June 14, 1888.] 



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SCHOONER "SEA FOX" 1888. 



ATLANTIC Y. C, JUNE 12. 



THE annual regatta of the Atlantic Y. 0„ on Tuesday, was fa- 

 vored with a long list of staiters, 36 in all, and the finest of 

 June weather, but the wind played a sorry trick all day and 

 robbed the race of all excitement or interest. The day was beau- 

 tifully clear, the sky and water perfect, and in the morning alight 

 N.W. wind was blowing, hut before noon it had fallen; while it 

 was not until near sunset that the long-looked-for southerly breeze 

 came in with any strength. 



The courses were: Schooners and sloops in Classes 1, 2 and 3, 

 from Bay Ridge, down through the Narrows, to and around South- 

 west Spit, Buoys Nos. ""0 and 8J4 passing to the west, of same; 

 thence around Scotland Lightship, keeping the same on port 

 hand; thence around Sandy Hook L-'ghtship, keeping it on port 

 hand; thence returning to Buoys Nos. 8>£ and 10, going around 

 same keeping them on starboard; thence to home stakeboat; 37 

 miles. 



Sloops in Classes 4 and 5, from Bay Ridge, around stake boat near 

 buoy No. 8, off northern point of Sandy Hook passing to west of 

 same; thence around Scotland lightship, keeping it on port hand; 

 thence around Sandy Hook ligntship, keeping it on port hand; 

 thence home, 32 miles. 



Classes 6 and 7, from Bay Ridge, around stake boat near buoy 

 No. 8, keeping same on port hand; thence around Scotlaud light- 

 ship, keeping it on port hand; thence home, 24 miles. 



Classes 8, 9, 10 and 11, from Bay Ridge, around stake boat near 

 buoy No. 8, keeping the same on port hand; thence home, 20 

 miles. 



The finish for all classes was at buoy No. 15. 



The prizes were: A first to the winning yacht in each class, in 

 which at least two yachts started, a second in each class, in 

 which at least five yachts started. Also the Livingston Memorial 

 prize for the first sloop of Class 5 in at home stakeboat, without 

 time allosvance, to be held on the conditions of its presentation. 

 All yachts were restricted to topsails not extending above the 

 truck or over 1ft beyond the gaff. The starters were: 



Schooners: Class 1— Palmer, Miranda, Grayling; Palmer allow- 

 ing Miranda 6m. 23s. and Grayling 0m. 40s. 



Class 2— Haze, Azalea, Gevalia; Haze allowing Azalea lm. and 

 Gevalia 5m. Us. 



Sloops and cutters: Class 2— Shamrock, Fanny, Huron; Sham- 

 rock allowing Fanny 3m. 48s. and Huron 5m. 8s. 



Class 3— Hildegarde and Thistle; Hildegarde allowing Thistle 

 44?. 



Class 4— Anaconda and Roamer; Anaconda allowing Roamer 



Class 5— Enterprise, Stella, Nirvana, Amaranth; Enterprise al- 

 lowing Stella lm. 25s., Nirvana 3m. 38s. and Amaranth 4m. 35s. 



Class 6— Ariadne, Phantom, Rival, Banshee, Pappoose; Ariadne 

 allowing Phantom 2m. 41s., Rival 4m. 63., Banhsee lm. 41s. and 

 Pappoose 7m. 26s. 



Class 7— Mistral, Daisy, llderan, Eurybia; Mistral allowing 

 Daisy 3m. 47s., llderan 6m. 27s. and Eurybia lm. 3s. 



Class 8— Hypatia, Kangaroo, Nyssa, Gem, Lena; Hypatia allow- 

 ing Kangaroo 37s., Nyssa lm. 37s., Gem 4m. 12s. a id Lena 4m. 3/s. 



Class 9— Gleam and Frolic; Gleam allowing Frolic lm. 3s. 



Class 11— Uatboats. Bijou, Marjorie, Cid; Bijou allowing Mar- 

 jori 1 2m. 18s. and Cid 15m. 30s. 



Baisbee and Pappoose were not officially measured, but a re- 

 measurement will not change the result of the race. Tne num- 

 bering of the fleet was done in a most shiftless and slipshod 

 fashion, some of the figures being too small to be read, while 

 others were of the regulation size. Some yachts had one large 

 figure and one very small one, making a ridiculous appearance, 

 while some numners were but half sewn on and could not be road 

 at all, making the work of the time keepers very difficult. 



The start was signalled by guns from the bluff!, the preparatory 

 signal being given at 10:3^:50, the start tor all above class 4 being 

 at 10-38:02; for classes 4 to 7, 10:42:58, and for the rest, 10:47:53. The 



wind was then light N. by W., most of the fleet sending up 

 balloon jibtopsails in stops, the schooners also having maintop- 

 mast staysails in readiness. The entire fleet was scattered at the 

 time of the prepatory gun, and the start was slow and straggling, 

 many being handicapped. With his usual promptness Capt. 

 Terry" had Grayling away for the line at the gun, and she came 

 from inshore for the east end near the timer's boat. Just at this 

 time the schooner yacht Clio, not in the race, put herself on the 

 end of the line and squarely in the way of Grayling, forcing the 

 latter to give wav a little; a piece of work for which there is no 

 excuse. Palmer and Hildegarde, the latter with her new cutter 

 rig, came for the line promptly, but Miranda, Shamrock and 

 many more were slow in getting over, though there was an ebb 

 tide and wind enough to work ship readily. The start was timed: 



Grayling 10 89 38 Amaranth 10 48 30 



Palmer .10 41 31 Huron 10 49 00 



Hildegarde 10 41 57 Roamer. 10 50 58 



Azalea 10 42 38 Phautom 10 51 28 



Thistle 10 48 08 Kangaroo 10 52 07 



Miranda 10 43 22 Eurybia 10 52 19 



Nirvana 11 44 38 llderan 10 53 06 



Gevalia 10 44 48 Daisy 10 53 33 



Rival . 10 44 48 Nyssa 10 54 08 



Shamrock 10 4k 33 Gleam 10 54 ?8 



Ariadne 10 45 53 Hypatia 10 a4 35 



Banshee 10 46 20 Marjorie 10 54 30 



Mistral 10 46 24 Gem 10 55 20 



Haze 10 47 36 Bijou 10 55 30 



Pappoose 10 47 53 Lena 10 56 18 



Stella 10 48 01 Cid 10 56 47 



Euterprise 10 48 21 



All were soon settled down to work, with spmakers to starboard, 

 balloon jiptopsails, and on the schooners balloon maintopmast 

 staysails', set; but the fickle wind had now left them to drift out of 

 the Narrows as thev could. Grayling of course had improved on 

 her good start and was over half a mile in advance, with Hilde- 

 garde, Fanny and Shamrock hunting her. The little Rival had 

 also gone off' well and pushed ahead with the big ones, hanging 

 very close to Shamrock. At noon Graylmg was still above the 

 Upper Island, while Shamrock was about half a mile astern, with 

 Rival a few yards back, directly in her wake. On Shamrock's 

 port oeam were Fanny and Hildegarde, with Miranda and Ana- 

 conda next. 



The rest of the fleet was scattered over a large space, b or over 

 an hour the fleet drifted slowly down, until at 1 P. M. the wind 

 began to come in very lightly from the south. Sea Foz had come 

 down with the fleet looking very stylish with main clubtopsail 

 aloft, but she tired of the drift and set her spinaker to run home 

 before the new breeze. The small boats worked down the Swash 

 and turned their mark, Marjorie leading Bijou by several 

 hundred yards, with Cid well astern; and at 1:45 they were on the 

 way home. Inside the Hook the wind was very light, and the 

 lead rs merely drifted around Buoy 10. the times being: 



Hildegarde 1 22 20 Thistle I 36 10 



Grayling 1 23 25 Haze 1 37 40 



Fanny 1 30 30 Palmer 1 44 30 



Shamrock 1 33 35 Huron 1 48 00 



Mirania seemed to lose her way entirely and lay motionless 

 near the buoy for a very long time. Once clear of the point of 

 the Hook the leaders found a stronger wind and the beat to the 

 Scotland began. Tne smaller craft, including Banshee and Pap- 

 poose, caught the others here, having gone a shorter course, and 

 all worked out together, making a very pretty sight. The water 

 was absolutely smooth, hardly a ripple all day, just what Fannv 

 and Hildegarde liked, and both sailed very well. The first out to 

 Scotland were Banshee and Pappoose, the former ahead but with 

 a smaller lead than she had at the start, Pappoose being well 

 within her time. The pair jibed around the mark and set jibtop- 

 sails for home. 



Anaconda came next, with jibtopsail dragging overboard, far 

 ahead of the only rival in her class, Roamer. After her came 

 Eurybia, the large ones following; the times being: 



Banshee 2 29 00 Grayling 2 40 00 



Pappoose 2 30 40 Mistral 2 46 30 



Anaconda 2 35 00 Hildegarde 2 46 40 



Eurybia 2 44 55 Shamrock 2 47 25 



Shamrock had been further to leeward than Grayling and Hilde- 

 garde, but she squeezed up and weathered the mark by a short 

 leg, having gained considerably. Fanny was now astern and was 

 not timed. On the reach across to Sandy Hook Lightship, Sham- 

 rock gained 011 Hildegarde, while Grayling ran away from both, 

 gaining on Anaconda very fast. Miranda had by this time worked 

 out of the Hook and was coming up on the fleet. The times at 

 Sandy Hook Lightship were: 



Anaconda 3 00 00 Thistle 3 31 10 



Grayling 3 08 15 Nirvana 3 38 15 



Hildegarde 3 11 10 Palmer 3 39 05 



Shamrock 3 11 30 Huron 3 41 25_ 



Fanny 3 18 00 Haze 3 42 40 



Roamer 3 25 50 Amaranth 3 47 15 



Enterprise 3 30 20 Gevalia 2 47 40 



Stella 3 31 05 Miranda 3 50 80 



Hildegarde made a very short turn of the mark, and Shamrock, 

 following close, tried to force her way to windward but failed, 

 her bowsprit going aboard the other to the great danger of her 

 mainsail. As there was no sea and but little wind the two were 

 separated without further damage than a few caps lost overboard. 

 The drift home was long and tedious, the leaders having little 

 wind and a foul tide. Later in the day the breeze freshened and 

 brought up the tail of the fleet, aided by the young flood tide: so 

 tbat they gained very much on the leaders. 



Banshee led Papnoose all the way home, the distance between 

 them being about 200ft. only over most of the way. As Banshee 

 is a centerboard boat 4ft. longer but drawing nearly 2ft. less than 

 Pappoose, the latter a keel boat, the fact that the latter outran 

 her in a ten-mile run in very light weather, against the tide, is 

 something that may int* rest English yachtsmen. 



Inside the Hook in the light wind Grayling, Hildegarde and 

 Shamrock were making slow progress, while Fanny, Palmer and 

 Miranda were coming up outyide. The run up the bay was slow 

 and tedious, with little of interest, the winners in each class 

 being settled long before the finish was reached. The official 

 times were: 



CLASS 1— SCHOONEBS. 



Start. Finish. 



Grayling 10 39 38 6 39 55 



Palmer 10 41 31 6 47 49 



Miranda 10 43 02 6 56 04 



CLASS 2. 



Gevalia 10 43 02 6 55 57 



Azalea 42 38 Not timed. 



Haze 10 43 02 6 59 07 8 16 05 



CLASS 2— SLOOPS AND CUTTERS. 



Elapsed. Corrected. 



8 00 17 

 8 0G 18 

 8 13 0.2 



8 12 £6 



7 50 37 



8 06 18 

 8 06 39 



8 07 44 



8 16 05 



Shamrock 10 43 02 6 41 26 7 58 24 7 58 24 



Fannv 10 43 02 6 41 53 7 58 51 7 55 03 



Huron 10 43 02 6 51 23 8 08 21 8 03 13 



CLASS 3. 



Hildegarde 10 41 57 6 42 23 8 00 26 8 00 28 



Thistle 10 43 02 6 58 22 8 15 20 8 14 26 



CLASS 4. 



Anaconda 10 47 58 6 16 47 7 28 49 7 28 49 



Roamer 10 47 58 6 34 33 7 48 35 7 41 26 



CLASS 5. 



Stella 10 47 58 6 42 32 7 54 34 7 53 02 



Euterprise 10 47 58 6 38 10 7 50 12 7 50 12 



Nirvana 10 44 38 6 41 04 7 56 26 7 52 48 



Amaranth 10 47 58 7 05 18 8 17 20 8 12 45 



