The San Francisco call., 1908-09-13

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Forty=Four Footers Put
Up Fine Contest
Shippers of Big Racing Sl0Ops
Display High Class Sea-
1anship

The annual regatta of the Pacific In
tercIub Yacht association yesterday re-
suited in some fine sport. The weather.
which had been mild for the previous
AZ hours, turned out just to the liking
Of the amateur sailors. BY the time
there was a piping breeze that made
some of the yachts which were carry
ing. big spreads of canvas shorten sail.
series Of OF accidents. @ n Which Hhih were with
out any serious effect. The Monsoon,
the flagship of the San Francisco yacht
Goat island buoy. The peak halyards
gave way and the crew had to do some
hustling to get UP sail again, which
cost the yacht it's position. In turning
mainsail into the spinnaker and had
to gybe 1t back before it could con-
tinue on its course. After turning the
leeward mark the throat halyard OF
and for fully Is minutes it had to sail
without any headsails. The Mike had
its troubles when running home on the
last leg of the course. The sea and
wind were SO heavy that the spinnaker
, boom buckled, then broke, and it had
to finish without its big kite. The
speedy Presto was another to encounter
misfortune. Just before the start the
jaws on the gaff were carried away
and the gaff had to be lashed to the
mast. This did not allow of the main
sail being hoisted two block" and it
did not set perfectly, killing much of
IT'S good drawing power. especially on
the wind.
MIKE MAKES BEST TIME
The fastest time of the day was made
by the Mike, which covered the course
ofhcfally in 2:0S:03, while the Chal-
lenger did the distance in 2:0S:44; but
when the actual time of the starting
or these two yachts was considered 1t
was seen that the Challenger beat the
Mike by two seconds.
hU In for ole
with the Discovery second; the Chal-
lenger In the SO foot class. with the
s 5000 seeond the Presto Sea in the
its old rival. the Speedwell. in the A
otssclass, and the Martha outfooted
the Annie even when the actual time
OF ths yachts was taken into considera-
Sharp at 1:25 the preparatory whistle
was given. At that time the yachts
,,e We're boxing lg around at the starting
exceptionally high tide still on the
flood At 1870 the signal for the little
20 footers was sounded. Stevens, in
the Ruby. was hugging the line and
as the whistle blew he fiattened sheets
and ~ seconds later crossed the line
" Wix daRdy ,as breeze: At that time the
out In the channel working its way to
the line, 1t crossed at 5:51 after the
RUBY, going away with that handicap.
At 1:S5 the 25 footers got the signal.
The Mary, from Vallejo. was heading
nicely for the line and crossed So sec
onds after the signal. Right on its
heels was the Merry Widow which
went over four seconds later. Then
came the Neva. 30 seconds after the
Merry Widow. Mcfarland, on the Dis
covery,. the favorite, flying the Corin-
THAN flag. got away poorly for a one
gun start. crossing at 1:37:10, with
penalty Of 2;1o on the signal
The Moonlights crew showed the
lack of training and handled the yacht
poorly at the start.
In a gibe at the line it got a knock
among the land lubbers and the mem
bers of the rocking chair fleet" 1t
was hauled on the wind too soon and
was not given start Later, in work
ing to windward. it came to grief, its
halyards undoubtedly parting.
In the yawl class the lola had a
walkover, the Truant failing to ma
the signal.
There was lots of sport in the "thir-
ties, the four yachts crossing the line
inside of one minute and az half. while
three Of them cleared in As seconds.
The skipper of the Nautilus, in the
Jockeying for the start, got nice
on the starboard tack five seconds after
the signal. Thirty three seconds later
the Monsoon crossed, with the Helen
15 seconds in its wake then came the
Challenger. A seconds later
OF the 80 footers the Presto and the
Alert were the only ones to start. The
Presto cleared at Al seconds after the
signal, the Alert coming 26 seconds
later.
The prettiest start of the day was
the battle royal of the big ones in the
~ foot class. For five minutes before
the signal Eddie Howard, at the wheel
of the Speedwell. Fulton Berry guiding
the Mike and Charlie Miller in COM
mand of the Yankee, boxed around for
the advantage. AS the whistle blew
at 1855 the Mike was ahead. but to
leeward Of the Yankee. close in to the
wharf. Both yachts wept about on the
port tack, heading for the channel.
Speedwell came in on the starboard
tack with the right of way. forcing the
other two yachts about. as they could
not clear There was a short leg in
shore when all three went about for
the channel. Berry then made short
hitch in shore. and in trying to get out
again was forced about by the Yankee.
which. when Berry filled away, also
tackled. much to the discontinue of
Berry, who lost time in being forced
about. At this point the Speedwell
crossed the bow of both yachts. From
that point to the windward mark it
was hammer and tongs
In the big class it was poor start
the Martha being very late to reach
the line and the Annie still farther
astern. The signal was given at 9
until 2:11:10, while the Annie cleared
at 2:20:02.
FAST BEAT TO WINDWARD
On the beat to windward and the
run back as far as Alcatraz island the
yachts cut out a merry clip, as can be
seen by the following actual times it
took the yachts to cover the distance:
Name NJ. Name Ms
Merry Widow. 4:27 Nautilus AS :37
Discovery .50:15 Presto ........... SO 100
Neva ...-..-.... .52:o5 Alert .............4 Al
Mary ........... 81 :55 Mike ...........3S :27
lola A 20 Sneedwel ~