The New York herald., 1869-06-06
Tie FrI1ce OF WaIes accUHpaHIeu tne yHcHts III tle
steam yacht Princess.
Match Of the Royal London Yacht CIub-Names
oil the vessels-Description of the Race-The
Cambria Beaten.

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oil the Vesscls-Description of the Race-The
Cambria Beaten.
FIRTH, May q. 1859.
The yachting season In England generally COM
meuce5 with the matches OF the London yacht
clubs, and dirty Old Father Thames is the water
selected for their sports. It would be dinicut
to find place more iadapted for yachting
than the Thames, which, in places, is scarce
ly a quarter OF a mile wide, and the wind
is always puffy and paltry there IN consequence
OF the draught caused by the numerous bends in the
river and the high buildings erected on its banks.
The Thames a Londoner is a noble river, and the
Cockney points out with pride the few small yachts
that make Eritn and Gravesend their headquar-
ters The arrival OF such vessel as the Cam
brla causes quite sensation, and doubtless
the racing OF to-day will be the subject
OF discussion in the fresh water yacht clubs for
long time. The entries for the Royal London match
were the Cambria, entered this time 1s6 tons, her
size during the winter has been increased by four
inch padding forward, and her tonnage, by some
accountable means, decreased two tons; the Julia,
1O9 TONS altered to yaw from cutter; the Fiona,
rs tons; the SPHINX, IS tons voante, so tons; and
Murlel, 40 tons. The Muriel is aud is very
handsome vessel but she is evidently under spared.
or the vessels entered the Julia only did not put in
an appearance, her boom aud gan not being ready
for her.
The vessels were stationed az follows:-Cambria,
Fiona. Sphinx, volante Muriel, the Cambria being
10 southward. all cutters except the Cambria.
Before giving an account OF the match | must give
you description OF the Cambria, as she lay with
her sails unturled and her racing bunting aloft:-
The Cambria, 10 the sailors eye, has her faults,
although the beauty OF her hull compensates In
great measure the want OF symmetry in her spars.
As she lay at her moortngs she appeared too much
by the head, and her fOremast Is certainly stayed too
much forward Her bowsprit Is apparently not long
enough and her topmasts are too long for her top
sails. on her main boom was fitted a spar for set
ting rlngtai and watersa and her halyards were
rove for half-topsail Her second working jib was
stopped on the bowsprit and the balloon jb all ready
for hosting.
At eleven O'Clock A. NJ. the preparatory gun fred
and five minutes after the starting gun sent the
yachts OF for trip around the More, the Cambria
and Fiona setting their balloon Jibs and the rest
their working jlbs. The Cambria was very
smart with her canvas but the cutters were
too quick for her and were OF, leaving her TO
bring up the rear anu TO set her balloon topsas
at her leisure, which she accomplished at last and
sent up a main ballooner on y nfty-nve feet yard
and q backyard on the foot OF II twenty 1ve feet
long After run OF about mie the , wlnd, ,, when
point or two which brought the Muriel TO windward
and enabled her TO fetch INTO 81 Clements reach.
The Cambria was by this time three-quarters OF
mile astern OF the leading and evidently losing
ground. As the land still headed her she took IN her
balloon jib and set her second working jib Her
fore balloon topsail although hoisted for some time,
had not yet been set, ana a. the wind was now
right ahead II was little or no use u the short
and backward over the traiic stay. on Greenhthe
the Spnnx, Muricl and yolante were all OF cluster,
Fiona about quarter OF a mile astern Of them, and
Cambria half mile astern OF Fiona. The Cambria
lost great deal OF her time in stays she takes q
very long time TO come round, and II Is said that IL
takes three men TO steer her In breeze Just before
reaching Gravesend the Cambria caught lucky
pun and was going seven knots by the land, but
sending up very ugly sea Just under her fore
chains. by this time the cutters were mile ahead,
and quite half q mile dead TO windward.
In Lower Hope the distance between the cutters
and the Cambria was increased TO one and half
mile, and the wind was now good whole sail
breeze but not enough for the schooner, which was
bothered again with her foretOpsall.
No change OF importance took place until on the
Chapman when the Fiona weathered the Sphinx
and yoante the Cambria and Muriel being now 80
far astern as 10 be out of the The ebb tide had
now oone and two guns were fired from the steamer
as "A signal that she was about to anchor and that
the vessels were to round her, which was done IN
the following order:-
N. NJ g. III W. "
Fiona ......... 3 IA Muriel ......... % =
Volante ..... 3 Ia 4s Cambria ....... 80 10
sphinx ........ IL ~
Previous TO rounding the Cambria crossed ner
suuaresail yard sent up her rlngtan ana nOsted
blue ensign IN her rigging, as signal OF protest.
once round the cutters set their spannlkers, the
Fiona unfortunately carrying away her spanniKe
boom IN the hurry. The Cambria sec her squaresail
on a yard Of fity-eight feet and over that square
topsa, beneath her main boom she carried water
sail, and was n splendid sight.
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