The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-03-02
SAILING TO WIN

What was the matter with you fell
lows in the racer" asked the man at
the clubhouse who made 1t his busi-
ness to hold down the big armchair
reserved for the rockingham fleet.
The young man who mad just jerked
a big dinghy out of the water and
landed 1t high up on the dock dropped
YEARLY into the bow seal and looked
at the speaker
Say, this yachting business isn't
what it's cracked up to be, especially
when you take everyone's advice" he
declared, bitterly. When bought
the Nancy all the wise fellows dropped
around one at a time and in punches
and suggested that Id better get Dud-
ley to sail my boat for me the first
season They pointed out that I was
new to the game and 1t wouldn't look
well for me to lose all the big silver
cups, especially when l had fast
boat"
80 you got Dudley to do the stick
work, eh?"
"Well, admit l was easy. had
never sailed big boat before, and l.
didn't want to make any bad breaks.
Dudley is fine sailor. He would let
me come down and get everything
ready for him-just so many reefs in
the mainsail, all the big kites put
in stops, so they would break out at
the right time-and when he came
aboard all he had to do was to make
suggestions and kicks.
To-day we were to sail for the john
son cup. It's q beauty and wanted
to take it out to Austin and show 1t to
my landlubber friends. So I got Dud-
ley b sail the boat for me. It was
blowing pretty hard and we had In
two reefs and the staysail. The way
we tore down the harbor toward the
line made me wish l was ashore, 30
l could telephone to my friends that
the cup was q cinch for my yacht.
Before the starting gun was fired we
nearly ran clear through another yacht
that was jockeying near the line.
didn't like the way the boat was being
sailed, but thought 1t was because l
didn't understand the fine points OF
! the game. thought that perhaps the
stunt was to disable as many Of the
boats in our class as possible-then II
would be easier for US to win. II
looked that way, for we luffed into an
other yacht and nearly lost our own
bowsprit. When we crossed the line
I could almost see that cup sitting on
my dresser, for we were first and we
kept first-in fact, we went so fast that
the other yachts seemed to be an
chored."
80 you won the racer"
"Won nothing! When we got out tC
the four.mile crib, which was the first
buoy we were to round, we passed 1t tC
port and went sailing north. Then we
looked back to give the other fellows
the happy smile, and what do yor
think! Every blamed boat went sail
ing gracefully around that crib, pass
ing 1t to starboard, and was of on the
southern course. We had the balloon
up and my expert sailor, instead o.
giving the boys up forward time tt
get it in, as l would have done, luffed
The next minute saw myself paying
out $25 for new SAIL"
Caught on the spreader?"
81 should say it did-it ripped from
head to foot. We all talked at once
insisted that the course was the wa!
the other boats went and Dudley final
ly admitted that he didn't really know
what the race was-just kind Of sup
posed that the course was the way W,
started to sail 1t.
When we got the balloon in an,
staysail up the other boats were s.
far ahead that l said we might a
lhEell go In. What was the use OF ra<
hg, anyhow. II you couldn't win? Blu
I'm sail my own boat after this.
Someone wants me at the teie
phone? Wants to know whether
won? Say, steward. just tell he
there wasn't any race-that the lax