The New York herald., 1922-07-25
LOTS OF RACES ON
Big YACHT CRUISE
Regatta Committee Issues In
structions to Yacht Owners
for Many Contests.
by ARTHUR F. ALDRIDGE.

The race committee of the New York
Yacht Club. H. de B. Parsons. chair
man: Gherardi Davis and Clinton Mac
kenzie. has issued the sailing instruc-
tions for the annual cruise of the club.
which will begin next Monday at New
port The cruise this year Will begin
with the races for the Astor cups and
end with a race for the Kings cup and
two races for yachts too small to be
eligible for the Kings cup. Commodore
Vanderbilt offers a prize for mixed
class, thirty feet water line and over.
and Capt. James Z. Hayes offers
prize for the forty footers to be sailed
off Marblehead.
Between these big cup events the
yachts will cruise from port to port
in five squadron runs. The first run,
on Thursday. August 8. will be from
Newport to Mattapoisett. a distance OF
thirty-one and one-half miles. The
light vessel, and the finish off Nye
Ledge bell buoy. off Mattapoisett Neck.
The buoys off Sakonnet Point and Hen
and Chickens light vessel are to be
left to port. n
The start will be made one hour after
the harbor start is made on the flag
ship Vagrant Five minutes after the
warning signal the schooners will be
sent off. Five minutes later the fifty
foot sloops will start. There will be
three of these yachts. Carolina, Intalena
and Harpoon. Five minutes after the
fifty footers the start for classes N. o
and the forties will be made. This
will be a big fleet. There will be two
Ms. Alice and Zaida; four Os. Georgia,
Nimbus. Grey Dawn and Maisie and
eight forties. Sally Ann. Monsoon, Pam
pero. Rowdy. Shawara, squaw. Zilph
and Mistral.
Many Prizes Each Day.
The small sloops and small schooners
will go on the next signal and auxil-
iaries last Of all. There will be the usual
prizes in each class. and in addition
special prizes will be sailed for each
day. The special prizes on the first
day will be the navy challenge cups.
one for schooners and one for sloops
and yawls.
The second run will be from Malta
poieett. starting off Nye Ledge to Vine
yard Haven. finishing off West Chop
Red Spar No. 2. twenty-four miles. Two
courses have been named and the final
selection will be made prior to the
warning signal. One will take the
yachts around the Hen and Chickens
anu V vineyard COuuQ lB1l VtSSelS, lcdN-
ing both to port. and then through
Vineyard Sound. thirty-nine and one
half miles. and the other will be
through Quicks Hole and then through
the Sound. twenty-four miles. For this
run the specials are the Rear Commo-
dores cups. one for schooners and one
for sloops and yawls.
On Saturday the run will be from
Vineyard Haven to Provincetown.
seventy miles. and the start will be
made at 6 o'clock from line between
the Chops. and the finish will be Oft
Peaked Hill Bar whistle buoy No. 2.
The Commodore's cups are the specials
| for this run. If owners of small craft
elect to tow through the Cape Cod
Canal race will be arranged for then
from the eastern end of the canal to
the Spar Bouy off Long Point, Province
town harbor.
| Last Run August 3.
After this long race the fleet will
rest over Sunday in Provincetown har-
Dor and will start on Monday morn.
ing for Gloucester. The starting line
will be off Wood End and the finisf
off whistle buoy No. 2. off Eastern
Point. forty miles The specials ar,
the Vice Commodore's cups. The las
run. on Tuesday August 8. will be t.
Marblehead, starting from whistle buo,
NO. 2 and finishing off Half Way Rock