New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-24
YACHTS BATTLE
BLACK SQUALLS
ON LOWER BAY
Three Dismasted and Eight
Disabled, but Thirty
Boats Finish Race.
By CAPTAIN JAMES c. SUMMERS.

Blow high or low most yachtsmen
know, the lower bays the place to go
for racing.
Il blew both high and low yesterday,
principally high, and the well-seasoned
Corinthians who manned the forty
three Yachts that started from Sea
Gate in the second series race of the
Atlantic Yacht Clubs race week, had
some exciting experiences before they
crossed the finish line. Each skipper
had a story to tell Of what happened
when the big black squall struck the
racing feet, dismasting three boats and
disabling eight others.
1t speaks we'll for the seamanship
Of the shippers and crews that not an
accident that can be classed as serl-
Gus occurred, and that thirty yachts
finished the race while passing through
one of the worst wind squalls OF the
summer.
Saved by Launch.
George Corry's Little Dipper. one
Of the stars of the Star class. was dis
masted in the squall. Captain Cory
made fast to his nearest friend Buoy
l8-which he had just rounded. until
his next best friend. the club launch
rescued him.
r. F. Supper's Mouse also lost her
mast and C. f. Hyde's Hydra. another
Star Yacht. broke her rudder post, her
owner pluckly steering her across the
finish line with an oar, thereby WIN
ming a point.
The Clara May split her mast and
the Sindbad carried away her port
snreader. Some of the smaller sloops
| lowered away. and put in reef when
| the sauall hit them. but most OF the
Yachts carried on" through 1t all,
| the skippers easing them by luihng
when necessary. ,...,
] The Alice-one of the "thirties -
owned by Gherardi Davis and sailed
/ Nv Herbert Funke, carried off the
honors in that class by winning from
G.. Hamersley's Okee III by l MIN
ute 90 seconds. in covering the longest
course-12.24 miles.
Okee Of First.
The Okee III sailed by Vice-Commo-
dore Little had the best OF the start
These yachts were sent twice around a
course made up Of run, with spinna-
| kers TO starboard, TO the BensonhurS1
mark. Gybing there they had reach
TO Buoy 10 off South Beach. beat 70
| Nun Buoy u off Norton's Point ana
thence 10 the home mark.
On the reach across the channel
the Alice, sailed by Edgar +. Lucken-
back, moved into first place and she
never was passed. Al the end OF inc
first round. she was leading the Okee
| IIT bv AZ seconds while the Banzai
was 4 minutes and 2S seconds astern
NJ Okee Ill A shift Of the wind TO
the southwest in the second rouhu
allowed the yachts TO Law their courses
from Can Buoy No. Is to Nun Buoy
No. ~.
The racing in the star class was
feature of the days sport; ne mas
tcrful handling Of these little sloops
in the really heavy sea they encoun-
tered in beating down the Main snip
/ Channel was sight 70 gladueh INC
heart of any sailorman.
Seventeen of them started in the
race. and considering the big wind that
threatened to rip every mainsail from
/ its bolt ropes, the fact is not surprising
that nine of them were not aole 70
finish.
A Bad Sea.
II was in the beat from Craven ShoaI
buoy TO No. 1s. at the north entrance
10 Ambrose Channel, that they got the
severe test of hulls. spars and sails, 20
the finish in the squall was another
severe test of hills, spars and SAILS TO
saw nothing of the shifting ballast
in which Commander Fry, with his twin
Scandinavians, had much the best of It,
The winner of the Stars was the
Little Bear, which defeated the Attain
nv only two seconds. The CAMS
Minor finished third, only twenty-slS
seconds astern of the Affair. 1t was
an inspiring sight 70 see the three
little fellows tearing through the
whitecaps with full sail in a bio"
that made far larger yachts lower
sail.
Horace E. Boucher was the chair
man of the race committee. HIS as,
sistants were John r. Brophy and
Samuel L Finlay. There was a pal
masoue at the club last night:
The summaries Of the race follow:
KEW YORK Y c. THIRTY FooTERs-SrARr
w" il5-CoURsE. 1874 MILES