New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-29
Quincy Club Yacht Beats
Wasaka II and Nahma
on the Sound.
BY Captain JAMES c, SUMMERS.

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The sloop yacht Armeek, flying the
flag of the Quincy Yacht Club and
sailed by Charles Francis Adams, I'd,
was the winner yesterday Of the first
of three races to be contested on the
Sound for the possession Of the Man
hasset Bay Challenge Cup. The Ar
meek defeated the Wasaka III, repre-
senting the South Boston Yacht Club,
by | minute % seconds. The MAMMA
the defender Of the cup, which is held
by the Indian Harbor Yacht Club-was
the third yacht to finish, l minute ~
seconds astern Of the Wasaka ii, with
the Joyant, the Larchmont Yacht Clubs
representative, 1 minute AZ seconds in
the Nahma's wake.
The race was sailed over sixteen
mile course-four miles to leeward and
return, covered twice-in a breeze that
reached at times, before the start and
during the early part of the race,
velocity of forty miles an hour, result
ing in one of the most exciting ana
sensational races ever sailed for the
trophy.
Out of an angry looking, overcast
sky just before the starting signals
were set from the steam yacht Joyance,
anchored off Great Captains Island,
vicious squalls came from the north,
sending the spindrift flying before IT.
Things began to happen to the eleven
yachts-seven fron. the Eastern and
four from the Sound clubs-with sails
set ready to start. "Knockdowns" were
frequent, and at one time it looked as
if all hands would have to reef. One
yacht, George Lees Bernice, did put in
a single reef The jib of the challenger
the Britomart-split before the start,
with no time to change it.
Judges on Joyance.
The course selected by the regatta
committee Richard A. Monks, Abbot
! p. Brush and Henry c. O. Pelton-was
from the starting line due south,
which gave the yachts run dead be-
fore the wind and good thrash to
windward for the return. Stuyvesant
Wainwright, representing the Indian
Harbor Yacht Club; Aemilius Jarvis,
the Corinthan Yacht Club, and James
D. Sparkman, the judges selected by
the yacht owners, were on board the
Joyance, which had been placed at the
disposal of the committee by her
owner, W. II. Childs, commodore Of
the Indian Harbor Yacht Club.
The outstanding feature of the race
aside from the good work of the win
ner Armeek was the performance OF
the Nahma, the defender of the cup.
Twenty minutes after ,he start the
heavy swing Of her gaff against the
lee shrouds parted the parral that
holds the jaws. In a moment the
Jaws had unshipped and were sticking
out to windward, threatening to split
the mainsail.
Addison Hanan, at the wheel, always
resourceful, determined to keep her
going. He sent man alOft in q
boatswain's chair with orders to get
the Jaws back in place and lash them.
He did so. and during the rest of the
race a man was often sent aloft.
| While the mainsail sagged, losing val
liable time for the yacht, she finished
third after the two runs ard two beats
TO wndward. When the accident hap
pened she had moved from sixth place
at the start to second place, when
within ten minutes of the lee mark.
The start, while exciting enough in
such a breeze, was a poor one in that
the starters were not ready, with the
exception of the Britomart, which was
first away, with boom broad off to star
bosrd, almost with the gun. The Ber-
lowed by the Ellen, both with booms to
port Then came the Nutmeg II and
the Hayseed w on the starboard gybe.
followed by the Nahma, the Wasaka III
and the Joyant, with booms to port.
The Armeek crossed two minutes late.
Bernice Quits.
Addison Hanan gybed the Nahma a
minute after crossing the line. and sent
his spinnaker out three minutes later
to port. The Armeek and the Ellen
sent their spinnakers out to starboard
soon after. Trouble continued on the
way to the lee mark. Thirteen minutes
after the start the Bernce, handled by
George Lee, of the Manchester Yacht
Club. had TO huff up and quit because
of carrying away her throat halyards.
Seven minutes later a jaw of the
Ellen's gaf broke and she retired, and
three minutes after the accident the
Hayseed " dropped out of the race for
the same reason. About the same time
the Joyant, Clifford Mallory's sloop,
carried away her throat halyards, but
her crew lowered away smartly and re-
paired the damage. Hosting away
again, she was sixth yacht around the
lee mark.
The times taken as the yachts luffed
around this mark and began their wind
ward work were as follows:
Armeek, l.40:5S; Wasaka II, 1;40:35;
Britomart, 1:40:50; Nutmeg III,
1:41:07; Nahma, 1:41:50; Joyant,
1:42:10. The Armeek had covered the
four miles in just 80 minutes, and she
led the second yacht by 35 seconds.
The Nahma was 1 minute 30 seconds
astern here. Trimming sheets for the
thrash to windwsrd, the Armeek, un-
der the skilful guidance of her owner,
Charles Francis Adams, took every ad-
vantage of the breeze to make the
shortest course for the home mark.
Rounding the lee mark and taking
the port tack soon after, he made a
hitch to starboard in five minutes and
easily held his weather berth to the
mark The Nahma worked into third
place before the mark was reached. |.
was rounded in this order and times:
Armeek, 2:17:50; Wasaka III, 2:l9:32;
Nahms, 2:2O:5O; Joyant, 2:21:10; Bri-
tomart, 2:22:15; Nutmeg III, 2:24:55.
Sailing for Points.
Two of the Sound yachts, the Aleda
and the Anita, with reefs in, meanwhile