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THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING.
The Canadian yacht showed ■ much better in this first race than had been expected. But she had been much improved
since her first arrival. Captain Cuthbert,
her builder and sailing master, was a friend
of the Elsworths, of Bayonne, N.J., expert
yacht racers from their boyhood, and
under their advice, the Countess had been
placed upon the dock at Port Richmond,
and scraped and sand-papered, and made as
smooth as was possible, and she was then
given a coat of pot-lead and tallow. All
her sails, also, with a few exceptions, had
been made in New York, and so, as a daily
paper remarked, whichever way the contest terminated, it would be a victory for
the American model.
The race, however, attracted much interest, although not a tithe of that evinced
when the Cambria and Livonia came, or
when the Genesta appeared as a challenger.
Still there were a dozen excursion steamers
and a couple of dozen of yachts present at the
start ready to go over the course with the
racers. The start was a pretty one, and that
the reader may judge of the quality of the
two yachts, the following table of times is
given, the wind being south, a moderate
breeze, and the tide last quarter flood :
Madeleine
Countess of
Dufferin.
START.
BUOY 10.
LIGHTSHIP.
BUOY IO.
h. m. s.
h. m. s.
h. m.s.
h. m. S.
II.16.31
1.19.19
2.5I.52
3-57-28
II.17.06
1.26,32
Z-56.33
4.06.48
FINISH,
h. m. s.
4.41.26
4-51-59
The Madeleine, therefoie, won by 9m.
58s. actual time, and by 10m. 59s. corrected time.
The second and concluding race was
sailed the next day, and the course was
twenty miles to windward from Sandy
Hook and return, the wind light throughout
from south-south-east,and the water smooth.
The old yacht America, the original winner of the cup, stripped for a contest,
sending all weight ashore that could be
spared, and in racing fettle went over the
course with the other two yachts, beating
the Canadian yacht, but being in turn
beaten by the Madeleine ; and as a matter
of comparison, I will give the times of all
three schooners over the course :
NAME.
START.
h. m. s.
OUTER
MARK.
h. m. s.
FINISH.
h. m. s,
Madeleine.
Countess of Dufferin
12.17.24
12.17.58
12.22.09
5.01.52
5-13-41
5-04-53
7-37-n
8.03.58
7.49.00
It will be seen that to the outer mark, the
America beat both the other schooners. The
difference in time between the Madeleine
and Countess of Dufferin at the finish does
not accurately represent the distance between them, as after the Madeleine finished,
the wind failed, and the tide being ahead,
the Countess of Dufferin was a long time
doing a short distance. She was, however,
decidedly beaten.
August 14, the fleet of the New York
club assembled in Glen Cove Harbor
to begin the annual cruise. Of schooners, there were the Alar?n (the flagship),
Restless, Wanderer, Dreadnought, Estelle,
Rambler, Palmer, Idler, Foain, Vesta, and
Meta. Sloops Arrow, Vindex, Vision,
Wiitdward, and Wayward.
The programme agreed upon was an
extended one, and included a visit to
Greeriport, Vineyard Haven, Marblehead,
the Isle of Shoals, Portland, Province-
town, Vineyard Haven, and Newport, sailing races there August 28 and 29, and
disbanding the 30th. All this was changed
later on, and the new schedule was from
Shelter Island to New London, Newport,and
Vineyard Haven, and the participation in
the regatta of the Eastern Yacht Club at
Swampscott was abandoned. The cruise
was a very tame one, and the fleet broke
up at Edgartown August 21.
Probably if the Canadian schooner had
accompanied the fleet, it would have taken
her around Cape Cod, and the original
programme would have been adhered to ;
but Major Gifford had had enough of it.
The funds of the syndicate of club members which had built and sent her to the
contest were running low, some new sails
purchased in New York were yet to be
paid for, and things were in no condition
for a junketing excursion.
As it was, although the cruise was practically at an end at Vineyard Haven, some of
the yachts went on to the east as far as
Provincetown, returning to Newport August
27, where they finally separated.
It was about the last of August that Mr.
J. E. Loubat, owner of the schooner-yacht
Eiichantress, presented to the New York
Yacht Club a $1,000 cup to be sailed for
October 12, open to all schooner-yachts of
100 tons and upward, belonging to any
organized club in the world, on an allowance of twelve seconds to the ton ; New
York Yacht Club rules to govern in all
other respects. The course to be from off
Owl's Head, to and around Sandy Hook
Light-ship, thence to and around the Cape
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 | 00000079 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING. The Canadian yacht showed ■ much better in this first race than had been expected. But she had been much improved since her first arrival. Captain Cuthbert, her builder and sailing master, was a friend of the Elsworths, of Bayonne, N.J., expert yacht racers from their boyhood, and under their advice, the Countess had been placed upon the dock at Port Richmond, and scraped and sand-papered, and made as smooth as was possible, and she was then given a coat of pot-lead and tallow. All her sails, also, with a few exceptions, had been made in New York, and so, as a daily paper remarked, whichever way the contest terminated, it would be a victory for the American model. The race, however, attracted much interest, although not a tithe of that evinced when the Cambria and Livonia came, or when the Genesta appeared as a challenger. Still there were a dozen excursion steamers and a couple of dozen of yachts present at the start ready to go over the course with the racers. The start was a pretty one, and that the reader may judge of the quality of the two yachts, the following table of times is given, the wind being south, a moderate breeze, and the tide last quarter flood : Madeleine Countess of Dufferin. START. BUOY 10. LIGHTSHIP. BUOY IO. h. m. s. h. m. s. h. m.s. h. m. S. II.16.31 1.19.19 2.5I.52 3-57-28 II.17.06 1.26,32 Z-56.33 4.06.48 FINISH, h. m. s. 4.41.26 4-51-59 The Madeleine, therefoie, won by 9m. 58s. actual time, and by 10m. 59s. corrected time. The second and concluding race was sailed the next day, and the course was twenty miles to windward from Sandy Hook and return, the wind light throughout from south-south-east,and the water smooth. The old yacht America, the original winner of the cup, stripped for a contest, sending all weight ashore that could be spared, and in racing fettle went over the course with the other two yachts, beating the Canadian yacht, but being in turn beaten by the Madeleine ; and as a matter of comparison, I will give the times of all three schooners over the course : NAME. START. h. m. s. OUTER MARK. h. m. s. FINISH. h. m. s, Madeleine. Countess of Dufferin 12.17.24 12.17.58 12.22.09 5.01.52 5-13-41 5-04-53 7-37-n 8.03.58 7.49.00 It will be seen that to the outer mark, the America beat both the other schooners. The difference in time between the Madeleine and Countess of Dufferin at the finish does not accurately represent the distance between them, as after the Madeleine finished, the wind failed, and the tide being ahead, the Countess of Dufferin was a long time doing a short distance. She was, however, decidedly beaten. August 14, the fleet of the New York club assembled in Glen Cove Harbor to begin the annual cruise. Of schooners, there were the Alar?n (the flagship), Restless, Wanderer, Dreadnought, Estelle, Rambler, Palmer, Idler, Foain, Vesta, and Meta. Sloops Arrow, Vindex, Vision, Wiitdward, and Wayward. The programme agreed upon was an extended one, and included a visit to Greeriport, Vineyard Haven, Marblehead, the Isle of Shoals, Portland, Province- town, Vineyard Haven, and Newport, sailing races there August 28 and 29, and disbanding the 30th. All this was changed later on, and the new schedule was from Shelter Island to New London, Newport,and Vineyard Haven, and the participation in the regatta of the Eastern Yacht Club at Swampscott was abandoned. The cruise was a very tame one, and the fleet broke up at Edgartown August 21. Probably if the Canadian schooner had accompanied the fleet, it would have taken her around Cape Cod, and the original programme would have been adhered to ; but Major Gifford had had enough of it. The funds of the syndicate of club members which had built and sent her to the contest were running low, some new sails purchased in New York were yet to be paid for, and things were in no condition for a junketing excursion. As it was, although the cruise was practically at an end at Vineyard Haven, some of the yachts went on to the east as far as Provincetown, returning to Newport August 27, where they finally separated. It was about the last of August that Mr. J. E. Loubat, owner of the schooner-yacht Eiichantress, presented to the New York Yacht Club a $1,000 cup to be sailed for October 12, open to all schooner-yachts of 100 tons and upward, belonging to any organized club in the world, on an allowance of twelve seconds to the ton ; New York Yacht Club rules to govern in all other respects. The course to be from off Owl's Head, to and around Sandy Hook Light-ship, thence to and around the Cape |
