The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-04

start by As seconds. AS the Columbia
crossed the line she broke out her stay
sail and balloon jib topsail. The Sham
rock broke out her No. jib topsail. AT
11.17 the Columbia's spinnaker blos-
somed out to port and she began at once
to overhaul the Shamrock. For some
reason Capt Hogarth did not see lit to
set the Shamrock spinnaker until four
minutes after the Columbia had hers
set, but as soon as it was set the EN-
erald-hued boat began to hold her own
with the Columbia, the boats then not
being more than three lengths apart.
At 11.S5 the Columbia's' bowsprit was
just tapping the Shamrock's starboard
quarter, the latter having the offshoIe
berth. but she was unable to hold that
position long. In eight minutes the
Shamrock, which seemed to hold the
wind better had pulled out fully five
lengths ahead of the Columbia and
seemed to be gaining every minute
Both yachts were heading to the west
ward of The courses, and at IL O'Clock
the Shamrock, which had been steadily
gaining, was quarter of a mile in the
lead. AT 1915 the wind changed to the
northwest. The Columbia caught the
wind first. The crew took in the spin :
nakcr smartly, Capt. Barr gybed her to
port, trimmed down staysail and ball
loon lib topsail sheets, and in just five
minutes the Columbia had walked past
the Shamrock and was the leading boat.
Capt. Hogarth gybed the Shamrock
after taking in the spinnaker at 1916.
They set her spinnaker to starboard at
1890, but only for five minutes. Capt.
Hognrth, finding he was losing time.
took the sail in smartly and luffed the
green sloop across the Columbia's wake,
taking position on her starboard
quarter.
The outer mark was obscured by a
haze. so that it was not visible until /
p. m. That did not matter much 10
either Capt. Hogarth or Barr, for they
we're INDUCING in lufFing match, clos :
ing in OF the Jersey beach, for more
than half an hour. Finally Capt Barr.
having the Columbia well ahead, eased
sheets and kept off for the mark at Los,
crossing the Shamrock's bow one eighth
of nile ahead. At LII he set the spin
maker on the Columbia to starboard
and came down for the outer mark at
perhaps not more than o six-knot gait.
At 1.23 III came the spinnaker again on
Columbia, the wind having hauled back
to the northward, her boom was gybed
to starboard and balloon jib topsali
trimmed.
The Shamrock had gybed five min
utes before, but she was not gaining
any Up to this time. Approaching the
outer mark the Columbia's crew doused
the balloon jib topsail smartly, and as
they rounded the mark float bearing
red ball with a white stripe which had
to be left on the starboard hand, the big
main boom swung over to port, all
sheets were trimmed fiat on the star
board tack and the Columbia thus be-
gan her Ii miles of windward work. The
time taken at the outer mark as each
yacht luffed around it was
Columbia ...............1.37;5 81
Shamrock ..............1.38:5 1858
so it will be seen by the official figures,
that in the run of Is miles from the
start to the outer mark, the Columbia
outsailed the Shamrock 2 minutes, "A
seconds Her elapsed time to this
point was hours, q minutes, 81 sec
onds; the Shamrock's, 2 hours, "a
minutes, Ii seconds. Capt. Barr kept
the Columbia on the inshore tack for
2 minutes, As seconds, after rounding
the mark, when he let her come about
to the port tack, setting the baby jih
topsail as she filled away. In twenty
seconds hf. sung her about again.
The Shamrock stood off on the star
board tack 2 minutes and 10 seconds
when Capt Hogarth put her about and
began his wirdward work in earnest
with the Bristol boat. The wind was
now N T.. by N, and on the port tacks
both yachts were heading with sheets
trimmed down fiat within four points
of the wind, which had now increased
to about 10 miles. 1t was not steady
however, and it's fukiness became ap.
parent at L55, when it began heading
of the Columbia
The Shamrock tackled to starboard al
1.56, spinning around on her heel In II
seconds from full to full, but to the as.
constituent of the thousands who wit.
messed the Columbia's tack, 15 seconds
later. she swung around in the almost
incredibly short space of 10 seconds
timed by g stop watch, Capt, Hogarti
apparently feeling confident that by {
series of short tacks he could get tt
windward Of Columbia, put the Sham