New-York tribune., 1905-08-12
SYBARITA LEADS FLEET.
FAST SQUADRON RUN.
Ne7c- Y Ork Yacht Club Cruisers Race
to Ne7c-HdUen.
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New-Haven, Conn, Aug n.-In smoky
southwester. ". Gould Brokaw's big yawl
Sy5arita crossed the finish line. off the South
west Ledge Light, to-day leading the New
York Yacht Club cruising fleet of forty-four
ooats in one OF the fastest and best squadron
runs the club has ever had
mere was fair wind and plenty of il. so that
the yachts could carry all the balloon sails and
lhere was hardly any occasion to touch Il tack
or a sheet from start to finish
Ihat the distance, 394 miles was covered by
the slowest boat in 312:29 shows what splen-
did breeze the yachts were favored with
Tie 10-footers Yankee and Mineola had a re
markably close race from start 70 finish. the
Yankee finally winning by 45 seconds. corrected
time
The winner in the schooner class. for the
Commodore's Cup. is probably James B. Fords
Katrina for she has an allowance of ~ minutes
80 seconds from Arthur T. Lukes Corona. which
yacht she defeated by 81 minutes Is seconds.
corrected time.
The sloop cup is probably by W Butler
puncan's Dahinda The other winners are the
sloop Doris from the 1rolita, by minutes
seconds; the sloop Mira from the Peregrina by
81 minutes Is seconds; the schooner Venona in
Glass f, from the Mavis, by 3 minutes "a sec
| onds corrected time
An accident that luckily did not result fatally
was the loss of sailor overheard from the
schooner Vencedor as the yacht was in the act
Of crossing the line at the start The sailor had
/ hold of the balloon jib topsail sheet when the
big sail was broken out.
Before he could catch turn with it the
cleat, the weight of wind in the sail took him
off his feet and lifted him twenty feet in the air.
When he let go he dropped overheard. striking
the water hard.
He began swimming at once. but he was al
] ed he rad
! by Clement Marsh. rescued him and put him
| back board the Vencedor. not much the
| worse for his ducking The schooner then
started some twenty minutes behind the others.
The only other accident was the loss of a
/ topmast by the sloop Cheemaun when she
within a few miles of the finish. No one on
| board was injured, and the yacht sailed in under
/ mainsail and jib
In fresh breeze from the southwest the start
was made from a line established between the
/ committee boat Chamberlain and the buoy off
Weeks Point The smaller classes were sent
! away first, the New-York Yacht Club thirties
leading the way
Down the thirties came for the line. like a
/ flock of gulls on the wing. when the signal
! whistle for the class sounded. all of them with
spinnakers set to starboard and sheets eased off
! TO port. The Nautilus led, crossing the line close
/ to the committee boat. The others followed III
| this order all getting away in three minutes:
| The Cara Mia, the Orioe, the Dahinda, the Ad-
! elaide the Nicola, the Atari. the Mink. the Aera.
| the Ibis. the Banzai and the Linnet.
At the next signal the larger sloops and yawls
came for the line and crossed it in this order
! The Phantom, the Humma, the Mira the
IrOlita, the yaWl Sheemaun, the Pellegrina, the
yawl Nirvana, he Doris. the Shark and the
! Katherine.
Then all eyes were turned to the big seventy
footers. as, with clouds Of canvas they came for
the line, Captain Barr leading with W. Ross
| Proctor's Mineoa. He parallel to the line
! TO gain the windward end of ii. then squaring
! away and setting spinnaker to starboard and
balloon jtb tOpsail TO port he went across forty
! eight seconds after the signal Eleven seconds
! later ". Gould Brokaw's yawl Sybarita swept
! across the line followed in thirty-fve seconds
! by J. Rogers MaxweIls Yankee. only one second
ahead Of Henry F. Lippitts WeetsHoe.
a prettier start than that Of the schooners
/ II would be hard to imagine With all the kites
! flying. spinnakers to starboard and 5allooners
10 port. they came for the line. fifteen OF them
in all but Of these only five were able TO cross
within the handicap time limit OF t~o minutes.
/ These the Muriel. the Kiwassa, the Corona,
| the Rosemary and the Katrina.
! Then followed the Crusader, the Qutckstep.
| the Agatha. the Ariadne, the Mavis, the Verge
mere the Idier. the Lasca. the Intrepid the
/ Nencedor the latter crossing the second time
| after having picked up the sailor who was over
! board The yawl Nermona was the last across
! the Hn-. me- king a total of forty-three boats
! of Eaton's Neck, at noon, the order OF the
/ leading schooners was the Corona, the Lasca,
/ the Ariadne, the Intrepid the Vergemere and
| the ldler. The Nencedor was fast overhaultng
! the others. OF the IO-fOOters the MineOla was
/ leading this time, with the Yankee about
/ half mile In her wake and the 80 foot yawl
! Sybarita leading both of them
over the Long Island shore. the twelve
thirties having a great tussle for the lead.
| the Nautilus apparently having a slight ad-
| vantage. Oft Stratford Point the Sybarita had
| a commanding lead over all the fleet and the
! Yankee up alongside the Mineola Both
! OF them We're still carrying spnnakers and bal
| loon jib topsails and with the finish in
| sight from the decks of both.
The finish was marine picture not often
! duplicated. Some idea of the strength OF the
/ breeze and the speed of the yachts may be gath
cred from the fact that only seventy minutes
| elapsed from the time the first yacht the
Sybarita, crossed the finish line at 205:0T until
| the last little 30-fOoteT. the Atari, had passed
| the committee boat.
Westward as far as the eye could reach forty
| two racing craft. the snowy pyramids of can
/ swelling in the stiff breeze could be seen
! coming fast TO the eastward
| Three minutes after the Sybarita came the
/ big COlOnia the first schooner of the fifteen
| that started. She travelling at least twelve
| knots an hour when she crossed the line at
| 2r0S: -
Then came the 70-footers the Mineola at
| 2:l0:44, and the Yankee at 2:11.O0 The Yankee
! had gained on her rival in the last hour of the
| long The Lasca, steered by her owner
! Robert 2. DOremus was the second schooner to
/ sweep across the finish line, at 2:14O4 and the
| others followed.
NETWORK YACHT CLUB FOOT C1Ass-CoURsE
3S1e MILES
Name rt start Finish: Erd time.