The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1895-08-08
Coombs of Tinalhaven The Swan won il
the fifth class

Coomhs of yinalhaven. The Swan won in
the fifth class
In the second days run Of the New York
Yacht Club the schooner Constellation car
ried off the honors, defeating Defender, Wig
liant and the whole squadron. Defender
had trouble with her steering gear, but the
Niglant was holding her close On the run
down the wind ana at the time Of the acct
dent was only to ; minutes astern, The
Defender had then only run the Nlgiiant
about IL minutes in 80 miles, or about 3 -
seconds per mile. Several prominent Yachts
men expressed themselves az terribly dlsap-
pointed. "Why,n said one gentleman, II
! thought the Defender would run the Nigi-
liant in this half gale almost minute a
mile" Another yachtsman said. "Why, of
course the Ngilant il fast down the wind
and especially in strong breezes, but, great
Scott. / never thought the Nigilant would
hold that boat back for so miles in this kind
of a breeze and sea- The Constellation
averaged Is 10 knots per hour over the 81
mile course while the Nigilant averaged L;
| I'll knots per hour. July 3lst the Defender
scored a victory Id the run from New Lon
don, forty miles before the wind. She out
footed the Niglant II minutes and Nolun-
teer Ii minutes. In the race for the Goelet
cup Aug. 2nd the Defender lost by the
breaking of her hollow gaif near the middle
Before the mishap Defender had thrashed to
windward Il ~ miles and run Is miles with
the wind astern and spinnaker out, and had
turned the second mark with linn :,5s adj
vantage over the Nigilant lim u.s. over
Jubilee, and 34ln. tsSs. over Volunteer LII
the windward WORK THE gain over Nigiant
was 2nl. 2!'s.. and in the run .'n. 6s The
wind Was about II knots an hour at the
start dropping to 10 knots at the first turn.
and increasing during the run to Is knots, at
which rate it was blowing WHEN the gai1
gave way. l he boat ruse hauled at thu.
tine, and there waS lulnpy sta, After ia
fender withdrew, Nlgilant Sailed homie I'LL
easy winner Jubilee MIN i'll the raee Int
her performance was disappointing, While
Volunteer was not III ii. Saturday tie rim
was from NewloIt TO Vineyard Haven. Tie
Defender. gilaut and Volunteer were early
ON hand AMI participated in the run but Gen
Paine dld not permit the Jubilee 10 enter
The Defender was the first ~ GROSS tile line
the Nigilant two minutes later Anil tile al-
unteer 'a>t The hig soops gained rapidly
"a the schooners trnl the Start Ana i'll half
an hour the Defender began PICKING them ttr
one TN ae and dropping fhein astern Tile
he" Boat easily autfentrd the Niglant and
Volunteer The Defender increased her lead
until nine inmates ahead and at o'clock
showed The way for the fleet into VINEYARD
Haven. ~ @.021l sllt crossed THE finish
Iine. \ little pYrr hin minutes latel tlie
NigilNnt calne III And n quarter after tlle
Volunteer finished. Time, Defender $.ll.4
NigllaMt ill r., Volunteer 1'3.W4 Monday
the Defend. and Niglant Sailed Over d y
IA mile course from Cottage City t. New
port. The sea was smooth and the wind
varied III velocity from 10 to Il miles All
hour. Fer - miles down TO the Vineyard
Sound ligltship, il dead beat to wind
ward, and Tie Defender Beat tile NIgilant Nv
about minutes ann M seconds. both Yachts
carrying climb tnpsails ana baby In topsaiis
sheets eased little. DefrNIer gained enough
to make her elapsed time from start To I'm
sh, 9 minutes seconds better than Nigi-
liant. The Jubilee also started but with
working topsail only, and Nigjlant beat her
10 minutes 80 seconds. Tuesday Defender
won the DreXel cum. defeating the Nlgian1
4 minutes and 10 seconds over 4 u mile tri-
angular course IN \ Il ght Mini