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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Aug. 6, 1910. 
Cara Mia Wins Manhasset Cup. 
A series of races was sailed last week on the 
Sound for the Manhasset Bay challenge cup. 
This cup was held by the Indian Harbor Y. C. 
having been won last year by Windward. The 
Corinthian Y. C. of Marblehead challenged and 
named Mavourneen, Windward defended the cup 
and Cara Mia representing the American Y. C. 
was also entered. Mimosa II., of the Larch- 
mont Y. C., was entered, but did not start. 
W. Butler Duncan, Jr., represented the Corin¬ 
thian Y. C. at the races. Prof. Charles Lane 
Poor represented the Indian Harbor Y. C. and 
James D. Sparkman was selected as the third 
judge. The first race was sailed on Tuesday, 
July 26. 
Windward, a Gardner designed boat, had on 
board R. A. Monks, Robert Monks, Jerome 
Monks and Phil Mallory. On board Cara Mia 
were S- C. Hopkins, who sailed Rascal III.; 
Harry Johnson, who has raced Irondequoit, But¬ 
ler Whiting and George P. Granbery, who races 
Scud. Stuyvesant Wainwright, her owner, was 
unable to be on board because of illness in his 
family, and S. C. Hopkins had the tiller. On 
Mavourneen were George Lee, E. M. Hendrie 
and Murray Griffith. The committee in charge 
of the races are E. Burton Hart, Frank Bowne 
Jones and Charles E. Simms. 
The course was leeward and return from a 
starting line off Great Captain’s Island to a mark 
near Oak Neck, four miles away, sailed ^ over” 
twice. The yachts were started at 12:10 o’clock 
in a fresh northwest wind. Windward was first 
away, followed by Mavourneen and Cara Mia. 
Windward had her spinnaker to port, but later 
jibed and reset the sail, as the others had it on 
the starboard side. At the mark Cara Mia made 
a mistake and started to turn it, leaving it on 
the port hand. She had to return and leave it 
to starboard. Mavourneen was first at the mark 
at 12.49.36; Cara Mia at 12.50.19 and Windward 
at 12.50.45. 
Beating home all took the port tack. On this 
leg Windward outsailed the others and took the 
lead and the times at the home mark were: 
Windward, 1.36.15; Cara Mia, 1.36.55; Mavour¬ 
neen, 1.37.05. 
Down the wind again Mavourneen showed 
what a slippery craft she is by gradually cutting 
down the lead of the two home craft. Just be¬ 
fore reaching the mark the three were in a line, 
with Windward nearest to the mark, and she 
was able to turn inside the others and take the 
lead. The times at the mark were: Windward, 
2.11.20; Mavourneen, 2.11.25; Cara Mia, 2.11.40. 
Cara Mia took a short port hitch, while the 
others took the starboard tack. Windward was 
the first to go about. She stood well over to¬ 
ward the Connecticut shore, and when the three 
came together again she crossed Cara Mia with 
a fair lead and Cara Mia was about the same 
distance ahead of Mavourneen. 
Windward crossed the finishing line at 3.03.08, 
Cara Mia at 3.04.14 and Mavourneen fit 3.05.27. 
The elapsed times made on each leg of the 
course were: 
1st Leg. 2d Leg. 3d Leg. 4th Leg. 
Windward . 0 40 45 0 45 30 0 34 05 0 51 48 
Cara Mia . 0 40 10 0 40 45 0 34 45 0 52 34 
Mavourneen . 0 39 30 0 47 35 0 34 20 0 54 02 
The times made running were: Mavourneen, 
1.13.50; Cara Mia, 1.14.55; Windward, 1.15.50. 
Turning to windward the times were: Wind¬ 
ward, 1.37.18; Cara Mia, 1.39.19; Mavourneen, 
1.41.37. The summary: 
First Race—Manhasset Bay Cup—Course, 12 Miles Lee¬ 
ward and Windward—Start, 12:10. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Windward, R. A. Monks, I.H. Y.C.... 3 03 08 2 53 08 
Cara Mia, S. Wainwright, A.Y.C. 3 04 14 2 54 14 
Mavourneen, Geo. Lee, Cor. Y.C. 3 05 27 2 55 27 
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 7. 
The second race was over a triangular course, 
which was sailed in a light S. W. wind, which 
shifted to W. S. W. later. The change in the 
wind came while the yachts were on the first 
windward leg, and it greatly benefitted Mavour¬ 
neen. What hard luck Cara Mia experienced 
on the first leg was offset while she was on the 
second leg, as she carried with her a breeze 
that was freshening somewhat and was able to 
more than make up what she had lost on the 
wind. After that the contest was a very close 
one indeed, only seconds separating the racers 
on each leg of the course. 
The course was first to a buoy 3.5 miles S. 
by W. [4 W., then three miles E. by N. to a 
mark off Oak Neck and then 3.5 miles N. W. % 
W. to the starting line. This triangle was sailed 
twice, making 20 miles in all. 
The start was made at 12:25 o’clock, and the 
three crossed in close order, with Mavourneen 
in the weather position and Cara Mia to lee¬ 
ward. Cara Mia at once pulled through Ma- 
vourneen’s lee. They were all on the starboard 
tack, and failing to draw by Windward, Cara 
Mia took the port tack, crossed the bow of Ma¬ 
vourneen and at once took the starboard tack 
again. Then Windward took the port tack and 
she was able to cross Cara Mia. Then all three 
held the starboard tack well over toward the 
Long Island shore. The wind hauled more 
westerly and put Cara Mia in the leeward posi¬ 
tion. The times taken at the first mark were: 
Mavourneen, 1:16.48; Windward, 1:18:13; Cara 
Mia, 1:19:31. 
It was a run to the next mark and spinnakers 
were carried. The wind began to freshen, and 
Cara Mia, being the last boat, carried the 
fresher wind along with her and was able to 
run up on the others and by clever handling 
secure the lead just before the Oak Neck mark 
was reached. There the times were: Cara Mia, 
2:09:00; Mavourneen, 2:09:10; Windward, 
2:10:00. 
They started to reach home with booms to 
starboard and the wind backed to southwest, its 
original quarter. On this point of sailing Cara 
Mia gained a few seconds, and at the home 
mark, the finish of the first round, the times 
were: Cara Mia, 2:40:50; Mavourneen, 2:41:12; 
Windward, 2:42:08. 
On the wind the second time round Wind¬ 
ward did the best work. She beat Cara Mia 
3s. and Mavourneen 23s., and the times at the 
weather mark on the second rohnd were: Cara 
Mia, 3:27:45; Mavourneen, 3:28:27; Windward, 
2:39:00. 
Reaching to Oak Neck Movourneen and 
Windward made the same time, and they gained 
6s. on Cara Mia. The times there were: Cara 
Mia, 3:51:32; Mavourneen, 3:52:08; Windward, 
3:52:41. 
The last leg was another reach, and on that 
point of sailing Mavourneen did the best work. 
She gained 8s. on Cara Mia, but could not catch 
that yacht. Cara Mia finished at 4:21:55, Ma¬ 
vourneen at 4:22:23 and Windward at 4:23:06. 
The elapsed times on each leg show how closely 
the yachts sailed after the shift of wind: 
First 
Round. 
1st Leg. 
2d Leg. 
3d Leg. 
Cara Mia . 
0 54 31 
0 49 29 
0 31 50 
Mavourneen . 
. 0 51 48 
0 52 22 
0 32 02 
Windward . 
O' 52 13 
0 53 47 
0 32 08 
Second 
Round. 
Cara Mia . 
0 46 55 
0 23 47 
0 30 23 
Mavourneen . 
. 0 47 15 
0 23 41 
0 30 15 
Windward . 
. 0 46 52 
0 23 41 
0 30 25 
The summary: 
Finish. 
Elapsed. 
Cara Mia, S. Wainwright... 
. 4 21 55 
3 56 55 
Mavourneen, Geo. Lee. 
. 4 22 23 
3 57 *3 
Windward, R. A Monks... 
. 4 23 06 
3 5S 06 
THURSDAY, JULY 28. 
There was a calm on the Sound when the 
yachts went out for the third race, and the start 
was postponed until 1:10 o’clock. Then there 
was a very light S. S. W. wind, and the course 
was windward and return. It was tedious work 
getting out to the mark, which was turned by 
Windward at 2:22:15; Cara Mia, 2:44:05; Ma¬ 
vourneen, 2:48:40. 
Running home. Windward held the lead, but 
the others, carrying a slightly better wind, 
gained on her. They started to beat out again, 
but at 5 o’clock there was no chance to finish. 
The race was called off. 
FRIDAY, JULY 29 - 
The weather conditions were little better on 
Friday. There was a light wind from S. E. by 
E. The yachts were able to make one round of 
the course, Mavourneen being in the lead, with 
Cara Mia second, when the race was called off. 
SATURDAY, JULY 30 . 
Originally it had been agreed that the races 
should be continued day by day until the series 
was ended, Saturdays and Sundays excepted. 
The owners of the yachts were anxious to have 
the series over, and so agreed to sail the last 
race in the annual regatta of the Indian Harbor 
Y. C. They had a light lluky wind, and the 
race was won by Mavourneen, with Cara Mia 
second and Windward third. This made the 
point score, Cara Mia 10, Windward 9, Ma¬ 
vourneen 8, so the cup goes to the American 
Y. C. The elapsed times of the last race were: 
Mavourneen, 2.29.40; Cara Mia, 2.31.06; Wind¬ 
ward, 2.31.52. 
Quincy Cup. 
The Quincy cup is now held by the Quincy 
Y. C., it having been won by Harpoon, owned 
by Charles Francis, Adams. 2d, in a series of 
races sailed in Hull Bay. Five yachts took part 
in the races, and in the four sailed Harpoon 
finished first every time. In the first race, how¬ 
ever, she was disqualified for a foul. 
The cup was held by the Boston Y. C., having 
been won last year by Ellen. The starters in 
the races were: Ellen, Charles P. Foster, Bos¬ 
ton Y. C.; Harpoon, Francis Adams, 2d, Quincy 
Y. C.; Eel, Herbert M. Sears, Eastern Y. C.; 
Sally XI., Lawrence F. Percival, Corinthian Y. 
C., and Cima, Guy Lowell, Manchester Y. C. 
Bonivee was to have started, but her waterline 
was eight inches too long, so she was not eligi¬ 
ble. 
The first race was sailed on Saturday, July 
24. The wind was light from the west and a 
windward and leeward course of 10% miles was 
selected. The start was made at 11:25 and Plar- 
poon was first away near the leeward end of the 
line followed by Cima, Eel, Ellen and Sally XI. 
Harpoon took the lead and at the weather mark 
was nearly three minutes ahead of Ellen, fol¬ 
lowed by Eel. Cima and Sally XI. Running 
home Sally XI. did the best work, but Harpoon 
still held the lead. On the wind again Harpoon 
pulled away from Ellen, but again Ellen caught 
the Quincy boat when running free, and at the 
turn Harpoon fouled Ellen. Mr. Adams thought 
he had plenty of room. Harpoon again gained 
at windward work and Ellen held second place. 
The elapsed times were: Harpoon, 2.49.58; 
Ellen, 2.50.44; Sally XI., 2.58.33; Eel. 3.00.39; 
Cima, 3.00.48. Plarpoon was disqualified. 
MONDAY, JULY 26. 
The second race was sailed in a fresh wind 
from S. W. and a course of eleven miles long 
was chosen, which tried the yachts on all points 
of sailing. The start was made at 11 :qo with 
Cima in the lead, followed by Sally XI., Ellen, 
Eel and Harpoon in order. Cima led at the 
first mark and Harpoon had passed Eel. On the 
wind Harpoon again showed her superiority. 
She sailed through Cima’s lee and took the lead. 
Off the wind Cima, Sally XI. and Ellen outran 
Harpoon, and reaching Cima was faster than 
Harpoon, but these gains were not sufficient to 
overcome the lead Harpoon had taken on the 
wind. On the last leg Sally XI. took the wrong 
course. The elapsed times were: Harpoon, 
1.50.20; Cima, 1.51.31; Ellen, 1.53.01 ; Eel, 2.01.00; 
Sally XI., wrong course. 
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27 . 
Harpoon won the third race, which was sailed 
in a westerly wind which varied in strength from 
light to strong. She showed her superiority to 
the others in a most marked w.ay. The course 
was windward and leeward, ioJd miles. Reefs 
were put in on all the yachts, but on the first 
run these were shaken out and wholesails car¬ 
ried afterward. Harpoon was first away and 
at the weather mark she led by 31s. with Sally 
XI. second, followed by Eel, Ellen and Cima. 
Ellen took second place on the run, but she 
could not catch Harpoon, and later in the race 
she had to take third place, Cima passing her 
on the wind. The elapsed times: Harpoon, 
1.43.02; Cima, 1.45.00; Ellen, 1.45.42; Eel, 1.46.53; 
Sally XI, 1.48.19. 
THURSDAY, JULY 28. 
The fourth and last race was sailed in light 
fickle winds which were so light in the morning 
