Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05
WIN. B. LAUB, JR.

The yachting season of 1911. a. OBJ.
| served by the Capital Yacht Club. was
brought to close last Sunday by holding
an oyster roast at Marshall Hall and
Incidentally running off two decidedly
interesting races. one for cruising yawls
and the other for power boats.
The ndjammers were started Off the
clubhouse at 6:10 o'clock Saturday even
ing. as their race was likely to he long
duel and 1t was thought inadvisable TIC
hold II over until the morning If their
crews wanted to participate III the big
feed. The regatta committee, consisting
OF DR.. W. W. Grier. Eugene F. Hartley
and Otto Z. Braitmayer, exhibited rare
Judgment in SO doing. for the race proved
to be an all-night affair. but one not lack.
Ing in excitement.
The sailing yachts were classed and
handicapped under the rules of the .Ches-
apeake Bay Yacht Racing Association
and the starters In the two classes were
as follows:
Class y. yawls over twenty-six feet
load water line length:
Nenemoosha, Lyman F. Hewins.
Freya, George II. Bright.
Grace K. r. Clyde Cruit.
Class q, yawls under twentysix feet
load water line:
Bess. Charles f. James.
Dauntless, George T. Dalton.
X
The course was q straight-away six
teen and-one-half-mile run from a line
between the clubhouse and the white
channel buoy opposite to the wharf al
Marshall Hall. When the last gun boom
ed at ten minutes after the yawl
NenemOOsha slid over the line first and
well to windward of both the Freya and
the Grace X. which crossed together
about five seconds later. The breeze was
nothing more than a faint air out of the
northeast, and balloon jibs were quickly
run up on all three yaw1s. The yawl
hess got good start on her rival the
Dauntless. crossing the line in the wake
OF tho big yawls and some three or four
minutes ahead OF the little dead-rise.
Later In the night the Dauntless began
cutting corners on the deeper craft BesS
and thereby established q lead which
protested on the grounds that he could
not take advantage OF "corner-cutting''
because of his depth. The regatta COM
mittee decided that the protest be ig-
nored. as 1t was greatly to Dalton's dis
advantage to get on the flats after the
tide started ebbing. With the boats
1t soon, became a question Of ingenuity
In keeping out Of the channel where the
Hood tide was master OF all. up to mid
night. and smartness in handling racing
sails with the continuous shifts of the
light breeze.
The Freya struck soft spot off Alex
andr1a about 10 o'clock, whereupon the
Grace X. and the Nenemoosha drew
steadily away from her until her side
lights disappeared in the gloom astern
The two yawls kept up continual fight
for wfndward berths until of Jones' Point
light. when the Nenemoosha crossed to
the Virginia side OF the channel While
these little duels were in progress be-
tween the two leaders the Grace K.
seemed to have all the luck.
The NenemoOsha would gain a wind
ward berth on the craft and thereby en-
tirely kill her Roadway. whereupon the
wind would shift to such point as to
change fortunes entirely, putting the
blanketed yawl to windward
Three times this happened, every shift
in favor of the Grace K, until the two
boats finally separated off the light
house.
When the crav Of the Grace X again
sighted the Nenemooosha she was well
to leeward and in the grasp of the first
OF the ebb tide.
Spinnakers were then set as the wind
hauled northwest. and the former boat
established lead which she held until
within half mile of the finish. on
Mount Vernon the Nenemoosha overhaul
ed the Grace X. and the fight started