The evening world., 1894-09-01
SATAN|TA
GIVES Up.
The Start Bay Yacht Club
Race Brought TO a Sud.
den Close by Fog.
WG|LAMT DECLARED WINNER.
Got Away Ahead and Increased
Her Gain to Leeward, but
Lost 1t Again
SATANlTA WON FIRST ROUND
A. in Yesterdays Unsatisfactory
Match, Both Were Be ca. med
Our Boat Ahead.
SATANlTA WON FIRST ROUND.
tBy Associated Prcss.)

DARTMOUTH, Eng, Sept. Ito the
great disappointment of yachtsmen.
when the sun rose to-day there was
thick haze over the bay and out to sea.
and the wind was light from the north,
with little prospects of freshening.
Both Nigilant and Satanita were en-
tered to-day to race under the auspices of
the Start Bay Yacht Club. The prize was
fifty-fiVe guineas and the course was
triangular one, as follows From Dart
mouth Range to a markboat four miles
to westward; thence to the eastward
mark, a distance Of five miles, and back
to the Range, another five-mile leg, or
total distance of fourteen miles for once
around the course; three times around
this course to complete the race, the
total distance being forty-two miles.
Vigilant got the best of the prelimi-
nary manoeuvres for position, and at
1880. when the starting gun WAS fired,
the American yacht had the windward
position and the lead, and crossed the
line ahead OF Satanita.
The times at the start were:
H. NJ. 8.
Satanita .......... .................10 80 Il
Both yachts got away carrying all
plain sail. It WAS q free reach to the
western mark, in q light. steady air.
vigilant, from the start drew gradually
lengths between herself and Satanita
before mile of the first reach had been
completed The wind however, then be-
gan to get lighter, and the haze. like
yesterday, became thicker. Before the
western mark was reached, the two
yachts were almost obscured from view.
1t was seen. though. that when they
were about half way out to the western
mark. the two yachts had set their spin
makers, and that the wind. on shore.
At the end of the first leg, on the
first round, they were completely OBJ
| scured from view ashore, and conse-
quently, no accurate times could be
AT 11.3O A. NJ. a slisht lift in the haze
showed, dimly, the two racers beating
up to tine eastern mark. with Vigilant
holding a long lead, but on a different
At the end OF the first round satanita
was i6 seconds ahead OF Vigilant. The
times of the two yachts were as follows:
Satanita ...'.........'...'.........IlSS g g
'V iEiiant seemed to be gaining as the
two yachts set their spinnakers for the
run to the westward mark, on the sec
ond round. The wind was then about
and i yeered trs astern
Only slight air was stirring and both
yachts were soon completely enveloped
In the fog.
Owing to the mist no times could be
taken at the. western mark-boat on the
second round.
Vigilant, later. agsin took the lead.
and beating up to the eastward mark,
| the American yacht was about three
minutes ahead OF the cutter. The wind
was still light, the haze thick and
there was no prospect of the race being
On the second leg the fog lifted
slightly, and 1t could be made out that
both were lacking in shore with Vigil
| liant about three minutes in the lead, as
far as could be judged.
| BY this time. II was evident that the
race was a repetition of the unsatis-
factory state OF affairs yesterday 1t
was believed. however. that the Sailing
Committee OF the Start Yacht Club
would decide the winner of the race to
be the yacht ahead upon completing the
second round.
taken home In tow.
Vlgilant was declared the winner.
Vigilant lay becalmed 200 yards from
the line from Alb to $50 l.. NJ, and then
the Sailing Committee, seeing that
Satanita had retired, altered the posi-
ton of the committee boat nearer, 10
Vigilant thus giving her another line
to cross. which she did a few seconds
later and was awarded the prize.