Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-14
MARBLEHEAD RACES.
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fleet will disband just before sunset,
but the 50-footers will remain, over Il
day, in order to take part in a spe
cial race arranged for them, on Fri
day, by the Eastern Yacht Club, prizes
for which have been contributed by
Capt. S. Reed Anthony. 1t is expect
ed that the yachts will illuminate, to-
morrow night in Marblehead harbor.
Nineteen yachts came out to the
start, today, at Halfway rock six
sehocners and Il sIoops. the Marble
| head = beat Amnret entering the breeze
in order to give the Winaward a COM
petitor a fine southerly breeze was
sweeping across the bay, and as the
course from the first leg of the course
of nine miles to Boston lightship was
about south. southwest, all the yachts
sent their baby lib topsails up in stops
for some windward work
The WindWard captured the weather
guaSe of the Amoret in the start for.
small sloops, at 1910, and soon es-
tablished safe lead. which she kept
to the finish
The sloops were next away, with the
Shimna in the lead. followed by the
Aveneer, while the Dorollo II WAS con-
siderable astern. The Shimna drew
gradually away from the Maxwell
boat throughout the race, leading at
the turn by more than three minutes
and at the finish by minutes and SO
seconds. 1t was the Shimna's first vic
tory over the Avenger since the cruise
started and was won within a mile of
her moorings behind Normants Woe.
The fight among the eight 50-footers
was It lively one and began several
minutes before the signal was sound
ed at 1920. As the time drew near for
the start. the yachts began to cluster
close to the line and a minute befor'
the entire fleet headed for it on the
starboard tack, with the Carolina to
windward and the Iroquois close under
her lee. Just before the signal sound
ed the entire fleet tackled to port as if
one hand had put the helms down. The
Carolina was the first to cross, follow
ed by the iroquois, Acushla, Pleione,
Samurai, Spartan, Barbara and Gray
,Eg.
Four scheoners followed five min
utes after the SOS with the Milade III
the load and the Taormina forcing the
Katrina about on the line. The Muriel
brought IN the rear. The Irolita had no
connection in the big schooner class,
as the Corona and Endymion stayed III
the narLor. so the committee Joined
her with the Muriel in a special class.
The auxiliary Ncnona was also with
out a rival in that class. and was Civ
er a place with Miladi in the sum-
nary
The beat out to the lightship furnished
some of the best windwaFd tests since
the cruise began. The breeze WAS right
with an ebb tide sweeping down the bay
and it was the skipper who knew the
eddies who won the race. The skipper
proved to be Bob" Emmons, the ola
| Harvard football captain who took a
course in Massachusetts bay sailing While
| a member of the crew of the sender
yacht Elem Capt. Emmons worked tht
Barbara from seventh to first place II
the nine-mile beat, simply by picking GU
| the soft spots in the tide between Tin
| ker.s island and the Graves, and ther
| holding out to the lightship on the star
| board tack.
The yachts found the breeze blowing
/ nearly l. Knots at the turn, anu just dts
the Taormna tackled around the floating
buoy her foretopmast went by the board
for the second time within three days.
She Immediately withdrew from the race
and reached the harbors in time to sling
another one aloft before dark Capt,
Eaton expects to start in the final run,
tomorrow.
The Shimna was the first at the turn,
lacking around the lightship at LAO, fol-
lowed six minutes later by the Avenger,
and then by the Irolita. The Barbara
was the leader in the 50-footers, followed
two minutes later by the Carolina, and
then by the Spartan, Iroquois, Pleione,
Samura, Grayling and Acushla.
| The Muriel led the small schooner di-
vision while the Windward had a good
lead over the Amoret. The Nenona
brought up the rear.
/ 1t was broad reach of ID miles ia
the finish at the Eastern Point whistler
and with balloon jibs pulling well and
the breeze blowing Il knots. the entire
F. fleet sped along as if each yacht had a
gas engine on board. At noon the fleet
stretched along the course for a distance
of five miles, the Irolita far in advance
followed by the Shimna, Avenger, Bar
bara, Carolina, Iroquois, Spartan Piei-
, one, Samura, Acushla and Grayling, the