The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-17
THE VICILANT VANQUISHED
The Crack American CelteTbOaTdeT
JOCkeyed Out Of the Race.

Up Job to Give the Race to the Sata-
nita-The Britannia's Captain Sticks
to the Vigilant Like Leech Through
out the Entire Run.
Ryde, Isle of Wight, Aug. 16.-What-
ever chance the Vigilant may have
had in the race to-day for
the Rydetown cup, valued at $500,
she was forced to sacrifice it in jockeying
with the Britannia, which clung to her
throughout the contest, occasionally fore
ing her into shadows, where, in wind
ward work, she found it impossible to
use the full depth of her board, and thus
made leeway, which was beneficial to the
Britannia. The object of the skipper on
the princes cutter seemed to help the
Satanita win the race. That, Capt. Hank
Half declared, in an interview after the
event, was undoubtedly Capt, Carter's
scheme. The yankee skipper says that
after crossing the line, the Britannia ran
up off his port, or weather quarter and
blanketed him. Then the willy Briton
made an effort to cross the white sloop's
bows and Capt. Half luffed up 70 prevent
this. The jockeying always forced on the
yankee skipper continued until the two
boats were two miles off the course This
! enabled the Satanita to win, which she
did by handsome margin. She van
quished the Britannia by g minutes and
23 seconds and the Vigilant by7 minutes
and so seconds. On corrected time the
Vigilant was beaten by the Satanita s
minutes and 2 seconds and by the Britain
MIA minutes and 81 seconds
The course was nearly all inside The
| start was made from an imaginary line
of Ryde, eastward to the Nab lightsnip,
| thence to mark boat off Spit Fort,
| thence to mark boat off east Cowes, and
| to Ryde, twice around, distance of fifty
nautical miles There was little north
west wind and a lowering sky, portend-
| ing squally weather, when the trio of
| giants came out to the starting point
ready for battle. No skipper apparently
/ expected the breeze to increase much, as
| the yachts carried light weather canvas,
! including big jib topsais and club top
sails. The wind was on the port quarter
as the yachts came for the line. The
! Satanita held the weather berth and the
| Nigilant was to leeward. They crossed
the line thus: Satanita 10:0O:04, Britain
MIA 10 :00:07, Vigilaut 100000.
The Nigilant drew away from the
| Britannia Immediately after crossing, and
the princes cutter headed eastward and
| passed under her stern to take her wind.
The Vigilant luffed up, and the two
yachts started for the south sea with the
wind almost abeam, when, if they had
kept their course, they would have had a
| spinnaker breeze. The Satauita took ad-
vantage of the private duel between the
| yankee sloop and the Britannia broke
/ out her enormous sidesail and practically
| won the race on the first six-mie run.
She was / minutes and 3 seconds ahead
/ Of the britannia bap cha
the Nab lightship. The Vigilant and
Britannia had finally given up their luff-
ing tactics, and with spinnakers set had
gone down to the Nab only 30 seconds
apart. The Vigilant permitted the
Britannia to pass her to windward rather
than keep up the prottless 1ockeying. In
the beat OF about tve miles to the Fort
Spit the wind fresheued and the Vigilant
crawled up.
Again she was intercepted by the Bri-
tannia; both were on the port tack and
they INDUCED in luffing, while the Satani-
ia, also on the port tack, was bounding in
for the Spit mark boat.
The Vigilant and Britannia held the
port tack only little while. Then they
came about and the Britannia compelled
| the sloop, in self-defense, TO enter shoal
water.
The Britannia went about first. The
| Nigilant held on longer The Satanita
was minutes and 15 seconds ahead of the
| Vigilant at the Spit. The Yankee sloop
had gained 20 seconds on the Satanita and
33 seconds on the Britannia in the wind
ward work 1t was reach, close hauled
with the wind on the starboard bow. for
East Cowes. The Vigilant ran through
the Britannia's lee, and was 46 sec
onds ahead of her at the mark
boat. The Satanita had increased
! her lead TO minutes and seconds. AS
the racers turned the mark boat and ran
down the wind for the Nab, on the second
round, a misty rain almost shut them off
from the vision of folks ashore All broke
out spinnakers and passed Ryde, on the
way to the Nab, with the Satanita lead
ing the Vigilant by 5 minutes and 30 sec
onds, Since leaving Cowes the Vigilant
gained "a seconds, which indicates what
she might have done in the first round
before the wind if she had not been both
cred by the Britannia.
The Britannia was Is seconds astern of
the white sloop at Ryde. OFF No Man,
within about four miles of Nab, the Bri-
tannia again ran under the Yankees stern
and blanketed her. Capt. Half was evi-
IDENTIFY losing interest in the British sys-
TEN of racing. The Britannia got the
better Of him by iockeyinR, and led him
by minute and IL seconds at the Nab.
Then the Satanita was 3 minutes and 50
seconds ahead of the Britannia Spin
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the trio stood for the Spit Fort again.
They made short legs 10 starboard and
long ones 70 port The Satanita led by Z
minutes at the Spit, and the Britannia
was 2 minutes and 10 seconds ahead Of
the Vigilant
AS the tussler approached Cowes close
hauled heavy rain squall lashed the
sea and the yachts heeled heavily 10 port.
The Nigilant demonstrated that she was
made for wrestling with weather by re-
ducing the lead of the Britannia TO /
minute and 90 seconds, or 80 seconds
since leaving the Spit.
She made the reach in a strong, squally
wind minutes and 25 seconds faster than
the Satanita.
In the run home from Cowes the Vigi-
liant lost seconds to the Britannia and IS
seconds to the Satanita
Time at the finish. Satanita, $4,000;
Britannia, . :42 :23; Vigilant, 3 :43 :5O.h
The average strength of the wind dur
ing the race was less than ten knots.
Capt. Hank Haff says the victory Of the
Satanita was a put up job" IL is some
what doubtful. on this account, whether
the VigIlant will enter the race to-mor-
row for the Royal Victoria race around
the Isle Of Wight for the commodore's
cup, valued at s400, TO 90 70 the winner.
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