The Republican journal., 1899-07-13
Yachts and Boats.

S. B. Holt has rebuilt one of his small sail
boats and named her Rockweed.
The new sloop yacht Razmatang of New
York arrived here Tuesday, on the way to
Bar Harbor
The Glide is on weeks cruise down the
bay with Waterville party from Northport
Camp Ground,
The schooner yacht Priscilla of Boston ar
rived here Tuesday evening and sailed We'd
nesday morning for Bar Harbor.
The Folwell yacht Scandia was in port
last week Her spar plan has been reduced,
which greatly improves her looks as well as
her weatherly qualities.
The sloop Fred, which was let to a man
last fall has just been returned to her owner
S. B. Holt. The man was taken sick and
died while he had the boat down the bay,
and the boat was left where he last used her,
in care of fisherman.
The steam yacht Giralda E. S. Renlett,
owner of Port Jefferson, n. Y, was in port
Monday, bound to Bar Harbor. A party
from her came ashore in the afternoon and
visited places of interest in the city. She
sailed Wednesday morning,
Mr.Groeschner's steam yacht Idalette made
trip to Camden last week with the follow
ing party on board Will II. Bray, Chas H.
Bray, Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Keating Mrs.
Ira M. Cobe, Miss Alice Barlow, Miss EN-
ma Frisbee, Miss Cora A. Groeschner and
Sumner Frisbee.
There was a yacht race at Camden July
4th, managed by W. Fl. Gardiner, over the
following course: Start from line between
the steamboat wharf and stake boat; leave
bell buoy off Camden on starboard buoy off
McIntyre's point on port up to and across
the line 1t was six mile course. The
wind was light and variable. A $50 purse
was divided as follows: Victoria, 80; Hy.
| ena, S6; Tita, 81.
The cup challenger Shamrock has had a
trial spin and is pronounced the best Eng
land has yet turned out. A member of the
crew said to the correspondent OF the Asso-
! ciated Press 1.-THE Shamrock will do what
she was built for, and will beat the Yankee
She sailed admirably without hitch, and
answered her helm to perfection, which is
one of the greatest considerations. We are
going to win but it is impossible yet to
judge the yachts full capacities" Sir
Thomas Upton expressed himself as 'satis-
fed with the SPIN
June 9th the new cup defender, Columb bia,
and the old one, Defender, sailed over a
triangular course of 80 miles, 10 miles to a
leg, and the Columbia won by margin of 3
minutes SO seconds (unofficial time). There
is no doubt she would have won by larger
| margin if her sails had fitted as we'll as the
Defenders. In the windward work, while
the wind was strong Columbia was unable
to outfoot or outpont the Defender chiefly
on account of the bad set of her club topsaIl
jib topsail and forestaysail. She covered the
first leg of ten miles to windward three
minutes faster than the Defender, but one
minute of that gain made when the
wind became light and less than two miles
from the turning point. On the second
leg Columbia gained So seconds. 1t was a
reach both yachts carrying large (not bal
loon) Jib topsails. On the last leg close
hauled work in light breeze, Columbia
lost five seconds to the Defender, probably
by reason of shift of wind which favored
the Defender. Again on July Sth the Co.
lumbia and Defender met in a battle royal
In a strong and fairly steady breeze and
smooth water they sailed over course of
about twenty-six miles and in cover
/ ing that distance the Columbia fairly and
squarely outsailed the Defender by three
minutes and 13 seconds actual time. If Col
umbia. after measurement, is found to allow
Defender two minutes, she will still have
beaten her by one minute and 13 seconds
That means that she can beat her now over
full 80 mile course, the experts say, by at
least two minutes, corrected time, and that
when she is tuned up-say by the Septem-
Der races-she will easily beat her five
minutes, which is all that is required of her
could be desired. The Columbia will not
race again until after her sails are re.cut.