The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-16

IN start or the hnish must be on the brooN-
lyn clubhouse on Ghavesend Bay. The cup
is now held by the Harlem Yacht Club and
the ace for IL Is to be started on July .,
which IL the fftieth anniversary OF the
organization Of the club. That anniversary
is to be celebrated with a big regatta Tor all
yachts over the regular courses.
The Bensonhurst Yacht Club Is made up
almost exclusively Of racing yaohtsmen.
kCommodore William H. Childs is the senior
flag officer and o Brown is chairman
OF the racing committee. The clubhouse Is
at the end OF a long pier near Timer Park
and yachtsmen have the advantage OF
being able to keep their boats in the basin,
where they are safe and where they can be
quickly hauled out for cleaning and repairs
when necessary. Nearly every membe
of the club has a yacht, and all know how TO
handle them well 30 that for some seasons
the Bensonhurst y~achtsmen have picked
up more than their share Of prizes in the
racing .
are raced for annually, Commodore Childs
gave the trophy named for him and which
always attracts a good class Of yachts
whenever it is raced for, and the Bellowes
trophy, offered by Commodore A. G. Bel
loves, is another that has been the incentive
for good racing. This year when Sir Thomas
Upton gave a cup through the Crescent
Club for is footers the Bensonhurst Club
was the first to give an order for a boat IN
the class. II is named ~Bensonhurst, and
III DC al ldlh Dbul W Cht III ~
it is fast and is sure to be well handled.
The New York Canoe Club members go
in for yachting as we'll as for canoeing
They have headquarters mt Bath Beach,
very near TO the Brooklyn Yacht Club.
The main house is an old residence, and two
smaller houses adjoining are occupied by
the members fol sleeping quarters. b. v.
r.. Speidel is the commodore, and he owns
the Goblin, a boat in the Upton cup class, in
partnership with Lis brother, G. +. Speidel.
Ex-Commodore ID. n. Allerton owns the
Rlue Bill, another ii the same class, 80 that
in the races the cinoe club will be well
represented.
There are about l25 members in the club,
and these members a more thar an
ordinary interest In the sport. They are as
much interested ia getting their yachts and
canoes in shape themselves as they are in
the racing, and when they win prizes they
have the satisfaction Of knowing that they
have won through their own efforts and not
through buying some racing machine that
others nave got in shape and sailed for them.
Each night they have a mess dinner in the
house. The only servants there are the
stewards and those who take care or the
sleeping rooms, and in the evenings the
members spin yarns under the cabin lamp
or play pool or billiards. Each race is
sailed over and over again, and those VINO
watch are not slow TO point out the mis-
takes of those who handle the boats. Club
spirit runs high in this organization, and
when a canoe club mar loses his opponent
knows that he has had a race.
h Marine and Field Club has a hne
place at Bensonhurst not far from Fort
Hamilton. This is a country house and
it's member also shoot and play golf. The
yachting department is led by Commodore
C.. NJ. Camp and W. X. Brown is the chair
man of the race committee. This club has
at times gone into the sport very thoroughly
and some years ago used TO give an annual
regatta for big boats. OF late years the
members have favored the small boats and
two good one design classes have been
built and raced for them. Commodore
Camp is the head of a syndicate that has
built a Upton cup boat which is named
NJ. d f.. and he will sail the boat in its races,
which means that it will be well handled.
There are four older boats in the club that
are also eligible for this class.
The Crescent Athletic Club is the latest
organization to be admitted TO the associa-
ton, It's country house is at Bay Ridge,
where the grounds are used by the MEM
bers for tennis, lacrosse. baseball. golf and
other sports. Some of the members favor
rowing, and two years g the club or
ganized a yachting department through the
efforts of C. }. McDermott, the vice-presi-
dent of the club. Last year the members
had a class of dories which sailed through
out the season, and this year two syndi-
Gates were formed and the Nereid and New
Moon we're built to try and keep the Upton
cup in the club.
This cup Sir Thomas gave to the club
last lhlt anu II J. I III
in small boat sailing by amateurs. The
boats fit the IL foot class. but cabin re-
strictions were placed on them so that each
boat must have a cabin 9 feet o inches long
with 3 feet & inches headroom and not less
than o square feet of floor space. They
are limited to two suits of sails a season
and not to he hauled out more often than
once a month. The boats are to be handled
by amateurs, no professional being allowed
on board in a race. Charles Lembcke, a
tnap,nar pf tho pllh and nf the Atlantic
| Yacht Club. has the seventh boat in the
! class. 1t is named Gunda. These boats are
wonderfully fast for their size and il il
thou ght that in races they viii he able TO
beat the ?? and p footers and they will meet
these boats in special races.
The GraveSend Bay races are sailed over
the same courses each week. saturday is
race day. that Is, there is an. open regatta
every Saturday and a schedule is arranged
early ia the season for these regattas.
The start is always made al 3 O'Clock, the
courses being announced fifteen minutes
before the starting signal is made,
A turning mark was placed by the light
house board near Fort Hamilton, the Ben
sonhurs club puts out a mark boat each
week near its own house and the Atlantic
club puts out a mark boat of Sea Gate.
These three ma ks with the Craven Shoal
Bell Buoy and the black can buoy on the
easterly edge Of the west bank numbered IL,
enable the committees to make selections
from eight courses varying in length from
eight TO twelve miles and il is always possible
to get a good %windward leg on each course
The yachtsmen get 80 familiar with these
courses that When they see the number
hoisted they know at once what it is without
turning to any books or charts.
The races on Saturdays are for classes NJ
and below that is for 10 footers and under,
and such good boats as the Vivian and Bob
tail, the Crescent JiGstep, Sue and Sakana in
the q foot class, the Soya, Joy, Spider,
Vingt-trois, Saetta, 0iigwan, Mary, Care
less, Ogeemah and others in the ~ foot
class and many other smaller craft race
there regularly, and often boats visit the
bay from the Sound 10 try what they can do
but usually they go back beaten.
Each club holds II championship regatta
and points are scored according TO the way
the yachts finish in each race and the win
ner of the most points takes the coveted
prize. A yacht must start in five races TO
qualify for "A championship and the owners
would rather win one of these trophies than
any other raced for during the season.
On Wednesdays during the season special
races are sailed, There are the races for the
Childs and Believes trophies, and this year
there will be a Believes cup for the Upton
boats. The Atlantic club has arranged some
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