The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-07
WIND IN VARYING MOODS.
New York Yacht Club Misrates from New
 port to Vineyard Haven.


 port to Vineyard Haven.
 Vineyard Haven, Mass, Aug. 6.-The fickle Vineyard Sound breeze played an important part in the New York Yacht fleet from Newport to-day. Every boat had during the six hour sail its triumphs and reverses as the wind shifted or died away, until apparently weary of it's evil work, the breeze, about half-past one came out from the southwest and holding strong, blew the boats to an anchorage late in the af- ternoon.
 At colors, 8 o'clock this morning. there was every prospect for good straight run down the sound, for fairly good northeast wind was blow ing. The sky was intensely clear, and in fact kept so all day while the water had a go on to it that was astir early, and by g o'clock the boats were troop t ing out of the harbor, the sloops first, the schooners next and lastly just be- fore the start, the steam yachts. Just outside, the fleet as usual split, the non racers creeping along.
 The boats crossed the line in the fol- lowing order: Queen Nab, 10:40:9S; Jessica, 10:4O:5S; Wasp, 10:41 :33; Sayon- ara, 10:41: :49; Gossoon, 10:41 :50; Miner va, 1O41 52; Carmita, 10:42:16; Gloriana, 10:42:20; Katonah ,10:42:27; Liris, 1O:- 43:45; Vencedor, 10:44:44. The Syce and the Narcota failed to cross inside the time limit.
 In the meantime the schooners had punched ready for their starting gun, which was fired at 10:45 and these boats with the Vigilant crossed the line in the following order:
 Ariel, 10:46:41; Fennella, 10:47:22; Col onia, 10:47:36; Emerald, 10:4S:4S; Sa- chem, 1O:4S:49; Vigilant, 10:49:16. The Marguerite and Amorita were handi- capped.
 The boats all went over the line on the port tack, the sloops with balloon iibs set and the schooners besides their working sails, smothered in their balloon jibs and maintopmast stay sails. Each skipper from past experi- ence, went for the Newport shore, where the wind seemed stronger, and for a time this seemed like a good move. The Queen Nab footed along like a witch, and half an hour after the start had dropped every sloop ex- cept the Vigilant which in turn had pushed ahead of the schooners. The Vigilant held well off shore in deep water, while most of the others hug ged closed to land. Just after II o'clock the Navahoe came out of the harbor and at 11:43:42 crossed the line A minutes behind her rival. By half-past eleven the boats were well strung out, with the Vigilant leading and the Colonia not far astern. Then came two hours of alternate light variable winds and calms First the off shore boats would stop short, and those inside would forge ahead. Again the breeze would favor those astern and the Navahoe picked up a couple of miles on the leaders before noon. The Colonia and the Emerald had a hard time finding enough breeze to fill out their yards and yards of towering canvas, but the latter boat seemed to have most of the luck and just before noon she slipped by the Postley bow From the northeast the wind shifted to the east and then went back to the | north, but finally came out about half past one with fair strength from the southwest. This last move on the part of the breeze favored the off shore boats and the Emerald and the Col onla found themselves somewhat astern Of the Vigilant, with the Colonia in the worst place.
 The Vigilant picked up the south wester about six miles to the westward from the Vineyard Sound lightship and with boom to port and spinnaker to starboard, she began to slip along in fine style The Queen Nab also had luck. for during the calm she drifted to the southward and soon led her class again. The leading boats passed Vine yard Sound lightship in the following order: Vigilant, 2:OO:O9; Amorita. g.: 01:19; Emerald, 2:O1:3O; Queen Nab, g. 03:25; Sayonara, 2:O3:40; Colonia. BOA 2S; the Navahoe was twenty minutes