Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-10
Proceed from Boothbav
HarbOr TO Camden.
Fine Race Saturday from PoTi-
land Across 10 Boolhbay.
Another Race Today Down Penob.
scot to GIlksy's HaFbor.

| Camden, Me, July 9,-To the disap-
| pointment of the staid inhabitants of
| Tenants Harbor. the Eastern Yacht
Club cut out of its schedule this year
| visit to that old fishing and granite
port. Instead the boats kept on into
the Penobscot, reaching an anchorage
under the Camden hills a day ahead of
time.
SIM southwest breeze was piping
into Boothbay harbor when all hands
came on deck this morning and as
Tenants Harbor is shallow and the
big boats would have had to anchor at
the mouth of the harbor there was
protest against lying there all night
with the wind in that quarter After a
conference on the flagship signals
calling the captains to attend it was
decided to omit Tenants Harbor this
year. There was no racing on the pro-
gram for today. but as the run to
Camden was 43 miles the yachts lost
no time in getting under way. They
were also led to hasten by signs of the
abating of the breeze.
Boothbay Harbor was cleared of
boats by 10 O'Clock, all of the yachts
swinging out into the broad Muscon-
gus hay from Old Pemaquid point. The
Elena, Irolita and Seneca decided to
have look at rugged Monhegan and
stood well out to sea. The others,
headed by the stately Enchantress
kept across Muscongus to Davis strait,
where the narrow but deep passage
way was threaded without accident
So close did the yachts run to the
lodges which line this waterway that
the masthead man on the Enchantress
might easily have heaved the tradi-
tional biscuit onto Eastern Egg rock
or the old Hump. while Roaring Bull
and Brown Cows fretted and fumed
scarcely 100 yards on either side.
Once out into the western Penobscot
the gentle Southwestern that had
waited the fleet so carefully through
the strait took on more strength and
sent the yachts scudding up the Muscle
Ridge channel, around Owls Head
and up the bay to a late afternoon
anchorage behind Negro island, which
nearly LANDLORDS this harbor.
AS most of the day was spent in
making the run the usual Sunday aft
ernoon sporting pilgrimage was omit
ted and instead larg reception was
held tonight on one of the yachts to
the captdin and guests.
The racing contingent will go into
action again tomorrow and there Will
be an excellent chance for windward
and leeward race down Penobscot bay
with an afternoon visit and perhaps
nights anchorage at Gilkey's Harbor.
Boothbsy Harbor Me. July s.-Gentle.
southerly airs blew the Eastern yacht fleet
around Seguin island from Portland to-
day for an early anchorage and beau
tiful moonlight evening in this old hsh-
ing port. Sixteen of the feet went in for
the racing game, while the balance OF the
squadron toyed easily along through the
Casco bay islands or INDUCED in few
hoIs' fishing on Mile ledge, off Seguin.
Commodore Clark's weather contract
still held good today, ter the air was
fully as clear as in the run around Cape
Cod week ago aud in the jaunt from
Marblehead yesterday. or the 81 yachts
anchored under Peaks island this morning
all but two came into port here today, and
it is many years since Boothbay Harhor
saw such an imposing feet of schooner
yachts, while the sloops also showed up
we'll
For the fourth time in the week and
the sixth time this season, the new Plant
schooner Elena carried off the honors IN
her series of contests with the Iroita. Her
margin in todays 2smile race, reaeh
Of "a miles and a run of four miles, now
ever, was only I'm SIS on corrected time
In the second division for scnooners'
the Taormipa defeated five Others wniie
in the third division the Vanderbilt yacht
Nagrant won from the Vision by 25s. ana
the Venena was fairly close bird. The
last named boat won the race for auXiiartes
against the Emerald and Iris.