Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-26

Five raceabouts will compete in the
second Of the midweek series Of races
OF the Corlnthian Yacht club, OF Essins
course Tho boats will leave in front Of
the clubhouse about 2 o'clock. After
crossing the starting line they will sail
down river to the gas buoy anchored off
Eddystone. Turning the buoy on the
port side they will make a run to the
buoy anchored of Chester Island. After
passing tho buoy they will sail back to
the buoy anchored off Eddystone and
return homo for the first round. They
will go over the Same course again.
The Quakeress. owned by Clarence God
shalk, which won the first race last We'd
nesday, ls out for win this afternoon.
To all appearances she seems to he the
best of tho FIVE boats. In the second
of the weekend contests held last Satur-
day in n terrific rain and thunder storm,
the Quakeress had commanding lead
over the other three starters. After
making the first round of tho course the
craft was caught in the storm and owing
TO tho fact that Mrs. Godshalk was
aboard It was decided to retire from the
contest
The Quakeress came back to the club
house and the crew awaited the appear
ance of the other three boats, which
were caught In tho fog. Just as the
storm abated and the fog lifted the three
bonts hove in sight about a half a mile
from the clubhouse and the finish line.
The yacht and schooner owners of the
Corinthlan Yacht Club, OF Essngton. are
making preparations for the annual
cruise to Annapolis this Friday. The boat
will leave some time Friday afternoon
and sail down the Delaware River,
through the Delaware and Chesapeake
Canal and down the Chesapeake to An
napolis, where the boats will participate
in the June festivities of the Naval Acad-
emy The Regatta Committee of the club
announces that the raceabout fleet of the
club will not go on the cruise as the ma
jority of owners cannot find the time
to participate.
The speed bugs" in this vicinity are
awaiting with interest the first race of
the season for displacement racers. The
most recent addition to this class of craft
is the Nancy II, owned by ". H. Lund-
gren, of the Belmont Yacht Club, this
city, which was recently completed at the
John C. Vanderslice shipyard of Camden.
N. ]. It was launched n few days ago
and was given a time trial over meas
ured half-mle course on the Delaware
River The boat, which Is 25 feet long,
with 4-foot 3-inch BEAM Is fitted with
gO-horsepower Sterling engine, which Is
capable of turning over about lI00 revolu-
tions per minute.
In the two trial runs of half a mile
each the Nancy II. which is round
bottom boat with but one displacing sur
face, made about 80 miles an hour. She
Travelled the first half-mile in 81 seconds,
turning over 1850 revolutions per minute.
on the second trip she covered the course
in 62 seconds losing about five seconds
when the engine missed about six times
during the course of the run. The builder
and owner of the craft are confident that
the boat will reach its estimated speed
of about 80 miles an hour
If the Nancy IL can reach the expected
speed. she will be the first craft to give
the X. O. Q. NJ. E., owned by Commo-
dore John Vanderslice. of the Camden
Motorboat Club. which has won the
championship race in her class in the last
three years, a time allowance. The rea-
son for the allowance is that the y. Q. Q.
NJ. f. is powered with only 4b-horse-
power engine and travels but trihe more
than 27 miles an hour.
Another boat which Is being built along
similar lines as the Drexel craft is the
express cruiser Enchantress IL for Louis
Burke, of this city. She has the same
rakIsh appearance and has about the
same horsepower. She is nearing COM
pletion and is ready for the last coat OF
varnish She will he given her first dip
some time this week. After the launch
Ing Mr. Burke intends to take a short
cruise to give the boat thorough trying