New-York tribune., 1916-06-25
LACK OF WIND
SPOILS RACING
ON L. |. SOUND
George Nichols's Carolina
Too Speedy for J. p.
Morgan's Grayling.
Rv CAPT. JAMES c. SUMMERS.

Lack of wind on the Sound yesterday
spoiled what might have been good
day's sport for the yachtsmen who
manned the ffty-three yachts that
started in the annual regatta OF the
Seawanhaka- -Corinthian Yacht CLUB OF
OYSTER Bay. Despite that fact, now
ever" the three "fifties" that competed
managed to stick together so well dur
ing the calm weather on the l4s
course that the winner in the class
George Nichols's Carolina-only defeat
ed the second boat. p. Morgan's
Grayling by II seconds, while George
F. Baker, jr's Ventura was only "a
seconds astern Of the Grayling at the
finish.
OF the ten "forties" that started, the
Zilph, owned by J. K. Hayes, proved the
winner by 40 seconds from A. 5. Coch-
rams Dolly Bowen, G. NJ. Pynchon,s
Mistral being third. Addison U.
Hanan's new "P" sloop Nahma was
again the winner in that class from j.
W. and <. P. Alker's Aleda-this time
by 2 minutes II seconds, and the win
ner among the eight "thirties" that
started was G. B. Kulenkampf's Les
Monas, defeating the Okee III by z
minutes II seconds.
OF the eight smart little sloops Of
the Star class, c. L. Hyde's Hydra was
successful. winning from the Snapper
by minute 36 seconds. Tracy Lewls's
Snake was third boat in this class.
On account of the draft Of yachts for
the Block Island race, the handicap
class was poorly represented. The
Firehy proved the winner on corrected
time from the Clare.
The winners in the other classes
were the Mingo, the Skid, the Nahama,
the Black Dog, the No. Orienta and
the Yam.
The start of the "ifties" at 1920 OFF
Lloyd's Point was a rather tame one
because of the light wind. IL was
from the north northeast, which gave
the yachts a reach across the Sound
10 the first mark off Greenwich Point.
j. p. Morgans Grayling was first
away in the weather berth, with Com
modore Bakers Ventura on her lee
quarter, the Carolina, steered by
Charles Perrin. being off the lee quar-
ter of the Ventura. All three were on
the starboard tack, with small bal
looners set.
The "forties" were sent away five
minutes later. II. S. Duel's Rowdy
captured the weather position, with
the Black Duck, A. X. Bourne's sloop,
close up, and the rest following in this
order: Sbawars, Jessica, Zilph, Pauline,
Pamparo, Maisie, Dolly Bowen and
Mistral. Addison G.. Hanan, at the
tiller of his "P" class sloop Nahma,
sent her across the line leading the
Aleda by about five lengths. Both were
carrying balloon jibs.
The "thirties," eight OF them, got
away in this order; Mink, Okee III,
Juanita, Adois, Les Monas, Lena. Alera
and Banzai-the last named yacht tif-
teen minutes late. The rest of the
feet started within the next hour, some
of them being from five TO ten minutes
late for lack of wind.
A breeze struck in from the eastward
at GAS, which, however, never reached
the feet of racing craft becalmed near
the Connecticut shore. The true breeze
came along from the southwark at 1
o'clock. II struck the yachts about
twenty minutes later. and then the
real racing began. The yachts had a
reach from Greenwich Point to Long
Neck Point and a beat to windward OF
five and a half miles across the Sound
to the finish line, OFF Lloyd's Point.
The summary follows:
sLOOPs-N. " c. 'FIFTIEs"-sTART 100