The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-16
YACHTS RACK ma FINE WIND
SIxTY.TWO VESSELS START ~
LARCHMONT REGATTA.

Opening Day Of naeS Week . Big Success
--siineoia, Sailed by Capt. Barr. Wins
From Yankee by 20 Seconds Nautilus
Captures 4 PrIae-Mystral Loses Mast.
sixty-two yachts started In tho open re-
satta Of tho LArohmont Yacht Club yesterday
on the Sound, and In . spanking breeze from
the northwest sailed q series Of fast races.
II was ths opening regatta Of Larohmont raoe
week. and its success Ia happy ausury Of
fine sport for tho six rnosa that are to be sailed
this week
It was an Idsal day for yacht racing. Tho
weather wss perfect Tho sun sh one
bright And clear and tho wind was strong
enough 10 temper the sun q rays and 10 make
tho yachts sell at thelr best. In fact II was
almost too strong for some Of the little ones
trail was dlmssted and had TO be towed In.
No one on the yacht WA injured,
The regatta committee, Charles p. Tower.
Howell c. Perrin and T. is. Flint. were busy
from early morning giving final Instr uctions
to the yschtsmsn and we're out at the start
ing line ready 10 giv6 tho signals promptly
In addition 10 the large fleet of racing boats
there we're n1Ahy other craft that sailed or
steamed abodt on the Sound. giving those on
board q hhe view 81 the oontests. and tho re-
gatta will long be remembered by all as one
OF tho most successful ever sailed on the
Sound. II was not only success from a
racing point OF view but also from . spec
taoular ons. Tho marine picture presented
was beautiful. Each boat was In tho finest
possible shape and the sails and rigging stood
out In relief AGAINST sky Of blue and sea
on which the waves were dancing nerrily.
The committee signalled the courses send
Ing tho yachts over trlangles varying In
long. according to the size Of the boat.
Tho larger yachts went FIRST to q mark of
Parsonage Point then to Hampstead and
then home. This made 1t a close reach on
the first leg. . broad reach on the second en-
compass bsarings were about the same as
for tho larger ones.
The ss .snt Of for 70 Sss5;
s' @ par. sn.s es 'nS R sns asswe
and '1 in o the msnsuvsri i III for position Capt
s::s to e: e
pressSse Of tho az vnd The a racers Ses.d 80
that s Is: yse G the wss
es They sybed at the r:t mark ar 'a and ns sss
s sHon is 10 sss: S ss broad Ssr naa
re sound ara q tho snd i Of the f'rss round round
times taken At the homo mark we're Mlneois
pess lie * .s y.n4ss ss Ys s
position on, the reach and then lie wind had
shifted lust enough 70 enable the boats 70
na tsis ysa , he i 'sS2ss
made a good gain and phe held her own beat;
as hs sa lid s A. hs eCd
Mineola led BY, minute IS seconds and that
sos s.d d e. FOUND 81 ss Ysns ss
Sound i was rip and tuck between, the two.
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able TO shoot ths boot ssIoss the line Without
ony e sse saEs ssSna Mnec at
he. Ghss hsos M hea p sa
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cup: 7 g. stsw.rf's Rsslns and E, + Luck,
sn6ackS BoesHi n, q boat from Grsve ,e,.
shs s s: bsS, sasahs
doES the e:s Il Z Y.s sss0cS nb
footers met In their class. As usual they all
went for the line IN : bunch. and 4 ( MAJ
followed By the Aiera,. Banzai Nicola H..
Oriole. Dahinda. Pintail Ibis .AdelaideandM MINK
In the order named. The Hanan brothers
and they finally won close race. beating the
Alera by 80 seconds. ,Phryne by 80 seconds
separated tie arst and last In this class at the
finish.
Eleven started in the raceabout class and
the winner vas A. H. Prizes Tartan. This
boat beat tho Nors the second one to finish,
BY ! minutes. II seconds. In the Larch-
mont 81 foot class the Dorothy won, beating
the Toilette, the second boat. by 2 minutes
50 seconds. F. s. Pages Snapper won the
Class p. -., ..,..-.
was that for the Class Q boats. Five Of the
Atlantic Yacht Clubs boats started and the
More Tropblet sailed by W. H. Childs. won
easily. She finished I minutes Is seconds
ahead Of the Saetta and tho Quest was third.
The other winpers we're the Ace. Fannie.
Kenoshi and ThelemA. The summarizes
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