Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-28
THE OCEAN RACE.
THE CAMBRIA WINS.

little vessels-the Cambria and the Dauntless-
left Cork harbor, Ireland. July 4th, at 2 p. M,
and arrived in New York yesterday evening,
after tempestuOus passage Of twenty-three
days. The Cambria was the winner by one
hour. 1t is said that the Dauntless had two men
washed overheard, and lost two hours in a
fruitless search for them. The race was not q
very brilliant one as regards time.
The Cambria
is the property or Mr.. j. Ashbury. She was
built by Mr.. Ratsey, of Cowes, and was launched
IN May, lsts. The Cambria is rated 2iS tons
New York Yacht Club but she is generally as
lSo tons Thames measurment. Her career rs a
racing schooner has been quite remarkable.
hunts Yachting Magazine Of December, 1865,
says Of her - On her first appear ance IN the
Thames she was considered q beautiful model
but owing, no doubt, to her want OF proper trim
ming, was judged to be no flyer. She has since
reaped a world wide fame, beating all the cracks
ana gaining the championship OF the seas ~
The Cambria was expressly designed tor speed,
and every expedient that experience could sug-
gest was resOrted to to insure that object Her
dimensions are a. follows:-Lensth from stem 70
stern pest, f0S feet; beam, q feet; tonnage for
racing iS9 tons; draught of water, II feet. tn.
diInsnslons OF her principal spars are: VI VA
mast (houncs 10 deck 81 feet; tOremaSt. 50 feet
inches; main boon, u feet main GAIT, ;s5 {; It
inches; fore gaf, . feet; bowsprit, - feet out
side stem; maintopmast, 80 feet inches, fore
tspmast, 81 feet inches; maintDpSail ward, 81
feet, and foretopsail yard, - feet. The con-
structlon of her hull is fautlcss, her lines are
beautifully fine and her symmetry IS unclualed
by any vessel afioat. She is built OF oak, with
teak Notwithstanding. seven inches bv foyIr
inches. Her interior fittings are OF polished
waiiscOt oak and are remarkable for their neat
ness snd the good taste displayed in their decor
atoms. Twenty-one tons OF lead ballast were
melted and run into her, ia addition to which she
has about four tons of lead bolted on her keel.
Her hrst performance a. a racing craft was on
the I'd of June, Is 3, when she had four COM
pe'itors. the Egeria C52 tonsJ. Gloriana (I3s
tOns), and Fleur de Lys 200 tons) In this race
the Cambria was the first to reach the winning
post. On the i1th of June, 1868, she started on
the Thames against all the crack cutters, but
was beaten, in fresh water, and on a river not
half mile wide in places. Her next race vas
on the Both of June, from the More to Dover,
and in this match the Condor, a new cutter Of
100 tons, beat her. On the 6th of August she
beat the Egeria, Lufra, Camara, Condor. FL
ona, Vanguard, Phryne, DiOne, Sphynx, and
Nlobe.. On the next day she was beaten by
the Aline. On the 18th Of August she left a
large fleet OF yachts astern in the race. In
the race to Cherbourg, on the 18th, she lost
her place as first to the Aline at the last mo
Eient, but in the return race. from Cher
bourg to Ryde, she led the Guinivere, the
Aline and Egeria round the winning post
On the 4th Of August French and English yachts
were one and all beaten by her; but her crown
ing performance for the year 1853 was on August
70, when she sailed against the American yacht
Sappho, beating her, and at the same time the
three fastest English ve:sels that ever were
quilt. IN 1858 she again put in an appearance
in the Thames races. On the 5th Of August
1869. when sailing for the cup presented bv the
uadesmen of COwcs, she beat the famous yacht
Alarm. On the 10th OF August, 1862 she was
the first OF twenty-five yachts that sailed for the
Royal Victoria plate. On the sd July she won
the first prize ia the Royal Yorkshire regatta
The more recent performances OF the Cambria
are 100 well known TO require recapItulation.
The particulars OF her defeat by the Sappho in
the series OF three races, are already fresh in
the minds Of the public.
The Daunfless.
owned by Mr.. James Gordon Bennett, Jr. Vice
Commodore OF the New York Yacht Club was
built at Mystic Bridge, CT, by Mcssrs. FORSYTH
q Morgan, and launched in June, 1866 She was
then known as the Hirondelle. Her first per
Torrance on the ocean was on Wednesday. Oc-
)ter 81, 1866, IN race with the schooner yesta
In this match. as made. the yachts were to start
from of the lghtship at Sandy Hook, and sail
.Sen.v miles TO windward and back. The Hi
ronceiie was siNty-One tons larger and fifteen
feet longer than the Vesta. The Vcsta had +he
lead, but after splendid struggle the Hiron-
deIle passed her, and at four minutes past eley-
en- O'Clock rounded the tugboat, the Vrsta
three quarters Of a mile astern. The breez.
frCshencd and good sea was running At
forty-hye minutSs past twelve o'clock n
M. the Nesta commenced to gain when the
lightshtp was about a mile to windwar,.s
At eleven minutes and three seconds to three
O'Clock the Birondelle passed the Iightship VIC
torious. Some time alter the great ocean COR
test. in which the Nesta, Fleetwing, aud Hen
riCtda were the competitors the owner of the
last mentioned vessel purchased the Hi ondelle
when tie name was changed to that OF the
Dauntless, by which name she js now known
Having undergone some alterations she figured
IN the races given under the auspices of tue n
Y Yacht Club, especially on the annual cruises
In the winter of 1868 a contract was entered into
to rebuild the Dauntless, and the work WAS
completed in May, 1869. The dimensions of her
repairs were almost the same as formerly but
they were in greater diameter. Her masts are -
and 20 feet respectively. tOpmasfs - feet. ma u
boom 70 feet gals "a and 81 feet audshe sDrea y
under sail between six and seven thousand 4 Il
galvanized iron. She measures 1860 f It on
the ater lspe, and 1000 on deck. Her depth
ofhold is go feet and breadth of beam 2isD
feet. Her present tonnage is 1916 t1rs
and her area 1850 square feet and
rs emitted to carry crew Of thirty-sayen
The Dauntless entered in the channel rae. fer
yachts OF all nations, from Cherboury round me
Nab Light and back. for a cup OF the value of
2bGO francs, given by the Emperor of TIA
French, a prize for the second vC.sel value, AT
900 francs, and gold medal. About an hour
aiter the start the Hauntlcss carried away her
f0retcpme I, BRINGING down her fore foregaf
::0psaii This n',lOt.une OF course diminished
her chance OF winning the race, and, ali hon yh
thus d'-aoled, she would have been jusiifcA IN
retiring from the contest, but she neyerthelc-s
Kept on the course, and after all came in third
being be aten only by the Guinivere and Egeria.
the former taking the first prize. This was about
the only race in which the Dauntlcss was en-
Gagged since her advent in Great Britain The
April in preparation for the ocean race. She
was newly coppered, and her foremost was
placed four feet aft, and underwent some other
al:crat;ors.
THE following lines were tound IN a ,aw-