The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18

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Avenger Robert ". Emons. .......+S OF ~ 10
The course over which, the yachts sailed
was triangular. They had twelve miles
miles Of broad reach and twelve miles OF a
Inaomar. skilfully sailed by Capt. Barr.
as the queen started to reach she drew away
from the Inaomar and gained I minute
5, seconds on the broad reach and I minute
seconds on the close reach.
The Nicola was never prominent in the
race and she was beaten on all points ex-
The Ths A S,"se beat I siy Winsome and
Aurora over the course on time allowance.
%. the three one design, boats the lstalens
on the wind. while the winsome was the best
Early in the morning /. rained hard, but
is wind for a race yachtsmen will overlook
the discomforts. There was every indica-
10 iVS O'clock loci all ali the racers had left the RSrbosr
and were heading for the lightship, where
the compittee. on board the Felicia. were
waiting them. The rain stopped. but heavy,
watery looking clouds hung over the sea.
The steamers and other sailing craft got
V We're ~ noticed Gommodore Vanderbilt North
Parks Priyateer, J. Hays Hammond's Atreus.
.mont's T%arsntuls. Alfred g.. vanderbiit's
GcolSnie; Mrs; g Bi Jsnnlngs,s THscaEor41'
Cora. Margaret. Duapesne, Sapphire. onon-
dsgs. Chanticleer and many others.
The regatta ommitte on board Jesse
Metcalf's steamer Felicia tool position at the
lightship and when the racers were within
striking distance Of the line signalled the
from the southwest. and 1t was soon seen that
this course, would not give the yachts a good
C %,nS ( sI lsSi ie if ie f iss ssea %as lowered and
This course was 35k miles in length. The
first leg was south by west y west II miles to
= -.--lw 49, -AN 49, NsNh az AZ q -
mother mark and then northwest 4 north to
Brepton,s Reef lightship; This gave the
reaches on the two others.
Lieut.. Nelson. Y. s. N. was sent on to lay
good start the race was postponed for fifteen
minutes, and during that time the yachts
sailed about near the line and the crews sent
The warning signal sounded Al Ii:is, and
each skipper marked his watch and took his
Se:Tinss p Tse Sssezs, x sR Rf had fsTIen ,i1 70,
the yachts had left the harbor. strengthened
and gave promise Of holding steady through
signal sounded at II: 20 ali except the HvenSeyr
were heading to the east. and all soon tackled
and stood west. There was not much fight
the line as he thought best. and there was no
blanketing. as four minutes was allowed to
The starting signal sounded at II:25 and
O.. M. Pynchon, who had Stuyvesant Vain
wright with him. sent the lstalens over at
at once in toward the Narragansett shore. The
Winsome. with II. r.. .Lppitt at the wheel,
crossed AZ II :2s:'t on the starboard tack and
Harry l.: Maxwell was sailing the schooner
somar drew away from that Yacht and ade sent
the Queen across on the starboard tack at
u;2S?s: The Ayenger was the next yacht
tack, and was followed 20 seconds later nv
the Aurora on the same tack. Then came
sn ans0 e. last Sap s.co sdrr he he f hs.a Si u Ssa
to allow lots Of time TO all others In the race
and Capt. Barr preferred to start last and
in the race. especially with the Queen.
on the port tack, but At once took the star,
held the starboard tack until the Ingomar
went over and then. she took, the port tack
VEL to windTa.d Of her rival; The Queen,
starboard tack and then. at n go, all were on
the port tack heading over toward the shore.
apd. the Queen held the windward position.
while the Avenger was to leewsrd Of ali.
Then "o, they hey Ss,tlsd down NN5 tS a long port tack.
board tack, and q minute later the I~staiens
tackled OF shore but as soon a. she was able
to. the eastward. While standing on shore
the %istalepa passed astern of the Queen.
hOWiu Nn"b " Vnvth " leAOlnR
yacht. in the race. The Maxwell schooner
was doing well. but with the allowance She
had TO keep going. and every second possible
was gained.
AZ 1920 o'clock the Queen tackled on sbor.
and she was followed two minutes later nv
the Ingomar. Capt. Burr held on until the
In9omar was to weather Of the wake OF the
Queen before he put his yacht about, The
IngOmar on this tack seemed TO Improve
her position and slowly cut down the Queens
lead. and at one time seemed as II she would
pull by the Queen to ard. Mr.. Max
we'll kept his yacht footing fast, while Cant.
Barr was nipping out to windward ali the
time.
The ~lstalena held to the west until tboss
on board figured that the turning mark could
he reached. Then they took the starboard
tsck. and standing out crossed the Nicola
and Winsome. These three were soms
minutes astern OF the schooners, but we'll
ahead OF the Aurora and far ahead OF the
The Queen and Ingomar made a sbor,
hitch at I o'clock and at iOa tackled for The
mark. As they drew near that point baby
Jibtopsails were run down on both yachts
and balloon j~ibtopssils and big main ton
mast staysails were sent aloft ready 10 break
out as soon "A the yachts were eased ON an
the next leg OF the course.
The Queen turned first at I:i2:37 and the
light sails we're broken out at once, the crew
working smartly. The balloon jtbtopsaiI
was sheeted down and with her Iixht sails
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