Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-22
MARIE LEAVES
MISCHIEF BEHIND
PACE OF SOUTH CoASTFLYERS
A SURPRISE
BOATS ARE WELL HANDLED
Weather Conditions Are Unfavorable
But Yachts Make Fair
Time-Venus In
Class 3
BOATS ARE WELL HANDLED

A variable wind and a choppy sea
marked the race of the flyers of the
South Coast Yacht club off Terminal
yesterday morning. A large crowd of
yachting enthusiasts went down from
Los Angeles and watched the event
from the clubhouse veranda. Contrary
to the hopes of the yacht owners, the
breeze veered and held south during the
| afternoon and with a strong insetting
tide and an uncertain sea outside ham
pered to consdera BILE extent the ham
! ding of the boats.
In class C. starting at 11:20, were the
| Portola Capt Overton) and the Myth
| (Capt. Fellows). Glass got away
with the Venus and Irma. commanded
by Captains Pease and Maxwell. Half
an hour later the white wings COM
posing class A, the Mischief (Capt. Fol-
som), the Marie Capt. Wedgewood)
and the Minerva (Capt. Hebler) got
to the line. The Osborn had not been
trimmed up and remained at her moor
ings.
About minute and a half was lost
before the Mischief got over from the
starting point. The Portola came in
ahead of her competitor, the Myth. The
Venus. recently measured down to
class B, won easily. though the Irma
showed good sailing ability. The Ka-
trina failed to get to the line in time
and was consequently not in the race
at any time
Though Heber has been putting ex-
ira touches on the Minerva for the past
few weeks, no Improvement was notice
able, as she Jagged behind the Marie
and remained so till the finish.
The Minerva crossed the line first,
with the Marie closely following Heb
lers boat The Irma dropped out dur
ing the race. The Venus finished at
2:1910: scratch boat The principal
race was between the Mischief and
Marie. The Mischief finishing at
2:44.30: time allowance, 1:1S; corrected,
finished time 2:4312. The Marie at
2:45.40 to which was added a time al
lowance of 3:46; giving the corrected
finished time of 2:41.54; the Portola at
2:47,2O and the Myth at 249; making
the Venus winner in class B; the
Marie in class A, and the Portola VIM
ner of the smaller boats.
The boats were all ably handled the
Mischief particularly showing the ad-
vantage of having experienced salts in
the cockpit. The defeat of the Mischief
was something of surprise to the
amateur tars, who believed that Fol-
s om's boat would have something ap-
preaching a walkaway in the race.
The Marie was tuned up to the minute |
weather qualities footed it more
speedily than she is generally given
credit for.
The showing of the Minerva was
something of a disappointment to those
who figured that Hebler's stanch yawl
would show an encouraging turn of
speed after the alterations that have
been made to her.
Wedgewood handled the Marie in
fine style, taking immediate advantage
of every favorable turn of the breeze.
The Katrina would probably have fig
ured in the results if she had been able
to get a decent start but it was impos-
sible to close upon the leaders after
being left at the post.
The victory of the Venus in class b
with rather expected, this able sloop
having given the Marie and Mischief
brushes that were anything but one
sided in previous races.