New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
YACHTING,
EASTERN YACHT CLUB REGATTA
THE RAINBOW. THE ELMlNA AM
KATRINA AMONG THE WINNERS
Try rr1rGpAru ro TIE TRIBUNE, /.

salitI 81 'l' r,,7r of them being New-Hork
Yacht Club boats the other nine nyhls l,'s 81
srD re0naat The DAY opehso VIZ - -to,
+io5, laf, fog behind it until 10 CLOCK. W.
,Aeya was almost a fat calm for coupe % -
- t,y a so,Irberlv breeze and several heaNS
malls II was anything but loeal S"-' -
,-aatber but the race was hniShea De- A.,
eftb nrettv fair results. Cornelius ,l1+;r
-oop Rainbow again defeated -ltI -. ~, 40
The Nineola by = seconds and the ha'Aee y
.,5e The Rainbow wins. subject l" i'ol''
4-ter-d by the Nineola- :. ,o-
The schooner Elmina won the mrs. 4iI r.
-lses beating the Nuriel only l8 SECONDS i,
-. ,4 +bir+v-tfree and q half miles. Inc -duli''
- -.oo15 rrfze The slooD Nicola won loll
~. vae+a-noe. and the Shark won from IN
FF-r7rra The Effort won from the Nee'" -
the Notos Nine schooners were -
- -faeses On a handicap basis The hairl-o
won in Class 4 and the Navis IN lass .
sloop Ondawa defeated the ya~i sill-a
,he auxiliary Intrepid won from the AlilouI
The Inrrerid sailed twenty-five and three-4''" -
miles in sIa-as a verv Credtahle pertot
.idering the weather -, 1-.s+e-,,
-1,e steamer Cav Head. chartered ny the h4''ii'
z--c5,, rirh brought a large number Of members
md guests 10 witness the race. and his hes' "
steam yachts accompanied the Nachts over 'te
-o,rea Among them were Henry Gay tleIoe
7s,ora Albert : Bigelow's Pantooset, henry wa
,ar,e Harada. E c Eenedicts Oneida j Il Man
...ll-s ~a1+ Colonel 4 VI. Thompsons Lazy ioI
sr5da Randall Norgan's Wataurus, EloTldge
r-e-r,-'s Electra F G. Bournes Eolonla ana T
r. Stevens's TUNA wi.
On account q the extremely light WINDS anu '0i'
he weather of Narblehead during the 1oFeIloo'i
the regatta committee Of the Eastern 1ach1 tlu''
N board the tug Dudley Pray, were oohgeo TO
rostDone the start until I o clock Fltteeh lI-l'
prior 10 that time the course 7lsialS VIZ
Ts, were II and IT y" for the larger classes
being from the starting line off Halfway ROCK
fe and around Boston Lightshn. leaving II on lll7
rort. thence 70 and around The turning buoy tsA
miles southeast one-half SOUTH. thence again 70
and around the Boston Lightship, thence 10 NE
finish This was a total distance Of 1872 miles
The smaller classes sailed course T. 22S4 miles
which took them around the Eghtshlp' me 'UI--S
buoy and thence home. There was barely ehousn
wind 10 give TIE yachts Storage way when the
sterling signal was given At 1920 2 m The large
classes to cross the line. the Rainbow. steered
by her owner. Cornelius Vanderbilt. was hfsl
away She had the weather end Of the line ana
crossed on the starboard tack Belmonts Mneola
crossed on the lee end q the line. Captain Barr
putting her about few seconds after crossing
George N Pynch0ns Nicola was next away. theh
Charles A Srnithers's schooner, MurieL on the
port tack under good headway. followed pE the
schooner Quissetta and Amorita close together ana
on the port tack. Then came the Yankee, On Inc
mort tack with Young Harry Maxwell at the
wheel 2 Lippitts Weetamoe followed close 10 her
wake
The smaller sloops and schooners went on the
next signal led by the Humma The Meener, the
Effort the Wahrawah the Zngara the Sy-ren,
the CossaCk. the Notes tbs Gamecoch, the Halaia
and the Shark followed in that order Then came
the handicap class led by the schooner Seneca and
followed by the Adrienne, the Katrina, the Ya"'
Virginia and The sloop Ondawa- The schooners
Rondina and Gerfalcon. The Navis. the Colleen
Favn The Hope Nestle and the Magnolia followed
in that order. Last across the line were the aux
Tiaries Intrepid and Amoursuse- The former was
carrying three gaff topsaiIs and q jih topsaiL as
well as her three lower sails and three head sans
Her owner LLOYD Phoenix. was at the wheel She
crossed the line on the port tack. The Amoureuse
carried foresail foretopsail foretop gallant sails
main stav sail and main topmast stay SAIL besides
her head sails fore and aft nainsail and gan top
sail She was being Steere5 from the bridge The
Intrepid carried her sail through squall. which
struck the feet soon after the start There was
not much wind during the first hour Of the race
At 10 O'clock the Rainbow had lead Of nearly
2 quarter of q mile the MlDeola-
The first leg Of the oourse-south three-quarters
west-Nas all vvindward work, and the Rainbow
had been doing Wei at il The schooner Murfel.
TOO held her lead on the EImina. When at lI8
O'Clock the Rainbow tackled 10 port she crossed the
NTi1eola's bow The Weetarnoe and the Nicola were
also having a battle royal to leeward Of the big
sloops At ! 25 O'Clock the Weetamoe forced the
Nicola about and the FIumma. steered by her owner
Herman Duryea was well TO windward Of her
rival the Shark The wind was freshening now
from the southwark. and heavy black squaH was
making up in the west
Al 80 O'Clock the Rainbow tackled to starboard
FOR the lighIsniD. which now in plain slght-
The MfneoIa followed suit three minutes later. but
neither sloop was able - fetch il Two more
tacks were made ny both, and in the Mineola
last one she CLOSED the Yankees bow. the latter
slcop oeine or the staTboard tack At 40 clock
the Rainbow made her final tack for the lghtshiP.
and few minutes after she did 50 the wind began
10 free little caused BY the advance Of the squaA
Down for the lghtship n . ten-knot clip came
The three seventies on the starboard tack AS they
approached that beacon the squau broke on the
schooners They carried sail as long as they dared
but foretopsals and jibtoPsalls had 10 come IN
lively on the Nuriel. the Elmina and the Anorita,
ard they had luf frequently 70 save their spars
The Nghtshjp was rounded IS t2li9Ws:, ne KAN IN
CIurel 1910; the Elmlna. 2:cy42; the ATnoTta
21@G; the Weetanoe z'4 10 ana ne Neoa z 3i
Fer ten minutes after the seventies rounded the
them hard just there. Neither able 10 carry a
3ibtopsail. and the Yankees skipper had 10 luf out
twice 10 ease her. Al 2l5 o'clock the wind had
freed enough. that they were able to set reach
r,1 70 ne northeast and fast one il proved.
\ protest flag was set in the starboard rlgglng OF
was set IN the AIineolas rigging The Tea Their had
80 Sio77fa5 The yyhire iron spar turning buoy.
When they did make il out they had TO keep square
naun1g NC ftaihoo s 80 ny r ysre also set
her spinua ker port, and they rounded the mark
ike this: The Mineola 23s:35 the Rainbow 2:4o:3O;
fhe Yankee 24l:eo. the Murie. 2:4S:25 the Elmina;
2t7.25; the Arnorita, $4,000; the Nicola 81 40 ana
the Katrina. 3:ls:3a ,- ~, .;.,a,,a-
The Mur-el approached the mark with spinnaker
set TO port. but the Erlina came much faster with
sheets trimmed Gown - sla 10, a5 H. hi0y
AFTER rounding while the Mineola and the Yankee
held 20 the starboard tack. the ainbow made a
long port tack 10 Tire northwest. by which she
lIndoubtedly gained fo- she rounded the hghtshlp
the second tine again in the lead. They rounded
the second mark as follows. 7 he Rainbow. $3.50:
the AIineola 33 -; the Yankee $3.50; the M1rlei
s-56 2g- rFe Elrlira. $685. the -ATnorita 354:30
II was q broad reach for the seventies and the
s<hooners back 10 the finish. and a run for the
smaller classes from the turning buoy The finish
~ the seventies was very close and pretty slSht.
- f3sinboxz crossing the line only 81 seconds
ahead Of the Mineola- The summary follows:
schoo,srs GLASS 2)-The Elrnina Murtel IS
3 seconds, and the Q0is