Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-09
YANKEE YACHT A WINNER.
The v1gilant Administers
some Defeat to the Bri-
rauniH.


tannia.
coves. Isle CT Wight, Aug. 4-ueoie
Conld's Yacht, the Vigilant, mas reoeeInou 4
H. ,,,omise of her sailing master tli'l'
c;von deep water and strong VIM 81.
would defeat the Prince OF WaleS ol To-
hao+ BRITANNIA. The race today was NY
Niles twice over, the Quee" couise,
from off the castle at CoWes West""iu
70 and around East Lepe buoy leaVlns
i ON tho starboard hand, and theh "esl-
word nassing near the west Diah,oio
hrov m and around the Warner hSh'siiip'
1,ho nr;ze was 800 and the race was lne
four+oontb between these two boats, VI
1,vh;ch the Britannia had won ten. 1ne
s+nrt was in a stiff, westerly breeze. "A
roo crowd watched the first ha!f OIL .nt
race from shore. but about the tllh9 l.t,'
was completed a drizzllng ram Sc SCI ~ ~,
Some seconds advantage was w. IL t th
britannia in the send-off at lO:iO' put .nt
yirilant quickly overcame it and was put
IN The lead. which she held to the hnlsh'
nnlv once coming near being put IN sec
There was great excitement as the Two
Yachts. under ordinary topsalls ana n1e
dunn ibis and foresails. gllded graceluilSS
along pointing eastward untll the! passt to
i
the Americans. was flying the stars ana
stripes. Opposite the Royal Yacht squat
ron's castle both swung round Vlrtua1ly
together in order to pass the me me
Yachts looked beautiful. powerful anu
swift as they sped along, beam TOT peam,
with the Britannia on the Nlsllallt > ~
side and holding the weather posliloh.
Their sails were we'll filed and nothing
prettier could be imagined than the slght
they presented as they went on the STAR
board tack towards the opposite snoiess
sailing through an immense Meet o.
yachts and affording all on board the lat-
fer q splendid view of the two racers pc
fore the real struggle was commenced.
But the fact that the two cracks were
obliged to thread their way through TINS
feet of pleasure craft prevented the Nlsl-
liant from getting out as readily as her
opponent. When the boats got into less
crowded water, however, the Nlgllant
opened out and soon drew Level. me-, men
for half mile it was first one BOAT S
bowsprit and then anothers showing IN
front The two yachts passed the Lepe S
buoy landmark boat as follows:
Britannia. 1o5600
AS they ran back for the Warner light
shin the Vigilant was still gaining, pass
ing the home mark boat 1 minute IL sec
onds ahead. At Ryde pier, going east
ward. the Nigilant had lead of nearly
4 seconds, showing a gain of nearly
minutes Running eastward the Nigilant
gained rapidly, and in beating back
against the wind the Britannia gained
Slightly. and she passed Ryde pier. on the
return from the Warner lightship, only
2 minutes 10 seconds behind the Vigilant.
A long reach brought the yachts back to
Cowes for the completion of the first
round, the time being as follows:
Nigilant :d 40
'oo
The Vigilants lead here was ) minutes
50 seconds only 20 seconds more than her
time allowance to her rival. The wind
had hauled around slightly. southwards
and was strong enough to heel the two
yachts over most gracefully. every inch
of canvas being filed and their bottoms
showing up clearly.
After rounding the Lepe buoy on the
second round, the yachts returned in a
free reach and repasscd Cowes with the
Nigilant minutes 8 seconds ahead. The
American yacht. Oh going out of sight
around the eastern point of COWeS Oh the
final round, had further increased her
going to the eastward on the last round.
the Vigilant was > minutes - seconds
ahead Warner lightship was hidden in
a fog when the yachts passed it. Return
ing they came in sight off Cowes. about
a mile from home, with the Vigilant .
at the finish We're:
Nigilant
Britannica.
Consequently the Vigilant won by 6
minutes 80 seconds, actual time, and by
minutes 46 seconds correc.'d time.
Taking the starting time as 1910 and the
Vigilant's finishing time as 2:37 40, it will
be seen that she went over the course,
slightly less than fifty miles. in , hours
81 minutes 40 seconds. or roughly speak
ing at the rate Of twelve miles an hour.
George Gould had a narrow escape
from drowning yesterday when he met the
Vigilant III a steam launch off the Spit
lightship. Just as Mr.. Gould was walk
ing across the plank between the two YES
sells, the launch gave sudden lurch and
Mr.. Gould fell into the sea. He was
wearing a macintosh at the time and the
garment few over his head, and for a
time Mr. Gould's situation was critical.
However. he kept his head, treading wa
ter, and threw his arms up. and just as
he was sinking succeeded in getting the
macintosh clear of his head. Gasping
for breath, he was hauled on board the