Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-08-27
WHATCOM'S HORNET Wins
Hettie Belle Second and the
Ripple Third in the Sweep
stakes Race
School Superintendent Fight
Fought to a Finish
Hartley Elected
County Teachers Library AS
sociation Organized--Insti-
tute Adjourns

of the Fairhaven Yacht Club on the
25th, with such general dissatisfaction
because of the lack Of wind, made up u
sweepstakes purse yesterday and sailed
another race, which was the finest ever
witnessed on the lower Sound. Each
Of the entering yachts, the Hornet,
Hettie Bell, Wanda, Ripple, Ariel and
Wasp, Joined in pool Of so each to be
divided among the three winning.
The start was made about 1890, the
run for the first buoy being with started
sheets before fresh southwest breeze
A prettier race was never seen on the
Bay. The Hettie Belle was the last 10
start and arrived at the first buoy
astern of the whole fleet, but outpointed
them all and made the run to clear
Point Francis without tack. The
others stood Off toward the city, the
Hornet leading with the Ripple follow
ing her in every move she made. Aside
from the interest taken in the Hettie
Belle the entire interest in the race was
pie which sailed the same course in
every particular and arrived at the sec
ond buoy so close together that when
they rounded it there appeared to be Il
liability of their fouling. These two
yachts were the first to make the turn
at the second buoy and were closely fol-
lowed by the Hettie Belle, which had
stood oil toward Point Francis 10 get Il
start Tor the buoy, and the Wanda,
which had taken similar
course to that selected 10y
the two leading yachts. From
buoy number two to the finishing point
was along with the wind free and as
the yachts made the turn set their
balloon jibs and started on the most
closely contested section of the course.
The Ripple and Wanda both lost sew
eral minutes at "A critical time I'm set
ting their balloon jibs and were fully
an eighth of mile past the buoy be-
fore these sails were drawing. The
Hornet was all this time increasing her
lead over the Ripple, and the Hettie
Bell closing up the gap between the
two latter until, when about half way
TO the finishing buoy she had placed
herself second in the procession. The
Ariel passed the outer buoy some dist
ance astern OF the Wanda but soon sue
ceeded In overtaking her TO windward
and shut the wind out of her sails long
enough TO pass her, but not without "A
struggle, as the two yachts sailed the
last half of the course side by side, with
one and then the other slightly in the
lead. The Hornet maintained her
lead TO the finish with the Hettie Bell
and Ripple following her closely.
The time of the five yachts complet-
ing the course, the Wasp not going
around the buoys, was so close that
| from the first to the last TO arrive the
difference was but eight minutes. Fol-
lowing is the time of five yachts.
NAME. II. NJ. s.
| Hornet, Whatcom. m................ l:5g:Os
| l1ettie Bell, Seattle............... 2:0l:25
| Ripple, Falfhaven..... ........... 2:Oi:W
| Ariel, AnacOrtes ................... 2:O6:5S
Wanda, FairhaVen ............. 2:O7:32
After the race an adjourned meeting
of the delegates to the Northwestern
International Yachting association was
held in the yacht club rooms. The
questions of uniform system of mea-
surement and racing rules were taken
up and the racing rules now In use by
New York yacht club were finally
classes of yachts were established,
schooners, cabin sloops, open boats
over twenty-five feet and open boats
under twenty-five feet. The question
Of measurement, which promised TO be
very hard one TO dec de, was settled
by the adoption of rule that the load
water line plus one-half of the
overhang should constitute the cor
rected racing length with no restriction
placed on sail areas. The time allow
ance for small yacts over larger yachts
sailing in the same race was settled
upon as four seconds per mile for each
foot Of corrected length. President
Leaning was appointed a committee
of one to draft constitution and by
laws TO be placed before the association
for adoption at the next meeting,
which Is TO be held at Seattle October
3, on the day of the first international
regatta.
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