Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16
South Coast Clubmen
Busy
1t is Expected That Five Yachts viii
Start on Annual Long Distance
Contest of Local
Sailors
by JACK vIvARTTAs


annual race around Catalina, which
starts next Saturday at noon.
1t is expected that there will be five
contestants in the race next Saturday,
three sloops and two yawls. Captain
Mitchell of Columbine was at first
undecided about going in the ocean
race. but Skipper Whitney csserts that
Columbine will positively enter
This is fortunate, and it is likely that
the real contest will be between her,
Mischief IL and Monsoon, winner OIL
last years Catalina race.
Selecting a winner in a deep-water
race is an entirely different matter than
in an ordinary regatta over prescribed
course close to the harbor, as in twenty
four hours there can be so many and
different changes of weather that might
not be experienced by the whole fleet
After crossing the starting line each
skipper is at liberty to choose any
course he may elect, so long as ne goes
around the eastern end of the island
first and keeps Catalina on the star
board hand all the way.
The start will be a line between the
flags anchored off and in line with the
easterly end of San Pedro breakwater,
southwark to the eastern end of Cata-
lima, thence northward to western end
and back to the starting point making
a complete circuit of the island.
Not more than three professional
sailors will be allowed to each yacht,
though there is no limit to the number
of amateur tars. The latter must be
members of the S. C. Y. c., and at no
time is anyone not member OF the
club allowed to steer.
Each yacht must carry one life pre-
server for each member of the crew,
and no distinction is here drawn be-
tween amateurs and professionals. Be
sides a tender large enough to safely
accommodate the entire crew at one
time, there shall be carried not less
than twenty gallons of water. This
will not restrict the jolly tars to only
quart of water apiece, as is the rule in
some deep water ships, nor is there any
rule requiring them to drink water at
all.
No sails other than those regularly
carried will be allowed, unless extra
sails are submitted to the club meas
urer before $50 p. m. friday, June Il,
when all of the yachts entered in the
race will be formally inspected by the
regatta committee. which is authorized
to rule out any boat they deem unsea-
worthy.
Corinthian Race
Arrangements have been completed
for the Corinthian Yacht club race for
the challenge cup on August 3, at san
Francisco. Messrs. Small and Morrow
of the S. c. Y. C. met Douglas Erskine
and T. j. Kavanaugh of the Corinthian
club in San Francisco last week and
settled all details, except the racing
length of Discovery which will defend
the cup against Valkyrie.
Discovery's racing length is more
than 10 per cent greater than Valkyrie S,
and in strict accordance to the rules
that govern the race this would dis
qualify the larger boat. but local
yachtsmen are confident that the mat
ter will be amicably settled.
The race will be sailed over the regu-
lar Corinthlan club course, starting
from Meiggs wharf to the buoy off Pre-
sidio shoals, thence around Goat island
to Southampton shoal buoy and back
to the starting line, by way of the Pre-
sidfb shoal buoy. There will be a time
limit of fire hours, and in event of
neither yacht finishing in that time the
race will be sailed over.
The starting gun will be fired at 1:SO
D. M. five minutes after a preparatory
signal. and two minutes will be allowed
to cross the line. Should either of the
boats be longer than two minutes get
ting across the starting line the official
time will be taken at 1872
Captain Folsom of Mischief II will
sail Valkyrie in the San Francisco race,
and expects to take his crew of five
men from here, though it may be de-
cided later to ship local ars, who are
better acquainted with currents and
weather conditions, a knowledge of
which is very essential to successful
competition for the cup.
Valkyrie will be shipped north by
rail in plenty of ..me to have her prop
erly refitted and rugged before the race.
In a letter recently received from San
Francisco it is stated that a strong
flood will prevail throughout the race
but as there is usually plenty of wind
in the bay, the strong tide should be
rather to the advantage of the smaller
boat than against her.
With the local yachting season now
we'll under way, it is interesting to note
that inclement weather has retarded
the opening of the sport in other wa
ters.
Both at Cleveland and Chicago the
initial regattas were sailed in heavy
downpour of rain, and at Cleveland
part of the program had 20 be post
poned because of the tremendously
, heavy sea.
Eastern Racing
At Chicago a cruising race of twenty
miles was sailed to Indiana Harbor, II
an unsteady breeze that required reefec
mainsails and No. 2 ibis on the rur
home. Chloris, a former Lake Erie
champion, won easily from Commodore
Simonton's crack Milwaukee, which has
had things all her own way at the heaC
of Lake Michigan since she was de.
signed last year by Lawley to defend
the Upton cup.
Yachtsmen everywhere have been in
terested in the New York to Bermuda
race for sailing craft won by Dervist
in the schooner class and Lila of thu
yawls.
Twelve yachts got under way for the
650-mile journey, the largest being Pris
ella, formerly a Gloucester fishin;
smack. now owned by Manson anC
Nuen of the Rochester Yacht club; anC
the smallest the native Bermuda Graf
Zena, only thirty-six feet over all
rugged with leg-of-mutton sail.
Among the other entries was Dervish
the winner handsome new schoone
eighty-four feet on deck. owned b,
Commodore Morss of the Corinthiai
club of Marblehead, Mass, and the ia
vorite of the schooner class Zurah
owned by H. Doseher of the New Ro