Dartmouth Goes to Halifax

ONE OF THE best known sailing skippers on the Maine coast is Vernon F. West 'O9 of Portland. On a racing cruise to Halifax last summer the West schooner, "Sayonara," won after a thrilling beat through thick fog and heavy seas. One of the crew, John M. Conlon '29, has written the story of the race for yachting magazines and an abstract from his summary is printed herewith:

"The first of the International YachtRaces, to be run annually between someNew England port and Halifax, NovaScotia, was won this summer by a Dartmouth owned boat manned largely by aDartmouth crew. In one of the most spectacular finishes in the history of cruisingracing in Nova Scotian waters the trim 67-foot staysail schooner 'Sayonara' of thePortland Yacht Club sailed past the Halifax breakwater early in the morning of thesixteenth of July to save her time by thenarrow margin of one hour and sixteenminutes.

"Owned and skippered by Vernon F.West 'op and carrying a full crew of ten,including Ernest M. White 'O5, Arthur N.Burnie 'O6, and John M. Conlon '29, the'Sayonara' with a handicap of three hoursand 5o minutes left Portland Head Lighton Saturday morning, July 13th, to race theCanadian owned 'Nomad,' scratch boat, tothe Halifax breakwater. Other entries included the 'Kabob,' 43-foot motor sailer,of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; the 'Bejosa,'48-foot ketch, and the 43-foot gaff schooner'Marsala,' both of Portland; and the 45-foot gaff schooner, 'Golden Rose,' ownedby William Tudor Gardiner of Boston."

Excitement Way Down East The crew of the winning yacht in the Portland-Halifax race last summer, with a view of the impressive prizes that spurred the contestants on through fog and bad weather. Vernon F. West '09, owner and skipper, is shown at the left of the group. The others are, left to right: Clinton D. Merrill, Capt. Sam Gelland, W. O. Thompson, Herbert Ballentine, Herman Burgi Jr., Arthur N. Burnie '06, Ernest White '05, and John M. Conlon '29.