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Atlantic Y. C. 
SEA GATE, L. I. 
Tuesday, June 17. 
The thiriy-sixth annual regatta of the Atlantic V. C. 
was sailed on Tuesday. June 17. over the courses in the 
Lower Bay. Nineteen craft started arid finished the race. 
The winners were Elmina, Mineola, Eelin. Hester, On- 
dawa. Narika. Cockatoo, Wraith and Ethel. The feature 
cf the contest was the reappearance of the Herreshoff 70- 
footers Yankee and Mineola, both of which have been out 
cf active racing since the season of their launching in 
1900. 
The morning of the 17th dawned bright and clear after 
the severe rain and wind squall of the night before. There 
was plenty of wind blowing from the northwest, which 
aL times reached a velocity of twenty-five to thirty miles 
an hour. The big sloops and schooners did not mind 
such a breeze. It was, however, a bit too much for some 
of the smaller craft to venture out in, and consequently 
the entry lis't was considerably reduced. 
It was expected that the ooft. yawls Ailsa and Vigilant 
would make their debut for the season of 1902 at this 
regatta, but they were unable to compete. At the last 
moment. Vigilant had trouble with her centerboard. Ailsa 
was to be hauled out for a general overhauling and was 
to receive a new and larger suit of racing sails. 
Isolde, Fred'k M. Hoyt's Fife-built cutter, was ready 
to sail in class I. but an unfortunate accident to the boat's 
steward, which necessitated medical attendance and final 
removal, made a race out of the question. 
The preparatory gun was fired at 11:30. and five min- 
utes later the larger sloops and schooners and the class I 
beats were sent away. Muriel crossed the line ahead and 
to the windward of Elmina, while Mineola, with Capt. 
Charles Barr at the wheel, followed the sister schooners 
closely. At gun fire Yankee was barely under way, and 
she went over the line some 38s. after Mineola, with fore 
staysail and gaff topsail unset. It took some time to get 
these in position and drawing well. Mineola must have 
been over a minute ahead of the Maxwell boat before they 
had sailed ten minutes of their twenty-six-mile journey. 
This course took them out to a buoy off Southwest 
Spit, a good reach with the breeze from the northwest, 
thence on a spinnaker run to Scotland Lightship. Round- 
ing this outer mark, they had a few windward boards, 
followed by a close reach into the Spit again, and another 
reach home. This was also the course for the schooners 
and class I boats. 
Eelin went over a bit after Yankee, without a com- 
petitor. Hester did not start until 11:57, an d it was 
previously understood that the two were not to race, but 
that Hester was covering the course on time. With a new, 
light and larger rig than heretofore, Mr. Dodge's craft 
covered the twenty-six miles in three hours and thirty- 
two cec^nds, nearly twenty-three seconds better time than 
did Eelin. 
I he three Burgess cutters, Mariquita, Ondawa and 
Chi spa, started in class K. By common consent, because 
of an accident to Mariquita, these boats waited until 
11:50. Mariquita got away twenty seconds before the 
gun. which eventually disqualified her, and gave the race 
to Ondawa. Chispa did not start until long after the 
others. 
These craft had almost no windward work going out to 
Southwest Spit, thence to the bell buoy off the point of 
Sandy Hook, and home, an approximate distance of 
eighteen miles. 
Class M boats. Narika and Bonito, got the starting 
signal at 11:45 for their fourteen-mile struggle to and 
around Southwest Spit buoy. They got away well, 
Narika in the lead, both reefed. 
Cockatoo. Song and Dance, Karma and Streak, class P 
boats, and Trouble and Wraith, sailing in class Q, were 
sent away on a twelve-mile trip to Orchard Shoal Light 
and return at 11:50. Open catboats Ethel and Rascal 
started at 11 155 on the same course. 
When the first of the larger craft rounded Scotland 
Lightship, the half-way mark of the race. Mineola still 
lead Yankee by a good margin, and Muriel was ahead of 
Elmina, 
In the few tacks necessary to enable her to lay a 
course by the Hook to Southwest Spit, Mineola spread 
the jaws of her gaff, making it necessary to favor the 
spar during the remainder of the race. Yankee began to 
pick up at this stage of the contest, and gained nearly 
a minute before the finish. Mineola won by 2m. and 31s. 
The struggle- between the two schooners was a bit 
different. Elmina took a decided brace as soon as the 
two got on the wind and beat out her rival at the finish 
by 2m. and 26s. Elmina sprung her main boom in 
gybing around the Southwest Spit mark on the outward 
passage, and came over the finish line with the spar in 
"splints." 
Mariquita and Ondawa crossed the finish line only 
17s. apart, but the race went to Ondawa on her allowed 
protest that Mariquita had started 20s. before gun fire. 
Among the class Q boats, Song and Dance lead Cocka- 
too at the home mark by '2m. The two had come to- 
gether sh( rtly after rounding Old Orchard Shoal Light, 
however, and as Song and Dance was declared by the 
Regatta Committee to have been in the wrong, the race 
went to Cockatoo, 
Wraith had no trouble in defeating Trouble and the 
speedy open catboat Ethel, belonging to Com. C. R. Fry 
of the Sewaren Land and Water Club, of New Jersey, 
carried off the lienors of her class from Rascal. Eelin 
and Hester wese each credited with sailovers. The breeze 
held steady and strong throughout the contest. The race 
was in charge of Chairman George Hill and Frederick 
Vilmar, representing the Regatta Committee of the At- 
lantic Y. C. The summaries follow: 
Schooners— Class D— Start, 11:35. 
Finish. Elapsed 
Elmina, F. F. Brewster 2 27 00 2 52 00 
Muriel, C. M. Smilhers 2 29 26 2 54 26 
Sloops— Class H— Start, 11 :35. 
Mineola, August Belmont 2 17 51 2 42 51 
Yankee. J. R. Maxwell 2 20 32 2 45 22 
Sloops — Class I — Start 11:35. 
Eelin, Fred J. Rodewald 2 58 03 3 23 03 
Class I — Special — Start, 11:57. 
Hester, C. H. Dodge 2 57 32 3 00 32 
Sloops— Class K— Start, 11:50. 
Mariquita, H. B. Shaeu 2 12 56 
Ondawa, Henry J. Robert 2 13 13 
Chi.spa, Charles M, Hall.... .........2 24 41 
Sloops — Class M — Start, 11:45. 
Narika, F. T. Cornell 1 49 42 
Bonita. Haviland Brothers 1 51 08 
Sloops— Class P— Start, 11:50. 
Song and Dange, E. F. Luckenbach 1 33 00 
Cockatoo, Hendon Chubb 1 35 00 
Karma, T. C. Erskine 1 42 30 
Streak, Speidel Brothers 1 43 30 
Sloops — Class O — Start, 11:50. 
Wraith, Calvin Tomkins 1 35 45 
Trouble, W. H. Childs 1 38 00 
Catboats— Class T — Start, 11:55. 
Ethel. C. R. Fry 1 49 35 
Rascal, D. G. Whitlock 1 55 32 
The winners were Elmina, Mineola, Eelin. Hester, On- 
dawa, Narika. Cockatoo, Wraith and Ethel. 
2 22 66 
2 23 13 
2 34 41 
2 04 42 
2 06 08 
1 43 00 
1 45 00 
1 52 30 
1 53 30 
1 45 45 
1 48 00 
1 54 35 
2 00 02 
Yacht Racing: Association of Gravesend Bay. 
Saturday, June 21. 
Wretched weather conditions seriously affected the 
second regatta of the Yacht Racing Association of Graves- 
end Bay, which was sailed on the afternoon of Saturday, 
June 21, under the auspices of the Brooklyn Y. C. From 
an array of twenty-five starters in the initial contest of the 
associated clubs on June 7. the list of entries in the 
second race dwindled dow r n to the small number of five. 
Caribou, Seng and Dance. Cockatoo, Kelpie and Stinger 
were the only craft to brave the torrents of rain and 
threatening wind clouds. Song and Dance and Kelpie 
camellia. 
Designed by A. E. Payne. 
LUCIDA. 
Designed by Wm, Fife, Jr. 
Two new British 52-footers. Photos by O. G. Coates, Dovercourt. 
scored victories. Caribou was credited with a sail over. 
The preparatory gun was delayed half an hour in hopes 
of more starters and better weather. The race of the day 
was between the old rivals, Song and Dance and Cocka- 
too. These boats had it nip and tuck throughout their 
struggle, a knowledge of local tide and wind conditions 
at the end giving Song and Dance the victory by 50s 
Kelpie lead Stinger a stern chase of it all the way. 
The smaller craft twice covered the regular quadrangu- 
lar Association course, aggregating about six miles in 
extent. Caribou went to West Bank Light and return, 
half of the usual journey for the larger craft. 
Caribou scored a sailover and 5 points on the Associa- 
tion series. Song and Dance and Kelpie each got 10 
points in their respective classes, while Cockatoo and 
Stinger scored 8 points each. 
On the series for the Snedeker trophy, for the Marine 
and Field class. Kelpie scored 4 points and Stinger 3 
The summaries follow: 
The winners were Caribou, Song and Dance and 
Kelpie. 
A special meeting of the Association was held on 
Friday evening, June 20, at the' house of the Brooklyn 
Y. C., Bensonhurst. It was called for the purpose of 
considering the objections that have been expressed re- 
garding the entry of class R boat Opossum, in class Q, as 
was done in the first regatta on Saturday, June 7. 
Opossum won the race and as no formal protest was 
made until after the prescribed time, the records of that 
contest will stand. The delegates present, however, 
recommended that the several regatta committees of the 
different organizations making up the Association, here 
after refuse the entry of Opossum in class Q. 
The next regatta of the Yacht Racing Association of 
Gravesend Bay occurs Saturday, June 28, under the. 
auspices of the New York C. C. With anywhere near 
good conditions a large number of craft will start. Thus 
far this season there has been no satisfactory demon- 
stration of the relative merits of the Association boats. 
The records follow : 
Sloops— Class N— Start, 3:36. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Caribou, F. Nicholson 6 24 13 2 48 13' 
Sloops— Class P— Start, 3:39. 
Song and Dance, E. F. Luckenbach 4 57 33 1 18 33 
Cockatoo, Hendon Chubb 4 5S 23 1 19 23 
Marine and Field Class— Start, 3:48. 
Kelpie," W. K. Brown 5 39 18 1 51 18 
Stinger, A. P. Clapp 5 50 19 2 02 19 
Points to date on Y. R. A. G. B. series— Mariquita, 5; 
Bonito, 10; Sunol, 8; Kangaroo, 6; Vivian, 5; Caribou, 
15; Squaw, 8; Karma, 10; Song and Dance, 18; Cockatoo, 
14; Opossum, 10; Trouble, 8; Wraith, 6; Bronco, 4; 
Spots, 2; Kelpie, 20: Stinger. 16; Martha M., 10; Ras- 
cal, 8. 
Points to date on Snedeker trophy, Marine and Field 
class — Kelpie, 11; Stinger, 8; Vixen, 4; Quinque, 2. 
New York Y. C Annual Regatta* 
NEW YORK LOWER BAY. 
Thursday, June 19. 
The fifty-sixth annual regatta of the New York Y. C. 
was to have been sailed on Thursday, June 19, but lack 
of wind compelled the Regatta Committee to postpone the 
race. The number of starters was very small, only thir- 
teen boats crossing the starting line. 
In the early morning there was but little breeze, and 
the drenching rain that followed drove what little air 
there was away. Most of the competing yachts had laid 
the nigh previous off the Atlantic Y. C. anchorage at Sea 
Gate, and as soon as the rain let up a little sail was made 
and the boats worked slowly out toward Navigator, the 
Regatta Committee's tug. just before 1 o'clock a little 
southerly air came up, which enabled the boats to buck the 
ebb tide and get down near the starting line. Ailsa and 
Vigilant came down in tow from the Morse Iron Works, 
where some repairs and improvements had been made to 
put them in the best possible condition. 
The preparatory signal was given promptly at 1 o'clock, 
and ten minutes later Effort and Syce started. Mira 
owned .by Charles Lane Poor, did not start, owing to a 
misunderstanding with the Regatta Committee. This left 
Effort without a competitor, but she was sailing fast and 
kept in the lead of the fleet up to the time the race was 
abandoned. The big yawls and the 70-footers were the 
next boats to start. Ailsa, cleverly handled by Capt. 
Rhodes, who was on Constitution last summer, got the 
best of the start, and was in the weather berth. Ailsa 
has received a new and larger rig during the winter, and a 
new suit of ^English sails. These changes have been most 
beneficial, as was shown in her sailing against Vigilant in 
the light airs that prevailed during the race. Humma 
was late in starting, and got to the line* just as Ailsa did. 
The boats were on opposite tacks and bearing down on 
each other. Ailsa had the right of way and held her 
course. At the last moment Humma gave way and was 
forced to go outside the mark boat. This cost her con- 
siderable time. Among the English boats, Eelin was first 
across, but she got pocketed between Ailsa and Vigilant. 
Isolde was second to start and Hester third. 
Mineola got the best of the start in her class. In the 
jockeying with Yankee before the start Capt. Barr had 
the best of it. Yankee jibed under Mineola's lee and was 
forced around the committee boat and lost considerable 
time in starting. 
Only three schooners started, Muriel, Elmina and 
Katrina. Muriel was first to get away and well on the 
weather end of the line with Elmina under her lee. Capt. 
Dennis did not care for this berth, so he jibed Elmina 
over and went back and recrossed, taking his two min- 
utes allowed for this move. Katrina was in cruising trim, 
but she had no competitor. 
Effort had drawn well into the lead, and Ailsa was 
drawing away from Vigilant. Yankee had split tacks 
just after the start, and after a short time had managed 
to get on Mineola's weather. Muriel had opened consi- 
derable water between herself and Elmina, when the 
wind began to leave them and their progress was very 
slow. Finally they were entirely becalmed and rolled 
lazily around in the hot sun. After a couple of hours of 
this unsatisfactory work, the Regatta Committee went 
aboard Scout, one of the fast 80ft. steam ypc'us. and 
ran through the fleet, asking the different owners if they 
would agree to postpone the race. All were more than 
willing to do this and the boats were towed back to their 
various anchorages by some tug boats that happened to 
be in the vicinity. 
The club members and their friends followed the yachts 
on the steamboat Pegasus which had been chartered by 
the club. Among the steam yachts on hand were : May, 
One'da. Celt. Duchess, Susquehanna. Vixen, Amoureuse, 
Parthenia. Aloha, Halcyon, Anemone. Enterprise, Tus- 
carora and the topsail schooner Thistle. 
The Gas Engine and Power Co. and Charles L. Sea- 
bury & Co. are building for Mr. A. E. Austin, of Provi- 
dence, from designs by Messrs. Gardner & Cox, a steam 
yacht 117ft. on the waterline. The yacht is of steel and 
will be launched, in August, 
