New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
HIGH SPEED BY YACHTS


next signal Harold s. Vanderbilt
schooner Vagrant led the F class over
the line with the Miladi, the Dervish ana
the Cygnet in her wake. about couple
of lengths apart.
The start of the next class. at 1O:l To-
was a lively one. The Boston sloop Do
relic. owned by George Batchelder. led
the way. with che yawl Polaris next.
Then came the green Shimna, going ike
a steamboat: the Eleanora, the Hermes
II. the Adventures. the Irondequoit and
the Phantom following in that order.
The sixty-fve-foot sloops Aurora, Win
some, Istalena and Hester were sent
away on the 1925 signal. The Winsome
and the Hester had weather positions,
but the Aurora, steered by William But
Ter Duncan, jr., had the lead by Few
lengths, the Istalena being on her lee
quarter when they crossed the line
Each was carrying a baby Jib topsaii
and working gatf topsail.
The last classes to start-the big
schooners and auxiliaries under sail
made a spirited picture. especially IN the
case of the flagship Aloha, which carried
all her square sails, including upper and
lower topsails. topgallant sails and roy
ais, as well as all her fore and aft sails
The class was led by the Elmina, cross
Ing we'll to windward. She was followed
by the Irolita, the Taormna, the Ka-
trina. the Sea Fox. the Ariadne. the
Ariel, the Nancy. the Aloha, the Intrepid
and the Utowana.
The Vencedor was the first schooner
around Race Rock and she. like the rest,
eased sheets there and set balloon jib
topsafl and spinnaker for the long run
to Point Judith. The breeze was holding
strong and true, and all hands were soon
making fast time to the eastward
shimna Leads Off Watch Hill.
OFF Watch Hill at II O'Clock Morton T,
Plants Shimna was the leading sloop.
She was within a mile of the beach. L.
Alberger's yawl Polaris was next. then
the. Winsome, g. mile further off the
shore, with the Istalena a mile astern
and to the southwark The Aurora was
between these two and nearer the Win
some. The leading schooner at this
time was the Iris. with the Idler next,
then the Vencedor and Seneca. The Ell
nina was under a cloud of canvas rap
idly overhauling all of them.
At 12:45 o'clock when Block Island was
abeam to the starboard from the leaders.
the Elmina had walked right through
the fleet, with the exception of the Sem
eca, the Vencedor, the Idler and the
Iris. She passed all these at LOO o'clock,
but she was unable to catch the slippery
Winsome. which rounded the Point Ju-
dith whistling buoy at T:10. The Ell
nina rounded it twenty seconds later
and the Iris at :2S:40. Eight others
were timed here. They were the Idlet,
at 1906; the Aurora, 1851: the
Vencedor, 1905; the shimna, 13O. 80,
the Seneca. L 81 "a: the Hester. 1853;
the Polaris, 1888, and the Istaiena.
1860
This shows that the elapsed time from
the start of the five leaders was the
Elmina, $3.50; the Winsome. 3:O2:10;
the Aurora. 3:O4:57: the Iris, 3:1S:4O,
and the Idler, 3:29.3e. This was, indeed,
fast time for thirty-three miles
All hands gybed to starboard after
passing Point jude buoy. and in the
stiff breeze then blowing It was no easy
job when it came to dousing the spin
makers and shifting the balloon sheets.
1t was great race between the Elmina
and the Winsome from the buoy TO the
finish. Rolling easily, with spinnakers
up in the air to port half the time, and
dipping main booms in the water, they
fairly flew to the northeast, where old
Brenton's Reef Lightship marked one
end of the finish line and Vice-Commo-
dore c. Ledyard Blair's steam yacht
Diana, with the committee on board, the
other
It was 2:03 o'clock before the Elmina
was able to PASS the Winsome, Captain
Dennis sent her by to leeward. and she
crossed the finish line at 2:09:3O, the
leader of the great fleet, with the Win
some only twenty seconds in her wake
and the Iris and Aurora four minutes
astern.
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