The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-06

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her allowance Of 1 minute 80 seconds
for the S7h miles, though boat for boat
the Vahitie beat her by 2S seconds. maxi
ing this gain on the AZ miles of wind
ward work.
h race was sailed in a fresh to
strong wind averaging about 22 miles.
but many of the puts blew at least 80
miles an hour. The wind came from
north by west. II had blown down the
big tumbling sea left from the e~asterly
gale. but the water was only compare
lively smooth. Clouds screened the suns
rays. but except for 'hc sunshine and
warmth which were missing the condi-
lions were ideal. The only regret the
majority Of the yachtsmen have is that
the windward leg was SO short. The
winners are satisfied. however. as more
windward work would have changed the
results.
Fifteen yachts raced for the three
prizes. There were five in the schooner
class. eight In the sloop class and Reso-
lutte and Nanitie in the special class.
There was only one mishap. The Ven-
tura had her rudder TANNED and could
not be handled at all. She withdrew on
the first leg. The committee-H. De b.
Parsons and Frederic O.. Speddon-was
on the flagship Viking and chose a
course taking the yachts around the
Vineyard Sound-Hen and Chickens
Light vessels, starting and finishing at
Brenton's Reef Light vessel. The first
leg was II miles east southeast, the sec
ond leg "A miles north and the third
Is miles west a north. This meant a
reach with the wind aft the port beam
for the first leg. a turn to ~windward on
the second and a fairly close reach on
the third.
The cup yachts were the first sent
away, the Nanitie crossing the line at
l1:25:lS. with the Resolute IS Sec
onds later. Both broke out small jib
topsails at once but the jib topsail sheet
on the Vanitie pulled out and the sail
had to be lowered and set again. The
two yachts sailed very fast and both
held high OF the course. The Resolute
began to close up on the Vanitie and
after about forty minutes sailing sue
ceeded in pulling by to wlndward.
They still sailed in very close COM
pany and headed toward Cuttyhunk
until 1888. when they bore off for the
Vineyard Sound lightship The Reso-
lutte luffed by the lightship at 12:47:50
and the Vanitie at 12:is:20. In actual
sailing the Reeolute had beaten the
Vanitie 43 seconds. The Resolute's
time for the seventeen miles was ! hour
% minutes and 10 seconds. and her
average speed 1874 nautical or 1850
statute miles al hour This is remark
aUIe IOr Il NesSel OF tnlS size.
Jib topsails were run down. sheets
trimmed Hat and both yachts on the
port tack headed to the northeast. The
Vanitie at once began to point higher
han the Resolute and after a few min
utes on the tack took the starboard tack
heading northwest and the Resolute fol-
lowed. The Vanitie or this tack drew
we'll ahead. so that when she again took
the port tack she WAS able to cross
the bow Of the Resolute and was lead
ing the race. At one time II looked as
IL the Nanitie had a lead of more than
a minute. but near the Hen and Chick
ems light vessel the vino softened and
the Resolute was able 10 reduce the gap.
The times at the light vessel were:
Vanitie. l;25:2O. Resolute. l.26:l0. The
Vanitie had taken 81 minutes to sail
the four and one-half miles or the wind
md had beaten the Resolute ! minute
20 seconds actual SAILING.
Then mail lib topsails were sent up
again for the reach home. Though the
Resolute made a gain OF = seconds.
she could not get the lead again and the
vanitie finished first at 3:4s;51 and
the Resolute at 40 :32, On the sixteen
mile reach the elapsed times were
Resolute. / 20 :22 Vanitie. l 30 81.
The other sloops ollowed the cup
yachts Ave minutes later at the start.
Ralph n. Ellis crossed the line at
IL 80 :0l. one second after the signal.
Harry l.. Maxwell had the Barbara
next at IL :3O:16 Three seconds later
was the Ventura with Commodore Baker
at the tiller and twenty seconds astern
Of the Ventura was the Carolina
handled by A. Bryan Alley. The
:. Samuri. with W. Earl Dodge and
Edmund Fish az the guiding stars,
was next at II 81 :06. The GraylinG
followed at II 81 :32, and the Spartan,
.uJ. Ar Nf,yNnn,,Ub AND GtpuN,aeanf
Wainwright on board, took the end Of the
| two minutes and crossed at II 81 81,
w. Cameron Forbes's kalinga was
handicapped 2s seconds
|, The %schooners were signalled at IL :3i
, o'clock. and the Queen Nab, owned by
Hendon Chubb and with clinton Crane
and Bert Lee on board, crossed first al
the Vagrant next at IL :3S ;0s. +
, Walter Clark's Irolita crossed nj
: II :38 al. Henry Towards Alice a,
ll:3s:ts. William T.. Iselin's En-
: chantress. on board Of which were Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Iselin. was last. al
, IL :37. This was the largest yacht
, in the feet and she had to allow lots Of
! time to the others, she started GU,
> to overcome this handicap in grand
style and overhauled one after another
of the racers until ut the first ligh'
vessel she was next to the cup yachts
She luffed by this mark at IL So ~
and had sailed the seventeen miles a
a the rate of better han thirteen nautica
:. miles an hour. The Vagrant was tn,
y next at l :01 80 and the Irolita followed
y at ! IL rs.
d The Barbara was the first OF tn.
90 footers at ! IL 40, and very clos,
2 sstern of her were the I%roquois, Gray
ling and Samuri. Then came tn,
0 Carolina and the Spartan.
! They made a fine fight on the wind
ward leg and the Enchantress, Vagran
named. The Barbara led the fifties, tn,
+, Grayling was next and the Samuri ha'
1 warped into third place with the Spartan
; next. The big t,nchantress sailed like
witch and as she neared the inishini
!, line she took the lead Of the entire flee
Il and was the first TO finish, at 2:47:4s
She sailed a very fast race, covering tn
course In 3 hours 10 minutes 4S seconds
The other %schooners were coming rap
idly. The Vagrant and lrolita reached
I the line beaten, but the little Queen Mai
a getting an allowance OF SO minute 81
seconds. was just able to reach the lin
before that time expired and won by
minute ~ seconds corrected time,
The Samuri won the sloop cup by
" clever piece Of handling. As she neare'
West Island the Ba was leading
with the Grayling next. The Queen Ma
WAS o~verhauling these sloops. no tn
Ssmuri bore OF. and as the schooner wen
!: by the sloop took a position dead astern
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