The Republican journal., 1897-08-19

The Penobscot Yacht Club of Rockland has
been revived and the following officers were
elected: NJ. A. Rice of eRockland, commo-
dore; Charles Creighton OF Thomaston, vice
commodore; David Fuller of Thomaston,
treasurer w. 0. Holman of South Thomas
ton, secretary; W. S. Barrett of Rockport,
measurer; DR., Lyford of Vinalhaven, DR.. G.
G. Weld of Boston and John Daily of Cam
den, regatta committee. Arrangements were
made for yacht race Aug. 21st, open to
! boats of all classes and descriptions. Sew
eral new boats built in the vicinity the past
season are expected to enter
The steam yacht Formosa of Boston ar
rived here Sunday with her owner, Mr.. G.
| F. Fabyan of Boston, family and guests, on
! board They started from BOs ton for Bar
! Harbor, but owing to unavoid able delays
only got as far as Castine. The owner and
his family left by train for home Monday
and the yacht with the guests returned
Tuesday. Mr.. Fabyan3ls Vice Commodore
of the Eastern Yacht Club. The Formosa
carries at her davits a small centreboard
racing craft, the Elsa, built entirely of ma
| hogany. AS there was some guessing as to
the Formosas dimensions we give them, as
| follows; Length over al, 13S feet; gross ton
mage, 23S, net, 119. The auxiliary steam
yacht Wild Duck is 1873 feet over all; 233
| tons gross, 116 tons net.
The cruise of the New York Yacht Club
to Bar Harbor was 80 great a success that it
| is likely to add largely to the number Of
yachts cruising east in future seasons, al
though such favorable weather can hardly
be expected every year. The race which
| ended off Bakers Island Aug. Sth was so
| remarkable that we give here as matter of
record, the New York Herald's graphic re-
| port:
Sunday broke in unclouded splendor.
Seven of the nine boats within few miles
| of each other when darkness set in, were to
| be seen Light sails still enveloped them,
| and their spinnakers, carried from Pollock
Rip Lghtship, continued to do yeoman's
service The Niglant was the leader, and
four miles in her wake came the Emerald,
while on her starboard beam, one mile off,
| was the Colonia.
These schooners had now been racing for
nearly twenty hours, and had stuck to each
other so persstently that they were but
few minutes apart. The Navahoe was two
miles away from the Emerald, with the
| Hildegarde and Amorita on equal terms
about the same distance from the sloop,
while the Marguerite was seventh in posi-
! ton. The Wasp and Queen Nab had not
been able to hold their places. and were
| hulls down.
AS rhe morning advanced the Marguerite
| drew away from the AmOrlta, and the fight
| 'i-N
! SchooheTs' AS eight o clock approached
hntlaIu 'ooh III Aer splhnaker, then carried
CoHtlh1louslA tor slHteeh hours, ana hauled
up on AeT course II was a mistake Inc
Nololld nuhg Oh 10 tha' san, ana the EN-
eFaIu' seeing nef error, reset the huge piece
! ~ cdliN as ne Wlhu sollentu, anu IL was
reared lhat II might laI! TO nat cain and
SoHt OUT ahead' huF that shabby treatment
ulq hol result
III was estimated mat the lgllant at halt
past elght CLOCK ihIs morning VAS l2o miles
from foltocA hlp IlghtshlP me second
u!N lSl'H was thiItH lhlies away Inc 600
! ma bGcalne tne le&Nlig schooner about nlne
CIot ~ AMER d lung lulihg match, nut could
hot YET ehlllt'A fIu Oh llFF rival ne lgl-
Iaht increased 4tr advantage ana the Nava-
noe lost ground IN the lighter air, An hour
laUef the ofeeze, sui west-soufhWest,
slfengl hehto' oug the giant dld not per-
ctp'iplN increase hef lead' While fhe colonla
atl" Elneldiu were sun WltnhA ohe-qharter
/ vi d ll4le Oh tdch other, WIN the NdVahoe
retaining lourth place ana gaming upon the
| scIooheis'
captain erocker Kept the latter sioop to
| the nor1Eward' hoping Tor luck from that
quarter, pi' llie wing was evidently settled
i l the tine' althongh tnere must have been
elNelt wishes on the Emerald Tor crack
ing oreeZe lna0 Would give them broad
reach 10 thelr oestlhatlon' Inc Navahoe
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