New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-15
New York Yacht Club
Cruise a Big Success
Set a New Standard in Fleet
Racing in Spite of Draw
back of Fog, Gales
and Rain.

The cruise Of the New York Yacht
Club for 1915, which began at New
London on August 2, and ended At Mar
blehead nine days later, will go on rec
ord as one of the best for racing, and
unaues tionably the worst for weather,
nine days, the sun only showed itself
on four of them. Either foG, ain
gales interfered daily with The carrying
out Of the .hedule. Two days, August
and 9, were lost on account OF fog.
A larger feet of yachts of different
types and rigs assembled for the rem
devious at New London than in many
years, and Commodore George +. Bak-
er, jr., Is TO be congratulated upon the
good showing of vessels dying the
clubs burgee that accompanied the
flagship Viking, from start TO rnish,
and passed safely through the Cape
Cod Canal. They also took part in the
illumination and other ceremonies at
Marblehead.
The percentage of accidents was
small, considering the weather encoun-
tered. the most serious being the dis
abling of the Resolute, when she start
ed some Of her rivets tn ugh pounding
in the head seas on the first days
run from New London 70 Newport.
There were four squadron runs and
the Resolute and Nanitie started in
all of them. The Resolute won two
and the Vaniti. two. While they were
not eligible to race for the Aston Cup
and the Kings Cup, these yachts raced
on both those days for special cups
offered by the club, and the Resolute
won on both occas ons, so that out 4
six races S;iled by the big sloops on
the cruise, the Res ute won four OF
them.
William f. Dodge's "ffty," Samuri,
and Ogden Mills Reds thirty" Lena,
carried off the honors in the sloop
classes. The Samuri won the Navy
Challenge Cup for sloops in the heavy
weather run from New London TO
Newport on August 3. She also
captured the Astor Cup two days
later, and she was the winner Of the
Commodore's Cup for sloops OF the
first division, in the fOrty-mile run
from Plymouth to Marblehead.
The Lena, steered by her owner
throughout, won the prize in her class
in the long beat to windward of thir-
ty-three miles from Brenton Reef
Lightship TO Marion. The following
day, after being towed through the
Cape Cod Canal, she won the Commo-
dore's Cup for sloops OF the second
division, finishing up the cruise by
winning the Rear Commodore's Cup
for sloops OF the second division IN
the run from Gloucester TO Marble
head. as well as her class prize.
OF the schooners Hendon Chubb's
Queen Nab did the best work, winning
four first prizes. These were the
Aston Cup. the Commodore's Cup for
schooners of the second division, the
Rear Commodore's Cup for the second
division and class prize.
The Enchantress won the Navy
Challenge Cup for schooners Of the
first division and the lrolita won both
the Commodore's and the Rear Commo-
dore's cups for the first division. The
Barbara, of the "ffties," wor the
Alumni Association of the United
States Navy Cup, for sloops, and Com
modore George F. Baker, jr.'s, Ventura
captured the Kings Cup from feet
OF nine others.
The Resolute and the Nanitie have
gone out Of commission for the sea
son. and so has Pembroke Jones's
Carolina. The ResOlute is AZ the
Herreshoffs, and the Vsnitie az Jacobs
yard. City Island.