Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-13
The Americas Cup to Remain on
This Side Of the Water.
The Boston Sloop Defeats the Eng.
lish Cutter by Nearly Half
an Hour.


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YACHTS wonla carry all LIGHT sails tho com.
mittee thought it best to give the tug a good
start feet of steam and sailing craft
nearly 40 Iarg. az that of Thursday had hv
this time assembled near the starting noin,-
Scotland liphtship. The breeze was fresh
epipg everv moment. and as il was the 6rst
time the Yachts had come together.
where the first half of the
contest wns to be sailed to the leeward
there was much discussion as To the prob
able result. When the starting signal was
given at IL. 20 the Mavfiower was in an ex-
celent positiou SQUARE To northwest of the
imaginary line drawn between Scotland
lightship and the Luckenbach, living a cables
length to the northward of it. Her spinnaker
boom was down to port, and 80 second, after
the signal the great sail blossomed out amid
wild cheers from thousands on the Grand
Republic. With main boom broad off to
starboard, her pyramid of snowy duck CLEAN
ing in the sunlight and smother of foam at
her sides, the Boston beauty dashed across
the line well in the lead. The cutter was q
full quarter of a mile to westward when the
whistle blew. She came along with the
wind abeam till she crossed the bow of the
lightship close aboard, then ssqusrring
away" her spinnaker was sheeted out exactly
on the line. and the third day's battle had be-
gun. The official time of start was: Nav
flower. Ilh. 22m, 4Os. Galatea. llh. 24m.
los.
The cutter was I'm. 30s. in the sloop'.
wake. With 2O-mile run before them
there was an opportunity to test their speed
in steady breeze and with very little sea to
impede their progress.
That a stern chase is long one was never
better illustrated than in that 2O-mile rnn
For about 20 minutes the Galatea held her
own with the sloon but sft4r that she was
practically ont of the race. for The MavAower
vas leading her nearly , mile whom half rho
distance 10 the outer msrk wa. covered Tho
steamboat captain. regarded mast warnings
and keot we'll awav from the Contestant.
The schooner yachts Daun,le.. Tidal W.ye
Wave Crest and M;rand. q and The ,loon,
| Rsa,rice and pri.cills scconnsn;ad .ha
racsrs The nsrformancs Of The Pr;.o;lis