The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-26
SAILORS YEARN
! FOR . R A HIGH BLOW /
Tonka Boat Club Racers Sigh
for an Old Time Sail
Splitter.
BY the Skipper.

Tho sailor lads at Minnetonka are awaiting
anxiously for what seems to be rare combina.
tion. Saturday afternoon and good Rtin breeze,
the Kind that will enable crew beating to wind
ward, to sit upon the windward edge OF the
boat and hang their feet over without being
compelled to take a foot bath One old sailor
told Q ournal man the other day that
he has seen breezes ON the lake that forced tho
crew OF ship sailing before the wind to all
huddle back on the poop deck In order that the
rudder be kept under water. z,
II half OF one Of those old-time winds is blow.
ing next Saturday. the regatta committee and
sloop owners win be exceeding glad. Prac-
tically all of the boats that intend to compete
this year are now In commission.
The greatest interest centers about the Class
A boats, the Minnetonka, Delta, Wihuja and
Highlander The Minnetonka Is the only one
without experience in past races. She is the
baby Of the class, and her owners, syndicate
Of members of the Minnetonka Boat club, are
looking forward with great expectation to her
performances. The crew, James Loudon, Roy
Wagner. Halle Reiter and John Bryant, have had
her. out as often as they could get, together
during the week. Owing to the heW'ness OF the
rigging the men found difficulty in the Memorial
day race In making changes rs rapidly as Is nee
essary in close race. This trouble has now
been practically overcome. The boat has not yet
had an opportunity to show what she can do to
windward In heavy breeze, but the way the
handsome craft files before the wind pleases the
crew. With every crease in the new cream
colored sails pulled out. the balloon lib flying
high in the air, and her brightly vanished,
graceful hull shooting over the water like a
thing Of life, she certainly makes pretty pic
ture. ~
The Delta owned by g. B. Gedney, is the
Minnetonkas most feared competitor She was
one Of the leaders on White Bear during the
years she piled the waters there. Nothing
would tickle the crew more than to represent the
Minnetonka Boat club in the A class in the
regatta with the White Bear Boat club July 25
26 and q. at Lake Minnetonka,- and the crew
is leaving nothing undone to accomplish this re-
suit. -.
The Wihuja, the Loudon boat has won pen
nants enough In past years to almost reach down
the full length of the after leach of the main
sail. The owners would like to string few
more down the forestry and it is not at all
unlikely that they will be able to do It, At
least the other two boats do not expect to make
circles around her. -.~.
The Highlander, owned by Fred Brown, has
been thoroly overhauled and it's crew is not
going to be satisfied to follow in the wake
of any OF the sister boats. She used to be
mistress Of the lake before the Wihuja was
slipped into the winter. She was then owned
| and skipped by Fred McMullen. ~ ,5r
Among the Glass boats there will also be
| strife. Ralph Lovett and Lewis Glass have
new boats. The Glass boat was at the head
OF Its class in the Memorial day races. The
Lovett boat has not yet been In race On
the first day she was put into the water she
capsized, and In the scramble that ensued the
uhA'NNH JAu nAu ppiuHdheF, nlCely IOICeu IN the1l
sacks and slowed n the cockpit, went to the
bottom. There will probably be five other 3
boats In next Saturdays race, the Pathfinder
Helen, Solace Pegasus and the NIGHTINGALE
which surprised the sailors on Memorial day
The regatta committee is having a good dea
Of trouble with its 1buoys used for marking
the course Last year tin aircans were used, but
they proved to be too tempting as targets 70,
| thoughtless marksmen, and were abandoned
Early this spring, before the ice went out, thu
committee took great pains to mark out tn,
course and get it exact They anchored post
thru the ice and when the Ice went out at
tached barrels. Two OF these barrels have beer
torn from their moorings. Especial care wa
taken to make them feernain Sin place thru til,
toughest kind Of weather. Some members of th
committee think, that they, have been knocke,
loose by the steamboats,. Next year the com
tnittee proposes to putsin buoys that will leav
an impression upon all craft that run into them