New-York tribune., 1905-08-11
YACHTS AT RENDEZVOUS.
CRUISING FLEET READY.
Mine0La Wins Race IN Good,
Breeze.
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Glen Cove, Long Island, Aug 1O-From the
east and west, under steam and SAIL obedient to
the orders Of their commodore, Frederick G.
Bourne eighty-two yachts Of all sizes and
types and each flying the pennant of the New
York Yacht Club mustered in this pictu-
RESCUE harbor this afternoon for the annual
cruise As each yachts anchor dropped
the Hampstead Hills echoed with the twin re-
ports OF the gun from the newcomer and its
corresponding acknowledgment from the flag
iship Coonia- On her quarter deck at 8 o'clock,
called by the signals that huttered from her
backyard. the yacht owners held a captains
sneetns
The scene spirited one, the trim
launches. gigs and dingeys left the sides of
Eshetr respective yachts and fairly raced for the
Sstarboard gangway OF the flagship. where each
fovvler. he salutDd the deck was received by
lFleet Captain ]. D. ]. Kelly by the commo-
fdore and by Wce-Commodore Henry Walters,
Fleet Surgeon John McGaw Woodbury. and
Becretary George CorTnack
Passing eft under the awning there
l~xrhange of courtesies. and then the meeting
Fv1s on. al which Commodore Bourne presided.
tEsseoon disposed OF the business in hand. Reso-
Fautions OF sympathy with ex-Commodore Lewis
ECass Jedyard who has been i'll for some time,
t,~ere passed 1t was then decided that the club
sshan extend its courtesies TO the commander
r&llo 10 lle orlcers or the BRUSH WarShlpS now
ton their way TO this country.
The itinerary of the cruise as outlined in the
circulars already issued was discussed in a
general way but changes We're suggested.
The commodore regretted that there were at
fpresent entries for the handsome cups of
tered by Captain F. NJ Smith and Captain How
ard Gould for steam yacht races, but he said
that entries would be received any day during
the cruise by the regatta committee, on board
the flagship.
II was then decided that the harbor start this
morning should be not later than o'clock. the
start of the first days squadron run being at
10 O'clock, from line eff Weeks Point in Long
Island Sound. The will be TO Morris Cove
(New-Haven), distance of thirty-nine and a
half miles For this run the commodore offers
cup for schooners and a cup for sloops and
yawls. He also offers cups for the same class
of yachts on the run from Morris Cove to New
London on the following day.
The new yachts that attracted such attention
in the feet We're General Brayton Ives's high
speed boat Vitesse John H. Hanaa's Edithia.
Henry Tinker's schooner Palestine the new
sloop Doris, from Boston, the schooner Agatha
the schooner Venona and the auxiliary Witoco.
Twenty yachts started earlier in the day III
the race for the rendezvous cups They in
cluded w. Ross Proctor's 70-footer Mineola and
Henry F. Lippitts So footer Weetamoe These
TWO started as follows:
Yacht IN s. Yacht II M :
Minsola ..-..---.. I245 :86 WeetaTnoe .. IL $3.50
The course was nine and one-quarter miles to
leeward and return from Motifs Point and the
Mineola.ga the Weetamoe her full time allow
ance Of minutes % seconds, instead of hav-
ing her move up class. These two made
pretty start, Captain Charlie Barr at the Mine
olas wheel, sending that sloop across the line
under good headway, with spinnaker set to
stsrboard club topsail aloft and balloon jib top
ssil 70 port. The Weetamoe, steered by her
owner, crossed the line on the opposite gybe,
with spinnaker set 10 port.
In the 33-foot class Trenor L. Parks Mimosa
III and Colgate Hoyts Tito started on the next
signal at $3.50 They to sail the
course. Then came the New-York Yacht Clubs
thirty footers. and an extremely pretty start
they made, with spinnakers set TO starboard.
They got away in this order: The Alera, the
Nicola II. the BanZai, the Ibis the Dalinda, the
Atari, the Cara Mia, the Phryne, the Orole, the
Jinnet and the Nautilus. The wind fresh
but it backed to the westward as the race pro-
ceeded, freshening in rain squalls until the
Sound was covered with white caps
The New-York thirties and the racea bouts
sailed twice around their course. AT the COM
pletion Of the first round they timed like
this:
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