Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19

w TlTH all hands on deck, main
wv and jib sheets straining, the
peak halyards properly taut,
and everything in true sailor fashion,
the racing fleet of the South Coast
Yacht club impatiently awaits the
starting gun at three bells this after
noon, to open the season of 1907 with
an annual regatta.
Considerable interest is centered in
the several new boats in the respective
classes; the Columbia, lately COM
pleted at the Fulton yard, the Valkyrie,
Fellows latest product, and the
Yankee, just arrived from the great
lakes, all of them as yet untried here,
and dark horses to the local tars. In
the thirty-foot class the Columbine's
most likely rival will be the Mischief
II, winner of the Upton cup last year,
and a very formidable competitor for
anything in her class.
Valkyrie will sail against the Venus,
dainty mistress of thirteen consecutive
victories before having met defeat, and
as a further incentive the best boat
in this class will have the honor or
representing the S. c. Y. G. at San
Francisco next August The Yankee
will only formally go. over the course
today, there being none of the others
in her class.
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The course will be a triangular one
starting from a line draWn lloIll nc
stakeboat and the southwest corner OIL
the Miner bulkhead, two and one-half
miles east by south one-half south,
thence north northwest three-quarters
west two and one-half miles, and the
final leg southwest two and one-half
miles to the starting point. starting
on the starboard side of the stakeboat,
and leaving all marks to port Twice
around the course; distance hfteen
miles.
With the prevailing wind the yachts
will start on the port tack with balloon
ibis or spinnakers set, gybe around tne
first turn for a reach with WIND Tree
aheam to the second flag, and more
than likely have stiff beat nome WIN
sheets close hauled and splnnaKers
furled Thus will be tested their re-
spactive qualities for running off, reach
ing and working to windward. In tne
former the Columbine is not expected
~ make very great gains, but she is
IiLelv nroye a dangerous rival IN reacn-
ing or beating to windward.
cant Fellows expects great things
of the Valkyrie, and singularly enough,
will sail her against his own poae
Venus, which will be handled by SKIP
nor bradley. The Valkyrie has never
had q, trial IIlp, puN ~
rim and will be very apt to keep the
Vanus husv throughout the whole race.
Yankees First Salt Dip
rbe entries in the various classes
o,a! Yankee, capt. Norman Densham,
tbirtv-fiye foot; Mischief l, Capt. ful-
ton; Mischief H. Capt. Folsom; skIooo'
cant. Wedgewood Monsoon Capt.
pneh. columbia, Capt. Mitchell, thirty
foof class. Valkyrie, Capt. Fellows'
Venus. Capt. Bradley; Osborne, capt.
Asbbridge, twenty-five-foot class.
The course as laid out rather favors
tho light weather boats, but with
veering wind and any pretense OIL
chonny seas, the older and better sea-
soned boats should give very gooo
account of themselves.
Columbine, for instance, is regarded
b1 those who have seen her working
M as a light weather craft, and in any
tt;ysr like a reefing breeze would have
har5 work to get away from the others
~ her class. The Yankee, which had
her first dip in salt water only yes
+ardav has a very fair record to her
cradit on the lakes, and will probably
show IN very we'll whatever the
H.eether may be. At any rate 1t VIII
te interesting to compare her per-
sornnance with the boats that have
given good accounts of themselves mere
in the past. .oo al,o, .nd
barring foggy weather the Doats VIII
easily he seen all around the coufso
from the club house Veranoa'