Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-14
CUP IS WON AGAIN
VICTORY FOR CENTER BOARD
Finishing asd peoidiax ft>re Was
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Nsw Yeas. Oct ia---A few seconds
b<fore the starting gun Wis tired both /
bo4is acre tying for the line Gloss /
hauled By the starboari tzrk. the Amer
lean boat little Ia ths lead with the
Engiishman 81 the weathex qaafter. IL
IVES elo~> call. add for time Il locked
~ though the Nigilsnt would he over
first and handicap the yaikyrie by halt !
. minute Skipper Hansen was little
loo anxinuS however. and had TO pay
the penalty for this BY being forced
over toward the eastern epd of the line.
The result was loss 10 the
American boat. for ehe had &c
luH out The American stood or
toward the line. however. with
every sail full and crnss few seconds
ahead and well TO windward. On cross.
ing the line. both yachts were heeled
well to leeward; the ValkyRie was stiffer
and seemed 10 carrying her canvas with
more ease. Ii vas q wise msve to have
reefsd mainsails for the sea was increas-
ing a. every minute and the barometer
was falling rapidly. giving every indica-
ton Of M approaching storm. Once
over the line the racers settled down to
their work The increased ballast at
tachcd TO the vzlkyrie's keel seemed to
do her q world Of good. for she sat right
up 10 windward and in less than an
hour was fully one hundred yards OF
the American weather bow. The racers
were standing over toward Long Branch,
but the Vigilant was not doing as well
as her friends expected.
valkyrie Led ss the Turn
At lilo o'clock the vigilant being close
In shore went 10 port tack and headedoyer
in the direction Of the valkyrie, stand
ing over on the starboard The Ameri-
can boat seemed 10 be in doubt whether
she would be able 10 cross the English
man. This was soon dispellcd. however.
for two minutes later the Vigilant. see
ing that she must cast astorn OF her
rival. went about again and stood in
shore. Both yachts held on 10 the star
board tack when the Vallxyrie went
about at l:l6. followed by the Vigilant a
few seconds later They now stood
of shore on the leg. thu ling
lishman seeming TO hold her own.
and il was almost assumed that the
yalkyrie had been favored with just
what she wanted and that in heavy
sea and half gale she was by far the
speedier and sitter boat At 2:31 the
valkyrie tackled for the mark. going
around il half n minute later. Tho fol-
lowing u the official time OF turning the
outer mark: Valkyrie. 2;33:i0; Vigilant,
2:a5.35.
On the Home Run.
The above figures show that 10 took
the Valkyrie two hours. six minutes and
forty five seconds, and the Vigilant two
hours, eight minutes and thirty-hve
seconds, 70 make the fifteen mile beat
to windward. gain of one minute fifty
five seconds in favor OF the English boat
Though the beat 10 windward was
strong. il was nothing compared to the
run home The wind freshened and the I
sea became angry and turbulent The
Vigilant, although trifie slower than
the Valkyrie in setting her kite, carried
many more yards OF canvas and to
the surprise OF the Englishman shook
out the reef in her main and set
her large club topsail over the working
one that she had carried all day. The
Vigilant. although almost half mile
behind at the turn. managed to pick up
handily her English rival and close upon
weather quarter. As soon as she did
this. she of course blanketed the Eng
lishman and then managed to gradually
crawl up aud pass her. The English
man showed that two could play 1T this
game and he gave the Vigilant a dose Of
her own medicine. lie also took away
the wind from the American and then
in turn shot ahead.
Ii Was just in tho midst of one OF
A.tf fhuf 20 rs.fa
hap or series OF them took place. The
Englishman was leading by several
lengths when a little split appeared on
the inner reach Of the cutters spinna-
kera Larger and larger the rent seemed
20 grow. aud when IL had spread tea
fee, out Captain Cranfield was forced to
take IT IN. In two minutes another
spinnaker of light Irish linen was taken
and quickly run up. 1t was all in vain.
however. for the wind was blowing
nearly half gale. and this light canvas
was soou torn to shreds.
The vigiiant Won.
This crushed forever the hopes OF an
English victory for one brief day, for
although balloon. a lib balloon top
sail was hoisscd instead 81 sTinnakcr.
the Nalkyrie fell asfern and crossed the
lac GOO yards behind the Vigilant. Fol
lowing i a summary Of the race:
Course fifteen miles TO wiDdward and
return. wind east:
Eiaps1 Corrc'd
floats Start finish time. time.
yalkyrie. ~ .27.oo , is252 3.2s.52 3.asis
yigilsnt = :23.oo 36l5s 3.2tsa 3.2iss
ytgilapt wins by forty seconds. Outer
M ~. Naikyrie starts Ak 40. elapsed
time. 2sii0. Vigilant starts 2.o-E,,
elapsed time. 2.Qs35-~one minute and
nfty i've seconds ia favor u the Va
kyrie
Outer mark finish: VaIkyrie. elapsed
time. In II. Vigilant elapsed time.
l.l60f -four minutes and eight seconds
in faaor 81 the vigilant
Nigilants gain over outer course wBs
two minutes and thirteen seconds. lesR
allowance - one minute and thirty.
three secontlz Sha won ty forty se.s-