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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 20, 1889. 



Banshee set a small jibtopsail about Buoy 15, which helped her a 

 little, but Minerva continued to gain, dropping her class 

 steadily, both in footing and holding on. She carried 

 only lower sails and jibheader. Sea. Fox down by Buoy 9 was 

 holding her own, while Bedouin was leading shamrock. Gracie, 

 Hildegarde and Mischief were not far apart, the latter to lee- 

 ward, then came Clara. Her only rival, Roamer, was safely 

 beaten already, having dropped aslernand to leeward of Minerva, 

 before the upper island was readied. After Banshee and Min- 

 erva came Kathleen and then the rear guard, widely scattered 

 over the mouth of the Narrows. Gorilla far to leeward, and 

 Nymph, Maraquita and Saracen still inside the forts. The big 

 boats made Buoy 10 or the first tack from the start. Sea Fox set 

 spinaker to starboard, having gained on Mayflower, the latter 

 parting her bar hobstay in the turnhuckle. The two ends were 

 fished up, a strap put on each and the two brought together by a 

 tackle while the boat was off wind from Buoy 10 to Buoy 5, a 

 balloon lnaintoprnas (staysail being set with no headsailsunt.il 

 the damage was repaired. Minerva led Banshee, each making a 

 short tack to the weather mark, then she set a silk balloon fore- 

 sail and jibtopsail, running very fast for the open sea beyond the 

 point of the Hook. The times at Buoy 10 were: 



Sea Fox 12 11 36 Shamrock 12 25 08 



Bedouin 12 23 00 Gracie 12 211 13 



Mayflower 12 23 50 



Outside there was a strong breeze and lumpy water at least for 

 the smaller boats. Sea Fox led around Sandy Hook Lightship, 

 the Units being: 



Sea Fox 1 12 15 Shamrock 1 17 44 



Mayflower 1 13 04 Gracie 1 24 10 



Bedouin 1 16 08 



Shamrock was third at the mark, but Mayflower turned just 

 inside of her. As they came in with sheets eased for a broad 

 reach Sea Fox passed Minerva about a mile from the Scotland, 

 the little ship pitching rather heavily at times, there being some 

 deep holes in tbe water. She was going under easy canvas, lower 

 sails and jibheader, with the race safe in hand. Banshee had 

 chased her out from Buoy 10, but in spite of a balloon jibtopsail 

 she failed to lessen Minerva's lead. Banshee had her staysail set 

 but jib partially stowed, the sail going in the water at times. 

 Perhaps Minerva's crew were a little cautious as thev came near 

 the spot where misfortune overtook them on Thursday, and as 

 she felt the sea the large jibtopsail was stowed. Banshee, how- 

 ever, wit h more valor than discretion, stuck to her balloon until 

 near Buoy 5, when the big sail pulled the topmast off at the cap 

 and spoiled her chances. She cleared the wreck and bore away 

 up the Swash, leaving Minerva about to round the mark. Over 

 went the boom within 20ft. of the huge leaden huil of the light- 

 ship, and sheets were well eased off for the reach to Buoy 5. 

 About three-quarters of a mile from the mark Maraquita was 

 passed, bound out. The four were timed: 



Minerva 1 35 20 Nymph 1 44 ()0 



Gorilla 1 14 00 Maraquita 1 46 31 



Nymph had lowered jiptopsa.il and did not set it again. 



Thus far the wind had been pretty steady, but as the leaders had 

 passed out by the Hook about noon there was visible a thunder 

 storm over the city, with every prospect of a squall down the bay. 

 Though it did not strike until the leaders were at the finish, it 

 played havoc with the wind for three hours, giving the luck n«w 

 to one boat and then to another in a manner which it is diffi- 

 cult to describe closely. Bedouin had beaten Shamrock until 

 they came hi the Hook, but a sudden shift of wind to the north 

 put Shamrock to windward, while a similar fluke robbed Sea Fox 

 of her weather berth and set her to leeward of Mayflower. The 

 forties caught the wind ahead just outside Buoy 5, Minerva still 

 holding her lead. She came by the wind and stood in very f-ist, 

 considering the very strong ebb tide off the Hook, and when once 

 fairly inside picked up still better on her class, the others being 

 then at a disadvantage by having the wind ahead instead of on 

 the quarter when they were in the strongest tide. Gracie was 

 ahead of Minerva as the latter came for Buoy 8^, the wind then 

 being very light. The forty ran up astern and then weathered 

 out on Gracie's beam, sailing there until very close to the buoy, 

 when a coaster lumbered along, covering the mark and forcing 

 Gracie t o bear away. Minerva luffed out and went under the 

 co ster's stern, just squeezing by the mark, after which she left 

 the big sloop for the day. 



Shamrock was now leading boat, well up the bay, the wind 

 being very light from the north, varying constantly in direction, 

 while the sky was very threatening. Mayflower was second, in 

 the center of the bay. but Sea Fox was becalmed far to the west- 

 ward, near the old quarantine anchorage. Bedouin was well up 

 the bay bucking the last of the ebb tide with little wind. By the 

 time that Minerva had passed Buoy 10 Sea Fox was standing up 

 the channel on starboard tack. The little boat gradually over- 

 hauled her and finally passed her to windward. 



Elf was now coming up from Buoy 10, still carrying clubtopsail. 

 She had been well up in Sandy Hook Bay for a time. Kathleen 

 was about five miles ahead, being the first boat to finish. The 

 clouds had been growing darker in the north, the wind being 

 from that quarter, but when the leaders were near home the 

 wind struck them from astern for a short time. Bedouin and 

 Minerva set spinakers to starboard and moved ahead for a few 

 minutes, when the wind dropped again and then the squall 

 broke from over the St at en Island hills, hitting prettv heavily 

 at first. The rain poured down for a short time and then 

 stopped, but the wind, again quite light, held ahead. Sham- 

 rock lowered her mainsail, but set it after the squall was 

 over. Minerva walked on up, passing to windward of Bedouin 

 and finished fourth boat of the fleet. After leading 

 all her own class and being passed outside by the larger 

 craft she had overtaken everything but Mayflower and Sham- 

 rock, besides beaiiug her class almost out of sight. Of course 

 there was some terrible fluking among the big fellows, but at no 

 time during the day did Minerva stop, she went very fast when 

 it blew the hardest, and when the wind fell and came in all direc- 

 tions she still fanned along, passing everything in her course. 

 The sail home, from the time she passed Buoy 5. was most tedious 

 and trying, being a continual shifting of light sails, but even 

 with her small rig she traveled very fast. Both Sea Fox and 

 Bedouin were in bard luck, and suffered badly from the shifts of 

 wind. While the wind held true in the firs! part of the race each 

 beat her opponent. Hildegarde outsailed Mischief and Clara's 

 antagonist withdrew. Volusia beat Beatrice very badly, while 

 Marguerite took second honors in the 30ft. class, and Elf among 

 the thirties. Both Minerva and Kathleen outsailed their clashes 

 fairly and decisively, and won by a large margin besides that due 

 to any possible flukes. Mr. Burgess turned a handspring as May- 

 flower finished. The fuil times were: 



SCHOONERS — 90FT. CLASS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Mavflower 11 07 09 4 50 56 5 43 47 



Sea Fox 11 05 48 5 06 45 6 00 07 Allows. 



SLOOPS AND CUTTERS— "OFT. CLASS. 



Bedouin 11 08 26 5 05 19 5 56 53 5 55 06 



Gracie 11 10 00 5 10 25 6 01 07 



Shamrock 11 09 18 4 51 29 5 42 11 Allows. 



61fT. CLASS. 



Mischief 11 13 05 Not timed. 



Hildegarde 11 15 U0 5 47 55 6 32 55 



53ft. class. 



Roamer 11 12 48 Withdrew. 



Clara 11 13 36 6 24 25 7 10 49 



40ft. class. 



Gorilla 11 15 00 5 24 09 6 09 09 



Banshee 11 14 50 Lost topmast. 



Minerva 11 15 00 5 03 57 5 48 57 



Maraquita 11 15 00 5 16 17 6 01 17 



Nymph 11 15 00 Not timed. 



35ft. class. 



Beatrice 11 12 29 6 22 08 7 99 39 7 07 36 



Volusia 11 15 00 5 18 30 6 03 30 Allows. 



30B'T. CLASS. 



Kangaroo .11 12 42 Not timed. 



Saracen 11 15 00 5 18 14 6 33 14 



Elf 1112 oO 5 16 38 6 02 02 



Kathleen 11 12 21 4 47 03 5 34 43 



6 01 11 

 Allows. 



SPECIAL RACE, JUNE 17. 



The courses and conditions for the special race on Monday for the 

 40, 35 and 30ft. classes were the same as on Saturday, except that 

 professional crews and clubtopsails were allowed, the helmsman 

 being an amateur. The prizes were $150 for five starters in the 40ft. 

 class and $75 for each ot the. other classes, to be increased to $100 if 

 five started. The starters were Minerva, steered by Mr. J. Beavor- 

 Webb; Maraquita, steered by Mr. Fred Swift; Tomahawk, steered by 



Mr. E. D. Morgan; Gorilla, steered by Mr. , and Nymph, steered by 



Mr E. A. Willard, in the 40ft. class. Banshee was unable to get a 

 new topmast in time. Volusia and Beatrice started in the 35ft. class, 

 the latter steered by her owner, Mr. C. A. Post; and in the 30ft. class 

 were Kathleen , steered by Mr. Whitlock, with a Corinthian crew; 

 Saracen, steered by Mr. B'owle, also with a Corinthian crew from 

 Boston ; Elf and the new Tomboy, steered by Mr. Archibald Rogers, 

 with part of Bedouin's crew under Captain Pittuck. The wind was 

 very fresh from the west in the morning, with every promise of a 

 fine race, the day being clear and pleasant. In spite of the fine entry 



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New York Y. C. starts at Buov 15. 

 Seawanhaka C. Y. C. starts at Buoy 18. 



Corinthian Y. C. starts at Buoy 15. 



Atlantic Y. C. starts at Bay Ridge, above Buoy 18. 



Finish for all at Buoy 15. The outer mark of the new outside course of the New York Y. C. is S.W. by W. of Sandy 

 Hook Lightship, near the shore at the lowest point shown on the chart. 



list, no one was on hand to witness the race save a few on the judges' 

 boat. Chispa was out with the fleet all day, Fortuna, Dauntless and 

 Sea Fox were down in the afternoon, with the steamer Sentinel, but 

 there was no trouble over the club steamer or a host of attending 

 boats to mar the racing. The fleet maneuvered in a group to the 

 northwest of the line off buoy 18, the forties under jibheaders, and 

 in some cases with baby jibtopsails set, the two 35rt. boats under 

 single reefs, Volusia with topmast housed and reef in, while of the 

 thirties only Elf showed a topmast set up. The whistle blew at ex- 

 actly 11 A. M., the start for the forties being given at 11:05. Minerva 

 went over the line first, on starboard tack, with Maraquita close at 

 her heels, the latter luffing out on Minerva immediately after cross- 

 ing, but at once falling back to her weather quarters. Tomahawk 

 and Gorilla crossed close together. Nymph being alone. This order 

 was held to the outer mark, Minerva and Maraquita close together, 

 Tomahawk and Gorilla near each other but astern of the leaders, 

 while Nymph sailed alone some little distance from the pahythe only 

 exception being near buoy 5, where Gorilla pasied Tomahawk for a 

 short time. Tomboy led the small craft, with Volusia, Saracen, 

 Beatrice, Kathleen and Elf in order, the latter being handicapped 18 

 seconds. The times were: 



Minerva 1106 10 Volusia . 1113 37 



Maraquita 1106 16 Saracen. . It 12 52 



Tomanawk 11 07 12 Beatrice 11 13 06 



Gorilla 11 07 50 Kathleen 11 13 22 



Nymph 11 08 58 Elf H 15 18 



Tomboy 11 11 47 



As the leaders passed out the Narrows tbey all heeled very heavily, 

 Tomahawk being almost flat at times, and Nymph lying down as she 

 caught the puffs close in under Fort Wadsworth. The order and 

 relative positions continued the same during the whole distance to 

 the Southwest Spit, all holding- the one tack, but jammed on the 

 wind to make the buoy with the strong leegoing tide. Maraquita 

 hung obstinately on to Minerva, the two leaving Tomahawk a little, 

 while she in turn was gaining a little on Gorilla, but at no time was 

 the distance from the first to the last boat over half a mile. A simi- 

 lar contest was going on with the smaller boats. Tomboy still holding 

 her lead, with Saracen, Beatrice, Kathleen, Volusia and Elf in order. 

 The two 35ft. boats, both centerboard craft, evidently had no busi- 

 ness with such boats as Kathleen and Saracen, both keels, while 

 Gorilla and Nymph were unable to hold their keel rivals. Down the 

 Bay a curious craft was overhauled, a good looking chunk of a cat- 

 boat with a square yard on her mast, her skipper being a resident of 

 Sailor's Snug Harbor. Her squaresail was stowed as she was bound 

 down with the yachts, and the spectators missed the sight of her off 

 the wind. 



The fight thus far had been a most exciting and interesting one. 

 Such a picked fleet is rarely brought together as that in the 40 and 

 30ft. classes, new craft, the work of several rival designers, and with 

 nothing lacking to make each the winner if possible. The job lot 

 assortment of craft of all sizes and degrees of excellence that orna- 

 ment the average club regatta was replaced by as fine a fleet of 

 evenly matched boats as is not often seen. With the racers was the 

 cruiser Chispa towing a boat, but near enough to see what was going 

 on. The times at buoy 10 were: 



Minerva 12 29 45 Gorilla 12 32 15 



Maraquita 12 30 18 Nymph 12 33 35 



Tomahawk 12 31 13 



Minerva set a balloon jibtopsail at the turn after mastheading 

 spinaker in stops and lowering it again; but Maraquita shot outlier 

 extension boom to starboard an 1 soon had spinaker drawing. She 

 ran up on Minerva, but the latter turned to and soon set a silk 

 spinaker which held her well ahead. Nymph had lost steadily from 

 the start, and was some distance astern of the rest. The little fel- 

 lows were left as the tug ran out with the forties, and were not seen 

 until well on the way home. The wind had fallen some when the 

 fleet passed out the Hook, being timed at buoy 5: 



Minerva 12 46 31 Gorilla 12 48 50 



Maraquita 13 48 57 Nymph 12 51 03 



.Tomanawk 12 48 38 



Gorilla had created a sligh ' diversion by going past Tomahawk's 

 weather, but soon slid back to fourth place. Minerva took in her jib- 

 header and set a chtbfcopsail after taking in spinaker, and led the 

 procession out to the Scotland, making a close turn as she luffed 

 round. Maraquita had been very well handled all day, but she lost a 

 little on this turn, not tacking as soon as Minerva. The two stood 

 out on port tack for buoy 5, thus running into the strongest of the 

 ebb tide, but when Tomahawk and Gorilla rouudea together they 

 held starboard tack, standing in down the Jersey beach toward t-he 

 Highlands. Nymph had been very badly outsailed thus far, being 

 now 5m. astern of Minerva. The times were: 



Minerva 1 14 30 Gorilla 1 19 25 



Maraquita .1 15 01 Nvmph 1 26 10 



Tomanawk 1 19 16 



The wind was moderate, all but Minerva being content with jib- 

 headers, but at 1:45 Maraquita clewed up hers and went on starboard 

 tack, leaving Miuerva for the day, and in a very few minutes she had 

 dropped far astern. At 2 P.M. Minerva was off the point of the 

 Hook, but in a terrible seagoing tide, and it was evident that Toma- 

 hawk and Gorilla, now stealing along under the beach in the slack 

 tide, had made a very great sain on her and were the leading boats. 

 Nymph was far astern and inshore of Minerva, and Maraquita was 

 now the last of the fleet. Tomahawk and Gorilla worked the Hook 

 as closely as they could, shaving under the beach and out to weather 

 buoy 5 and then slipping in again out of the tide, while Minerva, still 

 on her first leg from the Lightship, was standing over toward the 

 Swash, with the tide setting her oft. Tomahawk worked in for the 

 Spit with a good lead, and after a time Minerva got inside the Hook 

 and passed to windward of Gorilla. Maraquita and Nymph were a 

 long distance astern, not having turned buoy 5 yet. The customary 

 afternoon squall was now visible in the north, but the wind still held 

 to the west. 



The little fellows were soon reaching in from the Spit, under jib- 

 topsails and balloon foresails, Kathleen with a fine lead. All had 

 sent up topmasts, and Tomboy and Elf had clubtopsails aloft. The 

 squall struck heavily as Kathleen passed Hoffman Island, but she 

 carried through it, only lowering her large jibtopsail for a few min- 

 utes. The rain poured down for a few minutes, after which it cleared 

 for a time, and she crossed the line. Immediately after a second 

 and heavier squall struck in, knocking off the boats that were about 



