The New York herald., 1872-10-06

tween us and the Lightship. so we made all snus
by sending down both topmasts, when we felt as
independent asa
About this time the Madeleine also reefed, and
astOnished Us by the way she stood up to her work.
going In stays In the toughest places with perfect
certainty and rapidity, and never shirking her
share OF the Ofshore tack.
Indeed, we who had prejudice against centre
bad institution in rough as he knew them to be in
smooth water. We gained on her after both had
reefed, though by no means so rapidly as we had
counted on doing under such circumstances.
She stood up like frigate and 1t was clear that
those aboard OF her had
GONE IN TO WIN
II wood ana hemp could stand the strain. At
about 1890, however, her turn came TO break
something rat least we supposed so on seeing ner
mainsail and jibs naued down and the yacht stand
ing along under oresall alone. We did not know OF
course, whether prudence or necessity caused this
signal for nep, and seeing none, we stood on our
course and soon gained enough to feel that we now
sse es OF s Kept this pon
the race practically ended and we win now
twentyseven hours between thirty and fortv tacKs'
and we estimated that on the average she had
gained on us at least forty-fve seconds each time
we both tackled, making q loss OF between twenty
ana thirty minutes But for our accident we felt
sure we should have been ahead at the time she
broke down. We had thus gained In going through
the water what we lost in stays, and without her
breakdown the result would depend chiefly on what
each could do before the wind. We, however,
namely, that to make anything ikea
SEA RACE
along our coast there should be rule that the tack
except near the turning boat or the home stake.
should not average less than an hour. This wouId
wind, and would really try the centre-b0ard prin-
ciple at sea.
boat. We kept full up to windward, not being
familiar with any landmarks on shore, and hnally
had to run OF free when we made the LightshlP. :,
After turning we repassed It, at 3h. 52m. 40s. M,
setting our flying lib, but keeping the reefs In our
mainsail determined to stick to the safe policy OF
keeping what we had got.
We, however set some OF our working light
sais-not our racing ones-and as the wind grad
ualy decreased and II became smoo1n lmdeI n tm1
passed Fire Island Light, bearing north, three
quarters west, at Oh Aim 25s., under al lower
sails-small gafftOpsails and small malntOpmaaE
staysail, going about twelve Knots, at 9:49 r. M
Thence to
we had more wind, bright moon. sea smooth IS
a mpond and the prettest sailing that mortal man
ever saw. Thence towards Montauk we mad more
wind, and gradually stripped her until we had her
down to her lower sails, the log showing IL l31T
and Is, the sea 80 smooth that down below ond
Having TO haul our wind after passing Montauk,
we ran her into the wind before reaching the
In our mansai wasting just thirteen minutes in.
We passed Montauk Point Light at l2h. slm. 32s,
going under our reefs faster than we had done be-
fore; but the breeze soon fell on, ana we only
passed Brenton's Reef Lightship at An lem. 54s.-
with six-knot breeze making the run from Sandy
Hook Lightship in 12h. I'm. !ss. Had we been
racing against time we could and should nave
gained something handsome on these ngures by
h0isting our light sails the moment we starteH
homewards ana by saving the time we lost. mott
only in reefng or Montauk, but in being under
short sail from there.
The following Is a summary or our time ana tnG
Madeleines, as rep0rted:-
RAMBLER. MADELEINE
II. NJ. y. II. N. s.
Brenton's Reef to Sandy
= i
Sandy Hook to Fire Island. AZ y
Fire Island to Shlnnecock.. II 80
Shinnicock to Montauk "a o II
LlRnt... d. ~
Montauk Light to Brenton's
is nronabc that the Madeleine Ike ourselves
did not push on the
HOME STRETCH,
all our men being Jagged out with the long con-,
tinued strain and there being no object for either
to make a race against time She, too, may have
speed before the wind. -4
we, however, have In the above figures one
record Of absolute speed, which we invite ex-
perienced yachtsmen TO criticise.
We measure on the chart the distance rom
Shinnecock Light to MOntauk Light, bearing north
west thirty y-three nautical miles, making no allow
ance for curves or bad steering.
the Rambler did it in just t........... 80 "a
| She took to double reefs while hove TO
in the wind. ............................ 13 u
2 10 II
| here. If SO, she made the thirty-three miles
through the water at an average OF a mile In each
four minutes and twelve seconds, being fourteen
and third knots. Every one knows the lullS
that occur In Northwestern, and that during the
flaws she must have gone good deal faster.