New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-08
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Yacht Of that size 1t was her duty 10 get away
from under the valkyrie's lee. because there were
eood recollectlons OF Captain CranheHs perform
.rca in mailing the Visilant. Inc Vaikyrles
Craving" was much slower than the Deiehuers H.
ond Il Is doubtful she succeeded In splitting the
Defenders wind. On the contrary the Deiehuef
80, On .r,ra little draught and pulled out from
70 howard in good style. receiving the enthusi-
..,,o c,eers from hundred steamers which, ow-
,ny N the unexpected way OF starting the COM
net,,ors were all caught In a cluster In fact, the
ors, tack Of the course lay through all the diHer
90, RATS which opened passage for them as
soon az possible.
AFTER the first staying the valkyrie continued
49, ho,a nor u.ndward berth as both yachts held
along for over half an hour on the port tack.
Drr,ng this massage the Defender drew out ahead
ard 70 howard the Vakyrie going slower, but to
.,,avord Az soon as the Valkyrie made the
first move to come about the Defender followed
suit.
T. ,,o calling which now followed both boats
were affected by slightly varying sants OF wind.
In these the Defender picked up When the Val
kvre next tried to go over into the port tack the
Defender was found to be approaching too close
md the Valkyrie not having the right OF way,
turned hack into the starboard tack. A great
footing of whistles greeted this showing. and the
Defender went about and split lacks. the val
kyre continuing on the starpoaru i"i rev ,',ih-
utes Then she tried the port tack again and the
defender met her on the starboard tack. All the
multitude waited breathlessly to ma wnich boat
was ahead Once again the Vaikyrle,- Deing on
the port tack. found that she yconid not saley
try To pass ahead not having the right OF way
She stayed at once into the starDoard TACK ana
the Defender came about also ana once more
they split tacks until the Defender went about
into the same tack as the NaikyTle anu ioho"eu
to windward and behind.
LONG TACK
This proved to be a long tack. The breeze
freshened slightly and the Defender improved
with Il. Occasionally the Vakyrie seemed TO be
eating her way up into the more windward course
Of the home boat that was following behind The
Defender was doing marvellous sailing. now that
the lumpiness OF the sea had somewhat subsidized
AS the light breeze became more distinct, moving
now at perhaps five miles an hour, the Defender
seemed to be wing both to windward ana ahead
She presented q most beautiful appearance ana
seemed to move with more life ana Duoyancy
than the English boat. Everything about the
Valkyrie seemed much queter both as to sails
and movement OF hull. This stability on the part
of the Valkyrie seemed to want more WIND In
order to bring out the boats power.
Before 2:30 O'Clock the vindward buoy could pe
from the wheehouse OF the Cygnus It's
II was not dead to windward. from the start the
yachts on this long starboard tack evidently be-
ing able to lie nearer the direct course las the
crow nies) than on the port tack. The windward
work was what is called a long and short leg
there being 80 far little sailing on the port tack
After a while the buoy stood dead to windward
of them and IT was still impossible to tell which
boat ahead They were apparently exactly
even. The Defender looked just like Vakyrie III
in the way she plunged Not having the same
broad bows to support her, sne sank forward to n
Tor he
seaway had a motion very like that OF the vigil
liant Indeed all this part Of the race was like a
repetition OF the VigilantValkyrie ii contests OF
1893 with this difference that now the broad Vig
liant the English boat and the seeming VAL
kyrie III was the American representative
At 3:20 (unofficaD the wind suddenly shifted
about two points This at once put the Defender
almost dead to wlndward the whole distance
which existed between the boats. 1t was fluke
that was only apparent to yachtsmen. and 1t was
difficult to explain to other spectators how II hap
pened that the Defender suddenly became so
much ahead
THE DEFENDER ROUNDS THE BUOY.
Ten minutes afterward. at $50. the Defender
swung around for the buoy. The Vakyrie tackled
at the same moment and made the turn In stays
in better time than the Defender. The shift OF
wind put the Defender ahead nearly three min
ues as shown at the buoy.
Five minutes afterward the Defender dropped
her jib-topsail as she came TO the mark. but be-
fore the last turn In stays the Defender had over
stood the proper turning point. This became ap-
parent she rushed along for the buoy not quite
close hauled. The overstandng allowed the VAL
kyrie to come from a position nearly half a mile
TO leeward and make the buoy on close JAM
At 3:39 the Defender rounded amid great ap
plause. Three minutes and twenty-three seconds
later the Valkyrie turned and broke out her bal
loon jib on the turn Here she was blanketted by
steamers placed sideways In line. Her headsail
dropped In when thus winded
The Valkyrie did not make the best OF the run
ming toward the home buoy. even when she got
quite clear OF the steamers The Defenders fore
did flrst-class work during the whole run. and
was Of much assistance. The Tribune has many
times limited that Captain Cranhed. as Judged
by previous experiences. DID not know what
headsails 10 carry some of his courses to
| leeward Yesterday 1t took him just one hour.
less five minutes TO discover that he wanted lis
balloon-foresail also set.
This, when hosted. caught the wind that was
| until escaping under the lift OF his balloon
| lib. This did good work. and 1t could not be
perceived that she lost anything after II was
| set. OF The seven minutes difference at the
| finish. about three minutes was lost during the
| first hour when she was not carrying her bal
| loon foresa and when winded by steamers.
| Something was also lost by the failing OF the
| wind at the finish.
The yellow dog did great work. There was
| no hoodoO on the Defender.
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