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the starting denal would BE- given. and then
the Cone.ifution broke out her forsstay-
Capt. khodes had Judged his tina well
and ths nov yacht went over ths line nine
ssconds after the sgnai, and the Columbi.
was three points aft Of the beam and the
Constitution carrisd . No. 2 jib topsail
and balloon forestaysail. whils the Colum-
bia had larger jib topsail. Booms wers
trimmed In ratbsr fat, TO keep them nom
swinging out: and the headsails were doing
to draw ahead. Before they had got very
far on their course IL was seen that Capt.
Rho,ies's judgment had been better. The
\ wind haulsd a little TO the eastward, COM
ing east-northeast and the big jib topsail
! on the Columbia could not bs kept full II
| was lowered and q smaller one set In its
| place while the balloon forestaysail on the
Constitution was also taken In and smaller
staysai set. The Constitution opcned
quite q gap between tho boats and when
| the first mark was reached she was half .
mile In the lead. The Constitution gybed
around the mark at 600 and the Column
bic at i0s3s. The times on this leg were
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The Constitution on this leg lad gained
Q minutes II seconds.
! After turning the mark tho wind fiat
tened out considerably. The Constitu..
ton at once set q balloon jib topsail and
kept II full by holding to the north Of the
| course Capt Barr had a spinnaker put
on the Columbia and that yacht sailed
moro to the south. The iib and forestay.-
| sail on the Constitution were lowered,
stopped up and hoisted again ready to
break out when wanted and then the spin.
maker pole was lowered to starboard and
at ilS0n the big ligh. sail was hoisted out
board and broken out. IL would not break
! at first, some OF the stops being too tight
and the Wind being too Ilgh, to hold them.
The Columbia had In the meantime sent up
balloon jib topsail and was doing very
we'll The wind had gone to the east by
north and the course was west, half south,
40 that II was almost dead run, The
Columbia got lift by this shift and while
well to the south Of the Constitution had
picked up some on that boat.
Then the wind hattened out again and
the two boats were In the doldrums. Capt.
Barr was evidently looking for the wind
| to do more to the south. and he was right
In sailing the courss he did. for at 15sOo
| II came In east southeast, but the Constitu-
tion got this change first. Her spinnaker
| was doused and the boom gybed TO star
| board two minutes later The balloon
| jib topsail was lifted over the stay and she
| hauled more TO the south, keeping ahead
! Of the Columbia. The older boat lowered
| her spinnaker at 20500 and at 2O6:30 she
| gybed her boom over. Ten minutes later
| the wind was far enough aft again for the
| Columbia to reset her spinnaker, and the
| Constitution followed her example at 1000.
This wind did not last long. but while
II did the Constitution rapidly drew away
from the older boat, bur at 2:330O there was
a hmm inn N w
backed to northeast by'north. The CO.
umbia was the first TO get this shift and,
taking In her spinnaker, the boom was
again gybed TO starboard and the yacht
picked IN on the Constitution very fast.
T he G. Institutions spinnaker was lowered
at 234+0 and two mintues later she gybed
and then 80. her forestaysail. The mark
was very near and the balloon was lowered
and a small jib topsail run up in its place.
She hifed around the mark at 2+459, and
the Columbia, after changing her balloon
for a small jib topsail which was broken
out before the mark was reached, luffed
by the mark at 2:5o39. The time on this
leg was as follows:
Turn. Turn. Iims
Yah. H.N.s. INNS. Nm >.
Constitution .......... Il % 90 ~ 50 ~ 50
Columbia .... ......... O8 IS SO 30 ~ oil
On this leg. which was the most fiuky
of the race. the Constitution gained min
utes 2 seconds.
The Constitution was luffed sharp. to
trim sheets down and kept on the star
board tack. but Just before the Columbia
passed the mark she went TO port tack
and then broke out her baby jib topsail.
The Columbia kept on the starboard
tack and as she lufIed by the mark the
Constitution went back on starboard
tack. keeping to weather Of the older boat
Capt Barr did not like this and at 2;52 90
he put the Columbia on the port tack and
twenty seconds later the Constitution fol-
lowed on the same tack. She was much
slower In tacking than the Columbia and
in these few short tacks tho Columbia
they were heading northeast and were
lee bowing the tide. The wind hattened
out again and little headway was made.
This offshore tack was held until 3O4.
when the Columbia took the starboard
tack. and forty seconds later the Con-
stifution followed. keeping on the Colum-
bias weather bow. They we're then head
ing north and the Columbia had picked
up some more. At 3O6OO Capt. Barr tried
the short tacks again, putting his boat
about and the Constitution followed fifteen
seconds later. She bobbed up and down
| in the sea for a time and at 3:l300 both took
| the starboard tack.
Then the wind freshened and came east
half south. They were in such position that
| IL it held true they could lay their course
! for the finishing line, and the Columbia by
| the change was placed on the weather
| Of the wake Of the Constitution. The Con-
stitution's small iib topsail was lowered
and a larger one sent up in its place. This
was rather a fatal change, for the wind a
| few minutes later headed the yachts on
again. and with the bigger sail the Con-
stitution was not able 10 point with
the Columbia. The change came at
$500, the wind backing to the
northward and freshening. The Column
bis was pinched a little while the
Constitution sagged on. The Columbia
was rapidly closing on the Constitution,
she was carrying the freshening breeze
with her, and soon Capt Rhodes made
a short hitch Of two minutes In order To
/ to keep he Constitution on the weather Of
| the Columbia. The Columbia. however.
! pulled through the lee of he Constitution.
and at All 90 Capt Rhodes finding that
! the larger jib topsal on the Constitution
was not doing her any good II was lowered
and small one sent up in its place. The
/ Columbia was sailing on the lee bow of
| the Constitution and Capt Rhodes kept
/ tho Constitution going until he could fetch
1 the line forcing the Columbia to overstand,
At 4:20.30 the Constitution went on the
! port tack, sheets were cased slightly and
! with her headslilS drawing we'll she stood
! for the finishing line. The Columbia tackled
| a minute later and soon after her sheets
were eased slightly. The Constitution
! moved very fast and increased her lead
| but the line was too near for her to get far
enough ahead to Offset the Colulnbia's