The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-10
ADDIE The WINNER
IN SAVANNAH YACHT CLUBS
ANNUAL REGATTA.
FINE CRAFT ON THE RIVER.
WIND WAS RIGHT AND RECORDS
WE'RE BROKEN.

A Splendid Day With the Amateur
Yachtmen and Their Friends.
Close and Exciting Contests Be-
tween Boats of Like BuiId-De-
tails of the Start md Finish.
entity mt the Club House After the
Races-NO Serious Accidents and
All Boats Were Well Handled.
With a spanking breeze from the
southeast and bright skies overhead
the annual regatta of the Savannah
Yacht Club was sailed yesterday and
a new record was made for the course,
which had stood for a number of years
to Cabbage Point buoy and return.
The trim and natty yacht Addie, fly
ing the Savannah Yacht Club colors
at her masthead, with the tiller in the
hands of Capt. Demere, made the
free sheets, in three hours and forty
five minutes, a distance of twenty
and one-half miles, the best
record previously having been four
hours and fifteen minutes. The race
in this case was to the swift, although
such is not always the case. and the
Addie fairly won, through the excel
lence of her build and the seamanship
of her captain and crew
The Mary A Second.
The handsome and popular yacht
Mary A, under the skilful hand of
Capt. Holman. was a good second IN
the race for the tirst-class boats, and
was often so near the winner as to
impress her admirers and hackers with
the idea that she would ultimately win.
The Mary A, which had formerly been
known in these waters as the Cath
crime, behaved admiral all the way
out to the turning buoy, but after
rounding made herself disagreeable
ny mixing her ropes to some extent and
preventing the setting light sails that
might have lessened the time between
her and the winner. There was a time
allowance, based on the difference be-
tween the lengths as entered, but this
was not enough to make up for the
gap between the two leaders, and the
prizes were awarded first and second,
to the Addie and the Mary A, respec-
lively.
In the second class the swallow Flirt
came in an easy winner, and the Geor-
giana, almost her twin, was close be-
hind. The Undine won the first prize
in the third class and the lola second
and in the fourth class the floating
palace christened the GooGoo Eyes. !
looked across the finish line about half
an hour or more before the Seagull. |
her only competitor. fitted in.
Gala Event.
The regatta was one of the most in
teresting ever held by the Savannah |
Yacht Club and was followed with the
closest interest by a large number of |
the club members ladies and guests. !
1t was a perfect day for an aquatic |
and the preparations
had been complete and ample. The
big excursion boat, the Clifton, had
been chartered for the occasion and
left the club house wharf a few min
utes after the start. loaded down with
club men. guests and fair admirers of
yachting. Many of the ladies were
dressed for the occasion in most be-
coming sailor suits. and nearly every
one wore the colors of favored yachts.
The handsome steam Yacht Jessie,
dressed rainbow style" with signal
flags, was prominent among the craft
following, and there were also the
naphtha yachts Eleanor, Globe, Neva
s. and many others, all with merry
crowds of sightseers on board. The
steamer Tybee. under command
of Lieut. a. C. Norman, was courte-
ously rendered to the Sailing Commit
tee and timekeepers and had on board
Mr.. F. f. Jones, chairman of the Sail
ing COMMITTEES: Mr.. G. Noble Jones,
Mr.. NJ. A. O'Byrne, chairman of time
keepers; Mr.. Fred Baker. Mr. George
Springs, and representatives of the
Savannah daily newspapers. On the
Clifton was Commodore Hal Bacon,
Rear Commodore j. Ferris Cam Mr..
j. ID. Carswell of the Regatta Commit
tee, Capt. w. G. Austin, Col. j. r.
Saussy, Capt F. E. Macarthur Mr.
Harry Haslam, many other members of
the club and about 200 ladies.
A Record Race.
The race was one to be remembered
for the reason that it required all of
the seamanship of each skipper to put
his boat through the course for the
outward leg was all to windward, and
this was crossed by an ebbing tide,
making choppy water. in many of the
turns and keeping the craft iibing al
most continually clear out to the turn
ing points. There were a few acct
dents, of more or less consequence, and
perhaps the most important of these
was the capsizing of the Meta w,
which keeled over a half mile or so
from the finish line near the marsh.
Capt. Westcott, who was in command,
had temporarily given the helm to an
other, and the new man was trying
to get just a little too close to the
shore, and over she went. The crew
scrambled out, found bottom, righted
the Meta w, got on board and finished
within a very few minutes of second
place, anyway, while the crowd cheer
ed and applauded.
The boats were as a rule well handled
and the most was made of each The
weather was just right for light yachts.
and while the cruising yachts could
have perhaps made better time, com
ing in, with more wind, it was a good.
honest. steady breeze that kept all
hands and the cook busy and drifting,
which so often annoys both yachts
men and spectators, was happily omit
ted.
Gayety Mt the Club House.
When the last of the flyers had fold
ed her wings and rested easily at an
Choir the sailors and their wives,
sweethearts and friends gathered in
the handsome club house and enjoyed
the pleasures of receiving congratula-
tons or condolences and in the merry
whirls of the waltz and two-step for
got about the bow-crossings that We're
not made and the tacks that failed
TO make the desired reach. Refresh
ments had been served on board the
Clifton and on the Tybee and on the
former boat the voyage had been en-
livened by the strains of music from
brass band. At the club house the
quests and members ayafn ..,ara ia