New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-08
VENTURA WINS MAIDEN
RACE BY A MINUTE
Noses Out the Barbara in Thrill
ing Clash of New Fifty
Foot Yachts.
BIG FLEET IN REGATTA
Nepsi Defeats the Lena by Mar
row Margin in Manhasset
Bay Clubs Annual
Fixture.

Closehaulcd on the port tack and with
her Ice rail buried in a smother Of foam.
the new nfty-foot sloop yacht Ventura.
owned by Vice Commodore George F.
Baker OF the New York Yacht Club
dashed across the finish line in the Man
hassc' Bay Yacht Clubs annual race yes
terday. tho winner In her class by just
one minute from Harry Payne Whitneys
Barbara. which was leading the third
Yacht the Carolina II. owned by Penn
broke Jones. by ! minute - seconds
II was the first time that all nine OF
thr new one-desirn sloops had met and
IN the steady southwest breeze that pre-
vailed they demonstrated beyond doubt
that they are speedy craft. The Ventura
covered the triangular course Of twenty.
one and tnree-ugaIter miles which. rcck-
oning the vindNard work. figures out
about rWcnty-scven miles. IN hours 30
minutes % seconds The first leg OF the
course was spinnaker run with booms
10 port TO Woolsevs Reef buoy. the sec
ond a reach across the Sound 10 Oak
Neck Point buoy and the third a beat
back TO The starting point. off Execution
Light
First Of a fleet Of ffty-three yachts
that started in the race. these nine were
sent away a. lo:25 o'clock to splendid
down The wind start each breaking out
4 talooncr a. they cleared The line wei
punched bat with G. =. Runrills Pleicne
FIST over and the Carolina II, steered by
A. Bryan Alley. second and the Acushla
third j. T. Morgan vas az the helm OF
his Grayiing as she crossed. Spinnakers
were broken out 10 Starboard az once and
thcv made fast time 10 the northeast.
The new Stamford schooners-four Of
them-were next away. led by A. NJ Bill
rgs's Whileway. J. ". Alker. OF the re-
gatta committee. quartered on board
Commodore stephen IT. Mason's power
yacht Leda. sent the Class p sleeps away
al 1876. Addison Hanan berthed his new
sioop Josephine well to the south end Of
the line and crossed it I'm the lead, the
Jovant the Corinthian and the Wind
ward following IN that order. The Jose
phine sailed a great race against these
three crack boats and won finally from
the Corinthian by four minutes seconds,
which led the Joyant by minutes at the
finish.
-Four Of the New York Yacht club
"thirties' the Caprice, the Nepsi the
Lena and the Okee-crossed the line In
the above order. They. too. sailed fast
race over the 15A. mile course, the Nepsi
finally winning from the Lena BY min
utes l6 seconds. which led the Okee by
minutes % seconds The closest finish OF
the race was when Ted" Alker sent the
Sound schooner Mora across the line 10
seconds ahead Of W. Butler Duncans
Vandala.
There were few small accidents. The
Sonora parted her peak halyards. the
Mile. Boss had her quarter stove in at the
start and retired. The winners In the
other classes were the Armada. the Red
Wing. the Gree. the Teaser the Scylla,
the Little Dipper and the G. 4. r.
Luckily for all hands. the big black
thunder squall that came tearing across
the Sound from the northward found the
yachtsmen well prepared to meet H. All
the feet had finished the race. the last
yacht G.. NJ Heckscher s Acushla, having
crossed the line about fifteen minutes be
fore the squall struck. Mainsails had
been furled and jibs set and everything
made snug, so that beyond wetting the
yachtsmen were not affected by the
weather Some spars and sails would
surely have been lost had the squat
struck the feet while they were racing.
The summaries follow:
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB FIFTY-FOQT
CLASS - START, l2.2j-COURSE, 2lA