(MARI)TIME WARP! 1924: 36 RACING CRAFT ON BARNEGAT BAY

Spy Wins Feature Race of Regatta at Seaside Park Yacht Club
Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, June 29th

SEASIDE PARK, N.J., June 28.
Thirty-six boats turned out for the opening regatta of the Barnegat Bay Yacht Racing Association held today at Seaside Park Yacht Club. The feature race of the day was in the cat boat class in which Commodore Thatcher's new Marconi boat, the Spy, crossed the finish line fourteen seconds ahead of the Toms River entry, the Bay.

The first race of the day was held in a light wind, and it took the six-fifteenth foot class sneak boxes over two hours to sail the course. A Bay Head Yacht Club boat, the Merill, won with the Heron and Curlew in second and third place respectively.

​The afternoon races were sailed in a heavy southeast wind. The first contest was that for the Class A catboats. The Bat, sailed by Crabbe, gave Commodore Thatcher's new craft, the Spy, a close scare on the last leg. Another Seaside Park boat, the Helen, sailed by Wheelock, finished in third place.

The Class B for catboats proved very popular, attracting seven entries. The Stephen, a former down East champion, owned and sailed by Atkins of Seaside Park, won by nearly four minutes corrected time. The Vim, from the Mantoloking Yacht Club, finished in second place, while Snyder's Spider of Toms River, came in a minute and a half behind on corrected time, taking third place, although the Viking, the Island Heights Yacht Club entry in the Sloop Class, sailed by Schofield, crossed the finish line nearly five minutes ahead of the Ardo Second, the latter boat won on corrected time.

The final event of the day, the fifteen-foot sneakbox class, brought out eleven racers. Although the Shiner sailed by Horrocks of Island Heights, led for the greater part of the race, another entry from the same club sailed by Hardin won on the last leg to windward by almost a minute. A Seaside Park boat, sailed by Trumpy, took third. Times for first three boats in each race follow:

SLOOPS
Ardo Second - 1.37.39
Viking - 1.40.58

20 SNEAK BOXES
Edith - 1.30.09
Scotia - 1.39.14
Old Soak - 1.42.40

15-FOOT SNEAK BOXES - CLASS B
Berry B. - No Time
Heron - No Time
Curlew - No Time

CAT BOATS - CLASS B
Stephen - 1.41.16
Vim - 1.45.00
Spider - 1.46.40

CAT BOATS - CLASS A
Spy - 1.39.28
Bat - 1.49.42
Helen - 1.42.27

15-FOOT SNEAK BOXES - CLASS A
No name - No Time
Shiner - No Time
S.S.I. - No Time

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