The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-23

across to the Long Island shore they
both tackled close under the Owls Head. |
At 10 81 :03 a. M, the Genesta, feeling |
puff which struck her just as she pulled |
away on the port tack, shot ahead OF the |
Puritan, but the gain was only momen-
tary, for when both tackled, fifteen min
utes later, the Genesta was good 5OO
yards in the Puritan's wake. AS the
rival craft passed through the NarroWs
hundreds of spectators standing on the
high sloping green bluffs cheered the
contestants. The Puritan, catching a
puff of wind, passed out first, while the
Genesta lay almost motionless under the
lee of the fort. When she finally got the
breeze the Puritan was nearly mile
ahead lacking to the west of buoy IA.
At II 08 the Puritan fetched to the
quarantine anchorage. The wind was
very light and neither yacht made much
speed against the tide. When both went
about at II 80, the Puritan to port and
the Genesta to starboard, the former was
fully half mile to windward. After five
tedious stretches to windward buoy 10
was weathered and rounded as follows:
Puritan, :16 %; Genesta, 10 20.
They were saluted by the attendant
steamers. The Puritan passed buoy
at 80 and started sheets for the
lightship. The Genesta passed the
buoy at SO Both were carrying the
same sail, mainsail, club-topsail, fore
staysail, jib and jib-topsail.
GROWING EXCITING.
From here to the outer mark was the
most exciting part of the contest.
Travelling at a ten-knot rate in the fresh
were awash, they made a pretty picture.
Quite heavy swell came rolling in from
the eastward, and soon the crests of the
waves We're covered with white caps,
while the immense flotilla of steamers,
supplemented every moment by others
from the city, chased each other at full
speed for the lightship to witness the
turn, which was made by the yachts as
follows: Puritan, 2:14 :54; Genesta,
2:19:16. Both were given perfect Ova
ton from the steam whistles, guns and
hundreds of threats as they luffed grand
ly round the mark and kept away, with
sheets started, for the point off Sandy
Hook. The Puritan held her lead well,
and both, with booms off to starboard,
came to the westward like race horses,
only to strike into a calm streak and
head wind off the Hook The Puritan
went about at 3 "a, and stood into the
horseshoe for three minutes, when she
was able to weather buoys II and 10.
The Genesta made the same tacks later
and beth rounded buoy 10 as follows:
Puritan, 3 :28 :06; Genesta, 3 :46 :O5.
THE PURITAN WINS.
Setting her ballon jib topsail at once,
and starting her sheets broad off to star
board, the Puritan soon increased her
lead on the Genesta, although both had
to stem the ebb tide in the light breeze.
The Genesta's spinnaker was sent out to
port in one and half minutes after
rounding the buoy The Puritan's spin
maker boom was lowered, but the sail
was not SET She crossed the finish line
in 38 :05 amid the widest enthusiasm
The steamers that fairly blockaded the
channel for miles to the southwark
closed up around, and made veritable
paAdemonium with their steam whistles
for fully five minutes. The Genesta
arrived at "a 80, and was greeted with
similar reception. AS the yachts
passed in by Fort Wadsworth a gun from
the Fort was fired in salute to each, and
when the yachts came alongside each
other the crew of the Genesta, standing
at the rail facing the Puritan's crew,
gave three rousing cheers, led by Sir
Richard Sutton, for the winning yacht.
Mr.. Forbes, waving his cap in the air,
led his crew in three times three for the
Englishman.
SUMMARY.
The following table gives the actual re-
suit of the race:
YAcHr. start. Finish. ELAPSED Corrected