The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-08-06
THE NAVAHOH WON
She Defeats Vigilant in an Exciting
Finish.
BUT s1xTY-ONB SECONDS APART

The Race Was For the Goelet Cup and
the Distance. Thlrty-elght Miles.
Was Made In Little over Four
Hours.
Newport, r. l., Aug 6.-Royal Phelps
Carrolrs yacht, Navahoe. won the Goe-
let cup for sloops yesterday by defeat
ing Percy Chubbs Vigilant in not only
the most interesting race ever sailed
for one of the emblems, but in what
was probably the finest contest ever
sailed between the big sloops i'm Ameri-
can waters. Vigilant led at the start,
but Navahoo turned the first mark
ahead and kept her lead until within
three miles OF the finish. when Vigilant
passed her. Only 25 feet seemed to sep
arate the boats as they rushed across
the line, which was not enough to save
Vigilant the race, and Navahoe won by
4 minutes, q seconds, corrected time.
The course was the old one 20 Block
Island, with long leg TO West Island
and short reach to the finish. a dis
tance Of 3S miles, and the boats made
It in a little over four hours. The run
to Block Island was nearly dead before
the wind, and in order to get better
position Vigilant crossed Navahoe's
bow and set her spinnaker. All the way
down Navahoe kept pulling down Vigi-
lant's lead and both boats a mile from
the first mark appeared nearly even,
although running wide apart
1t was discovered that the mark had
capsized so n new raft was set a
quarter Of a mile to the eastward. This
favored Navahoe, and taking in her
spinnaker and jibing she rounded It at
1:O7:09. Vigilant, while undoubtedly
ahead just before this, was 30 seconds
behind the mark. Rounding Il she
started after Navahoe. Instead Of keep
ing a good rap full, Vigilants skipper
Immediately began to pinch her. But
Captain CrocRer gave Navahoe good
full, and she romped along in fine style.
As this leg was a long and short hitch
Navahoe was kept on the port tack
until 316, when, with Vigilant to wind
ward, but considerably astern, she
tackled to starboard The boats kept
on for half an hour on this tack, when
Vigilant again tackled to port Then it
was seen that the erratic steering had
done its work, for she could not weather
Navahoe. The latter then tackled on
her rivals weather, and both boats
stood for the second mark.
Just before rounding the big balloon
jib was hoisted and Navahoe romped
away for home, well within her time
limit. Vigiant was 80 seconds behind.
Then began one of the most exciting
! finishes seen for many a day. With
the lghtship only 60 miles away Vigi-
liant started to get by Navahoe, and
make up the five minutes necessary to
win. She did the former, but fell short
of the latter, Such a sight as the fin
ish of those two boats has never been
seen in these waters, for both carried
a cloud of canvass. Strange to relate
not one of the dozen of the finest Amer.
lean steam yachts which were at the
| finish uttered a sound as the two boats
! rushed across the line. 1t was a granC
| race, without the enthusiasm.
Navahoe won by one minute and on,
second, actual, and four minutes anC
/ q seconds, corrected. Today the con
test between the yachts viii be re
newed, in the run to Vineyard Haven
with the accompaniment of all the res
/ of the yachts in the fleet