Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-08-08
ANNUAL REGATTA
Of Lake Cobbosseecontee Fleet
off Hammond's Grove.
Gretchen, Ella Pearl and Lizzie VIM
ners in Their Respective Glasses.
Beautiful Weather. Spanking Breeze. LARGE
List Of Entries. fine Attendance.


contee. Me. Aug. 7.-(SpeciaD.-Th
11th annual sailing regatta off this
summer settlement was sailed. this af-
ternoon, under perfect weather condi-
tions. clear skies and plenty of wind.
The largest field OF yachts ever enter
ed sailed the course. 20 boats making
the start and Il finishing The time
was excellent and the shores of the
lake We're lined with people from all
the neighboring towns and cities. The
regatta was under the personal direc-
tion of Com. ID. G. Robinson, the vet
eran yachtsman. and was success in
every particular.
The prize winners were:
FirStC tClass-Gretchen. first; Undine,
second; Unk-ta-hee. third.
Second -clasS-E.lla Pearl first;
Greta, second; White Wings. third.
| Third d-class-LiZZie. first; Alice May.
second; Winonah. third.
The canoe race was not sailed owing
to the stiff breeze.
There is no entry fee in this regat-
| Ia and no expense to any one partici-
| pating. 1t is open to all classes of
boats and has become a famous event.
The course in all classes had to be
sailed within 1-2 hours.
The water in the lake being low, this
season. the committee decided to lay
out a shorter course than usual, and
required the boats to go twice around
it. The starting point was an imagi-
nary line drawn from y. c. Robinson'S
cottage to stake boat bearing 4
white flag numbered | directly in front
Of and about 10 rods therefrom.
In starting. should the wind be
sOutherly or casterly, boats in start
ing We're to cross the starting line
from east to west. Should the wind
be westerly or northerly. as it was,
they We're to cross in starting from
west to east.
From the starting point the course TO
the second stake boat. bearing white
flag, No. >. was southeast in the direc-
tion Of the outlet" about a mile.
Leaving the stake boat on the star
board. the course to the second stake
boat 6also bearing a white flag. No. y,
was west northwest about One-half
mile; thence leaving the stake boat on
| the starboard. to starting line. about
| one mile.
All boats on returning We're obliged
to cross the starting line in the oppo-
site direction from that taken at start
| ing.
An innovation in races was present
ed in starting. as promptly at 2.25. the
appointed hour, the 5-minute prepara-
tory gun was fired and the final gun
| at exactly 80.
| 4. eli hoI
that business was business and at
2.31.25 crossed the line. with a splendid
breeze which he carried for the entire
course of ) miles, just the right guam
tity landing him winner in the first
| class and of the sweepstakes cup.
| White Wings was but a few seconds
| behind while the other boats dallied
behind, some of the best on the lake
delaying so long as to shut themselves
out from all hope of winning under
| the rules.
The start was a beautiful one for the
/ spectators The wind was fresh from
| about northwest or nor'west by nor,
and as the 20 boats crossed the line un-
der full sail and drew away to the
south Gretchen in the lead and the
others strung along, with the bright
sunlight rejecting from the white can
vas the water stirred to deep blue by
| the breeze and the magnificent land
| scape of the distance, the whole pre-
sented picture too beautiful for words
! to describe and which brought eXcla-
nation after exclamation from the
people, even those who had witnessed
all the preceding regattas.
Gretchen was far in the lead. hav-
ing such a start. and she kept it to the
finish Undine, Vega, Unk-ta-hee and
Unknown We're skillfully handled and
did splendid work both to windward
and with a free sheet.
But the prettiest work of the day
was by Col. r. w. Soule's Waubau-
shene. handled by the colonel The
crew consisted of Rear Admiral w. ii.
Reid and the extra ballast was fur
nished by c. B. Burleigh and George
! Jones. The Waubaushene had won
the cup for three successive years and
everybody looked upon her as sure
| winner, but beside the delay in cross
ing the line. which, under the rules,
| debarred her from winning anything,
in the opinion of the scribe the loss
of that splendid breeze that the Gret
chen enjoyed cost Col. Soule the race.
At ii was the Waubaushene over
hauled everything in the fleet except
| the Gretchen. and so cut down her
lead that she lacked but IA seconds,
actual time of beating her at the fin
| ish.
The course was twice around the
stake boats. marking triangular
course of about IL miles, for the first
and second classes, and once for the
third. That some good sailing was
done will be seen by the times of the
boats at the end of the first round:
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