July 30, 1904.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
97 
Eastern Yacht Club Cruise. 
Bar Harbor, July 23. — In a heavy rainstorm, with 
plenty of wind from the eastward and a proportionate 
amount of fog, the fleet of the Eastern Y. C. entered Bar 
Harbor this afternoon, after completing all of the squad- 
ron runs in the most successful cruise the club has had . 
for many years. All through the cruise the racing was 
good, and the yachts stuck together well. Yachts that 
were obliged, for any reason, to stay out of a racing run, 
went along as soon as possible to the next port, and 
joined in the fun again. About twenty-five yachts in the 
"harbor to-night is the result of this great interest. The 
regatta committee has worked hard to make this cruise, 
as well as other events held by the club this season, a 
success, and their labors have been rewarded. It may 
not seem that twenty-five yachts is a large number, but 
it must be remembered that this is an off year in yacht- 
ing, especially in the racing of large sailing yachts, and 
the Eastern Y. C. is much to be congratulated on the 
showing it has made all around. 
Those who joined in the cruise have been more than 
repaid for their enthusiasm, for they have had an op- 
portunity of cruising along the" finest coast in the coun- 
try, in among beautiful islands, and in reaches where 
the wind is generally fair. Many of those who partici- 
pated in the squadron runs have never cruised along this 
ground before, and they have been much impressed with 
the waters through which they have sailed. Fog held the 
fleet up one day at Peak's Island, but this very fog was 
responsible for probably the most remarkable squadron 
run that has ever been made. With the exception of 
calms, which were not very provoking, the aforesaid fog, 
and the rainstorm on the last day's run, the weather was 
good. Even in the fog, calm and rain, the fleet played 
in luck, for.it seemed that something always turned up 
to help them along. 
Good fortune attended the cruise from the very start. 
From a dead calm all the morning -scheduled for the first 
squadron run, from Marblehead to Gloucester, the breeze 
increased until it was blowing at the rate of about nine 
miles an hour shortly before two. The starting line was 
formed between Lighthouse Point, on Marblehead Neck ' 
and Fort Sewall, on the town side. This gave an ex- 
cellent view of the yachts to people who had flocked to 
both places. Conditions were perfect, with clear weather 
and a light southerly breeze blowing. There was just 
enough fife to the water to make picturesque racing. 
The preparatory whistle was blown at three, and a 
warning signal was given five minutes later. Then the 
different divisions started at intervals of five minutes. 
Sloops of classes J, K, and L were sent away first, so 
that they would have an opportunity of finishing as near 
as possible to the largest yachts. Then the divisions in- 
creased in size, the large schooners of classes A, B, and 
C starting last. Good starts were in order all around. 
The sloops, all of which came under the rating of class 
L, went over the line well bunched, breaking out bal- 
looners as they crossed, and making the most beautiful 
' picture imaginable. Meemer, always around on time, 
got the start in this class. In the second division came 
the schooners of classes D and E, and the sloops of 
classes H and I. These schooners did not get away quite 
as quickly as the first division, and two of them crossed 
after the handicap time had expired. Athene of 
class H, and the Wasp of class I, were the sloop starters 
in this' division. Wasp went up into the H class, and 
took time allowance from Athene. Athene was the first 
to get away, with a very good start, while Wasp got 
away some seconds later. As the first leg was a reach, 
however, it can hardly be said that Wasp did not have a 
good position. . ■ 
The start of the day was in the big schooner division, 
which comprised classes A, B and C, all racing as one 
class. No finer schooner start has been seen in many 
years than the one made by these great sail carriers. 
Corona was well timed for the start, crossing the line 
only a, few seconds after the whistle. The others were 
maneuvering close to the Fort Sewall shore, and in the 
limited space their enormous sail spread showed up in 
exaggerating comparison. As they wore ship, heeling to 
the press of canvas as they turned slowly, they looked 
positively beautiful. It is little wonder that old yachts- 
men wish for /the days of the big schooner racing,, after 
witnessing such a sight. Emerald, Constellation, and 
Constance crossed the line after Corona, in the order 
named, within a very few seconds of each other, while 
Chanticleer was close behind, luffing out to get the wind- 
ward berth. All broke out balloon jib topsails as they 
crossed the line, and they traveled on the reach to Half- 
way Rock under a 9-mile breeze, as though they were 
things animate. 
From Halfway Rock a straight course was laid to 
Gloucester harbor. The big schooners soon caught^up 
with the smaller classes, and the next smallest division, 
in turn, caught up with those smaller. A falling in the 
breeze, however, soon after they had squared away for 
Gloucester, gave the little fellows a chance of keeping 
up. In fact, the conditions were so fluky that the streaks 
in the wind were responsible for leading positions in 
some cases. Under such conditions size told immensely, 
and the big Constellation was leading the fleet as it 
passed in by Norman's Woe. Athene led Wasp by a 
good margin, but not enough to save her handicap. 
Agatha led the schooners of classes D and E from the 
start, having been handled well in the fluky breeze. The 
sloops of class L were led by Heron, but Dorel had -time 
allowance enough to get first on the bookkeeping end of 
the game. . " , 
A pleasant evening was spent m Gloucester harbor. 
A vaudeville entertainment was given on board Mr. 
Charles Hayden's steam yacht Aria, which was attended., 
by about 100 members and guests. A slight-of-hand per- 
formance was the feature of the evening, but the per-, 
former, although skillful, did not give any examples of 
how a tailender could be made to appear first on the 
summary sheet. Some of the yachtsmen visited the city, 
where, according to Saturday night custom, the streets" 
were illuminated with many colored lights and a band 
kept moving from place to place, followed by those inter- 
ested in the music and also by small boys who had dis- 
tinct views of other noises which were not always in 
tune. This feature, instituted by the business rrjen of 
Gloucester, no doubt puzzled many of the visiting yachts- 
men. 
An early start was planned for the next run from 
Gloucester to the Isles of Shoals, but as there was a lack 
of breeze, it was not until eleven when the preparatory 
whistle was blown. Fluky conditions governed the part 
of this run as far as Cape Ann, almost continuously, and. 
from there to White Island whistling buoy, where the 
finish line was drawn, the squadron had a very light 
southerly breeze. It- was on this run that Emerald had 
the honor of being the first yacht in, the run being made 
in very slow time. Athene again lost to Wasp on time 
allowance, and Puritan lost to Hope Leslie by the same 
reason. Mira was a newcomer in the smaller division of 
sloops, racing in one class with the class L yachts. She 
led the class to the finish line, but lost to the 22-footer 
Medric on time allowance. Very little life was evident 
on the islands, and most of the yachtsmen retired very 
early, the fleet being in complete silence, save for the 
ringing of bells by the watches at ten o'clock. 
The following morning broke clear in the little har- 
bor of Gosport, and although there was evidence of some 
haze away to the eastward, there was probably none who 
thought that evening would see the finish of one of the 
most remarkable squadron runs that has . ever been made. 
The run was from off Appledore Island to Peak's Island, 
the finish being off Portland Plead. Everybody was out 
early, and the preparatory whistle was blown at nine. 
All "the classes got away well, and were going along at a 
lively clip, with' the wind southeast, when the fog com- 
menced to roll in, lightly at first, but increasing in thick- 
ness. When they were about half way from the Isles of 
Shoals to Boone Island, the fog came in in thick rolls. 
From this time, to the finish no one, not even those com- 
peting in the race, knew what the yachts were doing. 
For about thirty-eight miles they raced in the fog with- 
out seeing anything. The committee boat, anchored. 600 
feet from Portland Head, could not distinguish. the light- 
house from the time she anchored. Corona was the first 
vessel in the fleet to make her appearance, and she could 
not be made out until she was within fifty feet away 
and headed straight for the committee boat. Some 
of the finishes were very close in every class. Athene 
on this run was able to give Wasp her time allowance 
and have over an hour to spare besides. Agatha_ sailed 
a great race in classes D and E, schooners, leading all 
the way. Mira and Heron sailed very close in the sloop 
class. Mira was over a minute ahead on elapsed time, 
but lost to Heron on corrected time. The best part of 
the race was that every one of the eighteen starters was 
accounted for and all but two crossed the finish line. 
It was so thick that the yachts had to anchor as best 
they could. Some went up into Portland inner harbor, 
some anchored in Diamond Island roads, others off 
Peak's Island, and a few off House Island. The fog 
was so thick in the morning that it was decided to post- 
pone the next run for a day. The committee boat went 
about among the fleet and towed the scattered yachts all 
over to the anchorage off Peak's Island. Many of the 
yachtsmen visited the Gem Theater, a summer play- 
house on Peak's Island, where a light comedy was en- 
joyed more or less. There was also .an entertainment at 
the Peak's Island House which attracted some. The 
crews enjoyed themselves, with the natives and summer 
visitors, by watching the arrivals and departures of the 
Portland boats. 
As one day had been lost on the schedule, Jay forced 
stay at Peak's Island, the programme for. the. next run 
was changed, the terminus being made off Whitehead, at 
the entrance to Mussel Ridge channel and Seal Harbor. 
It was understood that the yachts should proceed to 
Gilky's Harbor, Islesboro, as soon as possible, so that a 
good part of the proposed day might be spent at the lat- 
ter place. This gave a racing run of fifty-one miles, the 
longest of any during the cruise. There was very little 
that was interesting at the start. The wind was so light 
that the yachts had to be towed out, and when they 
started they were between a south-southwest wind and a 
wind off the shore blowing north-northwest. The result 
was that they were in a greasy spot, and the start was 
chiefly noticeable for the great number of handicaps. 
Most of the yachts got into the northwest breeze after 
a time, and went along well, but when they were off 
Junk of Pork Island the wind left them again, and they 
were in the doldrums until two, when most of the fleet 
was about four miles to the eastward of Halfway Rock. 
Then gradually all hands got the breeze north-northwest 
with some strength, and a smooth sea, and they made 
fast time to the finish, Corona leading the fleet in. Hope 
Leslie won in classes D and E, schooners, and Athene 
finished far enough ahead of Wasp to give the time al- 
lowance, but she had only 20 seconds to spare. Mira 
again led the small sloops, and Dorel again took first on 
corrected time. 
The fleet anchored in Gilky's Harbor the next day, all 
being in before noon. There was thus an opportunity of 
spending considerable time at Islesboro. Those who 
went ashore also had an opportunity of absorbing con- 
siderable Islesboro dust into their lungs and clothes. It 
may not always follow, but Islesboro on this particular 
occasion was far more beautiful when viewed from the 
harbor than it was on shore. 
On Friday, July 22, the squadron raced from Dark 
Harbor to Bartlett's Narrows. This was the most beau- 
tiful run of the whole cruise through Eggemoggin 
Reach and up Blue Hill Bay. The beauties of this cruis- 
ing ground, with its wealth of wild nature, cannot be ex- 
aggerated. The start was made at eleven, and the yachts 
covered the twenty-seven miles in fair time. They had 
a reach for the best part of the way, losing the wind for 
a little time off Cape Bennett. Corona and Emerald had 
a hot tussle as far as this point, but when the breeze 
came in again, Corona passed Emerald, which had got 
the start and had been leading, and led the fleet all the 
rest of the way in to the finish. Puritan led in classes 
D and E, schooners, but lost on time allowance to Hope 
Leslie. Mira led again in the small sloops, and this tune 
she saved her allowance. The fleet anchored in Great 
Cove, a bay in Bartlett's Island. It is a beautiful little 
harbor, surrounded by the great Blue Hills, with rock- 
bound,- forest-covered islands all around it. It is com- 
pletely ' landlocked, and one could not imagine a better 
place to run to in- bad; weather, if one only knew it was 
there and how to get in. The masts of the tallest 
schooners were completely hidden when only a short dis- 
tance away. In spite of its beauties, it was a very lone- 
some place on this occasion, for there was not- another 
vessel at anchor, except the yachts, and there was no 
place on shore at which one could find amusement. Per- 
haps it was' the proper place on that night, however, for 
every one was tired and the quiet of the place and the 
cool air afforded excellent opportunities for sleeping. 
That night there was a big ring around the moon, 
and there was more or less spindrift to the westward. 
The moon barometer did not fail in its prediction, for 
generous quantities of rain fell during the night, and rain 
was still falling when day broke. The wind was easterly, 
and it was decidedly cold. The preparatory whistle was 
blown at ten, at which time there was a stiff breeze blow- 
ing about east by south. The sloops of class L found 
this so strong that none of them cared to carry topsails 
except Vandal, a small edition of the old sloop Puritan, 
which carried hers without any difficulty. The starts 
were particularly good in all classes, the yachts crossing 
within seconds of each other, and in one instance 
two crossed together, Dorel and Cossack, in class L, 
sloops. These two had a hot contest all over the course 
of 25^/2 miles to the bell buoy off Egg Rock, the smaller 
yacht sailing a great race. She stuck to Cossack like 
glue, and won easily on time allowance. Puritan, the 
last starter in classes D and E, schooners, took the lead 
off Placentia Island and was across the finish line first, 
but lost to Agatha on time allowance. In this class there 
was a hot start between Agatha and Hope Leslie, in 
which Agatha gained the advantage. The best starts of 
the cruise were seen in the big schooners. Constance 
was looking for the weather berth before the start, and 
Emerald and Corona went up to contest it with her. 
Neither could luff the Constance out, and Corona gave 
them a dose of backwind before wearing for the line. 
Corona was too soon, however, and had to return, tak- 
ing the full two minutes. In the meantime Chanticleer 
went across the starting line first, with Emerald on her 
weather quarter. Constance, which had held, up to wind- 
ward, now came down and blanketed Emerald, which 
was placed in a pocket by this move, as she took back 
wind from Chanticleer. They reached to the end of 
Black Island, where the wind came in east-northeast, 
with great quantities of rain. Chanticleer had been lead- 
ing to this point, but on the beat to Baker Island Corona 
went up and passed her, leading to the finish. After fin- 
ishing off Egg Rock whistling buoy, the yachts passed 
into the harbor and anchored. It was a miserable after- 
noon and evening, and Sunday, the day off before the 
special Bar Harbor invitation race, was gloomy with 
rain and fog. The following is the official summary of 
all the squadron runs : 
Annual cruise, 1904, Saturday, July 16.— Marblehead to Glou- 
cester; wind, S.W. by S. ; preparatory, 3 P. M. ; distance, 9% miles; 
tide, 2 hours ebb: 
Third Division— Sloops and Yawls— Classes J, K and L— Start, 
10m. after Preparatory."" 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Cossack 3 10 59 4 53 33 1 42 34 1 42 34 
Heron 3 11 24 4 54 44 1 43 20 1 40 33 
Chewink IV 3 10 52 4 53 29 1 42 37 1 41 28 
Waska 3 12 00 5 01 04 1 49 04 1 47 55 
Meemer 3 10 13 5 12 37 2 02 24 2 00 56 
Katonah 3 12 00 Not timed. 
Louise 3 10 38 4 53 16 1 42 38 1 41 27 
Dorel 3 11 20 4 59 19 1 47 59 1 40 21 
Halcyon 3 11 13 5 11 26 2 00 13 . .. .. 
Dorel wins. 
Special Class for Boats less than 30ft. Rating Measurement. 
Matkah 3 12 00 5 21 26 2 09 26 ..... 
Second Division— Schooners— Classes D and E— Start, 15m. after 
Preparatory. 
Puritan .3 15 50 4 53 51 1 38 01 1 38 01 
Hope Leslie 3 16 05 4 49 10 1 33 05 1 25 01 
Undercliff ' 3 17 00 4 54 27 1 37 27 1 32 16 
Agatha 3 15 33 4 44 40 1 29 07 1 22 49 
Winnebago 3 17 00 5 23 50 2 06 50 1 43 07 
Agatha wins. 
Second Division — Sloops and Yawls — Classes H and I. 
Athene 3 15 16 4 42 32 1 27 16 1 27 16 
Wasp 3 15 50 4 46 29 1 30 39 1 22 32 
Wasp wins. 
First Division — Schooners— Classes A, B and C — Start, 20m. after 
Preparatory. 
Constellation 3 20 46 4 37 09 1 16 23 
Corona 3 20 17 4 43 11 1 22 54 
Chanticleer 3 21 07 4 37 45 1 16 38 
Emerald 3 20 35 4 39 40 1 19 05 
Constance 3 20 50 4 58 14 1 37 24 ..... 
Annual cruise, 1904, Sunday, July 17.— Gloucester to Isles of 
Shoals; wind, E.S.E. ; preparatory, 11 A. M.; distance 27% miles; 
tide, 2 hours flood. 
Third Division— Sloops and Yawls— Classes J, K and L— Start, 
10m. after Preparatory. 
Mira 11 12 00 5 23 03 6 11 03 6 11 03 
Cossack 11 10 10 5 23 22 6 13 12 6 04 23 
Heron 11 10 31 5 12 47 6 11 16 5 54 38 
Meemer '. .11 10 08 5 28 17 6 18 09 6 05 13 
Louise 11 10 25 5 42 08 6 31 43 6 18 47 
Dorel 11 10 33 5 41 38 6 31 05 6 00 56 
Medric 11 10 19 5 45 52 6 35 33 6 00 42 
Matkah 11 10 40 6 41 13 7 30 33 ...... 
Heron wins. 
Second Division— Schooners— Classes D and E— Start, 15m. after 
Preparatory. 
Puritan 11 15 35 5 16 48 6 01 13 6 01 13 
Hope Leslie 11 15 40 5 10 28 5 54 48 5 32 14 
Undercliff 11 17 00 5 36 42 6 19 42 6 05 13 
Agatha 11 15 43 5 15 43 6 00 00 5 42 24 
Winnebago 11 15 45 6 58 42 7 42 57 6 36 45 
Hope Leslie wins. 
Second Division— Sloops and Yawls— Classes PI and I. 
Athene 11 16 03 4 44 38 5 28 35 5 28 35 
Wasp 11 16 25 4 57 26 5 41 01 5 18 23 
Wasp wins. 
First Division— Schooners— Classes A, B and C— Start, 20m. after 
Preparatory. 
Constellation 11 20 37 4 37 28 5 16 51 
Corona ...11 21 57 4 21 27 . 4 59 30 
Chanticleer 11 22 00 4 37 43 5 15 43 ..... 
Emerald Did not start. 
Constance 11 20 44 4 55 17 5 34 33 1 
Annual cruise, 1904, Monday, July 18. — Isles of Shoals to Peak's 
Island; wini S.E.; preparatory, 9 A. M.; distance, 43 miles; 
tide, 1 hour rmad. 
Third Division — Sloops and Yawls — Classes J, K and L — Start, 
10m. after Preparatory. 
Mira .9 11 09 4 41 50 7 30 41 7 30 41 
Cossack 9 12 00 5 25 30 8 13 30 7 59 57 
Heron 9 11 54 4 43 49 7 31 55 7 05 40 '" 
Katonah 9 12 00 Not timed. 
Louise 9 12 00 5 07 15 7 55 15 7 34 50 
Dorel ....9 10 48 7 07 53 9 57 05 9 09 30 . 
Medric 9 10 33 Withdrew. 
Heron wins. 
Second Division — Schooners— Classes D and E— Start, 15m. after 
Preparatory. 
Puritan .....9 17 00 4 29 33 7 12 33 7 12 33 
Hope Leslie 9 17 00 4 38 13 7 21 13 6 45 36 
Undercliff 9 17 00 6 42 06 9 25 00 8 02 ^ 
