New-York tribune., 1899-06-20
YACHTING.
FINE BREEZES FOR THE BRoOkLfN
REGATTA.

FINE BREEzEs FOR THE BROOkLfN
REGATTA.
II ,s not often that the clubs Of this neighoor-
hood get o wind that puts the competing yachts
around twenty-mile course in three hours' out
the racers in the regatta Of the brooklyn i"C"'
Cub did almost as well as that yesterday. Ihe ne
gstta Committee was p. II. Jeannot' H. H. stan
wood and Charles Van Ripper but as the Ia''eI
,wo officials did not arrive in time Mr. Jeannot
had 10 do most OF the WORK anu ulu " ~ wv
satisfaction CT every one
At Gravesend Bay the different classes were start
cd across line off the clubhouse. between II anu
the committee steamer and the course for sloops
cutters and yawls OF the $-foot class was nrst
n the old Orchard Shoal Light and then to the
Southwest Spit buoy and return TO the starting
line The 3o-foot class went the same way, dis
tance of eighteen and a half miles. The 2o-foot
class was sent on a fftoen-mile course to the Ola
Orchard Light and then to the Swash Channel ana
back The special class jlb and mainsah yachts
were sent on the knockabout course. hfteen m'eS
There was a delay for want Of wind and 70 allow
some Of the unready prepare, and the boats were
s,ar,aa NJ mon IN a light southwest breeze. I'm
which II was long and short leg to the first mar"
at Old Orchard Light.
Al the start Commodore Humphreys yacht. the
Kangaroo was the fret to cross. about two Doats
lengths ahead of the Ilkato. belonging 10 & Coh-
bv n w Kilburn was entered. but did not get
ready in time. Among the SO-foot sloops the Huiu
and the Edla nearly even In starting 'he
Fdla having a slight advantage. In the SO-fooi cat
boat class George Freeth's Qu Vive led about p
seconds the Dot and the Ann following.
After the close haul and short leg to the
Orchard Iight the larger boats had "A jam 10 wind
ward all the way TO the Southwest Spit the breeze
freshening a good deal. The boats now had all the
ui,d they wanted and the topmast on the com
,,odoras Kangaroo was carried away close To the
lower masthead
From the Southwest Spit home 1t was long run
dead before the wind and another racer that was
not in the contests, the Oracle F., had the top
mast carried out or her.
The consequence Of having this fine breeze, In
which the Yachts came boiling home in fine style,
was that all classes finished early In the afternoon
The Out Vive had gone up out or her Zo-toot CLASS
| her about minutes OF time allowance, when shs
| proved unable TO contribute The Dot hnished
! about four minutes ahead. but lost the race by
Members OF the Brooklyn Yacht Club were de-
lighted with the OF their regatta and their
good luck in getting the best wind OF the season g
The boats finished as follows: The Kangaroo,
3:ls:40: the Ilikato, 3:2l rs; the Edia S%dS me
Zulu S:2sa5 the Dot 2AS the QH we, I'VE 74SSO; tne
the Myrana- 2:2O:31. the Pearl. 3I2;O; the Faus-
tina. S:2i 80. The winners were the Kangaroo S tns
INV the eo Q QaasnHenep Ne snS the Pear ie
| The Kangaroo won on time allowance by minute
| IS seconds The Zulu by minutes 80 seconds,
| seconds corrected time. The Cleota won by
minutes 2S seconds corrected time. The Myrana
| took sailover prize. The Pearl would De winner
| by about minutes elapsed time, but she is NOT
vet measured, and the decision in her case is WITH
! held.
| The following is the summary: