Aug. 1963.1 
FOREST An£) ST^lfeAM, 
Newport Trial Races. 
NEWPORT^ R. I., 
Monday, July 27. 
It was originally intended that the trial races should be 
sailed on alternate days from July 30 to August 8, and 
live races were on the programme. Last week the owners 
of the 90s and the regatta committee modified this, and 
three races were to be sailed this week, and the Newport 
series in which the 90s were also to start Avere to have 
been sandwiched in between the trials. The Newport 
series fell through because there were no yachts here to 
race, and this morning before the yachts left the harbor it 
was announced that the trials were to be sailed on con- 
secutive days and to be over as soon as possible. After 
the yachts got back to their moorings a meeting of the 
Committee on Cup Challenge was held on board Rambler. 
There were present : Commodore Frederick G. Bourne, 
ex-Commodore Lewis Cass Ledyard, Secretary George 
Cormack, Fleet Captain C. L. F. Robinson, Mr. J. Mal- 
colm Forbes. Mr. Iselin, Mr. Belmont, and Mr. Morgan, 
representing the Reliance, Constitutioon, and Columbia 
respectively, were there, as well as the Regatta Commit- 
tee, ex-Commodore S. Nicholson Kane, Mr. Newbury D. 
Lawton, and Mr. Edward H. Wales. It was agreed by 
all that the Reliance had made a consistent showing since 
she began racing, and was much the best boat of the trio. 
Further trials were not thought necessary, and she was 
selected to defend the Cup against the Shamrock III., and 
the Constitution was selected as the reserve boat. 
The race earlier in the day was one of the best of the 
season. The Regatta Committee were on board the steam 
yacht Kanawha, which Mr. H. H. Rogers had placed 
at their disposal. 
The yachts were rather late m getting out to the Light- 
ship, and it was necessary to postpone the start. A brisk 
northwester had been blowing all night, but it was much 
lighter when the yachts went out, but anticipating a fresh 
breeze only small club topsail were set. The course was 
signaled as soon as the yachts were near enough to the 
committee boat. It was fifteen miles to leeward and re- 
turn, and the first leg was S. S. E., the wind being N. 
N, W., and blowing about ten miles an hour. It was 
puffy and some of the puffs were quite strong, causing the 
yachts to heel so that much of their underbodies were 
thrown up to the wind. The tug Storm King logged the 
I course. The preparatory signal was made at 11:15, and 
( ten minutes later the warning sounded. The yachts were 
then sending up balloon jibtopsails in stops. Reliance and 
Constitution were then on the port tack heading to- 
wards the northeast, and the Columbia, with the wind 
on the starboard beam, reached towards Reliance, and, 
' passing astern of that yacht, held further in towards 
' the shore before she wore round and went for the line. 
; Reliance had held well over towards the eastern end of 
the line, and when the starting gun sounded she eased 
off her boom to starboard and set her spinnaker to 
' port. Constitution stood for the outer end of the line, 
and just before she crossed she gybed her boom to port 
• and broke out her balloon jib topsail. Columbia was 
^ handicapped about 15 seconds at the line, but she 
crossed with her boom to port and spinnaker set to 
starboard. Captain Barr had made a bad error. The 
, wind was backing to the west, and Constitution and 
' Columbia were able to keep their balloons drawing, 
I and they at once drew away from Reliance. Constitu- 
I tion waited a few minutes before she broke out her 
I spinnaker. The times of crossing the line were: Rc- 
I liance, 11:30:26; Constitution, 11:30:31; Columbia, 
11:32:00. At 11:37:00 Reliance's spinnaker was taken 
in and her boom gybed to port. She then hauled on 
the wind and reached across the sterns of Columbia 
and Constitution, and then the spinnaker was set again 
' flying. She at once overhauled Columbia and passed 
that yacht at 11:50:00 and slowly picked up Constitu- 
tion. At noon Constitution was leading by about 300 
yards. Her spinnaker was guyed well forward and the 
sheet was flowed so that it spilled into the balloon and 
kept that sail drawing well. Columbia's spinnaker sheet 
was trimmed in flat and the balloon Avas constantly fall- 
ing limp without any wind in the sail at all. At 12:11:30 
; Reliance's spinnaker was taken in and one of lighter 
material set. It took two minutes to make the change. 
Constitution followed the example of Reliance at once. 
Reliance was slowly picking up what she had lost at 
the start, and at 12:30 she began to go by Constitution 
to windward. It took her just 15 minutes to pull clear 
and then Constitution drew up again, and the two 
yachts sailed for several minutes on even terms. Be- 
fore reaching the turning mark, however, Reliance pull- 
ed clear again. Balloons were taken in and baby jib 
topsails set in their place, and spinnakers were carried 
right up to the mark and taken in while the main sheet 
Was being trimmed in for the windward work. Re- 
liance turned the mark at 1:10:06, Constitution at 
1:10:31, and Columbia at 1:14:48. The times over the 
first leg of the course and the gains are shown in the 
following: 
Start. Turn. Elapsed. 
Reliance 11 30 26 1 10 06 1 36 40 
Constitution 11 30 31 1 10 .31 1 40 00 
Columbia 11 32 00 1 14 4S 1 42 48 
On the fifteen miles' run Reliance had beaten Con- 
stitution 20 sec. and Columbia '3 min. 8 sec. 
Reliance and Constitution held on the starboard tack 
after turning the mark, and Constitution, having made 
a closer turn, was a little to windward of Reliance's 
wake; but the new yacht at once began to foot fa.st and 
draw ahead. Columbia took the port tack as soon as 
he turned, heading towards the east. Baby jib top- 
sails were carried on each yacht. Constitution began 
;o forereach on Constitution, and at i :2i :oo Constitu- 
.ion took the port tack and Reliance followed her a few 
seconds later. Columbia took the starboard tack as 
:he other two yachts went about, and two minutes later 
ihe took the port tack again and held on that tack for 
: hour 26 minutes. Reliance and Constitution were hav- 
ng a fine fight. Reliance pointed high, and Captain 
Rhodes would then romp the Constitution off, and she 
vould foot fast, and when clear of Reliance she would 
n'p up again, until Captain Barr bore down on her to 
ill her again. At 2:06:20 Constitution took the star- 
loard tack and Reliance followed her thirty seconds 
later. Up to this Constitution was well within her 
time, but then they struck a freshening breeze which 
(Continued to grow stronger as they got nearer to the 
land. They were heeled so that their rails were down 
to the water. This tack was only a short one, and at 
2:11:00 both went on the port tack, and ten minutes 
later baby jib topsails were taken in. All were then 
heading towards West Island, and at 2:49:30 Columbia 
took the starboard tack for the finishing line. She had 
lowered her baby jib topsail just before she tacked. 
Reliance tacked for the line at 2:50:10 and Constitution 
at 2:51:20. RcKunce just managed to fetch. At the 
end, when it looked as if she must tack to weather the 
Kanawha, a freslier puff laid her well ©ver, and Captain 
Barr luffed her sharply and she just squeezed across. 
Constitution had lo make a short hitch to fetch and the 
Columbia was able to make the line easily. Reliance 
finished at 3:04:00, Constitution at 3:09:16, and Colum- 
bia at 2:10:11. Columbia had made quite a gain 
through keeping to the eastward. She had found the 
fresher breeze much earlier than the other two. The 
times over the last leg of the course are shown in the 
following: 
Turn. Finish. Klapsed. 
Reliance 1 10 06 3 04 00 1 54 03 
Constitution 1 10 31 3 09 16 1 58 45 
Columbia 1 14 48 3 10 11 1 55 23 
On the fifteen miles to windward Reliance had beaten 
the Columbia im. 23s, and Constitution 4m. 42s. 
The summary of the race: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Reliance 11 30 26 3 04 09 3 33 43 
Constitution 11 30 31 3 09 16 3 38 45 
Columbia . 11 32 00 3 10 11 3 38 11 
Reliance had beaten Columbia 4 min. 20 sec. and 
Constitution 5 min. 2 sec. 
Reliance will be tried with the Constitution as often 
as Mr. Iselin wants, and some of the sails of the Con- 
stitution will be tried on the new yacht. She went out 
for two short spins on Tuesday, and later on went to 
Bristol. Mr. George Cormack will be in charge of 
Constitution during the tuning up trials. 
Atlantic Y. C. 
SEA GATE, LONG ISLAND, 
Saturday, August i. 
The Atlantic Y. C. held races for classes M and under 
on the afternoon of Saturday, August i. Ten boats 
started in the event and all finished. A good breeze, S. 
by E., held throughout the race. 
Two newcomers appeared in class P. Naiad, the win- 
ner, is from the designs of Mr. Henry J. Gielow, and 
was recently launched from the Weber yard at New 
Rochelle. Smoke was the other stranger in the class. 
^ The 30-footers, Bagheera and Bobtail, sailed a fine race. 
These boats went twice out to West Bank light and re- 
turn, leaving the same on the starboard hand. It was 
close hauled work out and a reach home. The other 
boats sailed the regular inside course. They had a run 
to Fort Hamilton mark, windward work to the club buoy 
off Ulmer Park, and several more short hitches to the 
start off Sea Gate. 
Bagheera beat Bobtail 2m. 28s.; Naiad beat Cockatoo 
2m., Smoke 5m. 48s.; Mary beat Wraith im. sos, Eileen 
iim. i8s. ; Scalawag beat Constance 5m. 5s. The sum- 
mary: 
Sloops— Class M— Start, 3:10. 
„ , -c-r , ^, . Finish. Elapsed. 
Bagheera, Hendon Chubb 5 07 23 1 57 23 
Bobtail, E. F. Luckenbach 6 09 51 1 59 51 
Sloops— Class P— Start, 3:15. 
Naiad, J". B. Palmer 4 37 22 1 22 22 
Cockatoo, W. A. Barstow 4 39 22 1 24 22 
Smoke, L. H. Dyer 4 43 10 1 28 10 
Sloops— Class Q— Start, 3:20. 
Mary, M. Grundner 4 46 40 1 26 40 
VN'raith, Calvin Tompkins 4 48 30 1 28 80 
Eileen, F. J. Havens... 4 57 58 1 37 58 
Sloops— Class R— Start, 3:20. 
Scalawag, E. S. Ludlow 4 57 00 1 37 00 
Constance, F. J. Prentice 5 02 05 1 42 05 
The winners were: Baghera, Naiad, Mary and Scala- 
wag. 
ATLANTIC Y. C. OCEAN EACE, 
July 27 to 29 — 290 miles. 
The third ocean race of the Atlantic Y. C. was started 
oft" Brenton's Reef, Newport, on the morning of Monday, 
July 27. Three schooners came to the line, and the event 
was won by Mr. Morton F. Plant's new Herreshoff crea- 
tion, Ingomar, which did such good work on the cruise 
of the New York Y. C. Mr. Robert McCurdy's Lasca 
was second, and Commodore Robert E. Tod's flagship. 
Thistle, third. The winner gets a beautiful cup offered 
by the Atlantic Y. C. There is also a second prize. 
There was a fresh breeze blowing N. N. W. when the 
three schooners came to the starting line. This gave 
them a run on the first part of their journey to Nan- 
tucket Shoal Lightship. From there the yachts sailed to 
the finish off Scotland Lightship, a distance of approxi- 
mately 290 miles. 
The starting signal was given at 10:15. Thistle 
crossed at 10:16:30, Ingomar at 10:17, and Lasca at 
10:18:40. At 9 P. M. that day Thistle carried away her 
foretopmast. She was then twelve miles west of Nan- 
tucket Shoal Lightship. 
The wind held steady from the N. W. throughout 
Monday, and the weather was fair. On Tuesday the 
breeze became variable, falling at times to a flat calm. 
Wednesday dawned cloudy with the breeze S. S. W. The 
summary : 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
July 27, A.M. July 28, P.M. 
Ingomar, M. F. Plant 10 17 00 6 44 20 20 27 fO 
Lasca, R. P. McCurdy 10 18 40 9 32 30 23 13 50 
July 29, A.M. 
Thistle, Robert E. Tod 10 16 30 9 23 35 35 05 
Brooklyn Y. C, 
BENSONHURST, LONG ISLAND, 
Saturday, August i. 
The fifth regatta of the Y. R. A. of G. B. was held on 
the afternoon of Saturday, August i, under the auspices 
of the Brooklyn Y. C. Nineteen boats started and fin- 
ished the contest. 
It was by far the best day for racing seen on Gravesend 
Bay this year. An eight knot breeze, S. by E., held steady 
throughout. The boats were sent over the reverse 
courses, leaving all marks on the port hand. This 
afforded those in classes P and imder plenty of hard 
windward work. 
The first class was sent away at 3:18. The others fol- 
lowed at intervals of three minutes. The starts were 
good. Adeline (ex-Gwendolen) and Streak were sailing 
their first races of the year. Boats in classes M and N 
twice covered the outside course. They had a close reach 
to Craven Shoal buoy, close hauled work to Red Can 
buoy No. 2 off Coney Island Point, a short run to make 
by the point on the return journey, and a reach home to 
the start off the Brooklyn Y. C. 
The other starters, covering the inside course, had a 
run to the Marine and Field' Club mark, a reach to Fort 
Hamilton, windward work to the stake boat off Sea Gate, 
and a reach home 
The long windward leg from Fort Homilton to Sea 
Gate stretched the boats out considerably, and craft which 
led at the end of the first round improved their positions 
until the end. Ogeemah was the first of the smaller fleet 
to finish. Adeline led the larger starters home by a good 
margin. 
Bonito beat Kangaroo lom. 39s.; Squaw beat Indian 
i6m. 29s. ; Ogeemah beat Streak 4m. 43s., Karma 4m. 45s. : 
Sandpiper beat Apuka II. 7m. 32s., Trio 19m. 40s.; Ras- 
cal beat Martha M. 3m. 42s., Boozie 5m. los., Lelia B. 
3Tm. 39s.; Esperance beat Kelpie im. los., Jig-a-Jig 4m. 
46s. The summary: 
Class M— Special— Start, 3:18. 
•n TT J T, Finish. Elapsed. 
Bonito, Haviland Bros 5 28 35 2 10 35 
Kangaroo, C. H. Humphreys 5 39 14 2 21 14 
Sloops— Class N— Start, 3:18. 
Adeline, J. B. O'Donohue 5 20 22 2 02 22 
Class N— Special— Start, 3:18. 
Squaw, H. J. Heath 5 31 15 2 13 15 
Indian, Menton Bros 5 47 44 2 29 44 
Sloops— Class P— Start, 3:21. 
Ogeemah, Brophy & Mackay.. ......5 03 17 1 42 17 
Streak, Speidel Bros .5 08 00 1 47 00 
Karma, J. C. Erskine 5 08 02 1 47 02 
.Sloops— Class Q— Start, 3:24. 
Spots, D. D. Allerton 5 12 14 1 48 14 
Sloops— Class R— Start, 3:30. 
Sandpiper, W. W. Redfern 5 18 50 1 48 50 
Apukwa II., E. S. Tefft 5 26 22 1 56 22 
Trio, C. II. Clayton , 5 38 30 2 08 30 
Catboats— Class V— Start, 3:33. 
Rascal, D. G. Whitlock 5 17 03 1 44 03 
Martha M., Richard Moore 5 20 45 1 47 45 
Boozie, C. D. Durkee 5 22 10 1 49 10 
Lelia B., J. B. Barnes 5 48 42 2 15 42 
Marine and Field Class— Start, 3:36. 
Esperance, T. A. Hamilton 5 26 30 1 50 30 
Kelpie, W. K. Brown 5 27 40 1 51 40 
Jig-a-Jig, Hutcheson & Ferguson 5 31 16 1 55 16 
The winners were: Bonito, Squaw, Oqueemah, Sand- 
piper, Rascal, Esperance; Adeline and Spots took sail 
overs. 
Rafitan Y. C 
PERTH AMEOy^ EARITAN BAY, 
Saturday, August i. 
There were nineteen starters in the power boat race 
held by the Raritan Y. C. on Saturdaj', August i. The 
boats were divided into two classes and all covered a 
three and two-thirds mile triangle three times, making a 
total distance of eleven miles. It was a handicap match, 
and the boats were started separately in accordance with 
the amount of time they had to allow. 
Betsy, a_ class A boat, broke down before the start, and 
was handicapped some fifteen minutes. Irene was the 
only boat to finish in class A. Freak won in class B, and 
Wink was second. The summary : 
Launches — Class A, 
Start. ..Finish. Elapsed. 
Irene, B. Mitchell 4 12 18 . 5 29 45 1 17 27 
Betsy, Leo Straub 4 13 56 Did not finish. 
Albatross, A. Guyges 4 21 41 Did not finish. 
Launches — Class B. 
Freak, W. Greene 3 14 18 5 05 18 1 51 00 
Wink, C. B. Ballard 3 26 00 5 12 58 1 46 58 
No. 4, C. Fries 3 12 45 . 5 13 45 2 01 00 
No. 5, W. B. Pratt 3 25 45 ' 5 17 15 1 51 30 
Maggie, C. C. Morgan 3 29 22 5 17 35 1 48 13 
No. 999, W. W. Warner.... 3 50 00 5 19 28 1 29 28 
Three Bros., Kress Bros 3 40 19 5 22 40 1 42 21 
Wilhelm, W. F. Hartmann 3 42 19 5 23 12 1 40 53 
Web, E. V. Evans 3 44 31 5 23 54 1 39 23 
Go Do, T. John.son 3 44 01 5 24 25 1 40 24 
Anna, W. Aschenberg. . . . . ,...4 01 16 5 27 'i5 1 26 19 
Fly, J. Whitworth .■..,..3 50 46 5 28 35 1 37 49 
Mazie, Schantz & Eckert 3 47 27 5 .30 18 1 42 51 
Seventeen, W. E. Irving 3 49 40 5 31 06 1 41 20 
Kismet 3 12 00 Did not finish, 
Albatross Disabled. 
The Cape May Y. C. has been incorporated under 
the laws of the State of New Jersey, and the following 
officers have been elected: 
Commodore, J. W. Allison; vice-commodore, Chris- 
topher Gallagher; rear commodore, T. Clifford Wil- 
son; secretary, Adam Suelke; treasurer, Harry Hazel- 
hurst; fleet captain, Benton S. Dunn. 
Bfidg'epoift Y. C« 
BL.\CK ROCK, LONG ISLAND SOUND, 
Saturday, July 25. 
The annual regatta of the Bridgeport Y. C. was held on 
Saturday, July 25. The race was sailed in a fresh S. W. 
breeze, and the boats covered a thirteen-mile course. 
Massasoit, Nutmeg and Tecumseh, three boats built to 
challenge for the Seawanhaka cup last year, met in one 
of the classes. Massasoit beat Tecumseh over 12m., and 
Nutmeg was out of the running from the start. 
Firefly won in the 25ft. class, and Dora won in the 
iSft. class. Diana was the only starter in the 30ft. class, 
And took a sail over. The summary : 
Seawanhaka Cup Class, 
Start. 
Massasoit, T. H. MacDonald 2 25 07 
Tecum.seh, H. Fish 2 25 20. 
Nutmeg, H. H. Rennell 2 25 13 
25ft. Class. 
Firefly, G. P. Granberrv 2 10 09 
Vagabond, J. C. BuIIard 2 10 44 
15ft Class 
Dora, E. R. Rowland !...2 20 19 
Mposoon, T. Fish ,..,.,,.,.,3 36 53 
Finish. 
Elapsed. 
4 46 34 
2 21 27 
4 59 01 
2 33 41 
5 08 34 
2 43 21 
4 39 54 
2 29 45 
4 47 19 
2 36 35 
4 14 15 
1 53 36 
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