New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-27
YACHTING.
SCAMP IN A RACEABOUT
CONTEST

chantmen. The jolly Roger did not wait until out
OF sight of priests and king before hosting the
dreaded skull and crossbones. She had it brazenly
/ painted her sail from the start, and in color
blood red, And it so happened that she laid vio-
lent hands the plate and treasure Of one Alfred
Peats. Yet, despite the fact that this vessel did
! her marauding in open way. and in the plain
! view of many honest burghers of Greenwich town,
! there certain feeling in her favor by reason
! of her holiness and the exceeding quckness with
which her crew managed her halyards. tackle and
| sails.
The committee in charge of this regatta was COM
posed OF Frank Bovine Jones and F. c. Henderson,
who board the yacht Neckan, now
chartered by Clarkson Cowl. of the Indian Harbor
Yacht Club. This fine vessel made everybody com
! Portable. and give members and guests excel
lent of the contest There two races
sailed by the raceabouts which were matched here.
The jolly Roger owned designed and sailed by
d. b. Crowuinshield, of the Eastern Yacht Club,
came all the way from BuzZards Bay to sail this
match. and later against several other OF the
raceabouts owned in the neighborhood Of New
York. The raceabout Scamp. owned by Johnston
de Forest her competitor yesterday, and the
fight was hot one. The Scamp is also n Crownin-
shield design, and the boats looked alike
that they seemed taken from design
class. Mr.. de Forest, in whose hands the Scamp
has established enviabe reputation. is now in
the Western States, and could not be on hand ~
tool her through. This regretted by those
who like the boat, because the professional who
takes care of the boat did not. with his amateur
much
On the other hand. the Jolly Roger had a crew
aboard which did the smartest work in setting and
shifting forward canvas that has been in the
raceabout fleet this summer. The owner himself
worked forward. and had with him his brother.
Frank Crowninshield. L. Barton Hart, of the Ind
ian Harbor Yacht Club, who had several successes
when IN command OF tho raceabout Colleen this
year, seemed be steering most OF the time It
trio hard to beat
Mrs. Frank Crownnsheld was on board the
Neckan and many persons went to the on
steam and sailing yachts, such the schooner
Emerald. w f. Iseln the yaw Freya, G. J. Brad
ish; II. Q. Havemeyer's new Herreshoh yacht
Pleasure; the Wyntfe. F. S. Hastings; the flag
ship schooner Nrvana; the Maxwell 4S-footer Hebe,
the steam yacht Hirondelle and many others
The first course sailed was triangular starting
Little Captain Island, three and third miles
southeast three-quarters south, then north-north-
east the same distance to the buoy off Shippan
Point thence west three-quarters, south the same
distance TO the finish line, total distance of ten
miles. The wind was south-southeast and light at
the start, hauling due after the boats got away
1t therefore long and short leg to the first
mark. reach to the second and run home.
When the starting gun was given, at II o'clock,
the Jolly Roger got away first at the windward
end, her actual time Of crossing being l00O3; the
Scamp. TOO:23. Adding TO her twenty seconds
lead the jolly Roger moved away at lively gait,
and as the Scamp followed as we'll as she could the
first five minutes indication of what to
happen later in the day.
The Neckan then steamed the right distance to
windward. and moored the first mark in time for
the boats to turn. The Roger seemed to TO
the buoy much velier gait than the home boat
whose canvas good deal puckered and APP
parently not sufficiently stretched boom and
gaf. At this time the mainsail bagged near the
luf and good deal than the boat from
the east The sail plan of both boats about
the in area, each having the foot of both sails
cut high. and we'll up from the decks.
The jolly Roger turned two minutes and thirty
seven seconds in the lead her time being 11:5035
and the Scamp's 1153a2. From here the vessels had
a reach partly the wind for the next three and
one-third miles, and the Scamp only lost one
ond, the elapsed time being 2;SS and the times
taken at the mark being, Tor the jolly Roger
in the spinnaker work of the run home Mr.
Crowninshied,s boat again proved the better of
ne e I'VE BETTER 9er 9g wing Rens b W larger and
At the finish Of be tenme fria 1f b b9d dd
one minute tWenty-one seconds TO her lead and at
the gun fire was three minutes and hfty-nine sec
The second race, started at 2:45 was better one
than the first. The boats sent to windward
distance Of ten miles: The %ind held true at due
CUR the Scamp held up close to the Neckan and
Doth came to the line too soon and had 10 down
the same moment the jolly Roger being to leeward
and IN a position IN when the Scamp might have |
to do So The Herreshoh runabout Sis, which was
towing a boat, here crossed the line 10 what
she could do with the others The Sis looked able
TO beat both the racers, being longer over all ana
SO So, much more finely drawn aft that she made the
race the Jolly Roger of Riverside to-day.
The breeze fTcsher than in the morning
ana after a long tack out the Scamp came about
10 the starboard tack at o'clock and forced the
Boston craft around. As this done
the Scamp went back Immediately to the port
tack, and in trying to follow with small way on
the Roger lost a couple of lengths;
1t was now hammer and tongs all the way the
first windward mark, where the Scamp made the
pest showing Of the day and led the Roger round |
5:224 "''9 me scamp 0--'''' Inc i'0s''
Here the lead of nine seconds was lost in the
Rogers first rush round the buoy, and in the next
instant the boats close together, lighting ii
oat in luttinS match. But while Crowninshield
spared for an opening he was also setting his /
Splnnaker, and, he caused the Scamp lurf out
hard, he adroitly paved away. spinning suddenly |
inside the others malnsail and Mapping the whole
spinnaker on his boat at the same moment II
wonderfully good work. The Roger out three !
engths ahead before the Scamp knew where to find /
part of her spnnaker. and did not get ii for /
no match for who at 1t all the time in diff
cult company It's 81 to last years bird nest. !
as David Harum says that the Crowninshield /
crew can give points TO any raceabout crew In this |
part Of the Sound.
The home was close until the boats gybed
ahead at resetting the wing and a lead Of
Uses 81 seconds as shown at ne turn Jolly Roger
on the second round was hard fought, the Scamp |
never again got 10 windward Of the bandit of the /
aG the Scamp hs SGSr ana mark be the 4n
Tas spnnaker procession, headed by that Gread /
emblem of murder and sudden death on the sail of /
the pirate craft. The jolly Roger finished in /
walk al 521:51, and the Scamp at 5:25:1l being |
Today the Sis win race the Jolly Roger off the
H a. Yacht Club at 10 a. m. and the Raider |
race In the afternoon. Summary:
FIRST RACE-srART H.
,o Hee Roger o e lownln.n..a l{ss5a
scamp J. de Forest. '.'............ l:O2:o5 202O5