The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
ANOTHER DEFEAT
A Light Wind Gives the
Britannia the Sixth
Race.
THE yIGlLANT'S FINE SHOWING.
Beaten Hopelessly at the Start
She Makes a Remarkable
Squirt.
The yIGlLANT'S FINE SHOWING.
BIZ cable to the Untted Press.

battling winds and calms. The course of the
combatants was from point off Craigmore
pier in Rothesay Sound; thence was almost
due south 60 and around a stake boat off
Mount Stewart; thence to the westward to
and around mark off Largs; thence north
ward to and around a mark boat in Wemyss
Bay and across the Firth to the starting
point, twice around. After the second
round the yachts sailed diagonally across
the quadrangle from Rothesay TO Largs and
return. The length of the course is about
fifty miles.
The managers of the Vigilant were much
dissatisfied yesterday with the set of her
sails. Mr.. Gould had communicated with
Sailmaker Lapshorne with a view to get
ting new suit for the ceutreboarder, but
the British sailmakers' patriotism impelled
him TO refuse the job. A friend of Mr..
Gould today told the United Press cor
respondent that he had seen a letter from
Lapthorne declining an order for the sails, de-
claring that he would not make anything
for any foreign boat to run against an Eng
lish yacht.
MODERATE WIND
There was moderate westerly wind blow
ing across Rothesay Sound when the racers
was for prize of ESQ, not to mention the
glory Of victory. The sky was cloudless and
the sunshine brilliant The starting gun
doomed at 1890 The wind was on the star
board beam, so it was reach along the first
leg of the quandrangle. The Vigilant cross
ed the line at 10:3030, somewhat TO leeward
of the Britannia, which was timed
three seconds later. Both carried jib top
sails and clubtopsails The Britannia cut
through the weather Of the cantre-boarder,
and forged ahead. The Vigilant soon
closed up the gap. Then, in pursuance to its
summer CUSTOM the wind dropped to merely
a soft breeze, and came in puffs Both boats
heeled a little in puff as they bore off shore
near Ascog. The wind was freer in the
channel The Yankee stuck to the Britain
MIA Approaching Mount Stewart sheets
were eased and booms went far to port. The
Britannia increased her leau to about 100
yards.
ROUNDING MOUNT STEWART.
The yachts rounded Mount Stewart in this
order: Britannia 10:5 81 40; Vigilant, 10:55:5R.
Thus at the end of the first leg, the Britannia
-szasassaa- -IniRute and nineteen seconds ahead.
IN the ~ mile leg down the wind from
Mount Stewart to Largs spinnakeTs were
sat to starboard. The Yankee boat grad
ually drew up on the Britannia. Near
Tomont End, about three quarters of mile
from the turn, the Britannia seemed to do
better, She gybed to starboard, but the
Vigilant kept her main boom to port and
her spinnaker to starboard. Out of the lee
of the great Cumbrae the breeze was stead
ier. The Britannia rounded the Largs mark
boat at II $3.50; Vigilant, 1l:40:30.
These figures show that the Yankee craft
picked up 19 seconds in the run before the
breezes. SpinnGkers were hauled in at Largs,
and the yachts headed north from the mark
boat in Wenyss Bay, under the same canvas
'tney had carried down the opposite shore.
The wind freShened, and the towering sticks
of the giants heeled to starboard. under the
pressure on their wealth of canvas. At
kneck CASTLE nearly half way between
L.args and the mark boat at Wemyss, the
Britannia was leading by minutes and
seconds The Vigilant set small jibtopsail,
apparently expecting the wind to increase.
The Britannia rounded the Wemyss Bay
mark at 12:09:57: Vigilant, 1a:1S:34.
BRITANNIA GAINS.
The Britannia gained 2 minutes and 81
seconds on this Az mile leg. She was MN
utes and 81 seconds ahead. 1t was weather
work from Wemyss to the home mark. The
Vigilant again demonstrated that she was
better at pointing than her rival, which APP
peared to be a trifie superior in footing. The
Vigilant held on to her little libtopsail. The
Britannia lowered hers. her skipper doubt
less thinking that it headed her off The
yachts, after rounding the Wemyss mark
boat, lay well down the channel on the star
board tack The Britannia fetched the
home mark in two long legs, and rounded
at 12:4S:10; Vigilant, 12:52:0S The Vigi-
Iant was minutes and 5S seconds astern.
She had lost 21 seconds in the tacking from
WemvsS. The wind, still holding true from
the west, had freshened. The Vigilants loss
in the tacking was caused by an extra board
she made to fetch the home mark. The big
lead of the Britannia, as the yachts bowled
down the coast, with the wind about on the
starboard beam, lessered the interest in the
combat, which was assuming the aspect OF
walk-over. The Mount Stewart mark
boat was rounded the second time thus
Britannia, 1:0S:19; Vigilant, ;l2:lS.
A SECOND GAINED.
The Britannia had added another second
to her advantage, making the total time of
her lead minutes and So seconds.
Spinnaker poonls were dropped TO star
board lust before the boats reached Mount
Stewart The Britannia quickly set her
spinnaker. flying, in the British style. The
Vigilant was slow i'll breaking out her great
silk side sail. 1t hung in the stops, The
wind fell a bit, and, as she felt the influence
of the drop first, she lost several minutes
more to the Britannia. The Largs mark
was passed thus -Britannla, 1:S6:0S; Vigil
ant. 1896.
The Britannia got fine lift from sudden
in the wind Just as She rounded,
and sped up to WeInyss for the second time
She was seven minutes and three seconds in
the lead, and the stern chase of the Vigilant
looked as if it were hopeless one. But the
Yankee yacht in good breeze is a hum
mer, and she increased the cutters lead by
twenty-four seconds The time at
Wemyss was: Britannia 2:04;01; Vigi-
liant, 2:10:40 There was a difference of
six minutes and thirty nine seconds in
favor. of the Britannia The time of the
Britannia between Largs and Wemyss was
% minutes and 3S seconds, and that of the
VigIlant was "a minutes and 3tsseconds.
CUT DOWN THE LEAD.
The wind had shifted to the northwest,
and it was a reach. close hauled, with the
wind on the starboard bow. The Britannia
held the lead, but it was apparent to
everybody that the Vigilant was gaining.
1t was now piping breeze; the
kind that the Yankees had been signing for,
and to prove the correctness of their judg-
ment that the centreboarder is hug hunter
in breeze. She made the reach to the home |
mark in thirty-two minutes, beating the !
Britannia in the four and half mile stretch |
by two minutes and twelve seconds. This |
cut down the lead of the Briton by just that |
much, but she was still four minutes aud |
twenty seconds ahead. The time at the home |
mark on the second round was, Britannia, |
:3S 30; Vigilant, 2:42:40
1t was a run over the 65S mile leg diagon-
ally across the quadrangle to LaTgs. Spin |
makers were set to port and contestants |
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