Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-17
COLUMBIA WINS.
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widened the distance to windward be-
tween herself and the Shamrock fully
length. She heeled more than the
latter boat but her sails were all fun
and she was pointing higher from the
moment she started.
Capt Hogarth, thinking his boat
would be able to outfoot the COLUMBIA
sufficiently to tack across her DOW a
little later gave her good rap 1uli-
The green boat responded nobly ana 10
some it appeared that she was passing
the Columbia very fast. SO she was,
but she was losing windward ground
every minute.
When the Shamrock tackled to port,
at Ills, and the Columbia 30 SECONDS
later, it was seen that Barr mad so
placed his boat on the weather bow Of
the Shamrock as to spill the back wind
into the Shamrock's sails Hogarth
was obliged to keep broad off for about
so seconds to get out from under Co
lumbias lee.
BY 112O. the Columbia was quite an
eighth of mile to windward and out
footing and outpointing her rival all
the time.
Capt Hogarth, finding that the
Shamrock simply would not point as
high as the Columbia, tlattened down
his sheets as hard as he dared and had
to be contented with giving her a good
full and letting her go at that. The
Shamrock went about to starboard at
1880: the Columbia five seconds
later. At 11.45.30, when the Shamrock
again tackled to port, the Columbia was
fully a quarter of a mile to windward
of her when the latter tackled, five sec
onds later.
Capt. Hogarth was becoming desper-
ate now and resorted to his short tack
ing tactics in the hope that bis boat
would forc-reach sufficiently to make
a material gain to windWard. Some
idea may be gathered of the quick
work which followed when it is stated
that both yachts made seven tacks in
the next four minutes and As seconds.
the Shamrock always lacking first Al
the conclusion Of this marine duel be
tween the single stickers, Hogarth
found himself farther to leeWard than
ever. the Columbia having been. if
anything, quicker in stays and a better
fore-reacher.
At 1250.15, when the Shamrock set
tied down again to port tack and the
Columbia after standing on two min
utcs longer. came about to the Same
tack, it was found that the Bristol
boat was about half Il mile dead to
windward of her rival.
In three more tacks. the Columbia
still increased her windWard lead
The Shamrock people. at 12.25, took in
her baby jibtopsail. hoping. perhaps,
that she might point higher. but it was
evidently in vain, for in 10 minutes
they set the SAIL again. 1t was taken
in 20 minutes later for few minutes.
Each yacht made - tacks in the
windWard work and in Ill these the
Shamrock took the initiative. capt.
Barr waited for Hogarth to tack and
with but one or two exceptions he put
the Columbia about within 80 seconds
of the other boat. The last half dozen
tacks made were longer than the
others.
The outer mark which had been OBJ
scured by the mist, was visible from
the yachts soon after 1.3O. The wind
became lighter as they approached it.
but it increased in force little as the
Columbia made her last tack at 1860.
She looked very handsome as she APP
preached the mark on the port tack.
couple of her smooth bronze bilge
plates showing on her weather side.
Smartly the crew launched her spin
maker boom out to port before she had
fairly made the turn. and squared
away on her homcWard course, the
great sail was broken out from stops
the same moment the main boom
swung far off to starhOard. They We're
exactly s. seconds setting the spin
maker. The Shamrcck's men beat them
only five seconds in this work.
The official time ut the turn was:
Columbia. 1.4S.i9: Shamrock. 1.5SOS.
This shows that the Columbia was 9
minutes, ~ seconds ahead when she
rounded the mark
The elapsed time of the Columbia for
the Il miles was > hours, a minutes. Is
seconds: of the Shamrock, , hours, 81
minutes. seconds; showing that the
Columbia's gain from the actual start
had been . minutes. - seconds.
This. indeed. was a great victory for
the Columbia for both yachts had GOV
cred the distance in steady breeze
and at no time were they far enough
apart to benefit by any puffs of wind.
The Columbia's balloon jibtopsail was
set Immediately after the spinnaker
and. the head sails hauled down. she
began her 15-mile run to the finish at
n speed Of about knots an hour. The
Shamrock's balloon jibtOpsail was set
! minutes after rounding the outer
mark and for a time it seemed as
though she was overhauling the Column
bia. At the time that appeared TO be
a reasonable conclusion, because. she,
being the stern boat, was in the posi-
ton to take advantage Of any squalls
that might come along.
1t soon became evident however, that
her apparent gain was only imaginary
and that the Bristol boat was not only
holding her own, but as the nGurcs later
showed. she was really gaining IN The run
before the wind. Mile after mil" they
travelled, lost sight Of at time ~ tho f"rt
by reason Of the occasional chunks 81
mist that came along.
The finish line, marked by the commit
tee boat and the Sandy Hook liEhtship,
was not visible until the yachts We're
within couple of miles of il. Then there
was a rush of steamers to reach the goal
ahead of the yachts.
1t could not he called an exciting iinisA.
nor was ii altogether a tame one. 50 lCW
boats We're present to witness il ana the
weather was so depressing, that as a
spectacle. the finish might be called a
poor one from a picturesque standpoint
Both in time and distance the yachts
were so far apart that ii was rather 4
poor finish from a sportsmanS stand-
point.