Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08
LONG YACHT RACES
MAKE GREAT SPORT
Along Continuous Activity There Is Plenty of FunWhen the
Strain Is the Sailors Know What Is Good
and Bad in One Another
ny JACK yIvARrrAs

is real treat in store In the following |
story of a hundred-mile race on Long |
island sound. Also to those of us who
have salied in those waters and recog-
nize in such names as Cornfield point, |
Gull island and the Bug light, old time
friends, it will awaken the most pleasing
"reminiscences.
BY way of comparison it would be well
to note the night squall and rain men
nothing of in these waters In distance
the race compares favorably with those
it was my good fortune to sail in this
summer, either around Catalina and up
the coast to Santa barbara.
Only on one point do 1 think the eastern
yachtsmen have any advantage Of US
there were eleven starters In their race.
But that is difficulty easily remedied,
and it Is to be hoped that next season
will show a generous increase In the
number of yachts entered in these long
races. One other comparison-the race
our friend Davis writes of was sailed in
the widest part of Long Island sound,
across tide that runs anywhere from
four to six knots an hour. B& with
this obstacle they have the advantage
of we'll lighted shores. In other respects
there is much resemblance in the two
cruises which the local night sailors Will
be quick to see.
To the yachtsman who only has time
to take in the day races let US offer our
'sympathies, says c. G. Davis In Forest
and Stream to those who can and yet
do not indulge in a long distance race,
pity; for there is no such sport to orlng
out the qualities of man as race pro-
longed through days and nights OF con-
tinuous driving of a yacht 1t tests one
strength, ones temper and ones con-
genialty, besides being a far better test
of the boats ability by putting her
through a variety of winds ard seas.
The Seawanhaka Yacht club race on
August and turned out to be an ex-
ceptionally good test of all these points,
as the course around Cornfield lightsnlp
and back to Oyster bay covered practic-
ally the whole length of Long Island
sound a distance of 10S miles.
Tanya, the sloopNI sailed on, was an
able. staunch sloop, with comfortable
cabin. whose transoms bunked four COM
fortably. and a cot forward for another.
We sailed over to Oyster bay FRIDAY nignt
and when we awoke Saturday morning
we were four as happy men as coulu
be shook together. George. the yacnts-
man, Sandy-big, Jolly, amiable Sandy
had seen offshore duty as well as yacht-
ing; Harry had spent his life among small
boats and L, well, I had had some ex-
perience in both yachts and ships.
started the galley stove and got
breakfast, while George and Sandy had
a swim; then chuck was eaten, and the
swimmers went ashore to get instructions
and leave our small boat 1t was beau
tiful clear day overhead, with nice
northerly air tanning. Most of the COM
netting yachts, eleven in all, started to
beat out to the starting line, while our
two men were yet ashore. AS they landed,
they saw small snake swimming In the
water, and stunning it, they hshed 1t out
and with schoolboy thoughtfulness laid
II on the thwart of Mopsa's dingy to give
the owner of 1t a Shock, which they GER
tainly succeeded in doing.
Cook Overheard; Grub Wet
Harry and I. reft aboard, got every
thing ready for immediate sailing, ana
beean to get anxious about the time
We did not want to be late at the start
inp line. George came aboard, put
Sandy-you couldn't hurry SANDY WITH
a charge of dynamite--took his own
sweet time. Some men you can't hurry
well, Sandy is one OF them.
Inst as we were contemplating get
+inc IN a sail, a megaphone hail came
sro1 Commodore Benedicts Oneida
.syvorId Won like to be towed out
1vall we'll would wei "Certalnly!
rbanle voul" we answered, and started
10 heaye up our anchor, SANDY OF N
sandy. lust then that indlvlduai caiiS
sauntering down the club steps anu
down the lawn. o,x. 70 tow
outf" we shouted But not Dit OF
,,,,rrv from Sandy. He stopped hair
wav down the gangway to exchange
word or two with yachtsman' ana oy
that time our anchor was ABOARD anu
oneida under one bell was standlns IN
20 pass us line.
inp line and getting our new main
sheat ready for tow line to see now
the tardy man made out; he had got
into the club launch and nalt way 70
MS. when the engine stopped put
tSough we had passed Oneida our tow
line. even then Sandy was Calm anu
unruffled. "a - .ou9. be
oo,r,lv remarked as the launch man per-
enjred in endeavors to make the launch
engine go. But Sandy was calm as Ma
nojeon He did get alongside, just as
The towline frightened and Tanya slid
ahead behind Oneida, So, after all, what
was the use of worrying-Sanoy ulun I.
Rut If we had our imaginary troubles,
cansicunn's owner had real ones. All his
,,rovisions were packed into hamper
and sent out to him; the man. more OF a
valet than sailor, got almost alongside
the sloop, when he moved and capsized
the skiff. himself, hamper of provisions
ami ali into the water. He swan around
and got hold of the painter of the skin
with one hand and with the other fished
IN the soggy floating loaves Of bread
and all light articles that had foated
and tossed them aboard the Capsicum.
Though the Capsicums owner could not
helm laughing at the ridiculous appear
ance of the man padding about with a
green fez on his head surrounded by the
floating wreckage, yet he was so mad to
think he should be fool enough to throw
the salt water soaked stuff aboard that
as fast as they came aboard he picked
them up and threw the whole loaves of
bread at the mans head-all there was
Of him above water
Under Way in Good Time
The towline Tanya was using was a
brand new rope bought for a main sheet,
hut 1t was so stiff and swelled so thick
1t was not rove until chance came to
stretch it. This was the chance. Oneida
towed Tanya so that her stern was under
n water and a cataract under each bow, and
when the starting line was reached and
towline let go we found the rope coated