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THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING*
SLOOPS.
YACHT.
OWNERS.
CUHJC FEET.
Breeze . . .
Gracie . . .
Ariadne . .
Addie . . .
Vixen . . .
A. C. Kingsland, Jr. .
Theodore A. Strange . . .
William H. Langley . . .
Ludlow Livingston ....
5°5
H73
S58
1099 ■
707
It is said that after a season of as great
excitement as that of 1870, the next one
may be counted on as being rather dull ;
but this was not the case during the season
of 1871. Probably the certainty that Mr.
Ashbury was again coming for the cup
kept the interest from flagging, and then,
in addition to this, Mr. Bennett had been
elected commodore, and the young element in the club was in control. It was at
this regatta that Mr. Bennett's challenge
cups for schooners and sloops were first
sailed for, and the great controversy as to
the South-west Spit buoy arose. Before
this, the yachts of the club had always
turned buoy No. 10, and therefore there
ought not to have been a question about
the matter ; but as part of the fleet turned
No. 10, and part No. 8)4, and as if No. 10
was the right mark, the Idler won, while if
No. Sy2 was the turning-point, the Tidal
Wave won, and as the club excursion boat
went and laid at No. 8^2, while the judges'
tug lingered at No. 10, the matter was
complicated, and was referred to Mr. Geo.
W. Blunt, pilot commissioner, to the
Hydrographic Office, at Washington, and
to various Sandy Hook pilots.
All of the pilots said : "Although buoy
S}4 is on the Spit, No. 10 is the proper
Spit buoy, and if you attempt to turn 8J4,
with twenty-two feet of water, you will go
aground." Mr. Blunt and the Hydro-
graphic Office said, " 8)4 being on the
Spit, is the Spit buoy," and the Tidal
Wave was given the race, but the club
since that time has ordered its yachts to
turn both buoys, so that there can be no
mistake.
At this regatta, there was also another
innovation, the effect of the ascendency of
the young and progressive element. Two
prizes, one of $600 for schooners, and one
of $400 for sloops, were offered open to
yachts of any recognized yacht club, and
for these, in addition to the sloops named
above, there entered the Peerless, Atlantic
club ; the Kaiser Wilhelm, Brooklyn
club, and the Coming, Eastern Club.
There were no outside schooners, no other
club than the New York, even down to
this date, having any boats of that rig
large enough to compete here.
The Tidal Wave took all three cups : the
Bennett challenge, the subscription and the
regular club cup ; the Columbia, then brand
new, being second. The sloop Addie, took
all three prizes ; the Gracie coming second.
This seems curious to us now, but at
that time, the Gracie was a very different
yacht from what she is at present. The
judges who decided this question of the
buoys were Messrs. Philip Schuyler, Stuart
M. Taylor and William Butler Duncan.
On June 27, in this year—1871 —
the Brooklyn Yacht Club first became
prominent, and at its regatta, all the principal schooners of the New York Yacht
Club appeared as starters. As previously
stated, Mr. Jacob Voorhis, Jr., owner of
the Madeleine, and a millionaire, had been
elected as its commodore, and had carried
with him many of the New York owners.
Some of them never knew of their being
proposed for membership, until they received the notification of the club secretary, with a receipt for initiation fee and a
year's dues, which had been paid by Commodore Voorhis.
The measurement was by the old New
York rule of superficial area, under which
the Columbia went in at 1,694 feet ; Dauntless, 1,924, and Sappho, 1,979. The Dauntless came in first and won the prize, without allowance ; but the club and union
prizes were given to the Madeleine by three
seconds. There is good reason for saying
at this lapse of time, that the decision was
a mistaken one, and that it was only because she was " Our Commodore's " yacht
that these prizes were awarded to her, the
Columbia having won them, beyond a doubt.
The sloop Gracie took the prize without
allowance, and the Union prize, beating
the Addie 4m. 23s. ; but not belonging to
the club, she could not win the club prize,
and that was captured by the Addie, which
beat the Kate over 14 minutes.
The decision in favor of the Madeleine
was the first thing which caused the decline
and fall of the Brooklyn club. It was
evidently so unjust that Mr. Osgood withdrew, and carried several others with him ;
and although the club had a seeming prosperity for a couple of years after this, it
was hollow. Mr. Osgood sent the following letter to the regatta committee,
Messrs. W. W. Van Dyke, Alonzo Slote,
W. B. Nichols, John H. Lewis and S. P.
Bunker:
Gentlemen : I suppose it is only necessary for
me to draw your attention to the unaccountable mistake in your decision in regard to the race yesterday,
Object Description
| Title | Yachts and yachting |
| Creator | Cozzens, Frederic Schiller |
| Publisher | Cassell & Co. |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | [c1887] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Description
| Title | 00000048 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 5° THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING* SLOOPS. YACHT. OWNERS. CUHJC FEET. Breeze . . . Gracie . . . Ariadne . . Addie . . . Vixen . . . A. C. Kingsland, Jr. . Theodore A. Strange . . . William H. Langley . . . Ludlow Livingston .... 5°5 H73 S58 1099 ■ 707 It is said that after a season of as great excitement as that of 1870, the next one may be counted on as being rather dull ; but this was not the case during the season of 1871. Probably the certainty that Mr. Ashbury was again coming for the cup kept the interest from flagging, and then, in addition to this, Mr. Bennett had been elected commodore, and the young element in the club was in control. It was at this regatta that Mr. Bennett's challenge cups for schooners and sloops were first sailed for, and the great controversy as to the South-west Spit buoy arose. Before this, the yachts of the club had always turned buoy No. 10, and therefore there ought not to have been a question about the matter ; but as part of the fleet turned No. 10, and part No. 8)4, and as if No. 10 was the right mark, the Idler won, while if No. Sy2 was the turning-point, the Tidal Wave won, and as the club excursion boat went and laid at No. 8^2, while the judges' tug lingered at No. 10, the matter was complicated, and was referred to Mr. Geo. W. Blunt, pilot commissioner, to the Hydrographic Office, at Washington, and to various Sandy Hook pilots. All of the pilots said : "Although buoy S}4 is on the Spit, No. 10 is the proper Spit buoy, and if you attempt to turn 8J4, with twenty-two feet of water, you will go aground." Mr. Blunt and the Hydro- graphic Office said, " 8)4 being on the Spit, is the Spit buoy," and the Tidal Wave was given the race, but the club since that time has ordered its yachts to turn both buoys, so that there can be no mistake. At this regatta, there was also another innovation, the effect of the ascendency of the young and progressive element. Two prizes, one of $600 for schooners, and one of $400 for sloops, were offered open to yachts of any recognized yacht club, and for these, in addition to the sloops named above, there entered the Peerless, Atlantic club ; the Kaiser Wilhelm, Brooklyn club, and the Coming, Eastern Club. There were no outside schooners, no other club than the New York, even down to this date, having any boats of that rig large enough to compete here. The Tidal Wave took all three cups : the Bennett challenge, the subscription and the regular club cup ; the Columbia, then brand new, being second. The sloop Addie, took all three prizes ; the Gracie coming second. This seems curious to us now, but at that time, the Gracie was a very different yacht from what she is at present. The judges who decided this question of the buoys were Messrs. Philip Schuyler, Stuart M. Taylor and William Butler Duncan. On June 27, in this year—1871 — the Brooklyn Yacht Club first became prominent, and at its regatta, all the principal schooners of the New York Yacht Club appeared as starters. As previously stated, Mr. Jacob Voorhis, Jr., owner of the Madeleine, and a millionaire, had been elected as its commodore, and had carried with him many of the New York owners. Some of them never knew of their being proposed for membership, until they received the notification of the club secretary, with a receipt for initiation fee and a year's dues, which had been paid by Commodore Voorhis. The measurement was by the old New York rule of superficial area, under which the Columbia went in at 1,694 feet ; Dauntless, 1,924, and Sappho, 1,979. The Dauntless came in first and won the prize, without allowance ; but the club and union prizes were given to the Madeleine by three seconds. There is good reason for saying at this lapse of time, that the decision was a mistaken one, and that it was only because she was " Our Commodore's " yacht that these prizes were awarded to her, the Columbia having won them, beyond a doubt. The sloop Gracie took the prize without allowance, and the Union prize, beating the Addie 4m. 23s. ; but not belonging to the club, she could not win the club prize, and that was captured by the Addie, which beat the Kate over 14 minutes. The decision in favor of the Madeleine was the first thing which caused the decline and fall of the Brooklyn club. It was evidently so unjust that Mr. Osgood withdrew, and carried several others with him ; and although the club had a seeming prosperity for a couple of years after this, it was hollow. Mr. Osgood sent the following letter to the regatta committee, Messrs. W. W. Van Dyke, Alonzo Slote, W. B. Nichols, John H. Lewis and S. P. Bunker: Gentlemen : I suppose it is only necessary for me to draw your attention to the unaccountable mistake in your decision in regard to the race yesterday, |
