
 The Phyllis-Charles Palmer, c. P. Karr, ". A. Chamberlain