New-York tribune., 1900-07-01
COLUMBIA FRESHMAN CREW.
YACHTING.
THIRTEEN BREAKDowNs OUT OF THIRTY
ONE STARTERS IN NEW-ROCHELLE
CLUBS REGATTA

A story about the light weather feature OF local
racing fleets told in yesterdays annual re-
gatta Of the New-Rochelle Yacht Club. Out or
sixty-three entries there thirty-one starters
and thirteen breakdowns and before gUnhre there
were seven or eight further snashes OF different
kinds From the time the committee steamer went
out to the starting line until the finish or the
regatta it was a constant succession OF mtshaps.
and when a boat seemed to be carrying her canvas
fairly well 1t seemed TO be merely a question OF
time as to how long she would last. Yachts which
were disabled and seemed to be wholly out OF the
race managed to repair damages and regain place
subsequently, owing to injuries and delays sur-
fered by the others. For instance. the zl-footer
Ava belonging TO T. L. Arnold seemed 10
be a hopeless ''goner'' when she broke down near
the Long Island shore but later on she was found
to be still in the triangle. and she finally Won
first prize after her competitor. the Maraquita'
carried away her peak halyards
1t was an old-tme "duster'' out Of the northwest
nothing harder than small yachts ought 10 be
equal to encounterng In sheltered waters. but for
the lightly rugged racers Of the present day IL
carried damage with it like cyclone and seemed
TO be the duly authorized agent Of the Shipyard
Trust The smallest craft simply could not sail
at all There was a large fleet Of dories ready
but no starters in the class. One Of the smallest
craft reefed down to the last square inch, sud
denly appeared beside the judges boat. its owner
holding TO gunwales of the anchored steamer
"I can't sail this thing" he said, laughingly.
"She won't wear and she won't stay. and III be
A. b McCreery's yawl Sakana came round from
Iarchront to see the start, sailing with only the
rnizzen and jib, when crack went her nowspr1t
and that was the end of her. George 5. Macdon-
AIDS Nrvana of the 5l-foot class carried away
her lib sheets before gunhre and could not start
c. S. SomervilIe's yawl Sultan was disabled before
the start and did the line. H. NJ Cranes
raceabout Raider placed out or the fray Just
as she was about to cross the line H j. ROD
erts's Ondawa, of the 51-foot class carried away
har finish. George j.
Bradishe yawl of the S6-foot class was fouled by
some other yacht. whose name was not obtained
and did come in to have her time taken. The
new So-foot sloop Empronzi just finished for Vice
Commodore Alfred Peats parted her bobstay and
Both her mast and bowsprit. In this smash up one
falling spar The owner sailed the boat arr,sa
her mast when about to enter the race. The race
had her mainsaii blown out G. E. Young's Alice
in the ao-foot cat class was disabled and did not
tore, her malnsaiI before the gun and could not
start The SSawanhaka kn0eka0out & a., IoSt9 I hao
the race on that account before Mr. Thayer,s
ished without accident
A number of other breakdowns were noticed
the sound but as the committee boat could not
leave the starting line A the names OF these could
the, hfty-ones and down to the s0-footers OF ali
kinds, travelled fourteen and two-thirds mile tri
the ffty-ones going three times round and the
Of 0hsFs 3 est swee 70 me Hem ne and yachts
Reef and back. three times round, distance twelve
and three-quarter miles while the other classes
sailed smaller courses. With the wind of the
northwest. there much beating in these
courses, and the finishes were early.
There has not been better days fun in the
memory of the oldest nhabitant Nobody was
hurt except in pocket, and il was rare day for
the shipyard repair shops The regatta went or
with nyng coors under the careful and expeditions
handling of j. ID. Sparkman. chairman. with
Charles P. Tower, w. E. Moore and Oscar CiIeiI-
Sorg, OF the knickerbocker Yacht Club, helping
Il VIII be OF interest to many 10 give the Weather
Bureau oihctal figures the wind We ocity Be
tween ! ana o'clock the wind averaged thirty-six
or thirty seven miles hour, with a velocity in
the squalls going up to OF forty-sIx miles an
thirty-ive miles. - -
The yachts finished as follows: