The sun., 1914-09-13
HALF A GALE BLOWS
FOR SOUND YACHTS
Okee Adds to Many Honors by
Capturing Prize in the
First Division.
OPITSAH II. SAILS FAST
Mistake at start Beats Her on
Corrected Time, Though
First to Finish.

Twenty-three OF the handicap yacht class
raced yesterday for prizes offered by the
association and for special prizes offered
by the officers During the season forty
yachts have been racing In this class and
yesterdays regatta wound the season
for these vessels. The course was laid
on the Sound. with the starting line Oft
Echo Bay, between tho committee boat
and the striped buoy on Hicks Ledge.
| il blew half a gale all the morning
and there were whitecaps on the Sound
when the yacrts left the harbor. The wind
was from the east and lightened consid-
erably In the afternoon. The course took
/ the yachts first to Buoy \, of Parsonage
! Point. then across the Sound to Buoy DE-.
between Motifs and Prospect points
and then home, distance OF II ~
nautical miles. Tho hrst les was to
windward
When the first division was sent away
at . 80 o'clock all five Of the yachts were
well punched. Commodore J. a. Mani
stedt had the Otee close on the line when
the signal sounded and he had judged
his time so closely that before crossing
he had TO give the yacht "a sharp lun.
being fearful of crossing too soon' George
=. Granbery sailed the Amada ana had
that yacht to leeward OF the Okee. and still
further to leeward was the Rohilla Skip-
pcr C;ranbery was 30 closely coVerd ths'
hs could not take the port tack az once
and stand out into the stronger "iho
further out IN the Sound. and when ne
finally got clear the other yachts tacheo
with him The Okee was closely toio"eu
nv the Rohilla until Commodore MANI
stedt got tired of helping his opponent
and then two short tacks shook OH lhe
uohila nd the Okee sailed on alone. Ihe
second les was a reach with booms 10 star
hoard and the third Was run with SPIN
makers. -. ,,,> .,,t,,,,,
The Okee finished irst just one minute
ahead OF the Alert, and then came hon,lIa
and sonora with Amada last The okee
iand Alert had To allow time to eaeh OF tie
othsr. and when the allowances Were
! e,ured out they showed that okee hsd
! won nv 10 seconds from Sonora ana Aef'
was third o.
year She has won both series OF races
; for the thirty footers. IN" Long is'ahu
sound championship, the SeawannaNa se
, - .ha Atlantic Yacht Club series anc
. rho series during the New Rochelle fach
I C,ub cruise as well as several indiVldua
, prizes 49,, 49,. -. ,,-y,
; that yes terday II was further diVideh iht'
r two sections In the first section the Het
!. Wing finished hrst. with the Mediator sec
$ ond but on corrected time the Meuiato
h won easily The second section race wa
won nv the Alerion. The strong wind JUS
= suited this old boat and sue made IN
best time OF any boat In either section
in the third division the Twinkle nm
ished first, with the Amanita second an
' Peg third The Peg had an allowance OF \
pcr cent and this enabled her to win by
second. from the Jolly Roger. Twink
7 was third, "a seconds behind the Joll
Roger.
' The Opitsah II. startcd-a little too soo'
in the fourth division This yacht VIII
| the Solita and Grace H. had to ALLOW
time To the others The Opitsah II. saile'
I Ike a witch. The wind just suited he
and yhe finished far ahead and had sh
got away properly would have won o.
corrected time also The White Cap. wit
az. allowance Of 6 per cent, won, and In
surgcnt. with per cent. was second.
The executive committee offered the oil
fcers cup for the yacht making the bet
. corrected time over the course all sail
20 ing I'm one class The Okee had to alloN
- .. per cent to the White Cap and, al
j., though the Okee finished nearly 28 min
~ utes ahead Of the fourth division WHINE
,e she was beaten ny minutes ~ secon"
on corrected time.
"a Handicapped Tower gave cup 70
ga boats that had sailed in three races an
I had not won "A first or second prlz'
~. Those eligible were kenmuir. reg an
,. Opitsah II. This was won by the ker
& muir
re After the regatta the members OF IN
ia handicap class ana the crews OF IN
lie Yachts dired together in the New Rochel'
ne Yacht Club house. O. p. Granbery' pre-
r sided The summaries
vt ,.,,sr n,v,SyoS go COURSE l'i5 MILES
l. ''"'' START 1.9D