The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
YANKEE SLOOP WINNER
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not all that could have been desired, but
such as they were our boat was never
In danger, l believe, at any point"
STORY OF THE DAY.
Thick fog and no wind gave a most
discouraging outlook at dawn for good
racing conditions. But the sun had
not been above the horizon many minutes
before the fog began to melt By Z
o'clock it had lifted entirely, while out
of the; northeast came a puff of wind full
of promise and by o'clock it had in
creased to twelve knots. AS the morn
ing wore on the sky became slightly over
cast, some of the lower clouds seeming
to have considerable speed and the
weatherwise predicted the coming Of
enough of a good breeze. Capt Barr
was early aboard the Columbia and he
was among those who cheerfully pre-
dicted a good sailing breeze.
Shamrock had a pretty silk flag at her
masthead today. the gift of the aged
mother of Designer Watson, which Sir
Thomas Upton ordered put up in a place
of honor.
By 500 o'clock both crews were lolIing
about the decks of their respective YES
sels awaiting the order to move.
Just before o'clock Mr.. jameson and
Mr.. Watson and w. Butler Duncan went
on board the Shamrock. Columbia was
first taken in tow Shamrock following
close behind her.
On board the Columbia are H. e. Nor
gan, H. c. McGildowney and Herbert
Leeds.
When the two yachts were towed out
to Sandy Hook lightship there was a fine
sailing breeze blowing nine knots from
little south of east, with d possible
promise of becoming more southerly as
the day progressed. The long. greasy
swell always a forerunner OF a storm,
came in with considerable force, and the
roll of the sea from southwark caused
by the disturbance down the coast made
it unpleasant for those unaccustomed to
ocean waves. The Columbia hosted her
white sails, sweated them up till they
showed not the slightest wrinkle or soft
spot in their whole surface. When once
her canvas was up and Sheeted home.
the Columbia cast loose from her tug
and took spin seward, steering away
to the southeast in order to get the
strength of the wind and sea- The
Shamrock, when she let go her tow, stood
to the eastward, and in a series of pre-
liminary tacks got her canvas in trim
for the serious business of the day. me
wind had freshened a bit when the tug
Navigator, with the regatta committee
aboard, anchored at the southeasterly
end of the line, with Sandy Hook light
ship forming the other extremity. Soon
afterwards signals were hoisted on the
committee tug denoting that the course
would be east by south, fifteen miles to
windward and return. The preparatory
gun was fired at 10:45.
JOCKEYING FOR I.4E START.
The Columbia had secured, meanwhile,
a berth to windward of the line while
the =. Shamrock was curveting about at
n icfo t0
jibs were hoisted in stops on both boats
and the Britisher was first to break out
hers to the breeze. Capt. Sycamore was
at her tiller down on the leeward side, as
usual. On the Columbia, Skipper Barr
was at the wheel The force of the wind
was now fully nine knots an hour IL
was sometimes puffy, and occasionally
reached the dimensions of scupper
breeze when the yachts heeled to It's
strength. The warning gun was hired at
1885, and at that time both yachts had
worked to windward of the line with the