Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-11
alter, rolling up quite a wave under her

water, rolling up quite a wave under hel
bow.
Slowly but surely the Defender began t.
creep up on her. She not only went mor'
smoothly through the water but she also
began to outpoint the English boat.
The wind had hauled q little to tht
westward and the mark was easily reached
on this long starboard tack. The Valky
rie rounded at ~. 81. 43, and easing of hel
sheet, started for the second mark.
As soon as the Valkyrie rounded thu
mark She hauled down her ~jibtopsail. and
two minutes later, took in her stsysail,
preparatory to setting her balloon jib,
which she broke out together with q huge
balloon staysail, at log.
The Defender rounded the first mark q.
1.01.35. having been beaten three minutes
and 81 seconds in the 10 miles. This did
not include the difference Of time at the
start.
Immediately after rounding, the De.
fender broke out q baby jib topsail and
took in her staysail. A few minutes later
she too set a balloon staysail.
The run for the second mark was a
broad reach and the wind over the star
board quarter. The swell kept on increas-
ing reaching, about Is miles an hour, at
one time on this leg, and the yachts dashed
on at q good pace.
Nob'y as the Defender had done on the
first leg, 1t was q hopeless race for her.
Being unable, on account Of the weakness
Of her topmast, to set her balloon lib, she
could not carry anywhere near as much
sail as the Englishmsn. The little baby
jibtopsail and balloon staysail offered but
a poor substitute for a balloon jib.
In spite of this handicap, however, she
actually gained II seconds on the 10 miles.
Much of the gain was due to the differ
ence in the behavior of the W. boats in
the rather stiff seaway.
The Valkyrie made much more of q
plunge In her work, n at times cascades
of water were thrown out from under the
boom, and the wake which she left behind
became very marked. The Defender
created but little fuss in connection with
either.
At |. IS, the Valkyrie took in her bal
loon jib topsail, and at /. 5S. 10, she turned
the second mark, sending up a No. 2 jib
topsail, as she did so. She hauled in the
sheet and started for home, with her main
sail and club topsailL, jib and jib topsail set.
At 1.59. the Defender, which had nearly
reached the mark, took in her baby jib
topsail, and jibed, rounding the mark at
l.01.45 She then broke out a No. 2 lib
topsail, which in size was about the same
as that which the Valkyrie had.
Just as the boats were rounding the
mark, the breeze tool another squirt, and
before it settled down again, it had
reached a velocity Of l2 or 13 miles per
hour,
The leg was "a reach. close hauled with
booms to starboard. This brought the
strain of the Defenders sails on her port
shrouds, which were uninjured, and for
the first time during the race it was DOS
sible to sail her to the best of her ability.
She was a half mile behind the Valkyric
when she rounded the stake boat, and in
less than half an hour, she had cut this
distance down to thr~ee-eighths of a mile.
She had been three minutes and 35
seconds behind at the second mark, and
during the last 10 miles she gained one
minute and II seconds, which, deductng
the difference of times at the start and
her allowance, made her a loser by only
A seconds
Had the last leg been five miles longer.
the Defender would have won by over IA
minute, but the leg was only 10 miles,
and the noble boat could not overcome her
great handicap in that distance.
The Valkyrie finished first at 2.55.22.
The Defender was 2 minutes and IS
seconds behind. at 3.57.40. The elapsed
times were: Nalyrie, 8 So. 90; Defender,
3. so. %.
The Valkyrie allows the Defender %. 10
seconds, aud the Vakiyrie started l
minute and 2 seconds ahead. The cor
rceted times are: Valkyrie, 3.55. 90; De,
fender, 3.55. Sc. Valkyrie O by AZ
seconds corrected time.
The Defender made a most remarkable
showing under the circumstance and her
superiority was clearly marked on every
point of sailing, even in her crippled cen
ditton.
At the finish there was the usual scene
of excitement with the patriotic Americans
for once salutipg a British yacht. The
Defender received the greater ovation of
the two. Her plucky fight elected much
praise from yachtsmen.
Both yachts were towed to Bay Ridge,
where they are anchored for the night
Tomorrow, a new topmast will be put
into the Defender.
The regatta committee stopped it's boat
at Bay Ridge, on the way to the city, and
Mr.. Iselin made a verbal protest in regard
to the fouling. Mr.. Bush, the club repre-
sentative on the British boat, was asked
by the committee to put his version of
the affair into writing.
At 1.30 z. NJ, the following notice was
posted Oh the bulletin board at the yacht
club:
The Protest.
1.-The Defender protests the Valkyrie on
the ground that she hore doup on bar