New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-03
|STALENA THE Victor
Heavy Seas Make Keen Sport "A
Larchmont Regatta.
WINDWARD BEATS J0YANr
Yachts Stow Away All Fapcv
Canvas and Run Light
Before Strong Wind.

7 With the wind booming out Of N.
/ northeast and heavy sea crackIns M.
! Long Island Sound, the racing craft 10
20 stow all fancy canvas and rely uuea'
the wisdom OF the old sea dogs yestsr.
f, day at the annual fall regatta of "A.
| Larchmont Yacht Club. The big sim.
stickcrs, the Istalena. the Winsome A..
the Aurora, finished a royal race In "A.
order named. George NJ. Pynchon's IA.
| s5-footcr was splendidly handled or.
every inch OF the twenty and one-hav
nautical miles course, and only beatE.r
/ Halls Winsome by seconds. Corneuu
! Vanderbilts Aurora made a mistake h
splitting tacks soon after the start
| shift OF tho Wind put the Aurora in a ha
| position. but the yacht made amen.
beating out the heavy seas in rindvu.
work. ard finishing within ! minute "
sccords OF the Winsome.
The Windnard showed her heels 10 In
Jo!ant in what proved one OF the mos
kcenly contested races OF the day. as n.
| two were the only sloops Of the P casu
J TO cross the line after gUnfre. In III.
/ long reaches r. 4. Monks boat dispIayA
! all OF her good qualities. covering the nlrs
ard thrce-quarter nautical miles in Lac,
! elapsed time. W. II. Childs Joyant Wa
caught erdy in jockeying for the weather
I berth at the start, and never quite made
up the gap, her elapsed time being i:s:s
At the usual hour for starting the
! classes OF the breeze had stiTcncd TO q
thlJty-knot salt, while the aater out On
| tie broad reaches OF the Sound piled VI
! humping and angry. Consequently there
pas 2 postponement until i:i5 O'Clock.
| when tho Wind mad abated somewhat ard
| the first starting gun MAS fred. Even
! then all thought OF setting ont the maxi
| dorics had TO be abandoned. and the cap
! tains we're all advised OF rev courses,
! taking In tho government marks.
The s5-footers sailed from the starting
/ line 10 Red Spar Buoy, sfs miles Of
/ Greenwich Point: thence 70 Black Spu
| Buoy G., l5i- miles of Oak Neck Pom.
and return 10 the starting line, Leaving
all marks 10 starboard. The trio MADE
pretty start. with booms set across, the
Winsome being on the starbosro tack an;
the Aurora and the Istale5s footing to
| port. The Aurora did not seem to Ike
J her position. and soon split tscks stand.
, ing over toward the Long Island shore
! TIE Istalcns and the Winsome held on
toward he New York shore, and thef
| course proved the wise one. as the two
easily got the hes, of the pind. II vas
a fine bit OF seamanshp that drove the
Two yachts along. like sportiye dolphins
side by side. TO finish within seconds Of
each other.
The jsunty little boats OF the star class
and their jolly sailors got such dgctlns
as has not come their way in many
long day. They sailed short course u
| four miles TO Rye Point and return.
/ Ford's CynosUre vas the plnne-, and her
crew vas as vet as n they had eesl
overheard most OF the Ray. A. 2. Frs
/ Star Faravsy Das a close second, VITA
I W. s Macintosh's Gemini third.
Despite the tenlpestuous weather, t1
regatta was regarded as one Of the r'oa
successful OF the season from the yachu-
mans point CT view.
The summary follows:
/ CLASS k-sTART p. M.-COCRSE. ABOUT
90, MILES