The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-30
THE LOYAL ON THE ROCKS.
COMMODORE ID. II. sUTTON'S YACHT
ON THE HEN AND CHICKENS REEF.

| High and Dry In n Natural Cradle With
Scarcely n Scratch on uer-The Accident
| Happened While She Was Msking for the
stnrt in the Indian Hnrbor Cius's Regatta.
Tho Indian Hnrbor Yacht Club Of Green wicb.
Conn.,. held it's NTH annual regatta on Long
Island Sound yesterday. and. incidentally,
Com odore b. +. Sutton OF the Brooklyn Yacht
Club came near losing his beautiful little
schooner yacht Loyal through HIS sailing mas
ter running her high and dry on the Hen and
| Chick ems reef
| The accident happened just MS the yachts
were tearing down to the starting limo before
fresh southwesterly gale. and. as tho Loyal
was under great headway. 1t seemed little
short OF n miracle that she was not dashed to
pieces. Strange to say. however. none OF the
rocks pierced her shapely hull. and IL all goes
| well 1t lie thought that she can be honted at
| high tide this morning. Tho Loyal at present
lays in a sort Of natural cradle. with her bow
high up in air, pointing down the Sound.
Her speed was 80 great when she struck that
she was carried nearly half way over the ledge
Tho accident was caused through Capt. Bow
den's miscalculating his distance from tho
reef and incidental In trying to keep to wind
ward OF W. Gould Rrokaw's schooner Viator.
which hs had Just under his lee. few feet
more to tho northward and he would have
cleared the ledge entirely.
The accident happened just at high water.
and almost every one thought that she would
be dashed to pieces before the tide went down.
There was considerable sea on when she
accident
=. A friendly tug came along. and after pulling
Tor over an hour at her stern gave 1t up In dis
to the Chapman Derrick and Wrecki1C Com:
nany OF this city for assistance and one OF
their steamers WAS started linn edHtely for
An agent OF tho company who came on by
able to get the yacht OF by o'clock this morn;
ing; Apparently her hull 10 not at all damaged
sus.aiped until She has been docked.
designed sy " Henry y Gsow Oe q thus e!ty and
Was Was built by Poiilio1s She cost over S29,V 9o;
best known yaohtsme in the COUNTRY In sd.
SneR o 81 Of SSS oy
New YORK and Atlantic Yacht clubs. '' - ''
The accident for the time being detracted
one. no less than thirty-one boats starting
inS S made very EoSSd
cd among their number some Of the fastest
there nS.d be mo as
Shortly after 10 O'clock the wind liEhtened
o a s,e eAy ueAan 70 eieoti M HLu tuo LeEatsa
nal was given at u: is 2. NJ With the wind
fresh from the southwest The boats all
crossed the line close hauled on the port tack |
and started for long beat to windward across
the Sound.
The course for all sehooners. sloops. cutters. |
and yawls over thirty feet was from an imaki- !
nary inc between a station mark boat and the |
black buoy Of the eastern end q Little Cap
Point rounding same on port hand. thence to |
black buoy OF Centre Island, rounding same |
on port hand thenoo return to black buoy Off |
Matinicock point. rounding same on starboard |
hand thence TO starting line: distance. twenty |
nautical miles.
The other yachts, sailed from the same start
Ing line to the black buoy of Matincock
to the black buoy of Centre Island. rounding |
same on the port hand. thence to the starting |
line: distance. fifteen nautical miles The boats |
crossed as follows:
Dafodii at l2:4soa. vistor. 12:47:o5; Crocodile.
12:A73y: viking II: 47;os Priseilla I2:is:2l Wind.
k.atsu s sss5i 1. ss Wien GIe!p ysi5
Alice 12:5s:ls kftte l2:56:So: Forsyth. l2:56:54:
Nahnota 1881 "a: Alma 81 :26; sirene 12:57:xo:
A%,rs Y
Tisress. zoos; kIhwa, i :Oo:47 Jewel l:oO6i; |
Phyllis. J;9lt7 Duet ! 20 :os Lsssis :o2oo:
They finished as follows:
Kathleen. 4:l4:%s; Chippewa. 4,22:o7; viking, |
Alma 43s 46 Mary. :o3; Bessie, l,lo: %; Oco-
nee. 44l:4p Beatrx. 1872: 15; srens. x42:l7: Duet
4:554o: Wahnsih 5:0I:l6: Viator. 6:2811; DanodiL
5:66O5; Lassis. 5:29:O0.
The Regatta mmlttee were F. s. Doremus.
F. B. Jones. and Richard Outwater. Summary: |