The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-08-25
SAILED IN A SQUALL.
The Newark Bay Yacht Club
Had a Lively Re-
gatta.

Clad In their t~arpaulins and oilskins
the jolly amateur jack tars Of the New
ark Yacht Club braved the several show
ers that deluged everything not under
shelter within and about Bayonne yes
terday afternoon, and held their ninth
annual open sweepstakes regatta on
Newark Bay. 1t was a hall hour
after high moor when the first signal gun
doomed from the judges boat, and the
larger craft got ready for the start A
few minutes later the Seybolt aud Emma
c. OF the New Yacht Club crossed the
line together. The Alexander FORSYTH OF
the Pavonia Yacht CluD followed. Then
came the Ripple and the Elk OF the New
ark Yacht Club; the Galawater OF the
Newark Bay Yacht CLUB; the Pauline %.
OF the Sing Sing Yacht Club; the Essex
OF the Essex Yacht Club, aud the Snor
Bouse Of the Newark Yacht |
The other craft. owing To wet sails and
rigging. failed To cross the line within
the prescribed time. and were under the
rules handicapped as follows:-The Lead
err OF the Pavonia Yacht CLUB, the Our
Own of the Newark Yacht Club, n the
/ Thought So of the Brooklyn Yacht Clno,
l minute and As seconds each; the Dove
of the Newark Yacht Club 2 minutes and
30 seconds: the Triton OF the Newark
Yacht Club, 5 minutes; the Lizzie Is OF
the Newark Yacht Clno. ! minute and 10
seconds: the Torment of the Staten Island
Yacht Club, IS seconds; the GEES So OF the
Newark Bay Yacht Club. 50 seconds: and
the Maggie 2. of the Kill Won kull Yacht
Club. 8 seconds. When all the fleet got
upder way. 1t was seen that there were
eighteen starters, representing six OF the
nine classes for which entries bad been
made.
The start was made with the last Of the
food tide and a light n shifting wind.
At the time it was not raining Before
the course was completed the yachts en-
countered several lively squalls aud had
to deal with the first of the b tide. All
through the regatta the wind was varai-
able. the most favorable breeze coming
from the southeast. The course was from
a stakeboat anchored of the club house
of the organization at the foot OF West
Twenty-fOurth stree, Bayonne. to the Red
Spar Buoy. on the upper Light house;
thence TO q stakeboat anchored OIL the
draw OF the Central Railroad Of New Jer-
sey's long bridge at Bergen Point and
back to the start. The craft sailed twice
oyer this triangle and covered abone If
teen miles.
Owing to the frequent squalls several
mishaps occurred, n eight OF the boats
did not finish. The Our Own had its
mast suapptu OH uuSu With tuc ucSh anu
became so uumanageable that the crew
OF the Emmy G. withdrew from the con-
test to 20 to Der rescue. Both the Gal
water and the Essex capsizad, giving
their crews an unanticipated bath. The
Maggie p. ran aground. The Lizzie B.
broke her centreboard, aud the Elk and
Triton were run to the anchorage by
their shippers. The crews of the craft
that finished also had rather lively ok
periences.
The officials of the day were:-Kegatta
Committee, A +. Adams and w. Penn
Vreeland; judges and timers, Charles T.
Mum and Philip Lumbreyer. The prize
winners of the severaFcissses, their own
ers and clubs ara as follows:-Class 2,
Seybolt. Walter Willis, Newark Yacht
Club; Glass 4. Leader. Otto Rau, Pavonia
Yacht Club; Glass 6. Ripple, Frederick
Miller, Newark Yacht Club; CInss z.
Pauline B., o. Mueller, Sing Sing Yacht
Club; Class s, GEES So, Captain Joe Els
worth, Newark Yacht Club; Class 9,
Dove. William Ellsworth, Newark Bay
Yacht Climb. The Seybolt also won the
special trophy for the boat making the
fastest time over the course. Appended
is a summary of the starters time and
results in each class
CLASS e-cABls sLoors, "a FEET AND UNDER Sc FEET