The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-17
THE SEVENTH TIME
YACHT VIGILANT DEFEATED AGAIN
BY THE BRITANNIA.
Yesterdays Race OF the Irish Coast
The Prince of Wales's Boat For
tunnte I'm Getting Wind.

BELFAST, Ireland, July 16-For the
seventh time the American yacht Vigilant
has been defeated in race with the Prince
of Wales's yacht Britannia The contest
to-day exciting one. and the Brit
ish cutter plucked victory out of the Jaws
of defeat after the race had been two
thirds sailed, with every appearance of
an American success.
The race was for the County Down cup,
valued at ESQ, with f25 added for second
yacht. over the Royal Ulster Yacht Clubs
course, Belfast Tough, fifty miles. Mark
boat No. l was anchored off the club bat
terry at Bangor. County Down. This course
is little more than sixteen miles. and to
make the distance had to be sailed three
times The Vigilant. since her sixth defeat
by the Britannia Thursday, had under
gone alterations of radical kind. Her top
mast was shortened by four feet and
half, her spinnaker boom shortened four
feet and cut down an inch in diameter and
three feet cut off her bowsprft. With the
reduction of canvass the time allowance
to the Britannia is reduced from three
minutes to enc minute and ten seconds.
The start was in fairly good breeze.
The Britannia had three seconds the best
of the start, and at the Carrckfergus
boat, led by fifteen seconds, but half way
to the Blackhead boat was passed by the
Vigilant which passed that mark boat
twenty seconds ahead. AT the South Briggs
boat the lead had been increased to fifty
two seconds. The Vigilant rounded the
Bangor, or home. mark boat the first
time at 102:24 and the Britannia followed
at 03: 55 The Britannia made gain of
fifty seconds in the first leg of the second
round and passed the Carrckfergus mark
boat only forty-one seconds behind the
American soop. The advantage was only
temporary, however, for in the run to the
Backhead boat the Vigiant widened the
gap that separated her from the Britannia,
and rounded the mark two minutes and
forty-four seconds in the lead, having in
that leg gained two minutes and three sec
onds Fourteen seconds was added to the
lead in the TO complete the second
round. The times of the two yachts in
rounding the Bangor ma : boat was; Wig
liant, hours 4S minutes, 1T seconds; Brit
ANNA, hours. 81 minutes, il seconds.
The race. which, up TO this point. had
seemed TO be the Vigilants. now favored
the Britannia. which caught a northwest
erly breeze. of which the American yacht
was not able TO avail itself, and by the
time the Carrickfergus boat was rounded
the Prince of Wales'S cutter was in the
lead by two minutes and nineteen seconds.
Rounding mark boat No. the Britannia )
lead was two minutes and thirty seconds.
The Britannia finished at 5:O4:l2 and the
Vigilant at 5:05:45, which, with the time
allowance TO the winner. gave the British
cutter the race by two minutes and forty
three seconds.
After the Britannia got ahead the race
virtually over, as the Britannia was
enabled. with a fresher breeze, to hold the
Nigilant safely. The result OF the race Is
in no way in accord with the form shown
by either yacht during the early stages of
the contest. The Nigilant exhibited superb
Gritty at every point, and ought to have
won with a couple of minutes to spare over
the time allowance.