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i6 THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING. people congregating there to see the finishes. The house then built still stands, and is now used as a club head-quarters by the New Jersey Yacht Club, which sails its races over very nearly the same course as that adopted in 1846 by the New York club, on the occasion of its second match. This course was from a stake-boat off the Elysian Fields, to a stake-boat off Staple- ton S. I. ; thence to a stake-boat off the Long Island shore, and thence to the Southwest Spit, returning over the same course. For this, there started: the schooners Lancet, Giincrack, La Coquille, Minna, Brenda, Spray, Sybil, Cygnet, Pet, Northern Light, Siren and Coquette, with the sloops Newburgh and Mist. The largest schooner'was Mr. J. H. Perkins' Coquette (76), and the largest sloop was Mr. L. Depau's Mist (44). The only yacht which made the course inside of the limit of eight hours was the sloop Mist, which did it in 7I1. 37m., winning the prize, this time offered by the club, and which was of the value of %200 ; and this is called in the club annals its " first annual regatta/' Why, I don't know, since, as we have seen, there had been one during the previous summer. The allowance was the same as before — forty- five seconds to the ton—and schooner and sloop, all went in together, the sloop as we have seen, getting the best of it. The club had another race the next day, July 18, 1846 ; but the two days are properly classed by the club as one regatta. This time the starters were: Schooners, G im - crack, Hornet, Minna, Br en da, Cygnet, Siren an d Coquette, and the sloops, Pear sail, Mist, Ann Maria and Dart. I think that the Pearsall, Ann Maria and Dart were working vessels, allowed to come in on even terms with the club boats. The course was the same, and it was for many years the regular club course. The Gimcrack, finished first, Mist second, Hornet third, Dart fourth ; Mr. A. Barker's schooner Hornet (25), winning, on allowance of time, a piece of silver valued at $200. There has been some little boasting on the part of the Seawanhaka club over a claim that they were the first to introduce " Corinthian " racing, and so fearful have
Title | Yachts and yachting |
Creator | Cozzens, Frederic Schiller |
Publisher | Cassell & Co. |
Place of Publication | New York |
Date | [c1887] |
Language | eng |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Title | 00000014 |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Transcript | i6 THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING. people congregating there to see the finishes. The house then built still stands, and is now used as a club head-quarters by the New Jersey Yacht Club, which sails its races over very nearly the same course as that adopted in 1846 by the New York club, on the occasion of its second match. This course was from a stake-boat off the Elysian Fields, to a stake-boat off Staple- ton S. I. ; thence to a stake-boat off the Long Island shore, and thence to the Southwest Spit, returning over the same course. For this, there started: the schooners Lancet, Giincrack, La Coquille, Minna, Brenda, Spray, Sybil, Cygnet, Pet, Northern Light, Siren and Coquette, with the sloops Newburgh and Mist. The largest schooner'was Mr. J. H. Perkins' Coquette (76), and the largest sloop was Mr. L. Depau's Mist (44). The only yacht which made the course inside of the limit of eight hours was the sloop Mist, which did it in 7I1. 37m., winning the prize, this time offered by the club, and which was of the value of %200 ; and this is called in the club annals its " first annual regatta/' Why, I don't know, since, as we have seen, there had been one during the previous summer. The allowance was the same as before — forty- five seconds to the ton—and schooner and sloop, all went in together, the sloop as we have seen, getting the best of it. The club had another race the next day, July 18, 1846 ; but the two days are properly classed by the club as one regatta. This time the starters were: Schooners, G im - crack, Hornet, Minna, Br en da, Cygnet, Siren an d Coquette, and the sloops, Pear sail, Mist, Ann Maria and Dart. I think that the Pearsall, Ann Maria and Dart were working vessels, allowed to come in on even terms with the club boats. The course was the same, and it was for many years the regular club course. The Gimcrack, finished first, Mist second, Hornet third, Dart fourth ; Mr. A. Barker's schooner Hornet (25), winning, on allowance of time, a piece of silver valued at $200. There has been some little boasting on the part of the Seawanhaka club over a claim that they were the first to introduce " Corinthian " racing, and so fearful have |
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