The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-13

crew took tn the spinnakcr shortly. /
Captain Barr gybcd her to port. /
trimmed down the staySail and bal
loon iib topsail sheets and In Just ave
minutes the Columbia had walked past
the Shamrock and was the leading
boat Captain Hoxarth gybed the
Shamrock after taking In the splnna- |
kcr at 1916. They set her spinnsker
to starboard at 1880. but only for Eve
minutes Captain HoEaTth. finding he
was losing time. took the sail In
smartly and luffed the green sloop
across the Columbia's wake. taking a
position on the starboard quarter.
The outer mark was obscurcd by n
hare. 80 that u was not visible from
the yachts until I y. IN. That did not
matter much to- either Captain Ho-
garth or Captain Barr. for they were
indulging in a luffinE match. close In
ON the Jersey beach. for more than half
an hour. Finally Captain Barr. hav-
ing the Columbia well ahead. ea&cd
sheets and kept OF for the mark at
l:OS o'clock. crossing the Shamrock's
bow onc-cighth of n mile ahead. "A
i:i7 o'clock he set the spinnakcr on
the Columbia to- starboard. and came
down for the outer mark at pe-haps
not more than a s-knot gait.
At l:eS o'clock in came the xpinna-
kcr again ON the Columbia. the wind
having hauled hack to the northzard.
and her boom was gybcd to siarbosrd
and balloon jib topSail trimmed The
Shamrock had Eybcd Eve minutes be-
fore. but she was not gaining any up
tn this time. Approaching the outer
mark the Coiumbta's crew duuscd the
balloon jib topsail smartly. and as
tsey rounded the mark. a foat bearing
red ball with n white stripe. which
had to BE- left ON the ktarhoard hand
the big main boom swung over TO
port. all sheets were trimmed ia. on
the starboard tack and the Columbia
thus began her fifteen miles of wind
ward work.
The time taken at the outer mark
as each yacht lutfed around IL MaE:
COLUMBIA I:57:s7.
SHAMROCK I:Is:sS
So IL will be seen by the Official fg-
urcs that in the run of fifteen miles
from the start to the outer mark the
Columbia outsaileI the Shamrock two
minutes and forty-four seconds. Her
elapsed time to this point was Z:Zi:z7:
Shamrock. =:et:gi.
SHARP PLAY FOR ADVANTAGE.
Captain Barr kept the Columbia on
II
ty-iVc seconds after rounding mark
when he let her come about to the port
tack. setting the baby lib topsail as
she hllsd away. In twenty seconds he
swung her about again. The sham
rock. meanwhile. stood of on the star
| board tack two minutes and tu.lVe
seconds. when Skipper HoEarth put her
about and began his uindEard work
IN earnest with the Bristol boat. The
wind vas noW northeast north. and on
the port tack both yachts wcrc heading
~tth sheets trimmed down lat within
four points of the wind. which had nov
Increased to about ten miles. u Vas
not steady. however. aud irs aukin~ss
became apparent at I:ss. When il BE-
gan heading OF the Columbia. The
shamrock tackled to starbnsrd AZ i.ss
spinning around on her heel in fifteen
seconds from full to- full. but 10 the
astnntshm.nt OF the thousands Who
witnessed the Coiumbia's next sark
htiecn seconds later. she swung around
iu the almost incredibly short space OF
ten seconds. timed by a stop watch.
Captain Hogarth. apparently feeling
confident that by n series OF short tarsts
ne could get to- the WindEard OF the
Columbia. put the Shamrock about
four times in three minutes and forty
1 N9SN@a+He-- taFA&AA Eu4suNEI suit
aud his nimble crew trimmed sheets
irst as fast az those on the shamrock
aud when they both settled dozn %
steady work again az g:is:se. the CO.
lumbia vas sill well IN the lead and
Eainins- Captain HoEarth thought 1.
best at @:-o to split tacks zith his an
taEonist. 80 he put the shamrock on
the port tack. thinking the Columbia
would not follo~. but shc did and
!. when the latter yacht tackled az z:si:z;
sh" Wss nearly q mile dead 60 Wind.
11rd of the green boat.
During the next thirty minutes .
dozen short tacss wers made. the wind
continuing auky 8ll the time. until :
ir~ minutes before O'Clock. uhea tn
Wind left the Columbia for fully a..
minutes She had the fn-shore berth
while the Shamrock. OF shore. held :
tTccsc from the northeast. When ths