New-York tribune., 1902-08-09
THE CRUISE To CAPE COZ,
FLEET OF NEW-YORK YACHT CLUB
SAILS FROM VINEYARD HAVEN IN
SPANKING BREEZE RAIN
BOW GETS IN FIRST.
BOW GETS IN FIRST.
TeY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNE.

distance, seventy miles, in 7Q207. The Mneoa
had only been beaten minutes seconds in this
| long run. and the Yankee only minutes 40 sec
| onds. Francis SINNERS schooner Constellation
covered the distance in 7:o1 o. and the Corona in
1925
This is remarkably fast, even though both wind
and tide fair from the start almost to the
finish. The breeze of such strength that 1t was
a crucial test of the spars, rigging and seaWorthy
qualities of the yachts Considering everything
the percentage of accidents small. The loss
of the schooner Shamrock's fore topmast was the
most serious accident Of the The schooner
Mavis also lost a topmast. The schooners Elmina
Muriel sailed a closely contested race and the
| former by only minutes and 80 seconds act
ual time.
| Unless the time allowance changes these results
the Rainbow wins the Commodores Cup for single
| masted vessels and yawls. also the cup for the
winner in Class b offered by Captain Royal Phelps
Carroll and the Vice-Commodore Cup. The
| Corona probably wins both the Commodore's and
the Vice-Commodore's cups and the Elmina gets
the cup offered ny Cornelius Vanderbilt to the
winner in Class D.
True to the old legend "A red sky the morn
ing, sailors take warning the sun came up red
and angry, the eastern scarlet and the
wind began to pipe from the southeast at once AT
! s o'clock it a six mile breeze; by IL mao
doubled in strength, and by eight bells it was blow
ing fully fifteen miles hour. and the hard edgeo
dark clouds to windward every indication that
there would be more wind before there was Less
EARLIEST START OF CRUISE.
It the earliest start of the cruise Shippers
and crews tumbed out OF their hunks at o ciock'
and loosng sails hOisted mainsaiis anu sent up
headsas in stops. Signals We're set on the nag
ship Corona soon after daylight. announcing the
harbor for $50 o'clock This meant the actual
$50, and that schedule was carried out 10
the letter. The regatta committee, at the invita-
! ton of Colonel ". Thompson were quartered on
board the Lady Torfrida That yacht made the
starting line 615 bv anchorng north OF the
stakeboat placed off East Chop Light.
First away after the signal for sloops was the
Eidolon at 6:Sl She and all the rest crossed the
/ line on the starboard tack with sheets started
couple OF points. Next the Humma. the
Effort, the Notos, the Mira the Hebe and the
Affair, in that order. Henry f. LiPpitts Weetamoe
got away first the next signal, at $3.50 The
70-footer Yankee crossed the line forty-three sec
onds after the gun. then the yawl Caress, the
Nicola, the Nineola the Senta. the Hester and the
Rainbow. The latter one minute and twenty
five second of the Yankee and hfty-one sec
| onds in the Mineolas wake.
The schooner signal $40 brought the Agatha
across the line first twenty seconds after the gun
The little Mavis next then the Katrina. the
Shamrock, the Quickstep. the Seneca. the Quis-
setta the Amorta, the Elmina, the MurieI the
Gevalia and the India, in that order. The Elmina
J led the Muriel by only ten seconds. She had the
4 windward berth. At 6:45 the big schooners came
for the line clouds Of First over
George w. Yields Chanticleer at 6:46lo then
flagship Corona close in her wake. followed by
the Consolation, the Emerald the Endymion. the
lroqUois, the Mayhower and the HilGegdrd. Then,
$50. the auXilares and square rugged three
masters-the Shenandoah, the Ariadne and the In
trepid. which crossed in that order. the last
crossing the line at 6:57:35.
FORTY YACHTS UNDER WAY.
Forty yachts had started in just twenty-five min
utes and fifty seconds. and splendid feet 1t was
of sixteen sloops. twenty-one schconers and three
| auxiliaries. From about south-southeast the wind
/ piping hard. The from the start
! TO cross Rip Lghtshp east by south, three
fourths south, twelve and one-quarter miles max
ing it close reach for all hands. Before half the
distance was covered jIb topsas and gan topsails
/ began t. in the small sloops and schooners
Even the big Shenandoah clewed up and fouled her
! fore topgallantsai The little Notos reefed her
| mainsail. and the Intrepid smaller iib topsa
The schooner Quckstep had all the wind she could
! stagger under, with four lower sails set All the
yachts in the fleet, except perhaps the Shenandoah
the Ariadne and the Intrepid, had their lee rails
under and the water sWashrg up around their lee
! hatch coamings This exciting racing and
no mistake, the kind that makes the true yachts
mans heart glad and that tries spars and rigging
/ utmost.
In this first reach of 12l4 miles the Rainbow did
! good sail 6. She worked from last
| first place. Sic oVerhauled both the Mineola and
the Yankee and the of the seventies to pass
/ Cross Rip Ligltship, the Yankee and the Mineoa
| being second and third respectively. The other
leaders passed it in this order and at these times
Corona, 75O0O Constellation 80. Elmina 1852 20
! Murie 1890; Hildegarde 1876; Caress 1880;
Emerald, 7:5340; Eelin, 7:5io0; Quissetta, 1920
Affair 7:5490; Amorita 7:55I0: End ymion, $500
Seneca. 756:10 Meyfower 1890. Keeping off half
point here they still had a reach 9l5 miles to
| the Handkerchief Lightshp. and in this work, the
wind having ghtened bit, they were able to set
| gaftopsails and maintopmast staysails.
PAST HANDKERCHIEF LIGHT
| Half way between Cross Rip and the Handker-
| chief lightships Mineola ard the Yankee had
| a Iufing match that took them several miles out
| of their course. When they quit the Mineola had
the lead. and both had TO square off almost before
the wind to reach the lightship. The Rainbow
| meanwhile had gained considerably. The leaders
passed the Handkerchief Lightship follows: The
| Constellation, s:3945; the Rainbow, S:i015; the
| Corona S:42I5; the Hiidegarde, S:42:35; the En-
| dymion, S:45:30 the Hester, $4,000. the Weetamoe
S46:0O the Amorita. S;46;l5; the Nicola, s46;30
| Mineola, St6:35 the Yankee 6:47:00; the Katrina
S49:30 the Shamrock $50 90; the Caress. s51:O0:
| the Elmina, S:51el; the Muriel S5l 80. and the
| Mayfower, S:52o0
1t was only four miles from here to the Shovelful
Lightship. Sheets Were eased q little more as the
wind freed d trife. The Shovefu Lightship was
rounded follows: The Constellation 90 90; the
| Rainbow $685. the Corona, 9:03:55: the Hide
| garde, 9e4:05: the Mineola, $3.50; the Yankee
| 9:Q5:55; the Endymion, 9G7:15; the Chanticleer
90:45; the Hester, ell 90; the Emerald 9l2l0 the
Weetamoe 912:l2; the Amorita, 914:OQ; the Ariadne
| 9:14:5O; the Senta 916:00; the Elmina 1850 and
| the Murie 9:17:10
Luffing sharp around this mark the Constellation
led the way. with sheets trimmed down fiat on the
| starboard tack The others followed suit as they
turned. and all but the Ariadne and another were
able to fetch the mark, the Pollock Rip Light
| ship without tack 1t rounded like this:
Corona 922l7 the HiIdegarde 9:2439; the Mineoia
s;2435: the Yankee. $500 the Endymion, 9:29;30;
| Weetamoe 1890; the Emerald, 98i:1O the Am
orta. $4,000; the Senta, 1850; the Emina sS6:55
| and Muriel q:37 ''