The morning call., 1893-12-11
OANLANO - NAV Y.
Yachting ChangesAdopted
for Next Year.
THE CLOSE OF THE SEASON.
A Proposition to Amend the
Rules. ~
THE LAST RACE OF THE YEAR.
Won Schmidt Captures the Trophy
for lSo3-Annual Meeting and
Election of Officers.


stands pre-eminent in; yachting circles on
this bay, having carried to a successful
close scheme that was untried, not only
in these waters. but in any other part of
the United States.
At IL o'clock A. NJ. Commodore W. G.
Morrow called the members of the navy TO
order TO discuss the season Of 1894 and the
election of officers. The first business
taken up was the amending of the racing
rules. Captain L. A. Won Schmidt pre-
sented petition to amend several Of the
rules that were not found successful in '93.
They were taken up in the order present
ed. and acted upon with the following re-
suit:
The first was that for the next season
there should be race every month on the
Sunday having the lightest tide. The next
was The classification of the yachts into
three classes. This is radical change, as
heretofore IL has been a sort of eo-as-yuu-
please affair. A general trophy will be
offered To the yacht making The creates [
number of points, and will be held by the
high one during the season. The same
applies to the class trophy, except that
there will be Il second prize in each class.
These yacht classes are divided into three
lengths-all under Is feet, all is TO % feet
aud all over % feet. These measurements
are taken by adding the overall length to
The water-line length and dividing by two.
There will be no tiue allowance.
Quite lengthy discussion was caused
by the next amendment offered which
was that hereafter all races should be
started by what Is known as the one-gun
start; after the question had been put to
the members il was found that they were
very much In favor OF the scheme. and 1t
was carried. The next proposal was that
the number of flag carried should be red
white and blue, to designate the three
classes. This was carried. The three
classes will be started ten minutes apart.
so as to have them finish all at the same
time.
The next amendment of importance was
the changing of TIE positions of The differ
ent Stakeboats HeI Ieafter 1umber one will
be off Sessions Basin, number two fl the
Alameda club, and number three off the
Cotton Mills This has just reversed the
present course. For time there was a
Lively argument, as some Of the yatchsmen
did not relish the idea OF tack which this
new course will necessitate at stakeuoa t
No. 2. With this new course il will be n
long reach to No. 2, short reach To \ o. 8,
and hard beat TO the finish; it was this
latter leg of the course that caused the
change, as before the yachts did not eX-
perlence good test of wlndward work.
The distance VIII De heightened TO three
miles and twice around, making the
whole course six miles. The dues have
been increased to 81 per year instead of 80
cents. The committee in charge of the
affairs will be selected one from each
class. The secretary will be Mr.. George
Warder, who IS at present East. and In his
absence Mr. +. Z. Berier Will act. MIR. j.
Hartman, the noted boatman. will act as
meaSurer.
A Fta nf l-c uixy
the retiring officers, and so ended the an
nual meeting of 1898.
at 2 p. NJ the starting signal was
hoisted for the beginning Of the last race
of the year. The first TO cross the line
was the Aloes at 2 :01 :01. followed bv the
Favorite at 2:01 :23. Nautilus at 2:01 90
Maud at 2:03 :01, Pirate at 2:04 30, Whirl-
wind at 20. Jennie at :05 :33. Beetles
new Cape Cod catboat at zoo "a, Hazel at
2:07 "A, Dart at 2:07 :45, Whim at 80
and the HOrdly at 2:09:45. The run 10
stakeboat showed some very fine hand
ling of the Whirlwind and Jennie. In the
ach to takeboat 3 there was no material
change, but on the beat back to the judges
boat the speedy qualities of the crafts
were exhibited. and it was seen as they
neared the first turn that the Hordly and
the Dart were up among the leaders.
The new boat. Hazel, one Of the flyers OF
'9i. broke her steerl1g-gear. and it was
i'm possible to judge of her speed. AT the
turn of the first round Captain Won
Schmid: displayed very fine piece of
seamanship. The jennie was leading him
to the turn and should have passed the
mark first, but Won Schmidt went through
her lee and passed first by IL seconds,
which was a clear gain.
The first craft to pass over the line fer
the first half was the Nautilus at "a :45,
making the half in 10 min. and 40 sec
The next was the Whirlwind at :47:5S,
making the half in AZ min. and 90 Sec
Jennie at 2:4S:10. making the half in 42
min. and 81 Sec. Dart a; 2:4S 40, making
the half in 40 min. and % Sec. Beedle's
cat at 2:49:28. making the half in AZ min.
and "a sec; Hordly at 2 80 A. making the
half n 40 min. and 90 sec. Pirate at
$50 AZ, making the half in 45 min. and SO
sec. Aloes at 2 :52:14, making the half In
81 min. and 13 sec.
This shows that the canoe Dart. Cap
tain Smith, was not far in the lead, aud
would have III udoubtedly won had she not
broken her rudder stock on the last bent
home. AS it was size came in third.
On the second round the Whirlwind tried
to cut out the pace, as the wind was blow
ing somewhat stronger: but the HOrdly
hung right to her, and Jack Sherry, who
was at the wheel, showed that he will be
one of the coming shippers on the creek.
The Jennie was not doing as well on this
trip as on the former.
The first to cross the finishing line was
the Whirlwind, at 1924 Al, making the
course in l hour, 10 minutes and IS sec
onds. followed by the Hordly at 3:26 :O4.
making the course in hour, 16 minutes
and 10 seconds; the catboas at 1927 :O2,
making it IN l hour. 90 minutes and s sec
ends; the Jennie at 1927 10. making it in
hour, 81 minutes and ~ seconds: the
Dart at 3:2S:25, making il in l hour, 20
minutes and 40 seconds; the Nautilus at
3:29:24. making it in l hour, q minutes
and 2S seconds, and, last, the Pirate at
$3.50 AZ. making the course in l hour, %
minutes and 81 seconds.
This gave first place tn the Hardly, Sec
ond to the WhirlWind, third to the Dart,
fourth to the Jennie and fifth to the Pirate.
The Whirlwind scored 270 points for the
season, Jennie 10. Hardly 40. Gnat 14O,
Dart 14O, Valkyrie, Glue, 40; Stranger, &c;
Star. 80; Amelia 80, Nautilus SO, Favoriie
20. Zephyr 10. Pirate 10, making fourteen
boats that have been placed out of forty
five entered.
On April 9 in the first race there were
eighteen starters and the Whirlwind won
June 4. fourteen starters. the Whirlwind
won; July so. nine starters. Whirlwind
won; August II. ten starters. Valkyrie
won; September 10. eight starters. Hordly
won. Octohp eight starterS WhirI vciud