1935 HENLOPEN CUP
LEWES YACHT CLUB
“MISHAP RACES AT LEWES”
One boat upsets twice, two
others suffer rigging damage in heavy SW winds and choppy seas.
Lewes, Delaware, July 7,
1935:
Wide tacking on windward
laps into a 25 mph SW breeze broke the rigging of two sail boats,
and upset another, marked the Sunday race of the Lewes Yacht Club
competing for the Henlopen Trophy with eleven entries. There was a
hard, heavy, rain just before the race.
The “Extra Dry” , a
sneak box, of W. Virden Burton, Lewes, suffered twice, first a
broken tiller, then her jib was carried away. She kept in the race
and finished fourth.
The “Alibi”, of
Theodore Hazzard, Lewes, a new moth boat, lost her main mast and
did not finish the race.
The “Duchess” of
Richard A. Shields, Lewes, , capsised twice, filling her hull full of
water and did not make the starting line and was hauled to shore by
the patrol boat of Fleet Captain John R.Wine, Narberth.
Pennsylvania.
The “Dipper”, parrine
sneak box, of George and Douglas Fleming, of Ardmore, scratch boat,
swept into lead, and with
skillful tacking of windward laps finished in 51 minutes and 32
seconds, closely followed by “Blue Hen 1st”, of Wilmington's
Leighton Dorsey and “Just Us” of Lt. Justice Naylor, Ithaca,
New York.
The “Sea Shell” of
Howard Teal of Lewes, the winner of the 4th of July Race,
was swept off course by the SE winds and did not finish.
“Skippy” of Lewes,
Frank and Helene Carter, leads this seasons regattas with 26 -1/4
points.
Source: Wilmington Morning
News, Monday, July 8, 1935
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