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A. M. and we found ourselves about 20 miles west of 
Arcadia, or 25 miles northwest of Manistee. Going on 
to the port tack we fetched a lee under Big Point Sauble 
just before noon, and sailed to Manistee in smooth water, 
arriving at 2 P. M. Pinkham came in at 4:'J0 and Togo 
at 5 P. M. Eleanor was so far ahead of us that when 
her position was made out early in the morning she was 
close to Point Betsie. She entered^ Frankfort at 8 A. M. 
and sailed to Manistee the succeeding day. 
All of the boats had made fairly good weather on what 
was a decidedly trying run, for it is no joke to be headed 
in mid-lake by half a gale of wind in a yacht 20ft. long 
on the waterline. All of the skippers and crews, eighteen 
in all, were strictly amateurs. Further outside racing is 
scheduled for the present season, and next year the chief 
event will be a handicap race to Kewaunee and return 
without stopping, to Onekama, the club’s home port, a 
distance of 120 miles. Herbert L. Harley. 
Onekama Sailing Club. 
The first annual cruising race of the Onekama S. C. 
proved a great success in every way. Outside races on 
courses long enough to make navigation an important 
element will henceforth hold prominent places in this 
club’s schedules. The race was from Manistee, Mich., 
to Kewaunee, Wis., straight across Lake Michigan, a dis- 
tance of 59 miles. The start was made on the evening 
of Aug. 5 in order that the skippers should be thrown 
entirely on their own resources in the matter of naviga- 
tion. The finish showed that this was the controlling 
factor. 
Four yachts, all of the cabin yachts of the Onekama 
S. C., sailed the race. They were the 21-footer Eleanor, 
late of Chicago; the Togo, an old-fashioned sloop, 33ft. 
over all, and the two little cutters, Lydia Pinkham and 
Belle Marie. It was the Pinkham’s first race, and her 
mast was stepped only the day before the start. The two 
last named are 20ft. waterline, but are unusually able 
■ little craft. 
As in all Onekama S. C. races, arbitrary handicaps 
were imposed. Eleanor and Togo allowed Lydia Pink- 
ham 30m. and Belle Marie 60m. Lydia Pinkham allowed 
the last named 30m. It was arranged that the start 
should be made by casting off lines from the Manistee 
Pierhead, because there is insufficient room for maneu- 
vering inside, and darkness made it impossible to start 
outside of the channel. The first yacht to finish was re- 
quired to report to the life saving station a Kewaunee 
and take the times of the succeeding yachts. The start 
was set for 10 P. M. 
Contrary to expectations, the weather was favorable to 
a quick and easy passage. The course of W. by N. % N. 
brought the wind on the beam. It was a fine moonlight 
night with enough haze to obscure a craft distant a hun- 
dred yards or more. The sea was smooth. Pinkham 
was first out in the weather position with Togo under 
her lee. Eleanor quickly showed her quality by passing 
through Pinkham’s weather, and she was not passed dur- 
t ing the race. On Belle Marie an immense balloonjib was 
set, and as soon as she cleared the pierhead it scooped up 
, a hogshead or more of water. It was apparent that the 
wind was not fair enough to make it advantageous, so 
in_ it came. The time thus lost was made up in a few 
minutes, and the little cutter threatened to pass between 
Pinkham and Togo, when the former got things more to 
. her liking, and slowly drew ahead until she disappeared 
in Eleanor’s wake, one point above the charted course. 
Then for an hour or more the two stragglers engaged 
in a luffing match. Unable to weather Togo, Belle Marie 
finally accepted a leeward position, and fell off on the 
true course. 
Never was an outside race .sailed under more enjoy- 
able conditions. The breeze freshened and drew more 
fair after midnight. There was nothing to do but hold 
the course, smoke, and listen to the swish of the little 
seas that lapped along the starboard side. 
Morning dawned fair with the wind still holding fresh 
and the water smooth. On board Belle Marie we first 
made out a yacht slightly ahead and five or six miles to 
windward. . She was Lydia Pinkham. Dead astern was 
a sail that afterward was hidden by the sun. This was 
Togo, though we didn’t suspect at that time that we had 
left her so far in the night. To help out on sail we car- 
ried our No. 2 jib upside down to fill the space under the 
staysail. About 5 o’clock land was made out, and from 
that time all hands were busy looking for signs of port. 
Kewaunee does not show up well from the lake, but Al- 
gomah, nine miles to windward, looms large. We easily 
made out the latter town when about fifteen miles from 
land, and held a course a few miles to leeward. Two of 
the yachts we knew were further from Kewaunee than 
we, and both gave us time. Eleanor we supposed had 
already made port, and we could hope for no better than 
second position at the best. 
But a little later a sail was made out against the green 
of the Wisconsin hills. Could it be Eleanor, squared 
away before the northeast wind, looking for her port 
after holding some miles too high? This was our sus- 
picion, and such soon proved to be the case. When con- 
vinced of this we put our helm up, got out a spinnaker, 
■ and soon were racing down wind. Finally Kewaunee 
’ was made out, and we were able to time Eleanor as she 
entered. Twenty-five minutes later we rounded the pier- 
head, and received a salute from the fog station. Togo, 
coming through the haze in the east on a better course 
than ours, was saluted eighteen minutes later. Pinkham, 
we knew, had mistaken her port. She came down the 
beach about an hour later. 
i It appears that on Eleanor a course one point high had 
been held in the expectation that the wind would draw to 
i northwest on the further shore. The course was cov- 
ered much faster than was anticipated, and not until it 
was seen at a distance of less than half a mile that there 
was no fog station on the piers at Algomah, whither she 
pointed, did her crew realize their mistake. With Pink- 
ham the blunder was ludicrous. She sailed into Algo- 
mah, a new port to all on board, and finding no other 
yacht in the harbor, a ringing cheer was given for vic- 
tory. “Look out, or you’ll be on a rock,” sung out a 
man on the bridge. “Well, where in blazes are we?” 
demanded her skipper. “In Algomah,” was the disheart- 
ening reply. “Down helm, ready for stays, out we go,” 
.'laid Pinkham’s skipper. 
At 4 o’clock the same afternoon, with a fresh northeast 
wind, all four yachts started on a cruise to Ludington, 
the_ course being about S.S.E. and the distance 63 miles. 
This time there was a sea running, and Togo soon took 
up her rightful position near Eleanor, leaving the two 
cutters in each other’s company and far astern. All car- 
ried double reefs but Belle Marie, which swung full sail. 
But as the wind increased toward sunset,, we snugged 
down to two reefs and No. 3 jib. At the same time Pink- 
ham reduced to . three reefs jn mainsail and no headsail. 
and the two larger yachts to three reefs and small jibs. 
.The moon rose with a threatening ring around it, and 
at 10 o’clock the wind backed two points and made a 
rough cross-sea. At ii o’clock it was dead ahead, so we 
went on to .the starboard tack, which was held until 7 in 
the morning'. It was a night well calculated to try out 
small craft. The wind switched just enough to keep the 
seas extremely rough, and the yachts that escaped solid 
Seas were thoroughly drenched with crests. 
good view of the Michi^n poast was made out at 7 
Eastctn Y* C. 
Ocean Race — Marblehead to Halifax. 
The ocean race of the Eastern Y. C. from Marblehead 
to Halifax resulted in victory for Elmina in the large 
schooner class, and for Hope Leslie in the smaller 
schooner class. The start of this race has already been 
given in these columns. Corona got away first in the 
larger schooner class, while Hope Leslie was first to start 
in the smaller schooner class, with Agatha on her 
weather quarter. Elmina, Corona and Hope Leslie ar- 
rived at Halifax on Wednesday. Elmina arrived first 
and Hope Leslie, while Corona was about seven hours 
behind Elmina. Corona had led Elmina all the way, in 
light breezes to. squalls, from S. to S.W., until she had 
reached the Nova Scotia coast and lost the race through 
failure to pick up the whistling buoy off Sambro Head. 
It is evident that Hope Leslie led her class all the way. 
Black Hawk, the smallest boat, racing, reached Halifax 
on Thursday. Agatha encountered fog and put in to Bar 
Harbor. ■ 
The little sloop Sauquoit had a tough time of it. The 
balloonjib was split, and after passing Cape Sable’ four 
reefs were tucked in the mainsail. Sambro buoy was 
passed, the boat running some 30 miles beyond it, and 
heaving to for hours until the fog cleared. Sauquoit 
was given a special prize, as she had no class competitor. 
- At 9:30 o’clock on Tuesday morning Corona’s ballon- 
jibtopsail was blown clear out of the bolt ropes by the 
strong S.W. breeze. She was then 160 miles from 
Marblehead and 167 from Halifax. She had Cape Sable 
Light abeam at i :is P. M. and at 4 o’clock Elmina was 
sighted between four and five miles in her wake. Both 
were carrying spinnakers to starboard at that time. A 
thick fog set in at 6 o’clock. It lasted all Tuesday night 
and most of Wednesday. 
The following excerpt from the log of Corona shows 
what a baffling time the boat had before getting into 
Halifax Harbor: 
Tuesday. — 7:30 A. M., light .fog; 8:15, fog very thick; 
9, log I52pj miles; 1:15 P. M., Cape Sable Light, bearing 
N.E. by E., distance 5 miles, log 2 i 2 l 4 miles; 3, log 
22714 miles ; 4, log 236^4 miles ; 4 :4s, log 244 miles ; 0, 
thick fog, log 25714 miles ; 8 , fog still continues with 
W'ind freshening ; 10, still foggy, log 307 miles. 
Wednesday. — 12:30 A. M., strong breeze, S.S.W., no 
sign of Sambro whistle buoy or Sambro gun. about 15 
miles E. of Sambro whistling buoy, strong swell on ; 6, 
thunder, lightning and rain storm, clearing away the fog, 
log 348 miles, Hope Leslie about N.E. ; 8, log 361 miles; 
11:30, Pennant Point whistling buoy ahead; 12:40 P. M., 
Sambro buoy abeam to port, log 387I4 miles; 2:20, Che- 
bucto Head, still foggy; 3. clearing, log 404 miles. 
The official summary of the race follows : 
Schooners — Class B. 
Start. Finish. 
Aug.?l, A.M. Aug'.?3,A.M. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Elmina, F. F. Brewster. 10 32 00 8 25 IS 45 33 18 45 53 18 
P. M. 
Corona, A. F. Luke 10 31 06 4 61 02 53 19 66 52 53 17 
Class E — Schooners. 
Hope Leslie, L. Minot.. 10 35 43 11 27 31 48 61 49 48 51 49 
Aug. 24, A.M. 
Black Hawk, C. Gibson.lO 31 00 9 51 14 70 14 14 ' 62 02 46 
Agatha, W. S. Eaton... Did not finish. 
Sloop Class. 
Sauquoit, T.K.Lothrop.JrlO 36 52 11 51 58 72 15 06 72 15 06 
ON BOARD BLACK HAWK. 
Monday, the day of the start, dawned bright and 
clear, but with the wind in the east, where it had been 
for over a week. The large number of prospective 
entries dwindled down to five starters. Corona and 
Elmina in Class B, and Hope Leslie, Agatha and Black 
Hawk in Class E. The preparatory gun was fired at 
10:20, and the one starting the big schooners at 10:30. 
The Class E vessels started at 10:35. The wind was E., 
very paltry. All stood off shore to clear Half Way 
Rock. Then all but Black Hawk went to the starboard 
tacK and stood along the shore as far as Gloucester. 
Black Hawk stood out to sea until she could clear 
Thatcher’s Island on the other tack. This proved a 
mistake, as at Eastern Point the other vessels were a 
mile or two ahead. Thatcher’s Island was passed at 
5:36 and the wind hauled to S.S.E., enabling us to lay 
our. course for Cape Sable. It increased to a good 
sailing breeze, and Black Hawk commenced to get a 
good move on. t 
•Monday night was a beautiful one, the wind holding 
true and strong and hauling gradually to the S.S.W?, so 
that we set the balloon jib at 10:30. This sail was kept 
oh the -boat until noon of the next day, when the wind 
became a little too strong. - 
.Tuesday was bright and clear until afternoon. '-when 
we suddenly ran into a fog bank. Black Hawk reeled 
off 8 and 9 knots all day long, the wind being jpst abaft 
the beam and with every sail set. 
At noon the owner took observations for latitude 
and longitude, which tallied within a mile or two with 
the ■ dead reckoning. This exact knowledge :df our 
whereabouts was of great value when along toward 
night we ran into thick fog and realized that we should 
have to round Cape Sable and its dangerous outlying 
rocks entirely by dead reckoning. We passed lay the 
Cape about 9 o’clock, plowing along with rail awash, 
every sail still set and tfie fog very dense. We passed 
a tug about this time, which reassured us as to the safe 
extent of our offing. 
At 10:30 we swung off E.N.E. for Halifax. At dawn 
we had some severe thunder showers, one squall corn- 
pelling us to get down our upper canvas and mainsail in 
a hurry. The fog shut in again after the showers, while 
the wind remained S.W. and very light. 
At 11:50, Wednesday morning, we made the buoy off 
La Hare River and laid our course from there for 
the whistling buoy off Sambro Island. The wind was 
very light all day and finally flattened entirely when we 
w'ere a few miles west of Sambro Light. The fog dis- 
appeared about 8 o’clock, and the rest of the night was 
a drift with barely steerage way. At sunrise we were 
oft Chebucto Head, the first land to be seen since leav- 
ing Cape Ann. 
For several hours we drifted along up Halifax Harbor 
until within half a minute of the finish we got a S.W. 
full sail breeze and swept across the finish line in fine 
style, receiving salutes from the Halifax Y. C., the 
assembled yachts and the cruiser Canada. Black Hawk 
finished at 9:51. We found that the Elmina, Corona and 
Hope Leslie had arrived before us, Agatha and Sau- 
quoit being still unheard from. 
Norman L. Skene. 
Ply mouth Yacht Club* 
Plymouth, Mass., Aug. 25. — Ladies’ day with the 
Plymouth Y. C. was celebrated by a picnic at the Gurnet. 
With members and their friends the party numbered over 
200, and the sailboats, launches and other boats connected 
with the club were called into use to transport the party. 
Baseball and otlier sports occupied part of the time. 
Dinner was served in the pavilion. During the after- 
noon, through the courtesy of Captain Rogers, of the 
Gurnet Life Saving Station, the crew gave a practice 
drill, including the capsizing of the surf boat. This drill 
was much appreciated by all the party, many of whom 
had never seen an3hhing of the kind before. 
The twin lighthouses were also open tO' the party, and 
the workings of the light explained to the visitors. These 
lights were one of the earliest established light stations 
on the Atlantic coast. A southwest wind made the re- 
turn trip a bit rougher than the trip of the morning, but 
the celebration of the day was carried through without 
any mishap and was voted by all as one of the best out- 
ings the Plymouth Y. C. ever had. 
The motor boat Glissando, of the Fall River Y. C., 
winner of second prize in the recent motor race from 
New York to Marblehead, was a recent visitor in our 
harbor, putting in here for the night on the return trip 
after the race. The boat attracted considerable attention 
and most favorable comment, both on the comfortable, 
yet compact, arrangement of interior, and upon the ease 
with which the boat was handled and moved through the 
water. F. H. C. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
Yacht Sweetheart Launched.— The new gasolene 
yacht Sweetheart, built by the Gas Engine & Power Go. 
and Chas. L. Seabury & Co., Cons., for Mr. H. P. 
Sauers, of Philadelphia, was recently launched at the 
Morris Heights yards, and was taken away by the owner, 
who will use her in the vicinity of Chesapeake Bay. This 
yacht was designed primarily for day cruising service, 
and is built aloiig lines similar to large launches of a spe- 
cial type, of which this season the Seabury Company have 
built several. The general dimensions of the new yacht 
are 65ft. over all, 56ft. on the waterline, 12ft. beam, and 
3ft. draft. The construction of the boat is first-class, and 
the very best materials have been used. The forward 
cabin is divided into two compartments. Going aft from 
the saloon a passageway on the starboard side leads into 
the main cabin and dining saloon. A large galley com- 
partment is located forward of the dining saloon on the 
port side. The motor room is amidships located on the 
port side of passageway. The motive power consists of 
two latest pattern Speedway 6 x 6-inch gasolene motors, 
four-cylinder, four-stroke type, which will give the yacht 
a speed of ioj 4 miles an hour. A military mast is fitted 
over the forward deck. 
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James Hogarth Dead. — James Hogarth, father of the 
well known Clyde skippers Archie and 'William Hogarth, 
was recently drowned by the sinking of his fishing smack 
after a collision. Two other men on the foundered ves- 
sel were saved. It is supposed that Hogarth became en- 
tangled in some of the gear or rigging. The deceased 
was over 70 years of age. 
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Atlantic Y. C. Race to Fire Island. — Conditions 
have been announced for the Atlantic Y. C. race for 
schooners to Fire Island and return, which starts from 
Sea Gate on Saturday, Sept. 2. Former Vice-Commo- 
dore Frederick D. Underwood offers a valuable cup for 
first prize. Competition is open to- schooners in any 
recognized club in classes E or above, all sailing in one 
division on regular time allow^ance. 
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Recent Sales. — The sloop Ondawa, formerly raced by 
Mr.. Henry J. Roberts, has been sold to Col. David E. 
Austen. The .latter recently disposed of his schooner 
Wayward to Mr. C. Augustus Seton. Messrs. J. H. & 
W. D. Haviland have sold the sloop Bonito to Mr. J. 
Bertrand, of Jhe Stuyvesant Y. G. To take the place of 
Bonito -Messrs. Haviland have bought the yawl Sakana 
of Mr, Robert MeCreery, 
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Belle Harb.or Y. C. Invitation REGATTA.-^The new 
Belle Harbor Y. C., whose station is at Rockaway, an- 
nounces an invitation regatta to be held on Saturday. 
Sept. 2. Racing length will be computed by the old rule. 
The Atlantic, Brooklyn, Marine and Field, Bensonhurst, 
Bayswater, Bergen Beach and Canarsie Y. C.’s have beep 
invited to 'compete, ■- - •- 
