The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-07-18
THE EASTERN YACHT CLUB
Has a Glorious Cruise Along the Main {
Coast.

Has a Glorious Cruise Along the Main {
| Coast.
| IsLEsBoRo, July 10. A grand north.
wester was Blowing across .Penobscot
bay when the shippers of The Eastern
Yacht Club fleet made their prepare
lions today for the run through the beau
tiful Eggemoggin Reach to Swans
Island. The conditions were consider
ed the finest since the fleet left Marble
head and gave every prospect of much
sport and a safe anchorage for the
| yachts in Burnt Coat Harbor before
shutdown.
| The fleet, which was greatly scat
tered about Penobscot bay yesterday,
| had become intact again early this
morning, signals having been. given
| from the flagship. for an early start
from Dark Harbor on the opposite side
of the island from Gilkey's Harbor,
| where the fleet had remained during
the night. This necessitated an early.
run down the bay round the end of
Islesboro and up the east side of the
Penobscot before the starting point
| could be reached.
The only vessel missing from the fleet
| at colors this morning was the Iroleeta
| which lost her jiggermast off Seguin on
Sunday. Captain Clark, of that craft,
sent word to the commodore that he
hoped to join the fleet at the start from
Dark Harbor shortly after o'clock.
The fleet ran out of Gilkey's Harbor
shortly after o'clock, the Northwestern
strengthening as they got away until it
was blowing between Is and 20 knots an
| hour. it was quick run round the
island to Dark Harbor, as the wind was
favorable, and the yachts..all arrived off
the starting point by 11.3O a. m. The
<committee waited for them all before
sounding the first whistle at 11.30.
The racing fleet consisted of the
sloops Avenger, Humma, Doris, Gior-
lama and Sea Dog, the schooners
Emerald, Taormina, Quissetta, Dervish
and Hope Leslie. The sloops made
one division and the schooners another,
the Emerald being classed with the
smaller two stickers. The sloops were
sent away first with the Avenger in the
lead and all reached very fast for the
first mark, Pumpkin Island Light, at
the head of the reach. The schooners
followed five minutes later and the
Taermina got the best of the fight for
place.
AT noon the whole fleet was away
|
Reach, with every prospect of reaching
Burnt Coat Harbor early in the after
noon.
Just before the start the schooner
Deryish broke her gaff and had to run
into Rockland for repairs.
SWANS ISLAND, Me-, July 10. A Is
knot nor wester which blew all day
drove the racing portion of the Eastern
Yacht club fleet from 1slesboro through
the picturesque Eggemoggin Reach to
Burnt Coat Harbor on the south side
of this island, today, at top speed and
gave the yachtsmen the finest squirt
since they left Marblehead harbor for
the annual cruise to the eastward. A
reach on the port tack of eight miles,
a spinnaker run down Eggemoggin
reach of u miles, another reach across
Jerico bay of three miles and second
spinnaker run to the finish of two miles,
with the yachts all punched from the
start to within few miles of the finish,
made day full of excitement and a
run that will be long remembered by
those that had the good fortune to par
ticipate in it.
There were just enough sloops and
schoonerS to make division into two
classes and the Avenger won the run
for the single stickers while the Taor-
nina captured the prize for the schoon.
ers and almost clinched her chances
for the Luke $1,000 cup for the entire
cruise.
SWANS ISLAND, July II. The Eastern
Yacht club fleet left here shortly after
10 O'Clock Thursday for the final run to
Bar Harbor, with clear weather and a
light westerly breeze prevailing A
slow run was anticipated The cruising
portion left first, and half an hour latel
the racers started on their 24-mile con
test. The course took them we'll out
side Round Whistling buoy and then uI
the bay to the finish off Egg Rock, Mt
Desert
: The yachtsmen had pleasant night
the only drawback being the innumer
able mosquitoes on the island. During
the evening those aboard the yachts
took turns giving photograph concerts
for the entertainment of the inhabi
tants of the island. Thursday morning
i, every one in the fleet had for breakfast
the principal product of Burnt Coat
, harbor, deep sea scallops and clans.
The honors of the day rested agai1
with the sloop Avenger, the little 80
, footer Sea Dog and the schooner Der
: wish, the last named scoring for the frs
time since the cruise began. But tn.
main event which the run today settled
was the possession of the two big prizes
given for the whole cruise, the $1,000 cul
offered by A. F. Luke for schooners ant
the 5000 cup which Vice Commodore F
Lewis Clark presented for the sloops
The schooner Taormina owned by w. S
Eaton captured the Luke cup, while thu
Hereshoff creation Avenger, owned b,
R. W. Emmons, I'd, won the Clark tro
ply.
The yachts also had another prize off
cred under the somewhat unique con
ditions that it should go to the slowes
boat and this was captured by the 80
footer Sea Dog, owned by Charles K
Cummings. The schooner Taormin;
and the sloop Avenger carried off tn,
majority of the prizes for the different
! runs. The Avenger lost the first run tt
the Sea Dog and the Taormina lost or
time allowance, today, to the Dervish
THE CROP REPOpT