New-York tribune., 1905-08-18
YACHTS In A CALM.
OFF MARTH4'S VINEY4RD.
n. y. Y. c. Cruising Fleet Rams
from Ne7cport to Cottage City.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. ]

Cottage City, Mass, Aug 1T-Fourteen
schoonerss and four sloops OF the New-York
Yacht Club cruising feet MADE the thirty-seven
mile run to-day from Newport TO this port for
the cups offered by Vice-Commodore Henry
walters.
Il had been announced that the squadron
would leave Newport harbor a. m There
vas good breeze at that time, ,but when they
started four hours later it was nearly calm, and
only FIVE Of the yachts were able 10 reach the
,,ne without handicap.
The boats had light winds and calms after
,he start and II 2:30 p. N. before a lasting
breeze came from the southwest OF sufficient
strength send the feet into Vineyard Sound
and on 10 the finish off West Chop Light
Commodore F. G. Bourne's flagship: the Colo
MIA the steam yachts Narada, Vergana
and oneida, thirty yachts under sail, the tug
4 B. Chamberlain. with the regatta committee
and the press tug. the Catherine Moran, accom-
panied the racing feet on the run.
Robert W Emmons. I'd. the owner of the
Humma viii undoubtedly be the winner OF the
vice-commodore's sloop cup. and It is likely that
the Murisl. owned by Charles Smithers. will
win the cup for schooners.
With barely enough wind TO give the yachts
steerageTay the start was made at 10 o'clock
from Brenton's Reef Lightship. The sloops
4lAliitlle -4Aid- 4JoLiS a4lG AAOliNd SoL away IN
that order with the wind abean 10 port and all
light sails set. The Sybarita was the only one
Of the hg single s;ickers TO start The Yankee
having gone West. The Brokaw boat was un-
able 10 reach the line in time. and she was
Handicapped seventeen minutes.
Only TWO Of the fourteen schooners that
started crossed the line within the line limit
They were the Elmina and the Latou!a The
resi- crossed in this order: The Muriel the
agatha he Cachalot. the Calque the Venona.
the Katrina. the Intrepid the Idler the Lasca,
tle Nencedor ana the Corona
At lO;45 light breeze set in from the south
which increased in strength for an hour
AS the yachts proceeded on the starboard tack
they were just able TO keep to the courses. the
schoOners carrying all sails 10 West Island
When the leaders, the Elnna the Nuriel and
the HumTna- had passed the island about two
miles. All hanos We're becalmed for nearly two
hours, and the tide running strong against
them, they made little headway until the south
west breeze came at 80
The leading yachts were then hye miles west
of the Vineyard Sound lightship which was
twenty miles from the hHish. The first Yacht 10
pass the lightship the sloop Humma al
o-5'-' Ihe Others were timed follows:
The Sybarita, 3:4S:21; the Doris 80: SO: the
Muriel s':',3;:-i; the Corona 3:57:11; the In
Nader, 5000; the Mira. 4.05:15: the Flrnina
400 40; the LasCa, 4.O7:41
The Elmina had TO make a short tack Of two
minutes to fetch by the lightship. which put the
Lasca on even terms. Sheets were eased to mort
now ard big Jib topsails We're set to the ten
knot breeze Fast Time made past Guilty.
hunk and up the main channel for Nobska Point
and the finish
At sundown the yachts were working out
from Gayhead 10 Tarpaul-in-Cove. The leaders
were the yawl Sybarita, the sloops Humma and
Doris and the scho0ners Corona. Muriel and FL
mira in that order. The wind was light from
The northeast and the tide fair. The regatta
committee at $50 reported that. as no yachts
had finished, there was race. The fleet will
probably start for Marblehead early in the
morning.