New-York tribune., 1906-06-15
RACE FOR THE ELMlNA
The Rainbozo also Vans IN Ne''
York Yacht Club Regatta.

Soorers and three of soops-
tr-,een Yachts in ALL and each hyHs tie P
nant of the New York Yacht Cluo
race Yesterday for the spring cups IL "
second club event of this SEASON. anu ~ ,I
,,ers the regular triangular ones on Long iSia"N
Sound. off Glen Cove . .Lo
~ pr.yster's EImina was the winner in the
schooner class She defeated her conqueroi VI
ruesdav-the Corona-by 6m. BIS, sailing over
os1l-miIe course by outponting her III INC
,7,,ard work Cornelius Vanderbilts Ram
bou, defeated Harry l.. Maxwelrs Yankee DS
o., AGs over the same course. Tine haho
aIso won another prize In a special race as
the Yankee and the Vig1lant The la'tei' VIZ
Is the old Americas cup defender no" -
owned by W. F.. Iseiin. covered the couise
Oh Rim los which was faster than any vi IN
sIoops and schooners. but she had 10 aiio" e
t,,-footers time The Rainbow's actuai
time was only I'm. 2Ss. slower IMAM ~
uort,s Mrs. Vanderbilt on board the nam
bow. . ,,,.o+a,,,oe
=, .ha s,xtvfoot class the old rivals Weetafloe
ua Neo,a mot for the first time this season. anu
,ho torner owned by Henry F. Lippitt, OF PROV
,dence won by I'm. 26s. The Adelaide won ia
the thirty-foot one design class. de1ea'ihs 'ii'
Atari by 3m, JUS I'D
After waiting nearly two hours for the WIN"
the start was made in a light breeze lrol 'H
southwest The schoOners were sent away MS
on a two-minute handicap start. at 100 O"p
tain Dennis of the Elmina, sent MS yao''.
across the line at 1:56:51, with nine SECONDS OF
his time to spare. The Invader and the Coroi''
,ora bandicapped % and 81 seconds, respect
tive1v All three broke out balloon jib topsailS
as they crossed the line The Vigilant star'eu
five minutes ahead of the seventies.
At the signal for his class, Captain BARI IN
stead of sending the Rainbow across the lhe'
kept her going on the port tack, paraliel 10 It,
IN shut out the Yankee which had been on his
weather (porD quarter. When ne hii"iiS
squared away on his course Barr sent hef
away sixteen seconds ahead of her rival. 1t was
a neat bit of jockeying. The Nicola led the
Weetamoe across the line by forty-seven sec
onds. Then came the ''thirties''-six of them
in as pretty a start they ever made Ihe
Nicola II was the leader by half a length
Spinnakers we're set to port in the run of 32s
miles across the Sound to the first mark off
Parsonage Point, where the leaders were timed
like this The Elmina, 2:19;55 the Corona.
221:3O; the Invader 2:2340; the Vigilant'
224:12 Gybing here, they set spinnakers TO
starboard for the 1044-nile to the Long
Neck Point buoy. where they We're timed: The
| Elnina, 3:42:20; the Vigilant 3:46:24; the Co
| rona 3:46:3S; the Invader Sol %; the Rainbow,
! S:51 :5S; the Yankee, 354:1T; the Weetamoe,
4:13:46 and the Nicola 4:13iS.
BY this it will be seen that the Weetamoe
| and NeOa only two seconds apart at this
! mark. Mile after mile they had sailed before
the wind beam and BEAM" and close that
| a biscuit could have been tossed from one TO
| the other.
| Luffing sharp around this bouy sheets were
| trimmed smarty down for the long stretch OF
| windward work in the freshening Southwestern
| Soon the Elmina had a commanding lead on
| the Corona, and the Invader was left hope
| lessly TO leeward of both that she withdrew
| when abreast of Larchmont. The Rainbow con-
| tnued to gain on the Yankee. until she was a
| good mile dead to windward when the former
| yacht finished.
| The following elapsed times between marks
| show the work done by all the larger classes: