The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-24
ARE IN HARD LUCK
No Wind for the Big
Single Stickers.
Six Fiukss In the Big Contest BE
tween the Shamrock and Column
b,a and No Race.

continues 10 pursue the Dig single
stickers. On the three days last week
when the yachts made attempts to
sail, light, fiuky winds left them
stranded on the course when the time
limit expired. Today fogbank pre-
vented them from even leaving their
mooring buoys inside the spit of land
which forms the Sandy Hook at the
entrance Of the lower bay. This was
by far the most dismal fiasco Of all.
City and bay were done up in gray
swathing clothes of impenetrable mists
when the yachtsmen jumped out Of
bed this morning to get look at the
weather, and there was gloom and dis
may along the waterfront. The old
salts shifted, saw the mist wreaths and
shook their heads.
fog over the course and the utter alb
sence of wind caused the fifth success
i've fizzle when another attempt was
made today to sail the first of the Co.
Embellishments series for the inter-
national trophy. The yachts will try
again tomorrow.
The early morning hours at Sandy
Hook bay gave little promise Of race.
The weather was fairly clear for a few
miles seward at 8 o'clock, and there
was light breeze from a little south
of west, but up to the northward, to-
ward the Narrows, the fog still hung
thickly.
Mainsails were hoisted early on both
yachts. and soon after 3 o'clock they
cast of from their moorings and were
towed out to Sandy Hook lightship.
Club topsails were mastheaded on the
way out the Columbia setting small
er one than was shown on Wednesday
afternoon. The Shamrock's was ap-
parently larger than any yet seen aloft.
1t was bent on two light aluminium
spars, and its narrow cloth radiated
from a center band like a jib
The yachts arrived off the lightship
at 1910 a. m. Casting off their tow
lines and breaking out their headsails,
they circled about the lightship for an
hour or so in the light southwest
breeze, waiting for the committee boat
to arrive. The fog showed a DISPOSE
ton to clear off about this time, but
there was hardly wind enough to give
the yachts steerage way. For an hour
after the committee boat arrived there
was no more wind and no prospect OF
any, so at 1910 o'clock. after a consul
tation between those in charge of the
yachts, both agreed to call the race off
a gun was fired and the code signal
letter r. was hoisted, announcing
that fact to the assembled fleet. A few
minutes later, as agreed on a few days
ago. another gun was fired, calling at
tention to the signal that the race
would be run Friday The Manning
and other revenue cutters, the torpedo
boat Porter and all other vessels hav-
ing the signal letters hoisted them, so
that all the fleet might know of the
committees decision before going
back to the city
The sails of both yachts were taken
in as they were towed back to their
mornings in the Horseshoe, where they
arrived at 1880.
NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-The winds
asleep in their caverns and a coverlet
OF white fog drawn over the bosom of
the drowsy ocean today heightened the
unprecedented record of flukes in the
cup contest to six. As on Tuesday
the yachts did not leave their anchor
age inside Sandy Hook. 1t was useless
to make another attempt in such wea-
| thar NJ tho hnnr O., h..
the regatta committee boat poked out
To sea through the denss bank of VA
por and announced to the group of ves-
sells assembled about the lghtship the
same monotonous story that there
would be no race today.
Everybody Is thoroughly disgusted
The patience of the public is almost
exhausted. From $4,000 people who
went out ON the first day the crowds
have dwindled until 1t Is perfectly safe
TO say that less than 5000 people were
ailoat today. The outlook was so
gloomy from moneymaking stand
point that some of the excursion boats
which sold tickets for the series OF
races We're trying rs redeem them with
the intention of abandoning their ex-
oursions altogether.
The repeated postponements have
also worn the patience OF the commit
tee and the owners of the two yachts
Sir Thomas and Commodore Morgan
each have a company of invited guests
aboard their yachts, but II Is very des
olate for the hosts as well as theil
guests to lie quietly at anchor inside
the dreary sandspit with nothing L
look al byt blank walls Of fog, The de
lays have been equally trying upon the
crews Of the racers, For more than
ten days the tars have been keyed ~
ia racing pitch and they are beginnin.
10 feel the effects Of the strain.
Experts estimate that the big clul
topsail which the shamrock shove,
yesterday for the fret time contain
about $50 more square feet ~ canya
than the similar sail ~ the Yankee
boat Add 10 this the excess ~ cal
area of her lower sails, as shoSn 81
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