Evening journal., 1915-01-18
BY MOTOR BOAT
TO REEDY island
Tide Table Important in
Run to Lower River
Quarantine
NEXT RACE MUST
FOLLOW CHANNEL

ware river and bay is that Of the Cam
den Motor Boat Club to Reedy Island
This race of so miles has been run sew
cral years and cruisers from the various
clubs havO taken part. in this run. ReedyI
Island is 40 miles from the Camden Mo-
tor Boat Club and the cruisers going
down the river in such q race must con-
suit the tide table If they want TO get
the very best out of their boats. Gong
down river. the cruisers always have at
least two tide conditions. If boat
starts at the top of high water she VIII
run about three hours down river before
meeting the first of the food tide, which
she will have 10 buck the balance of the
way TO Rcedy Island. If she be fast, she
will turn Reedy Island and have the tide
most of the way home again. Starting
the boats on their handicaps. which is
the rule with the Delaware River Asso-
citation, the boats get away for the
Reedy Island race on flood tide, so that
they will run out the flood tide and
meet ebb in time TO take the next Hood
tide all the way home This makes an
ideal racecourse, as all the boats can
make the run in daylight.
In the next race 10 Reedy Island the
conditions will call for following the
channel to dot. This means that the
boats may cut as close as possible TO
the buoys, but they must keep inside OF
the buoyed course all the way to the
Island. Reaching there, they turn a
stake boat. or the big can buoy of the
lower end. and return by the same route
keeping inside OF the buoys. This will
be done to do away with boats going
ont of their courses TO take advantage
of the tide conditions.
Hail. of the Camden Motor Boat Club,
holds record for the run 10 Reedy
Island. She has won this race several
times, and Commodore Dudley, former
head officer of the Camden Club, knows
this course TO a dot. II is said llali
will enter the race again next season.
Pickaninnie is also a good one for this
race, and the Jennie S., of the Wissin-
oming Yacht Club has made the run.
She will have a crack at 1t next season
with her new engine, Hall double
cylinder.
When the cut through the Chester
Island was open the boats were allowed
to take it, as 1t cut off quite some DIS
tancc; but as it was closed to naViga'
tion last year. and closed for fair, as
there are many large rocks not sticking
up above the surface of tine water, the
rules will call for boats going to the
Chester side of the river, and specia
announcement will be made about the
closing Of the cut.
Rcedy Island is the FIRST Quarantine
Station and here is where incoming
steamers are held up to find out how
the passengers are. Should any of then
be sick. OF have contagious diseases
they are required to go to the station o
lhospital Sometimes the steamers ar
held for weeks at this station Will
the ships are fumigated.
There is very large tide indicator o
Reedy Island, and IL shows the state O
tide as the motor boat passes. The die
is some 40 feet high. and on il is place
n large moving hand that shows the con
dition of the tide boat at flood am
ebh. This gives the steamers chanc'
as they pass, TO know exactly the mum
Der of feet of water under them an
the state of the tide at this point Fror
, Reedv Island the tide changes may b
calculated by the Hand almanac.
Recdv Island Old Light is located o
the south end of the island. Delawar
3 The building Is "A white structure, tw
z stories. with light tower on top. Ihi
light is white. and il has a red secte
s that covers the big dixie Keep You
. eve on this dixie when going close to I'll
Z south end of Reedy Island. During IN
3 night YOU will be notified OF near al
Z proach TO the dixie by the bell-buoy, an
Z this light win turn red. This will gi'
Z YOU an idea Of the closeness Of the dix
Z This dixie made ont south from Reed
. Island. The light, when red, is betwee
9 858 and 3l4 degrees The white light /.
somewhat obscured between III and q
U degrees.
Old Reedy Island Light is 80 fe'
above water and the white light has
lcandlcpowor of $50 while the red sect'
Is only of 100. This light was establish
ed way back in 1899 and was rebuilt
n 1869. The fog signal Is a bell that
struck every Is seconds.
Recdv Island range lights include Il
. front and rear lights. The front ligl
Is located on the edge of the marsh AZ
on the axis Of the 30-foot dredged cha
mel II flashes every two and one-ha
seconds like this. Flash for $40 of
second and then out for two second
N II has a candlepower of 700 and is
" feet above low water. II is a wood'
structure on piles. II was establish
in 1904 and rebuilt in 1908.
The rear light is a fixed white, and
ranges from the front light, which Civ
the flashes as described. The rear lg
is about 1000 yards FROM the front he
and is 1874 feet above water II has L
a iII ItrrI fr
and changed during 1910 When I
motorboats 60 mp the river these ran
7s lights are seen astern.
There is a passage around Reedy
land. but very few of the motorboa
take IL, as they fear the big long dill
"a Several have been on this dixie and Il
'V season large steam yacht from one
the down-river clubs went onto this di
several times She made a fine sig
when the low water came along, and !
her high and dry on top Of the rocks
Cruising around this light and isla
is worth taking a week of There
SO many things to see that IL requi
several DAYS at least. A visit may
made to the island but you had bet
get permission first The lighthou
and ranges can be seen from shore
make pretty pictures worth the TAX
Cruising back Of the island boat
90 an the way 10 the entrance 10
Delaware and Chesapeake Cnal.
On the New Jersey side of the RI
from Recdy Island win be found the
tifcial island. This is a very large ,
formation running from Stony Point
into the river and some two miles ],
II has been filed in TO make an ISL
nlfhnnoh thnre Is hasin insidn Loft