The morning call., 1895-01-14
TWELVE YACHTS TAKE PART.
Z. /. VOn Sehnidt'S WhirIWind a
Good Second.
LAUGHING OF THE YACHT PHYLLIS,
Racing in Light Winds Which Brought
Out Unknown Qualities in Some
Of the Racers.

The Oakland Navy held its first race OF
the series OF 1895 over the clubs course on
the estuary yesterday.
The outlook for a race during the morn
ing was not the brightest, but as the day
wore on the wind came In. and By start
ing time it was moderately fresh. The
judges boat did not reach the starting
point until 10 o'clock, so the preparatory
gun was not given until 30 P. NJ.
The first or white class was sent over at
1870 p NJ, just thirty minutes after
schedule time. 1t will be seen by this
that the order of going had been changed.
and that the red or smaller class started
last The cause Of this change, which was
effected at the annual meeting, was to give
the smaller boats a better chance, as the
larger sail of the other crafts cut of the
wind, which under the circumstances was
an unfair advantage.
The seemauship that is displayed at
these races is most interesting, and the
one-gun start has been q great factor 10
bringing It ont. The sight reminds one oil
a lot ot thorough breds scoring as they
work up TO the line waiting for the gun,
and yesterday was no exception. as the
first four crafts passed over within TWO
and a half second of one another.
The first to cross was the Whirlwlnd at
1:30:22 P. NJ, followed by the Myrth,
Freddie and Flash, all getting clear by
I:30:24b P. NJ. Next came the Major at
:3C:3s, the Flyer at 1:30:54 ana Won
Schmidts Catamaran at l :31:26.
1t was almost free work to the Alameda
buoy, thence to the catton-mllls reach
aud a dead beat home. On the reach
across it was seen that the Whirlwind was
fourth, but when they had beat out into
the channel the order had been changed
and the Whirlwnd was leading
At l: 35 P. NJ. the red class was given
the gun. II was run TO get over and the
crafts were pretty well punched, as there
out, leaving but little room LOT tue boys to
get over. The Amalia, Aolos and
Nautilus crossed within three seconds,
the first making 1t al 1875: 13 P n. Next
eame the Nemesis at 1886 81 Z. NJ. the
Gnat at :35 "a, and the Wonder at :35 Al
When the judges boat was neared for the
first round it was found that Berier, In the
canoe Nemesis, was oVertaking the Whirl
wind, the leading boat in the white class
The time for the first round was tht
Nemesis 4S min. Is Sec; the Whirlwind 5:
min. A sec; the Gaet 80 min. 56 Sec; thu
Major 50 min. Is sec. the Nautilus SO min.
% &c. Amalia 81 min. d Sec; the A0lOC
81 min. 26 sec.; the Flash So min. sec.
the Freddie 81 min. AZ Sec; the Myrtb 5S
min. see.; the Flyer 1:02:50: and the
Wonder :O6 30.
On the next round the Whirlwind gained
on her class as also did the Nemesis on
hers and the white class. The wind at the
start of the second round freshened con
siderably, and it looked for time as il
there was going to be fine finish, but un'
fortunately it gave out and the finish wa;
very Door as the last boats came over the
line. Thirty minutes earlier start would
have prevented this.
The corrected time for the race wa:
Nemesis, l :2S 40; Whirlwind. :35 100
jor, / $3.50; Gnat, 1877 :3S; Flash,
/ :36 81; Amalia. 1 IA :55; Freddie. 1 AT :37
and Nautilus, 1:50:02.
Tho points are Nemesis, 80; WhirI
wind, 90; Major. -; Gnat 20; and the
Flash 10.
The frsts are WhirlWind, white-class
racer; Freddie, white-class cruiser; Meme
sis. red-class racer;. and Nautilus, red
class racer.
The judges boat had as guests the own.
ers Of the lately launched Thelma, which
is now In Oakland Creek.