Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-04
MISCHIEF SECOND
WINS YACHT RACE
JOE FELLOWS DESIGNS AGAIN
VICTORIOUS
Monsoon Finishes Third in Second
Regatta Of the South Coast Yacht
Club = Ideal Weather
Prevails
ny NORMAN DENsHAM

ny NORMAN DENsHAM
For the second time the superiority
of Joe Fellows designs over those Of
Gardner, the great eastern crack, was
clearly proved yesterday. Both the
Mischiefs beat the Monsoon, boat for
boat. without counting time allowance.
The occasion was the second regatta
OF the South Coast Yacht club and the
particular race was for points in the
competition for the club championship
cup, the most coveted of all the prizes
raced for in these waters. In class
"a" thirty footers, Mischief II was
first. Mischief / second and the Mon
soon, the. Gardner yacht, third In
class b, twenty-five footers, the Os-
born was first, Venus second, the
Muriel third
The weather was ideal for yachting.
Early in the day there were sure signs
that the westerly wind would blow
hard. Clear skies to the south and
west and receding clouds to the north
and east are sure portent of strong
westerly blow in the afternoon. These
were the conditions yesterday morning
and fine sailing weather prognostica-
tors were not disappointed.
Yachting enthusiasts were glad to
see that the regatta committee had ar
ranged for a sensible course. Instead
of starting off Terminal island or Long
Beach, wheer the wind is liable to be
changeable and "hukey," the race COM
menced out on the seaward side of the
San Pedro breakwater, where a steady
treeze may almost always be depended
on.
About a quarter of mile to the
southwark of the whistling buoy off
Point Firmin the starting stake boat
was anchored. Four and a half miles
dead to leeward another stake boat
was moored and one and a half miles
further another flag-carrier was placed
in position.
The reason for this was to allow all
the yachts in both classes to finish as
nearly as possible together.
Glass A boats had to cover the whole
six miles to the second stake-boat and
return, while class b entries had only
to go to the first flag, making nine
miles for the smaller yachts and twelve
for the larger ones. This idea proved
a great success as all the yachts fill
ished within half an hour of each other
and the spectators and judges had no
tireSome wait in a choppy sea while
the stragglers came up to the finishing
line.
The regatta committee had two
launches at their disposal. One carried
the starters and timers, while the other
one was occupied by the judges of the
course. The starters launch arrived
aL C0c llIle dDOul IWellIy HILL
utes after schedule time, so instead of
crossing the line at L p. m. the yachts
did not begin the race until $780,
Start Before Wind
The start was made directly before
the wind, the most difficult manner in
which to -startfa rage. Should one Of
the boats manage to get off first those
coming behind have an excellent chance
to overhaul and pass. as they carry the
wind with them, and in coming from
behind keep the wind from their rivals
sails. The preliminary gun was fired
at 1:25 and everybody tried to get the
best position for the start Waiter
Folsom did a splendid piece of work in
getting off first with so much of a lead
that Joe Pugh, who was next over, was
unable to blanket him.
Mischief II was helped in this
clever maneuver by two things, the
clever and quick work of her crew and
a serious blunder made by Joe Pugh.
AS Mischief crossed the line her
spinnaker went up in stops and was
broken out and drawing before the
sound of the starting gun had died
away. The crew of the Monsoon man.
aged to bungle the hoisting of their
spinnaker. They had it hoisted, but at
the critical moment discovered that
they had left the sheet of the sail
down below, a clumsy error and one
which cost them nearly minute. The
Mischief had her Spinnaker and bal
looner both drawing before the Mon
soon had her one light sail in working
order.
Joe Pugh's mistake was in having his
fuainsail out to port instead of to star
board. At the time of day when the
race started the wind was shifting
rapidly from south of west to nearly
northwest Pugh did not take this into
consideration, and five minutes after
the start he had to jibe and lost more
valuable time switching his spinnaker
over to port.
Following the Monsoon came Mischief
] and the class B boats, headed by the
Venus and Osborn. To the first stake
boat it was an even thing between the
Monsoon and Mischief II. Neither one
gained on the other, although the lat
ter was about one minute ahead. The
stake boat had to be left to the star
board, which neceSSitated a jibe. Here
Walter made very serious mistake.
The light sails were doused in fine
style just at the right moment and the
jbe was successfully negotiated, but
he tried to go about right after the
jbe and put the Mischief into irons.
The sea was choppy and the boat had
no way at all, SO tndt IL was necessary
to back the jib to windward in order to
get her off the wind and fill away
While this was being done the Monsoon
came round the stake boat and shot
right onto the Mischief's weather
quarter.
Joe Pugh was censured last time for
cramping mis- boat. Yesterday he went
to the opposite extreme and tried to run
through everybody's lee. When he had
the weather berth over his opponent
instead of staying there and trying to
keep her blanketed he ran down to lee
ward and did his best to work out from
under her lee, an absolute impossibility
in such case.
Both yachts stayed on the port tack
till nearly off the Brighton Beach hotel,
when they put about and stood off for
the end of the breakwater. By this
time the Mischief was some four min
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