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tion. While Seawanhaka did most of her work on 
starboard tack, Akabo, as before, made a long port tack 
up the Sound, the two being far apart for a time, with 
Cicada between. When they came together Seawan- 
haka was well ahead of Akabo, and after a time on the 
same tack Akabo drew back and to leeward. She was 
caught again in too close proximity to a working schoon- 
er. On the last long tack Seawanhaka weathered the 
line, while Akabo had to make a short tack to cross. 
The times were: 
Leg. Whole round. 
Finish. Elapsed. Loss. Elapsed. Loss. 
•Seawanhaka 5 55*00 0 34 53 0 54 00 
Akabo 5 56 02 0 34 59 0 00 06 0 55 02 0 01 02 
Cicada 5 57 33 0 36 49 0 01 56 0 56 33 0 02 33 
On the windward work Akabo lost but 6s. to Sea- 
wanhaka. The times for the three rounds were: 
Elapsed. Loss. 
Seawanhaka 2 57 23 
Akabo 3 02 51 0 05 28 
Cicada v., 3 04 45 0 07 22 
After the race Mr. Miller, owner of Akabo, expressed 
-himself as being satisfied with the fairness of the test, 
but the race committee suggested that an extra race be 
sailed next day. 
Extra Trial Race, Thursday, July 21. 
Thursday was another fine day, with a light wind, 
N.E. by E., when the boats reached the starting line 
at noon. The weather was clear and warm, and the 
water' smooth, with the tide on the ebb. The usual 
triangular course was laid off, with one mark off Lloyd's 
Neck, but the legs were shortened to 1 1-3 miles, or 
4 miles for the round. The start was to windward, the 
preparatory at IMS and the start at 1:20, Seawanhaka 
leading over the line, with Cicada and Akabo in order, 
all on starboard tack. They soon came about and stood 
inshore, Seawanhaka and Akabo working well up the 
harbor, while Cicada made a long starboard tack out- 
side. Seawanhaka gained on Akabo, and when the lat- 
ter fell in with Cicada at 1 140 Cicada went across her 
bows. The mark was timed: 
Turn. Elapsed. Loss. 
Seawanhaka 1 49 09 0 29 09 
rjcada 1 50 55 0 30 55 0 01 46 
Akabo .7 1 52 46 0 32 46 0 03 37 
Balloon jibs were set on the second leg for a reach to 
the outer mark, the times there being: 
Turn. Elapsed. Loss. 
Seawanhaka 2 11 47 0 22 38 0 01 33 
Cicada 2 12 00 0 21 05 
Akabo 2 16 45 0 23 59 0 02 54 
Cicada gained considerably on Seawanhaka on this 
leg, and still more on Akabo. The last leg was a reach, 
covered in quick time, as below: 
Leg. Whole round. 
Finish. Elapsed. Loss. Elapsed. Loss. 
Seawanhaka 2 26 41 0 14 54 1 06 41 
Cicada 2 28 35 0 16 35 0 01 41 1 08 35 0 01 54 
Akabo 2 31 50 0 15 05 0 00 11 1 11 50 0 05 09 
Akabo's best Avork was done on this leg, as she 
lost but us. to Seawanhaka. 
Second Round. 
The second round was started under the same con- 
ditions except that the wind was lighter at 2:40, Ci- 
cada crossing first, Akabo second and Seawanhaka third, 
all together and moving slowly. For ten minutes they 
did little more than drift, then a nice southerly wind 
came out of the harbor, catching Seawanhaka first and 
Akabo immediately afterward, and sending them reach- 
ing at a good pace for the first mark. Seawanhaka and 
Akabo were sufficiently close to indulge in several 
sharp luffing bouts, interesting to the spectators, but 
of little gain to either boat. They all luffed by the 
Lloyd's Neck mark: 
Turn. Elapsed. Loss. 
Seawanhaka 3 01 41 0 21 41 
\kabo 3 01 50 0 21 50 0 00 09 
Cicada 3 02 13 0 22 13 0 00 32 
The new wind was now settled steadily to work, and 
with booms to starboard all reached out for the sec- 
ond mark. Seawanhaka and Akabo fought for the 
lead in a. series of lively luffing matches to the gain of 
Cicada, but they were all bunched at the turn, as 
below: 
Turn. Elapsed. Loss. 
Cicada 3 19 25 0 17 12 
Akabo 3 19 34 0 17 44 0 00 32 
Seawanhaka 3 19 42 0 18 01 0 00 49 
Working jibs were set before luffing round the mark, 
the way home being to windward. Seawanhaka began 
to work out from under Cicada's lee, while Akabo, to 
leeward of both, was reaching ahead. At the end of five 
minutes Seawanhaka was clear by 30yds. of Cicada's lee 
bow, while Akabo was 200yds. to leeward, but well 
in front. When she came about, some five minutes 
later, she was able to cross Seawanhaka's bows, while 
Cicada had dropped to Seawanhaka's weather quarter. 
The wind freshened to a good wholesail breeze for these 
little boats; as they worked along Akabo failed to hold 
Seawanhaka, and the round ended as in previous ones, 
with Seawanhaka crossing on a long tack, while Akabo 
fetched the lee end of the line and had to make a short 
extra tack. The times were: 
Leg. Whole round. 
Finish. Elapsed. Loss. Elapsed. Loss. 
Seawanhaka 3 43 02 0 23 20 1 03 02 
Akabo 3 43 31 0 23 57 0 00 37 1 03 31 0 00 29 
Cicada 3 43 46 0 24 21 0 01 01 1 03 46 0 00 44 
Third Round. 
The third round was started at 3:55 with more wind, 
the three going over together. Seawanhaka in the lead, 
with Akabo, traveling very fast, a little astern. As soon 
as Akabo struck Seawanhaka's lee she slacked up, and 
the two were presentuly luffing up the harbor. When 
they had had enough of this sport Akabo was first to 
bear away, but Cicada was now the leader. The first 
mark_ was timed: 
■ ■-: Turn. Elapsed. Loss. 
Cicada ; 4 07 09 0 12 09 
Akabo .4 07 12 0 12 12 0 00 03 
Seawanhaka .,- ...4 07 28 0 12 28 0 00 19 
They luffed , around and started to reach for the 
second mark. Akabo took a bad knockdown, but luffed 
out all right. Cicada was 200yds. ahead of Akabo in the 
middle of the leg, and the latter led Seawanhaka by 
30yds. As. they neared the mark Akabo ran up so that 
all turned together: 
Turn. Elapsed. Loss. 
Akabo ..4 24 04 0 16 52 
Cicada 4 24 20 0 17 11 0 00 19 
Seawanhaka 4 24 27 0 17 19 0 00 27 
Once on the wind, Akabo started for the westward 
on port tack, the others again inshore of her. At the 
end of ten minutes all were strung out on the same 
tack— port — Seawanhaka being at least a quarter of a 
mile astern of Akabo, but to windward of her wake; 
Cicada in a line between them being about 150yds. from 
Akabo's weather quarter. As they went on, Seawanhaka 
steadily improved her windward position, pointing high 
and eating out in a most excellent manner. Akabo 
was a long way from her, so that a close comparison 
of loss and gain was impossible until all neared the 
mark. It was now cloudy and cool, with a threatening 
of a squall in the northwest, but the wind held steady, 
all the boats wanted. When Cicada and Seawanhaka 
met, the former passed clear ahead. As Akabo came 
down from the west it was plain that she had lost 
considerably, as before, in spite of her speed through the 
water. The finish was timed: 
Leg. Whole round. 
Finish. Elapsed. Loss. Elapsed. Loss. 
Seawanhaka 4 53 04 0 28 17 0 58 04 
Cicada 4 53 14 0 28 54 0 00 34 0 58 19 0 00 15 
Akabo 4 54 12 0 30 08 0 01 51 0 59 12 0 01 08 
The times for the three rounds were: 
Elapsed. Loss. 
Seawanhaka 3 07 47 
Cicada 3 10 40 0 02 53 
Akabo 3 14 33 0 06 46 
This day's racing shows the advantage of sailing trial 
races in a series of separate rounds; Akabo lost a good 
deal through a very bad start in the first round, and 
had the race been sailed in three continuous rounds she 
could not have made this up, and would never have 
been near Seawanhaka after the start. As it was, the 
two were close together many times, with equal opportu- 
nities to each. The numerous opportunities for timing 
show exactly what each boat did; and the slight flukes 
at different times are thus practically eliminated. 
Taken all together, the series of trials has resulted in 
a very satisfactory test of the three boats, and has shown 
beyond question that Seawanhaka was the proper and 
safe choice. Since her first race at Larchmont, on July 
4, in which she was defeated by Akabo, she has steadily 
improved in performance, and Mr. Crane and his crew 
have done better work with each successive race, both in 
the handling and in the starting. In the latter particular 
Mr. Crane has been very successful, putting his boat 
over the line promptly and also in the proper position 
and with good way on. The change of rig with Cicada 
on July 15, the lower and broader rig being shipped on 
Seawanhaka, and carried through the later races, proved 
its superiority to the high and narrow rig, a distinctive 
feature of Momo last year; and it will be carried in the 
cup races. 
Cicada suffered in the trials through the fact that her 
crew had not sailed her at all, and the four men were 
not used to working together in this type of boat. Un- 
der these circumstances a close comparison with Sea- 
wanhaka is impossible, but it is, we believe, the opinion 
of Mr. Crane that Seawanhaka, with 6in. less extreme 
beam and a little harder bilge, and less flare to her side 
would, under equal conditions of handling, prove the 
better boat in the end. It may be said of Cicada's crew 
that it improved greatly in its work in the last races. It 
is unfortunate that the two boats were not ready in sea- 
son for thorough private trials prior to the actual trial 
races, being sailed against each other with both crews 
and rigs changed from time to time. Such an experi- 
ment would have shown conclusively which combination 
of boat, crew and rig was the best, and also would have 
put both boats in better racing form for the trial races. 
Owing to the accident to her silk mainsail, Akabo 
sailed the last two races with a brand new sail. While it 
showed a good deal of fullness, it was by no means a bad 
sail, and very little allowance need be made on this score. 
When first measured, Akabo's total sail area was about 
25ft. under the limit (soosq.ft.), the two Crane boats each 
being about 12ft. under. To make up this deficiency 
Akabo's head triangle was increased by her designer, a 
remeasurement on July 20 showing about 12ft. less than 
the allowed area, or the same as the other boats. The 
sail plan of Akabo showed a very short hoist and long 
boom and base line. , 
In suite of her good work at times and her high speed 
through the water, it was plainly demonstrated that, even 
if her peculiar method of going to windward were a safe 
one to trust to in an international race, she was actually 
not as fast as Seawanhaka over the ordinary windward 
and leeward or triangular courses. During the whole 
series, including the annual race, twelve separate starts 
were made and twelve finishes timed; while thirty-three 
legs were sailed, of which all were accurately timed, ex- 
cept the first leg on each round of the annual race. The 
three boats competed on every leg except that Seawan- 
haka withdrew on the last leg of the July 15 race. Out of 
the eleven races thus finished by both Seawanhaka won 
nine and Akabo two; while of the thirty -two legs sailed 
by both Seawanhaka won twenty-one and Akabo eleven. 
A comparison of the total times shows that the elapsed 
time of Seawanhaka for the entire series of races was 
less than that of Akabo by 14m. 55s. 
While it i« absolutely impossible to gauge the relative 
advance made by both sides, America and Canada, since 
last year, it is certain that Seawanhaka is a great improve- 
ment over Momo in model, construction and rig, and 
also that Mr. Crane, with the aid of a very good crew, is 
handling her decidedly better. She is now on her way to 
Dorval. Mr. Crane going to Ogdensburg to superintend 
the finishing of his third boat, which he will take down 
the St. Lawrence direct to Dorval in time to try her 
with Seawanhaka before the cup races. 
Racing Over Measurement. 
The executive committee of the Y. R. A. of Massa- 
chusetts has given its decision on the protests on meas- 
urement against Katydid and Vitesse in the city's open 
regatta, July 4. The decision on the Katydid protest is 
as follows: 
"Katydid (yawl) was properly entered and sailed in 
the 15ft. class, her official measurement, after allowance 
for rig provided for in Rule 8, being under 15ft. Under 
the option allowed in Section 2 of Rule 6 she -was meas- 
ured without ballast. 
"On July 4 Katydid, having taken aboard extra ballast 
without notice to the secretary of the Association or to 
the judges of the Fourth of July race, as required by Sec- 
tion 7 of Rule" 6, sailed in an Association race. An 
official measurement taken at that time showed that she 
was too large for the class by a good margin. The 
owner of the Katydid admitted that he deliberately vio- 
lated the rule. 
"The committee rules that Katydid be, and hereby is, 
disqualified as to all Association races and racing for 
the period of twenty-one days, beginning July 4, 1898." 
As to the Vitesse, the committee decides as follows: 
"Vitesse was properly entered and sailed in the 15ft. 
class, her official measurement being under 15ft. Upon 
remeasurement, after the race of July 4, she was found 
to be too large for the class. 
"The facts, about which there was no controversy, 
appear to be as follows: Vitesse, after sailing several 
races with an official measurement of less than 15ft., was 
sold to the present owner, who received from the former 
owner the certificate of measurement, together with a 
statement in writing that the weight of ballast was just 
the same as that which the boat had when measured. 
The present owner has not changed the trim of the boat 
in any way and had no reason to believe that she ex- 
ceeded the limits of the class. Further, since the re- 
measurement of July 4, Vitesse has been again remeasur- 
ed with the same ballast and fittings and found to be 
under 15ft. 
"Upon these facts the committee are of the opinion 
that there has been no such flagrant Tjreach of the rules 
as is provided for in Rule 27, but that Vitesse must be, 
and is, disqualified as to the race of July 4, for the reason 
that she at that time measured more than 15ft. The 
purpose of the measurement rule is to measure the long- 
est length at which a boat sails any race, and any owner 
who sails his boat with more weight aboard than she had 
when measured, from whatever cause, should be disquali- 
fied if the class limit is exceeded." 
Corinthian Fleet Y. C. Special Races. 
New Rochelle — Long Island Sound. 
July 22, 23. 
The Corinthian Fleet, of New Rochelle, held two 
special races open to knockabouts and the 20ft. class, the 
prize for the former being the Dewar cup, one leg for 
which was already held by Mongoose. On Friday there 
was a strong E.N.E. breeze, the course being the usual 
club triangle. Akabo was present, and having no com- 
petitors she stowed her jib and sailed as a cat against 
Minnetonka and Lobster, allowing them a handicap of 
8m. each. She beat them and the knockabouts very 
easily, the times being-: 
Knockabouts— Start 3:43. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Mongoose, Simeon Ford 1 40 12 1 40 12 
Mariposa, Herbert McCord 1 41 44 1 41 44 
Mainsail Yachts— Start 3:48. 
Akabo, Clark Miller 1 29 33 1 29 33 
Minnetonka, A. B. Alley 1 47 47 .1 33 47 
Lobster, T. S. S. Flint Did not finish. 
The winners were Mongoose and Akabo. 
On Saturday there was no wind in the morning, and 
Indianola and Mariposa were not able to get to New 
Rochelle. The race was sailed in a very light easterly 
breeze, the times being: 
Knockabouts — Start 3:18. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Mongoose, Simeon Ford 1 01 17 . .. .. 
Open 20ft. Sloops— Start 3:13. 
Akabo, Clark Miller 0 56 33 0 56 33 
Asthore, F. B. Jones 0 58 35 0 58 35 
Mongoose holds the Dewar cup permanently. 
Annisquam Y. C. 
Saturday, July 16. 
The second race of the 15ft. class of the Annisquan Y. 
C. was started at 12 M. on July 16, in a very light north- 
erly wind. The fleet split tacks and after slow work 
Schatz turned the first mark with a lead, and finished 
the first round with a lead of im. 30s. on Lynx, and 3m. 
30c. on Gertrude, with Gaboo and Scooter astern, Imp 
and Tabasco having withdrawn. There was a good 
breeze on.the beat out the second time, and Schatz had 
three minutes on Lynx at the weather mark. On the way 
home the wind fell and Lynx ran up, the finish being 
timed: 
Schatz, Bent Bros 3 .12 30 
Lynx, Cunningham Bros 3 13 30 
Gaboo, Walter Adams 3 17 15 
Scooter, D. H. Woodbury 3 IS 15 
Gertrude, Harry Damon 3 19 15 
Tabasco, Harry Wiggin Did not finish. 
Imp, Oscar Perkins Did not finish. 
Owing to the drift at the start, the race occupied 12m, 
more than the time limit, three hours, so will be re- 
sailed. 
Wood's Holl Y. C. 
Wood's Holl, Mass. 
Saturday, July 23. 
Tite Wood's Holl Y. C. sailed a championship race for 
knockabouts and spritsail boats off Quissett on July 23 
in a fresh S.E. wind, the times being: 
Knockabouts. 
Length. Elapsed. 
Royal Blue, C. Dennison 21.00 2 02 22 
Micaboo, C. Harding 21.00 2 10 21 
Spritsails. 
Success, J. F- Perry , 2 16 30 
