The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-30
YACHTS GET DOWN TO WORK
RACES IN FIRST MONTH PROVE
UNSATISFACTORY.

lar Conditions -IstalcnA In Good Trim
-RegattaS Scheduled Tor the Week.
The first month Of the yacht racing sea-
son has ended and In q measure 1t has
been an unsatisfactory one because Of the
weather conditions that ave prevailed,
There have been very few races sailed
in which the wind has held true from
start to finish and hukes have been fire.
quent. The regattas of the Atlantic,
Larchmont. New York md Seawanhaka
Corinthian Clubs all suffered through lack
OF wind. To get the true merits Of the
racers it has. been necessary to carefully
analyze the races and to pick out certain
legs of tho different courses when the
yachts we're sailing under fair conditions,
but this is always unsatisfactory.
In the schooner classes the Queen and
lngomar have met twice and the Queen has
won each time by a small margin. These
two yachts have really only had tuning up
spins. They have never been out in q brisk
wind and yachtsmen are waiting with con
siderable interest to see how the IngomRr
will sail with the Queen when the wind is
strong and steady. That the Ingomar has
done so well under light weather conditions
leads many to think that she will do even
better when the wind freshens, and with the
Elmina in the racing the sport win be Of
the best. These three crack schooners are
expected to meet next Wednesday in the
annual regatta of the Larchmont Yacht
Club and sail for the Colt crpr
The Eclipse. l.. ]. Claimants yacht. has
been lucky. She won from the Queen
on time allowance. taking a Bennett cup.
and she beat the Dervish and Loyal in
the Indian Harbor cruising race to New
Haven. These successes will no doubt
encourage hlr. Callahan and the Eclipse
will doubtless he after more mugs. The
race TO New Haven she won fairly, but her
r1ost ardent admirer will have TO concede
,!at her victory over the Queen was very
much Of a fuke.
F.M. Smiths crack sloop Effort has shown
we'll in all her races. She is much better
in light weather this year than she was
last. She can now drift along with the
best of the light weather boats, and when
the wind freshens she can outsail them all.
She has been beaten only once in her class,
and that was in the Indian Harbor cruising
race, when she lost her topmast just before
crossing the line. The accident happened
Just as she was going for the line and the
yacht was moving so fast that it was i'm
possible to stop her before she had gone
over the line and so her time was taken
ana she gets a defeated mark. Had the
b~aokstay not given away she would AVE
reached the finishing line a long way ahead
of the others.
She was beaten in the Atlantic Clubs
regatta by the Istalena on time allowance
in a special race. but that. too, was largely
through an accident. She lose her balloon
jib topsail when reaching up the bay and
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sailing much better than she did last year
and Mr.. Blair. her owner. is doing every
thing possible TO keep her in racing trim.
but she is not in the Efforts class for speed
under any conditions. MIR. Blair will have
a new and better boat next season and she
will be raced for all she is worth. The
Irolita does not appear to be any faster
than che was last season, and the Weetamoe
Is now being used as a cruiser.
The three 81 footers are a fine trio and
very evenly matched. The l~stalena has
won most prizes so far. and this is probably
because Mr.. Pynchon has her in better trim
than the Winsome and Aurora, having had
her sailing since the middle OF May. Mr..
Pynchon is sailing his ov boat and handling
her we'll.
In the next class unfortunately there is
little racing yet. The Gardenia is skinned
out and her crew live on a tender. The
owners of the Irondequoit and Kestrel
keep their yachts for cruising as well as
racing and they do not care to sail against
a yacht that is in racing trim all the time.
If Mr. Morris, the owner of the Gardenia,
would fit his yacht as a racing cruiser he
could get all the racing he wants.
The % footers have sailed many races
already and honors are divided between
the Soya and Spider. The changes that
we're made in the rig Of the Joy do not seem
10 have improved her, or else the Soya and
Spider are going much faster than they did
last year. The new boat, the Vingt-trois,
has not done much yet. She looks ~ have
plenty Of speed and if well handled should
win,
The Upton cup boats are furnishing the
best sport on the lower bay. All seven
Of the boats are now out and will soon begin
racing for the Upton, oup, for, which they
we're built. The Gunda 50 far has won the
most honors and NJ. 4 +. is second. The
Nereid has been getting into shape and Is
now in racing trim. She has improved
in every race and it is expected that she
will be in winning form from now on. The
New Moon and tho Goblin are as yet I'M
known quantities and the b~ensonhurst
twice and has had to go to the builders
yard for repairs.
The cruising race OF the Indian Harbor
Yacht Club was in a measure spoiled by FOG
una ldCh Oh NiIlu. " wa dltclL opii pSAclu
the fog cleared and then the racers had a
steady Southwestern that sent them over the
course in fast time. The57 f~ooters averaged
nearly eleven knots, which shows that
they have lots OF speed. The regatta com
nuttee stopped the race at Morris Cove;
which was a wise move. and then they had
TO etay outside until quite late FOR the q
footers to finish, Last year the smallest
class allowed was 40 feet. but this year
the conditions allowed % footers in the race.
II has been agreed thai this was n mistake.
and next year 1t is probable that the smallest
class allowed in the race will be 90 feet.
The indian Harbor Yacht Club Is foItu-
nate IN it's flag officers, Commodore Roy
/. Raihey owns tho big schooner Invader,
and he Is always ready to race in order to
boom things. Rear Commodore L. Burton
Hart 10 another enthusiast and will sail
his yacht Kestrel against any boat in order
to make a race When the Eleanora parted
her clubtopsail halyards just before the
start IN the recent regatta Commodore
Hart took down the big sail OF the Kestrel,
and later when he learned that the EleanorS