Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-20

iheus' 10 33 03
oachem, 10 33 81
The Mpntauk's time was taken from the
10 minutes limit time. but she crossed the
| line at Pm. 35s. outside of that, and with
handicap. The Mayfower crossed with a
handicap of m. l9s, and the Bedouin with
IN. IS. The course was to buoy off the
north end of Block Island, and with the wind
as It was. it was run out to che first turning
buoy.
The Puritan, after crossing the line, broke
out her balloon jib topsail, and soon after
ward her smaller headsails were lowered on
the bowsprit. Her msinsail was to port and
men were aloft getting the spinnaker boom
ready to lower to starboard. Capt. Crocker
had the wheel and he was sailing the cup
winner in the old style. The Puritan had
some of her light sails et,ncluding her club
topsail and balloon jb. The Galatea also
had her clubtopsail on but she did not break
out her balloon jibtopsail for some minutes
after the Puritan. The Sachem had cloud
of light stuff on, and her balloon maintep-
mast staysail WAS immense. The Gitana had
had larger sail area than any of the other
yachts and Capt. Sherlock had everything on
that his craft would carry. The Miranda
was vel! ragged OUT and had everything
set.
The Mayfower crossed the line under great
headway. She had Sc, her jibtopsail before
crossing the line and it was helping her out
on her handicap. When the Mayfower
crossed the line the Puritan was leading the
fleet and was surely mile ahead of her Bos-
ton rival. This was bad beginning, for
unless the Mayflower could show wonderful
speed she had a slim chance of catching the
Puritan before the first buoy was rounded
About mile from the start the Puritan low
cred her spinnaker to stsrboard, and almost
immediately the same thing was done on all
the other yachts that were ia the race.
The yachts passed Point Judith, eight and
one-half miles from the start, with the Puri-
tan leading, at Hip. The Galatea WAS Sec
ond at l. l3 10, and the Mayflower eleventh
After passing Point Judith the wind fell al
most fiat, and the leaders had hard work to
make any headway against it. There was a
strong food tide and the wind at three miles
from Block Island was not more than We
miles an hour. For minute. the Puritan
made but little hesdway. In fact it was an
otfset-wind against tide. While the Puritan
was making great effort to get to the outer
mark, the Maynower, with sixteen knot
breeze, was overhauling her rapidly and she
was getting quite close to the leaders 1t
was the worst case of a drifting match as the
y q
buoy that has been seen for some time The
wind died out and the tide was stronger than
the wind.
The Puritan was the luckiest of the whole
fleet, for when she rounded she had more
wind than the yachts that followed her. Be-
fore reaching the outer mark the Puritan was
Jibed to starboard, and with barely any head
way she kept on for the mark. She was
over 20 minutes sailing quarter of a mile.
but she had more speed than the others. The
leaders of the fleet fell back and those which
were last at the start came up on them. The
Gitana worked in good place after leaving
Point Judith, but she lost all that she had
gained and began to drift back with the tide.
The Sachem had a good lead on the schoon-
ers at a mile from Block Island, and at one
time she stood good chance to round the
buoy second. The Galatea was abeam of the
Sachem at this point, and her skipper was
making hard struggle to get around. Here
the Gltsna, Sachem and Galatea drifted
astern and were being passed by the May
flower, Bedouin and Miranda. The three
latter yachts seemed to be favored with a
current, for they made better headwsy than
either the Sachem or Galstea. All the yachts
except the Puritan, which rounded the outer
mark at II 80 OF, got bunched together and
The yachts did not finish until nearly IL
o'clock tonight, and the winners of the race
are First class sloops, Mayfower, Boston !;
schooners, Gitana, Boston; second class
sloop,, Thetis, Boston; third class sloops,
Cinderella, New York.
Bv the above it will be seen that three Bos-
ton built vessels win three out of the four
prizes awarded. The Stranger crossed the
line at 8. IL. Although she came in first she
lost the prize on account of fouling the mark
buoy off the north end of West Island.
NEWPORT, r. L., Sept. 10.
Many yachts have left the harbor and the
rest 60 tomorrow. Yachtsmen are disgusted
with Saturdays race and seem anxious to get
home. The result of Saturdays drift Is yet
unknown. Commodore Gerry was seen on
board of mis- flagship Electra, today. and was
asked for the time of the finish of the yachts.
The following is the time as taken by each
yacht as it passed Brenton's Reef lightship