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FOREST AND STREAM 
[July 28, 1906. 
Thirteen boats started from here on the race 
Saturday, July 14. The five yawls went over 
first with Vanadis first over the line. So 
closely did they get away, that scarcely 50s. 
elapsed between the first and last boat. The 
schooners went next, and Dwight Lawrence 
got Mistral over in record time. Then the five 
sloops. The wind was light from the E., and 
the boats laid a course direct for the island 
passage. 
Sunday light and fluky winds scattered the 
fleet, but a squall rounded them up again, and 
when they were off North Manitou, Monday 
afternoon, seven of them were becalmed in the 
lee of the island. Squalls and a good stiff south- 
wester followed them in, and they finished in 
a rain storm. 
Vanadis, the winner, is an auxiliary yawl, built 
six years ago by William J. Starr, of Eau 
Claire, Wis. She is 61 ft. over all and 46ft. water¬ 
line. She was built off Mr. Starr’s own designs 
and under his personal supervision. She is a 
model cruising yacht, and has never been raced 
before, as Mr. Starr has always been opposed 
to racing his own boats. At that time she was 
named Rosamond, after the owner’s daughter, 
but it was one of the purchase conditions that 
Mr. Steere should change her name after pur¬ 
chase. 
Vanadis was sailed by L. R. Steere, a son of 
Rear-Corn. Steere, and a group of young col¬ 
lege friends of the skipper. Mr. Steere, Jr., by 
the way, holds one of the few pilots’ certificates 
issued to yachtsmen on the Great Lakes. 
He gives much credit for the success of his 
boat to Mr. W. L. Aldrich, of his crew, whose 
long residence in the districts around Mackinac 
has given a good, knowledge of the currents 
and air shift that prevail there. 
Vanenna had the hardest luck of any craft 
in the fleet. After leading the entire bunch 
from North Manitou Island, the big sloop went 
aground off Skilligalee Light at 7:25 o’clock 
yesterday evening, with a 4I1. lead on her nearest 
rival, and only 28 miles more to go. Vanenna 
stuck fast to the bar until after midnight, and 
when the crew finally succeeded in hedging the 
sloop off the reef, they had been left astern by 
eight of the contesting boats. 
Skilligalee shoal is a “hoodoo” for Captain 
Cameron. It was off this point in 1904 that 
Vanenna, with victory in sight in the first of 
the classic Mackinac races, broke her topmast 
and thereby lost the race. 
Vanenna came in ninth under double reefs, 
towing her dinghy. Skipper Price, of the big 
yawl Juanita, spoiled any chance he might have 
had of taking a prize, by making his mooring at 
the finish under power. The judges had sealed 
the auxiliary engines of all the boats before the 
start, and the ruling was that any craft finish¬ 
ing with the seals broken, would be disqualified. 
The prettiest finish of the race, from a spec¬ 
tacular point of view, was that between 
Hussar II., Toledo, Commodore Affleck’s fine big 
yawl, and Dwight Lawrence’s schooner Mistral. 
These craft raced beam to beam up the straits 
from Skilligalee Light to the finish, crossing 
the line 9s. apart, Hussar II. getting the first 
gun. The Toledo yawl showed that, as a heavy 
weather boat, there is nothing on Lake Michi¬ 
gan that can afford to give it time. Three times 
during the long run from Chicago, Commodore 
Affleck’s craft, perfectly handled by his son 
“Ed,” overhauled the fleet of racers, only to be 
dropped astern when the breeze fell away. 
At one o’clock this morning, while rounding 
Wangeshank Light, 24 miles from here, Hussar 
II. was caught by a fierce squall from the north¬ 
west. The craft had her spinnaker and balloon 
jib flying at the time, and barely got the former 
in, without carrying away something. Skipper 
Affleck held to his balloon, and the big yawl 
ripped up the straits like a scared rabbit. When 
dawn broke, it was seen that the yawl had again 
overhauled the fleet, and it was then that the nip 
and tuck fight with Mistral began. Both Mistral 
and Hussar II. crawled up on the rest of the 
fleet under the impetus of the fine fresh breeze, 
but there was not time enough left to overhaul 
the leaders. 
The turning point of the race came Monday 
forenoon. Vanenna, Juanita and Alice were 
southeast of Manitou Island, running close to 
shore. Here they became becalmed, with Van¬ 
enna in the lead by several miles. In the drift¬ 
ing match which followed, Alice, Juanita, Haw¬ 
thorne, Mistral, Naiad and others came up almost 
abreast of Vanenna. Meanwhile Vanadis, close 
to the mainland, was taking advantage of a wind 
from the north, and by the best kind of handling, 
beat her way into the lead. 
By noon, Vanenna had drifted into a breeze, 
and before the others got out of the doldrums, 
she had walked away, and was so far in the lead 
by 4 P. M., that even Vanadis, running second, 
could not pick her up with the aid of glasses. At 
this time, it looked as if nothing could stop Van¬ 
enna, but the others continued to struggle gamely, 
each figuring on second place. It was an hour 
after Vanenna had caught the wind that the 
others got out of the pocket. 
There was now a fair breeze from the west, 
and Naniwa, Vencedor and Juanita assumed a 
closely contested lead over the fleet, with the ex¬ 
ception of Vanenna, which was still lost to view 
in advance. 
Meanwhile, the race judges were huddled under 
a tent on the sandy beach here. Rain came down 
in torrents. Shortly before 4 o’clock this morn¬ 
ing, as the sun was struggling to surmount the 
mist and clouds, a signal flash went up a few 
miles out in the straits. A few minutes later, 
a second flash was seen, and the judges, to show 
the course, answered by firing a salute of one 
gun. Presently the yawl Vanadis was made out. 
The crowd on shore sent up a cheer, which was 
answered from the yawl. 
“Good,” remarked Skipper Steere. “We get 
second money,” and he swept his glasses round, 
looking for the supposed winner, Vanenna, which 
had met her fate on Skilligalee shoal. 
Hawthorne, with Skipper “Tommy” Atkin at 
the stick, made the best elapsed time of the race, 
negotiating the course in 62:04:01. 
This evening, the yachtsmen were the guests 
of the Chicago Y. C. at a smoker, when the prizes 
were awarded. Several of the boats remain here 
for a few days, while others will return home 
after being overhauled. Summary: 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Vanadis . 62 07 06 60 04 10 
Naiad . 68 09 33 60 08 47 
Alice .62 25 06 61 09 26 
Hawthorne .62 04 38 61 32 47 
Vencedor .62 41 01 61 38 13 
Mistral .62 35 19 61 51 22 
Hussar II.62 45 10 61 59 38 
Naniwa .67 28 02 62 12 30 
Juanita .62 35 39% 62 29 24V 2 
Acadia .67 58 16 62 32 37 
Neva .62 46 3iy 2 62 46 03% 
Vanenna .64 18 05 65 46 13 
Widsith .Withdrew at Grand Haven 
Order of finish by classes: 
Yawls—Vanadis, Naiad, Hussar II., Acadia. 
Schooners—Alice, Hawthorne, Mistral. 
Sloops—Vencedor, Naniwa, Neva, Vanenna. 
J. M. Handley. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Hollis Burgess has sold the sloop yacht Saga¬ 
more, owned by Eugene N. Foss, of Jamaica 
Plain, Mass., to Howard D. Briggs and Alfred K. 
Potter of Providence, R. I. Sagamore is a very 
handsome Lawley built cruising sloop, originally 
built for Thomas W. Lawson of Boston. 
He has sold the sloop Setsu,. owned by Samuel 
W. Levis and Fritz B. Talbot, of Brookline, 
Mass., to W. A. Green of Cambridge, Mass. 
Setsu will be used at Northeast Harbor, Maine, 
and will be raced against Opitsah V., which has 
recently gone to Isleboro, Maine. 
He has also sold the sToop Moslem, owned by 
John Tyler, of Brookline, Mass., to Joseph DeF. 
Junkin, of Philadelphia, and the sloop Nibelung, 
owned by Augustus P. Loring, of Boston, to R. 
D. Weston-Smith, of Boston. 
He has also chartered the steam yacht 'Wild 
Goose, owned by Herbert H. White, of Brookline, 
Mass., to the Boston Y. C., to be used as the 
judges’ boat during the annual cruise of the club 
to Five Islands, Maine. 
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The Marine Construction Co.—T he Marine 
Construction Co. for some months has been under 
successful operation under the management of 
Mr. Ralph Derr, lessee of the plant. The yard 
for this time of the year is busy, and a number 
of jobs are being finished. The sloop Syce, de¬ 
signed by William Gardner in 1902, for Mr. 
Cyrus Field Judson, is at the yard. Syce is now 
owned by Mr. E. S. Riess, who has chartered the 
boat to Mr. R. E. Smith. The lead keel has been 
removed, and a new one of iron fitted, and other 
repairs are being effected to put the boat in good 
condition. 
The launch from the designs of Swazey, Ray¬ 
mond & Page, of Boston, for Mr. William C. 
Redfield, of New York, is launched and will be 
delivered in a few days. This boat has been 
named Elmer, and is fitted with two 18 horse¬ 
power Standard engines. The launch will on 
completion proceed to Northport, Me., where Mr. 
Redfield spends the summer. The firm is build¬ 
ing two 30ft. open launches for Government in¬ 
spection at Charlestown, South Carolina. Both 
these boats are to be fitted with 12 horse-power 
Standard engines. A launch 29ft. long is nearly 
.finished for Mr. Chas. S. Whiting. The boat 
will be fitted with a 15 horse-power Rathbun 
Lacey engine. A number of boats are also under¬ 
going repairs and alterations. 
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Mr. Frank L. St. John, of New York Y. C., 
has purchased the Seawanhaka one design knock¬ 
about Mayita, from Mr. W. E. Douglass, for use 
on his houseboat Marjorie ex-Rancocas, through 
the office of Stanley M. Seaman, 220 Broadway, 
New York city. 
Com. F. H. Waldorf, of the New Rochelle Y. 
C., has purchased the auxiliary yawl Bohemian 
from Mr. E. A. Doyle, of Lynn, Mass., through 
the same agency. 
Mr. Seaman also reports the sale of the 
auxiliary yawl Yonondio for Mr. A. A. Spadone, 
of New York city, to Mr. W. H. Baldwin, Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa. 
Normona Chartered.— Mr. Paul C. Thebaud, 
New York Y. C., has chartered his auxiliary 
ketch Normona to Mr. Henry C. Ward, also of 
the New York Y. C. Mr. Thebaud and family 
are going to Europe. Normona was designed 
by Mr. R. M. Munroe and built by A. C. Brown 
& Son. Tottenville, N. Y., in 1903. She is over 
all 83ft., waterline 71ft. loin., breadth 22ft. 3m., 
on a draft of 3ft. ioin. The yacht is fitted with 
30 horse-power Standard motor. 
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Launch for Mr. Havens.— A few days ago 
the Gas Engine & Power Co. and Chas. L. 
Seabury & Co., Cons., launched from their 
works a twin-screw gasolene launch, which was 
named La Mascotte III., to the order of Mr. 
F. C. Havens, New York Y. C. The yacht was 
designed by Mr. Henry J. Gielow, who has 
turned out many very successful launches of this 
type. The dimensions are as follows: Length 
over all, 84ft.; waterline, 75ft. gin.; breadth, 13ft., 
and draft, 3ft. 6in. The engines consist of two 
80 horse-power motors, which will give the boat 
a speed of over 15 miles per hour. The interior 
arrangement consists of a pilot house forward, 
with a large dining saloon aft. Next to the 
saloon on either side are located two state¬ 
rooms, with bathrooms. Still further aft, con¬ 
nected with a central passage to the saloon, is 
the engine room, galley and crew space. Mr. 
Havens will use the boat on the Sound at his 
summer home, located at Sag Harbor, Long 
Island. 
It It It 
Year Book New York Y. C.—We have re¬ 
ceived from the secretary of the New York Y. 
C., Mr. Geo. A. Cormack, the year book of 
the club for 1906. The book is very similar to 
last year’s, which was so well made, but con¬ 
tents have been revised and brought up to date. 
The membership shows in the neighborhood of 
2.400 names. Of the yachts there are 620 vessels 
in the fleet—66 schooners, 160 single-masted 
vessels and yawls, and 392 steamers and power 
vessels. 
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Larchmont Race Week.— Last Saturday, the 
first day’s racing of Larchmont race week, brought 
