The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-17
RECORDS OF RACING YACHTS.
FINE CONTESTS IN MANY CLASSES
DURING THE PAST SEASON.


by Navahoe -Dorwtna's Good Work.
Yacht racing during the past season has
been the best In the history Of the sport In
this country. but the Americas Cup contest
overshadowcd all other racing and many
fine tussles were lost sight Of. During the
season the Columbia and the Constitution
were racing rs often as possible and these
races were watched so carefully that very
little IL known of what was lone In the
other classes.
New yachts racedi In almost every class and
some were very successful. There were two
new boats in tho 76-foot schooner class, the
Elmina and the Muriel. two newly imported
boats in the 80-foot class Of sloops. two
new boats in the 5i-foot class. The Humma
and the Huguenot and a new boat in the
43-foot class. These new hpats met the
older boats and the records for the q a
son how that with few exceptions the
new boats were faster than the older ones.
In the 75-foot schooner class. the Elmina
made the best record but she was hard
pressed throughout the season by the
Quissetta, a boat five years old. and the
Quissetta easily defeated the Muriel, one
of this seasons yachts. The Elmina
seemed to be at her best when the vino
freshened and the Quissetta did her best
work In light weather.
In the class in which the English cut
tiers raced. the Isolde and the Hester were
the best OF the lot. The Eelin, a boat i'm
ported this year, did not show up very
well, and the Senta arrived 40 late that
II was impossible to tell what she could do
with the others. Next year some Ameri-
can yachts are to be built for this class and
n the imported yachts are to have any
racing in which they will have a fair show
their owners will either nave to increase
their sail spread or they will have to induce
the regatta committees OF the different
clubs TO arrange special classes for their
boats.
The English yawl Ailsa raced against
the Vigilant and Navahoe. but the Ailsa is
undersparred for these waters and she
was only able to win when the wind was
strong. The Vigilant won the most races
In this class, but the Navahoe made a close
fight with the Nigilant in the races in which
ale took part and each yacht finished
ahead of the other four times during the
season.
The new HerreshoY 5i-footer Humma
proved to be the champion in her class.
Her chief rival was the Affair, the champion
Of Inst season and in all kinds Of weather
the Humma showed her superiority. The
Huguenot was a failure. This boat Is a
freak. She is an out and out fn and made
a very poor record in the races in which
she took part. In the next class tho Dor
wilma, another new yacht, proved to be much
superior to any other yacht in the class
and she was only beaten twice during the
...., Gha IL A 1AnItvNa IF boat Too and
tho new yachts that ore to be built this
winter for the 90 to 7O-foot class will 10
enlarged Dorwinas. She beat among other
yachts, the Effort. a yacht from the HERE
shoff shops that was built last spring. but
which did not prove as successful AS was
expected.
Ihs old Effort, nov named the Leda.
and owned by j. Rogers Maxwell, Jr..won
In the se-foot class and the Memory proved
to be the best yawl in this class.
In the large schooner classes there was
not much racing. Yachtsmen are favoring
small yachts for racing more and more
each year and the racing In the classes for
So-footers and under was very hot all
through the season. Tho records printed
herewith are only for yachts 30 feet in length
and over and only the regattas Of the big
clubs nave been taken into consideration
Some Of the yachts sailed in mixed classes
and some match races were made with
yachts OF other classes but these have not
been included. The records are only
figured out in order TO find which yacht
proved to be the best In each class.
In the schooner CLASSES the best racing
was furnished In the class for yachts over
oS feet and not over rs feet racing length.
This IL callei Class ID and there wore four
vessels that met in the regular class. These
were the Amorita. Quizsetts, Elmina and
Murial. The Amorita came out a very
much changed boat. W. Gould Brokaw
had several changes made that were eI-
pacted to have improved her speed but
instead made her a complete failure. The
Quisset,a. owned 10y II ,. Lippitt. had "a
complete at Of hollow spars and new sails
and with some minor changes that saved
weigh she proved 10 Ds a very much Inn
proved boat and although five years old.
sho was able 70 beat the two other yachts
In this class, which were built this year.
az often az they defeated her. Tie Elmina
vac built Tor y X Brew stsr and the Muriel
was built FOR Charles Smithers Thers
two were designed by 4 cary Smith and
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