The sun., 1918-07-14
RACING YACHTSI
DOLDRUMS ON SOUND
Absence of Wind Spells In
dian HarbOr Club Regatta
-Arvia Wins.
3 FINISH LONG COURSE
Special Despatch TO TBE SrN.

GREENWICH. Conn. July 13.-Light
winds spoiled the twenty-ninth annual
regatta OF the Indian Harbor Yacht Club.
held on Long Island Sound on this city
this afternoon. At the scheduled start
ing hour there was practically no wind.
After a half hours delay Chairman
Richard A. Monks Of the regatta COM
nittee. sent away n fleet OF twenty-one
yachts In the lightest OF airs frcm the
| northeast.
After backing all around the Sound
the wind died away. leaving the yachts
| becalmed
three. that sailed the longer course.
finished. Eight OF the fleet that sailed
the shorter course were timed within
the required time limit.
So far this season the Long Island
Sound Corinthians have been very I'M
fortunate 81 regards weather. To-day
was the poorest OF the season The sky
was overcast and there were continual
rumhles Of thunder in the northeast In
dicat!ons pointed to a squall and In an
/ ticiration of n blow one or two OF the
craft appeared at the starting line under
reef. The only squall experienced was
few drops Of rain. which killed the
little, breeze that was blowing at the
starting hour.
Arvia the winner.
The first division o. the handicap
class was the only one to sail the longer
course. Again T. S. Clarkes Arvia was
the winner. regardless OF the fact that
the black racer started nineteen minutes
late. The delay was due 20 the impos-
sbility OF Skipper Clark getting the
yacht started across the line.
Once away the class Q boat moved
along like a ghost and was leading the
| feet at the weather mark, the first turn
| ing point Of the race.
4 spinnaker run across the Sound and
another beat home completed the race.
! Arvia continued to outfoot G. P. Gran
/ herrys Anita. the scratch yacht. and
! finally won on actual time by 6 minutes
and p seconds. On corrected time she
! won nv "A minutes and 81 seconds
In the star class the winner was G.
w Elders Zete.
! SALINE. the property Of II. " Whit
! telsey, won among the one design yachts
" the Indian Harbor Club.
! Van was the first OF the American
Yacht Club dores to finish.
| No yachts finished IN the second or
! the third division Of the handicap class
| the sender class the Larchmont inter-
club clasp or the arrow division OF the
| Indian Harh7r Club
The sum maries,
HANp1rAP CLASS. FIRST DIVISION
START. 3:lo-couRsE. II MILES.
Elapsed
| zach, and o~r.-. I'M 5. H. n =.
Arvia. @. g. Clarke. ......s o5 50 js 80
! Anita. G.. p. Grsnl~v.....s IL 2s % %
Wnseka. w. J.. Cours.n. Not timed
Corrected times--Arvis. .:S:o5: Anita,
| s.oc:2s.
STAR cLAss-sTART s:.o-coURsE, ca
MILES
zstsi G Wv W. Elder, IT,, g az 3, az
EoIes H.. j. A. Farrell. Jr..s q i? o. i:
War c!ou", F.. j. so7der..5 80 ~ os q
INDIAN BARpoP ONE pEsIGN-sTART.
| s4o-coURsE. az MILES.
fnIGme ,c : Wh.tte'ssys - % is %
! AMERICAN Y. 9. DORIES-START, $40
COURSE, 81 MILES.
d Sna Mary f ,aroot..s Is !: Is = q
! HANDICAP CLASS SECOND DIVISION
| START. 5:I5--cOURsE. IL MILES.
sally Nine. a; f; Black. DID not finish.
Claire. p. c. Pfeiffrr. Did not finish.
HANDICAP CLASS THIRD DIVISION
| START. s;2o-CoURsE. II MILES.
Robin Hood. III. q E.
Aeadisn. r. E. Raymond. Not 20, tined timed
| SENDER CLAss-sTART, s:?o-coURsE.
II MILES.
/ Fealte-. A. Clarke........ Did not finish.
! LARcHMONT B-sTART, 3::5
COURSE. II MILES.
Bar. Il. lockwood. ....... Did not finish.
ARROW CLAsS--sTART s:25-CoURsE,
II MILES.
Comrsde. a. G. Hanaa... Not timed.
hawk SlaNin. ....... Not timed.
! May, c. ID. Mallory ...... Not timed