Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-08-18
vIGu.AHI

Auc TOUR new siOODs were WOTkinR
easily under mainsails. toresails, jibs and
club-topsails. The coupse was signaled
and at lies the preparatory signal was
made.
Jubilee adopted her old tactics and ran
back from the front OF the line. Jubilee
was the first boat to windward, with
Pilgrim passing through her lee aud
Colonia behind them, with Vigilant in the
rear.
All the yachts had been on the starboard
tack when they crossed, but Pilgrim con.
cluded, few miles ont. to split tacks and
make long stretch over behind VigilGnt.
g. Some Great Sailing
vigilant was doing great sailing and her
sails set like boards, being far better tbap
Colonia's or Jubilee's In this respect
vigilant was well 10 windward and jubilee
could hardly have split tacks and come
about ahead of her.
Jubilee WIS yet leading, but Vigilant
was hauling on her and sailing 40 fast that
ColonIa, seeing that she was being bested,
split tacks with her sister wonder. 'Vigi-
liant then tackled and Jubilee also tackled
and stuck to her boats. Pilgrim was still
on the port tack, away off to leeward.
Vigilant, as the boats came into their
new position on the port tack, was out
pointing Jubilee and Colonia, although to
leeward of Jubilee, and outfooting them
both. Pilgrim stood In shortly after on
the starboard tack aud crossed Colonia's
bow at l2;45, but was over 200 yards astern
Of Vigilant.
Al 1880 Pilgrim came about and was
probably the second boat, with Jubilee
very close to her and Viyilaut but little
ahead. Her tactics had been successful.
She had been the leeward boat at the sta
and was now to windward OF one boat aud
ahead of two.
At 1:07 Viuilant came about on the port
tack, followed by Colonia three minutes
later. Vigiiant crossed both Pilgrim and
Jubilee, and Colonia passed Pilgrim, but
Jubilee luffed.
As the boats beat down to the mark
later. tacks brought the Jubilee In ahead
of the Colonia. while the vigilant was
constantly increasing her lead. The
Vigilant's windward work was OF the first
order, and her handling showed plenty Of
good seamanship and Judgment. She had
no fukes, did not overstand on "a single
tack, as did the Jubilee and Colonia. aud
she outpointed the fleet
The Colonia put on her little iibtopssil
again TO help her out with the jubilee,
but the Boston boat had her. although the
Colonia lessened her lead from two min
utes to less than a minute by the time
they reached the outer mark.
The Home stretch
The racers rounded the outer mark on
the port tack, and gybed booms to star
board rs they cleared away for the run
home. The order at the outer mark and
official times of rounding were:
Vigilant, 2:05:37; Jubilee, 2:l2:20; Colonia,
2:i3:15; Pilgrim, 2ii6l42
1t was fully five minutes after Viglant
rounded the mark before she set her spin.
maker to starboard, and as long again be-
fore her balloon jibtopsail bellled out with
the falling breeze. Colonia and Jubilee
were both quicker with these sails.
although the latter's spinnakcr broke out
poorly, and her balloon lib did not work
properly.
Pilgrim was virtually out Of the race.
and she broke the Jaws Of her gaff and her
club, but the damage will be repaired and
she will be in today's race. Colonia
gained 10 seconds upon Jubilee. aud Jubi-
lee gained two minutes and 20 seconds on
the run in.
This was the result of deviation of Co
lonia's compass, whereby she ran too fur
to the northward OF Breton's Reef light
ship and had To furl her light balloon jib-
topsail and spinnaker and gybe her uain-
boom to fetch by at all She clearly out
footed Jubilee all through the second
leg
jubilee also carried away the jaws Of
her gaff. near the lightship, but will race
today.
Vigilants performance. when Der late
start and the loss by her compass devils
ton 10 taken into account, is an even
greater victory than appears from the
official sufpuarv.