Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-01
Boston to Bermuda Trip
Will Start This Week.
We||-knOWn Yachts Entered In
675-MiIe Sailing Cruise.
Motor Boats Will Start to Arrive
About the Same Time.

Marblehead, Mass, May 31.-Half u
score of yachts designed solely for
along shore sailing will venture far
out into the Atlantic this week on the
| third of the ocean races to Bermuda.
The start this year will be from Mar
blehead Rock at II A. NJ. Wednesday
| instead of from New York, as on the
two previous occasions, and the course
therefore will be 50 miles farther, Civ
ing the yachts 675 miles to cover be-
| fore reaching the finish off st. DavidS
Head light.
Such a test as has already been
shown by the two previous Bermuda
races for sailing craft, as well as the
transatlantic contest in 1905 requires
skifull navigation, astute seamanship,
| Well-rigged and stoutly SPARED YES
sells, and Yankee grit to hold on until
| the limit of safety is all but reached.
The yachts, which will probably
| compete this year for oceanic honors
are the schooners Fleur De Lys, owned
| by DR.. l.. A. StimSon of the New York
Yacht Club and one of the contestants
for the German Enperor's cup in the
| Atlantic race of 1905; the ,Dervish,
owned by Commodore Henry A.
Morse of the Corinthian Yacht Club of
Marblehead and the winner of last
| years race; the EsperanZa, owned by
j. Dalzell Mckee of Pittsburg and II
member of the Atlantic Yacht Club;
the Zurah, owned by Henry Dorscher
of the New Rochelle Yacht Club; the
| Venona, owned by George f. Bliss OF
the Eastern Yacht Club; the Edith
Hanna, owned by Thomas Anderson
of the Yachtsmen's Club of Phiadel-
| phia, and the Warehouses, owned by
John 3. Grocer of the same organlZa-
| ton; the sloop Little Hope, owned by
| r. K. Lothrop of the Corinthian Yacht
| Club, and the yawl Lila, owned by Il.
| d. Floyd of the New York Yacht Club.
| The Zurah and the Lila We're also
with the Dervish in last years race.
| Oac or two other beats may also conf
pete.
The contest this year is under tn"
| joint management of the Corinthi,l
and the Royal Bermuda Yacht CLUBS
with Commodore Morse of the former
| club as the moving spirit.
There are a number of additional
problems for the yachtsmen to solve
this year which did not appear on the
races from New York, principally the
rounding of Cape Cod, the passing Of
Nantucket shoals and the Gro sing Of
the European steamer lanes, all three
of which will necessitate careful work.
After leaving Marbehead the yachtss
| will bear away for Cape Cod, taking
a departure from Highland light with
the coast about south southe: st. This
will carry them fairly we'll off the
| oh md 1,rir1c n
the westward steamer lane about 20
miles to the eastward of Nantucket
lghtship so that the yachts probably
will not sight that well-k1own beacon
The eastward steamer lane is some
40 miles to the SOUTH and then comes
the Gulf stream. On the Marblehead-
Bermuda race the great ocean river is
nearly 100 miles mide and while not
quite as strong as it is farther to the
southwest or on the course from New
York it will nevertheless be a we'll
marked epoch on the trip. After cross
| ing the Gulf stream all kinds = of
weather may be expected. There will
be northeast gales, southwest blows,
Gains and light tluctuating breezes
with which to contend, for it is still
some 800 miles to Bermuda and there
| are variations in the compass and 9TH
er problems of navigation to solve.
| Last year the Dervish made the run
from New York to Bermuda in a tri-
file over 90 hours, and it is anticipated
| that the winner this year will cover
| the course from Marbehead in about
| four da"s. -
| There are plenty of incentives, be-
sides the honor of successfully accom-
! plishing such a voyage. for the yachts
| men this year in the way of valuable
and artistic trophies. The yachts have
| been divided into four classes with
| the F'lcur De Lys in Glass A, the Der
| wish, Esperanza and Zurah in Glass
| 3, the Venona, Warehouses and Edith
Hanna in Glass G and the Little Hope
and Lila in Glass ID, and a specially
designed silver cup will so to the Win
| ner in each class. In addition each
competing yacht In addition each
of the prizes, will receive a trophy
from Commodore Morse.
The time allowance will be figured
on distance of 675 miles. There will
be no restrictions as to crew or sails,
but the yachts must be properly
equipped with boats, stores, water.
signals, numbers on the mainsails,
nautical instruments and a log.
Three days after the start of the
selling yachts from Marblehead q
power boat contest, the second of these
affairs, will leave New York with the
Ailsa Craig. the winner of last years
| race. as one Of the participants. 1t is
| expected that the powerhoats will ar
rive at Bermuda about the same time
as the last of the sailing fleet, and that
for several days next week Hamilton
Harbor will be the scene of many fes-
tivitieS during which the Stars and
Stripes will be fully as conspicuous
as the Union Jack
The typical American is popularity
supposed to be a shrewd, hard, level |
headed man of business, and that es-
timation is right, as far as it goes. |