Evening star., 1901-05-06
Challenger Had an Easy Task Sailing
Close Hauled.
EVENLY MATCHED BEFORE TEE WIND
Sailing Off the Wind Speed Was
About Equal.
RESULT OF SECOND TRIAL

SOUTHAMPTON May 6.-The Shamrock
ii had her second spin this morning.
fresh. squaly northeast wind promised
just the conditions Captain Sycamore de-
sired to supplement Saturdays light
breeze trial. The chief interest now CEN
ters in the cup challengers behavior when
poking her long bow into rough sea. Mr.
Watson. the designer. is so pleased with
Saturdays performance that he has gone
to London and probably Will not return to
witness todays trial.
preliminary brush between the two
Shamrocks is expected Wednesday, but
the first match race round set course is
not likely to take place till late in the
week. or early next week. Mr.. Fife will
arrive here Wednesday to take charge of
the Shamrock l.
The preparations for getting under way
were started early. When the two Sham
rocks were still inside Southampton water
the wind drew north and became lighter.
The challenger set a club topsail and the
shamrock i set much larger club topsail.
They had the wind dead aft down the
water. The challenger went out under
mainSan and topSail only. The Shamrock
/ set jib. At the start the challenger ran
out ahead. but the Shamrock |, catching
better breeze, soon began to overhaul her.
The challenger set jib and StaySail but
though the breeze here was light and the
water smooth the Shamrock / held close
astern. losing nothing from Nettley to Cal
shot. There they hauled in the wind and
reached along in fresher breeze, the chal-
ienger leading by half a minute passing the
spit light.
Challenger Draws Ahead.
After clearing the Spit light. the yachts
reached off for few minutes, and the
challenger drew away from the other fast
and steadily. The boats bore away for
Cowes, to take SaiImaker Ratsey on board.
Both were then ranged in line off the
squadron Castle, and the Erin gave the
signal to 60 The challenger was Well
placed to windward. but apparently she
desired to give the Shamrock l the advan-
tage of a start for the new boat was de-
bberateiy reached off across the stern of
the other and took up A position half a mile
away on her lee quarter. with the intention.
1t seemed. of trying whether she could
make up this on the fetch-out to I.vming-
ton
Both sailed far enough off the wind to
keep their sails and the challenger footed
much faster than the Shamrock I. Passing
close astern of the old boat. the Shamrock
ii was lufed up and, pointing wonderfully
high and sailing fast for few minutes,
she was able to pass the old boat wide to
weather and bear away across her bows,
fact which gave ample proof that she
not pushed to her full stretch.
Previously the Erin had gone ahead and
stopped, forming mark for the boats to
round.
The challenger might easily have been
first. but she bore away and waited for the
Shamrock | to round the mark, following
TWO minutes later
No Match for the Challenger.
All the way down the Shamrock had a
good ten-knot breeze, and a strong tide
with little sea, was with them. Under these
conditions the Shamrock 1 was no match
for the challenger.
Jib and tOpsail We're set as the boats ran
back to Cowes roads. All the way back
they had strong tide and stern wind
which fell lighter. The booms were Well
off and the wind we'll astern. Going free
in this manner. the new yacht was quite
unable to catch the Shamrock / and for
five miles there was no perceptible change
in their positions. a big reaching iib was
tried on the Shamrock III, but even then
The older boat held her distance and at the
hnIsh of the spin the gap between them
was possibly the same as when they start
The result of today's spin indicates that
While the cup challenger is vastly superior
10 the old boat when going close-hauled
the older boat can travel equally fast when
going OFF and before the wind
Views of a Correspondent.
LONDON. May Ga yachting CORE
spondent of the Times. after asserting
that Saturdays trial '.justifes the high
opinions already expressed about the
challenger" comments on the absence of
resistance and says:
She makes a deal of fuss on the s11r-
face. but there is no drag underneath.
She skins along more sweetly and with
less apparent resistance than any other
Yacht We have Yet built on this side of the
Atlantic.
So far as could he Judged she seemed
10 Ipit a remarkably good wind nd 70
start quickly away i'm the lightest of
ireezes In estimating the value of trials
II must be kept in mind that the conditions
We're exactly those in which it was ex-
pected she would show 10 the best ad,-a~-
tage-
The manner In which she justified high
expectations augurs well. however. for her
performance under other conditions"