Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-10-04

| Both yachts set their club topsails at 1880,
| IT,. Columbia's men handling their SAL
| smarter than the others.
AT 1915 the committee boat Walter Luck
ehbach, IN charge of 5: Nicholson Kane,
| Sandy Hood lghtship and immediately
hoisted mol the compass signal s5iignitying that
| utes later the Shamrocks crew rigsed their
| spinnaker boom out TO port, all ready TO
| set that sail.
Promptly at IL o clock the prepara tory
slsnal-a blue peter-Tas SET on board the
committee boat ard two red balls hoisted
on the triatic stay. AT the same time a
miles to ieeward; During the interval of
| fifteen minutes between the preparatory
and the starting signals, the shippers of
both yachts maneupered to the north
ward of the starting line. Both stuck close
TO the ightship and five minutes before
| the starting signals the balloon jib topsail
was set up in stops on the Columbla's
| stay. The Shamrock sent up number
two jib topsail about the same time.
AT one minute before the start the Sham
rock was approaching the line from the
| eastward ana the Columbia from the west
| ward When thirty seconds were left the
| Shamrock, which had been coming for the
| line with boom TO port, gybed to starboard
| Just as the Columbia, with boom to port,
| rounded the west end of the line and be-
| gan easing. Captain Hogarth however,
had his boat several lengths in the lead
| and lust as the signal was given he gybed
the shamrock again. crossing The line
| thlrty-seVen seconds after the signal.
| The Official Ilne of the start was:
| Shamrock, ll:l5:SI.
| Columbia, ll:l6;20.
The Shamrock had the best of the start
by forty-three seconds.
AS the Columbia crossed the line she
| broke out her No. . jib topsail. AT 1l:li
| the CoIumbia's spinnaker blossomed out
TO port, and she began at once to overhaul
the Shamrock. For some reason Captain
| Hosarth did not see ut to set the Sham
| rock splnnaker until four minutes after
the Columbia had set hers, but as
as II was. set the Emerald hued boat began
| 10 nOlQ her with the l'DlIlmDia The
yachts being then not more than three
lengths apart. At 11:35 the Columbia's bow
spirit was just tapping the Shamroeks
starboard quarter, the latter having the
| onshore berth, but she was unable to hold
that position long. In eight minutes the
| better, mad pulled out fully i've lengths
ahead of the Columbia, and seemed to be
gaining every minute. Both yachts were
heading considerably to the westward of
| their courses, and at i o'clock the Sham
rock, which had been steadily gaining, was
Bristol boat.
AT Ills, the wind shifted to the north
west. The Columbia being in shore caught
it first. The crew took in the spinnaker
shortly. Captain Barr gybed her to port
trimmed down staysail and balloon iib top
sail sheets and in just i've minutes the
Columbia had walked past the Shamrock
and was the leading boat. Captain Hogarth
gybed the Shamrock after taking in the
spinnaker, at 12:l5. They set her spinna-
| ker 20 starboard at Il 30 but only for five
minutes: Captain Hogarth finding he was
| losing time, took the sail in smartly and
luffed the green sloop across Columbia $
wake, taking position on the starboard
quarter.
The outermark was obscured by a haze
so that 1t was not visible from the yachts
until / p. m. That did not matter much
! to either Captain Hogarth or Barr. for
they were indulging in a luffing match,
closing in or the Jersey beach, for more
than half an hour; Finally Captain Barr,
having the Columbia well ahead, eased
| sheets and Kent off the mark a
crossing the Shamrock's bow one-eighth of
a mile ahead. AT liz, he set the spinnaker
=, on the Columbia to starboard and came
l down for the outer mark at perhaps not
more than a six knot gait AT 1:23 in came
e the spinnaker again on the Columbia, the
I wind having hauled back to the northward,
: and her boom was gybed TO starboard and
balloon jib topsail trimmed. The Sham
rock had gybed five minutes before, but
she was not gaining any up to this time.
t Approaching the outer mark, the Column
bias crew doused the balloon jib topsail
smartiy as they rounded the mark, a float
; bearing a red ball with a white stripe which
d had TO be left |on the starboard hand, the
J. big main boom swung over to port, all
sheets were trimmed fiat on the starboard
i tack, and the Columbia thus began her
I fifteen miles of windward work.
The time taken at the outer mark as
| each yacht luffed around it was:
Colqmhia-1:3l5I.
S Shamrock-l:39
o So it will be seen by the official figures
that in the run of fifteen miles from the
=. start to the outer mark the Columbia out
!, sailed the Shamrock minutes Al seconds
d Her elapse time to this point was 2:2l31
y Shamrock's 2:2i2l.
o Captain Barr kept the Columbia on the
in-shore tack for minutes 10 seconds after
| rounding the mark when he let her COME
| about to the port tack, setting the baby
e jb topsail as she filled away. In 70 sec
r onds he swung her about again Tht
: Shamrock, meanwhile, stood off on tn,
. | starboard tack minutes and Il seconds
y when Skipper Hogarth put her about ant
It began his windward work in earnest witt
y the Bristol boat. The wind was now north
i east north. and on the port tack both
:. yachts were heading with sheets trimmed
=. down fiat within four points of the wind
u | which had now increased to about ter
g miles 1t was not steady, however, anC
y its tiukiness became apparent at l:55 wher
o 1t began heading off the Columbia. rh,
n | Shamrock tackled to starboard at 1:56
Z spinning around on her heel in IS seconds
e from full to full. but to the astonishmen
e of the thousands who witnesses the Colum
e swung Sa @ around in the almost increllbi.
q short space of 10 seconds, timed by stoI
- | watch.
| fident that by a series of short tacks h,
e could get to the windward of Columbia
t, put the Shamrock. about four times il
- three minutes and forty seconds. Captain
p Barr followed suit, and his nimble crew
e trimmed sheets just as fast as those OF
Is the Shamrock. and when they both set
the Columbia was still well in the lead anC
| gaining Captain Hogarth thought 1t bes
at 2:20 SO split tacks with his Antagonist
so he put the Shamrock on the port tack
n thinking the Columbia would not follow
but she did and when the latter yacht tack
ed az 2:2l 80 she was nearly a mile deaf
to windward of the green boat.
During the next 50 minutes a dozen shor
<. tacks were made. the wind continuing fiuk!
It all the time, until q few minutes befor
y O'Clock. when the wind left the Columbis
= ! for fully 5 minutes. She had the n-shor
e berth. while Shamrock eff-shore held
le breeze from the northeast When tn
]. Shamrock at 3:ll went about on the Colum
4, bias lee bow she was well ahead; that l.
:, to say, If she had gone about could hav
u crossed the COlumbias bow. Between 81
ID and $40 Columbia with a few fresh puff
from the northeast, began walking up o.
=, Shamrock, which then nearly n quar-
ter of a mile to windward of her. but be
,e fore she could overhaul the Shamrock tn
n wind died out again, the Shamrock con
II tinuing to hold breeze and by 335 sh
/ was nearly half a mile TO windward o
, the Bristol boat. There was a strong tid
% setting to the southwest, which seemed t,
affect Columbia more than 1t did Sham
i'd rock. AS it was necessary. according t.
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