The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-23
BwRITANNIA'S DAY
Crossed the Line Some
Thirty-fiye Seconds Ahead
of the Vigilant.
YANKEE YACHT MADE 4 GOOD RUN
Britannia Was in Luck, Securing
the Weather Position Near
the End.
YANKEE YACHT MADE 4 GOOD RUN
BIZ Gable to the United Press.

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RocHE's PoINT, IRELAND, July 20, 1884,
The Britannia and the Vigilant started in a
race over the course of the Royal Munster
Yacht Gu this morning for a cup valued
at eco. The course was laid out from Roche's
Point to Poor Head, thence to Daunt's Rock
and back to Roche's Point, three times
around, and then to the club house at Royal
Cork Yacht Club at Queenstown, a distance
of fifty miles. The weather was clear and
the wind fresh from the northwest. Both
boats were near the line at gunfire and
crossed together at 11:7. The Vigilant
carried her big balloon jibtopsail and
the Britannia a small jibtopsail and a jack
yarder. As usual the Britannia got the
weather berth. The hne northerly wind
shifted to the eastward, and both boats,
close hauled, ran TO Poor Head. The Vigi-
liant, sailing under the lee of tho English
boat. drew ahead and gybed, rounding the
Poor Head mark at Ii :31:02. The Britannia
rounded the mark at l1:3l:53, one minute
and thirtv-one seconds later. 1t was now a
Tree reach to Daunts Rock, which the
Vigilant passed one minute and twenty
nine seconds ahead. The time of the boats
at Daunts Rock was:-Vigilant, I1:55:04;
Britannia, 1l:56:33.
Rounding the Daunt's Rock mark the
tlEllaQU now DedD 10 SldIb OdAo " III
Point, but the Britannia held to the port
tack. The Vigilant went about to port and
was beating against a strong ebb tIue. Inc
Britannia made a long board to port and
then both boats made short tacks TO Roches
Point.
Teaching Roche's Point the Vigilant
showed that she had gained considerably in
beating from Daunt's Rock, the time taken
at Roche's Point being:-Vigilant, 12:39:O6;
Britannia, 12:36:U.
YANKEE BOATS BIG
This was a clear lead for the Yankee boat
of two minutes and ~1ifty-eight seconds, bear
ing away for Poor Head the Vigilant sent
our her balloon j~ibtopsail, but the Britannia
carried only a small Jibtopsall. as she did IN
going over this part of the course before. 1t
was a free reach to Poor Head, which the
Vigilant reached at l 100 :02, and the Britain
mia at 1905 :03, five minutes and one second
later. The Vigilant gybed and took in her
big jibtopsaiL, But the britannia retained her
smaller one, and both boats made a star
board reach for Dauntis Rock, which was
passed as follows:-Figilant, 1:29:50; Bri-
iannia, l :33 $40. The Britannia had gained a
little in the run, but the Yankee was still
three minutes and fifty seconds ahead.
The Britannia tackled along the western
shore, but the Vigilant held TO the eastern
shore, the advantage of which was apparent
in the fact that she rounded Roche's Point
exactly six minutes i'll advance of the cutter.
The time of the yachts at Roehe's Point was:
Vigilant, 2:10:55; Britannia, 2:16:55.
Rounding Roche's Point hagboat the
Vigilant set her balloon jib and the
Britannia her jib-topsail for the third run
to Poor Head.
The wind hauled to the eastward, and the
Vigilant took in her balloon jibtopsail and
set a small jibtopsail. Both were running
on the starboard tack. They gybed at Poor
Head to round the mark, which they did as
follows:-Vigilant, 2:36:11; Britannia,
2:43:20.
BREEZE STIFF M TEADY
The cutter was seven minutes and nine
seconds astern. As they came uD in the
wind both set their balloon jib topsails. The
breeze was stiff and steady as they rounded
Poor Head for the run to Daunt's Rock and
both set their spinnakers, but the wind soon
slackened and the Vigilant ran into a calm.
Meanwhile the Britannia, the ability
of whose captain to find wind, If
there is any, is only surpassed by
in finding calm spots and getting into
them, held a good breeze and caught up to
the centreboarder. The Vigilant took in her
%spinnaker and gybed to port, thereby catch
ing a free breeze, but the Britannia still had
the best of the wind and passed the Yankee
boat easily. Passing Daunt's Rock forsthe
last time the yachts were in this ORDER
Britannia, 3:26:30; Vigilant, 3:27:51.
The Vigilant had lost her lead of seven
MINUTES and nine seconds and was one min
ute and twenty-one seconds to the bad.
The Britannia had kept her spinnaker
set, while the Vigilant had taken hers in,
and came down nicely on the wind. and at
$4,000 she passed the Yankee boat and drew
clear of her. The Vigllant then seemed to
get better wind. and she again set her spin
maker, after rounding Daunt's Rock mark,
and both boats bore away for Roche's Point
for the last time.
The Vigilant did some splendid sailing on
the run to Roche's Point, and succeeded in
reducing the lead of the cutter to thirty sec
onds, the boats rounding the Roche's Point
mark in this order:-Britannia, 4:52:00;
Vigilant, 4:52:30.
Passing Daunt's Rock on the third round
the time was Britannia, 3:26:30; and
Vigilant, 3:27:51.
The Britannia won, crossing the line at
4:l2:55. The Vigilant crossed at 4:l3:40.