The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-27
A RACE THAT FAILED.
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cup defender to windward of the chal-
ienger and kept her there in spite of
MS opponents efforts to get clear. CO.
iumpia, on the port tack, crossed the
DOW OF the Shamrock and then tackled
and stood for the line. Both shippers
We're in such hurry that they crossed
before the starting gun was fired.
Ihey were recalled by three short
blasts from the whistle of the commit
Tee boat Both then wore round and
Immediately after the gun had sounded
columbia on the starboard tack cross
ed the line ahead. The Columbia was
10 windward of the Shamrock. the Of.
hcjal time being:
Columbia 1l:l0 AS; Shamrock 11:11:01.
Performances of the Yachts.
The challenger went on the port tack
Just after crossing and the defender
followed her example. In order to get
Tree from the backwind of her antag-
onist which was retarding her consid-
eraoly, the Shamrock was kept broad
OH the wind and she speedily worked
clear of her rival going through the
water very fast. The Columbia held
her huff and it was noticed that when
the two were close-hauIed the Ameri-
can yacht pointed higher than the
shamrock. AT this time the wind fresh
ened a little. At 1875 o'clock the CO.
Hmbia went on the port tack and
crossed the bows of the Shamrock a
good 300 yards in the lead. This was
quite encouraging to the admirers of
the American yacht who began to fear
Ior their favorite when they saw how
fast the Shamrock footed when kept
OFF the wind with a clean full
At 1888 o'clock the Columbia was
alm0St hof MO inc 1Io -,
as she rolled in the lumpy sea. At
!2:47 O'Clock the Columbia again fell
into the --LATEST of fat Gains, while
the shamrock was enjoying the adj
vantage of a gentle air, which had a
good deal of propulsive power. Thus,
for the first and only time in the race.
the Shamrock was the leading boat
AT O'Clock both yachts were again
on the port tack, with the Columbia
good eighth of a mile to leeward.
About this time the breeze picked up
little merrier and under it's infiu-
ence the Columbia crawled up on her
rival and after few more tacks was
once more ahead of the Scotch built
boat. 1t was great piece of sea jock
ewing on the part of Capt. Barr to
make up this leeway and it was gen.
orally regarded as admirably done"
At O'Clock the Shamrock took in
her jib topsail and set one slightly
larger and of more stylish cut. 1t was
cause of wonder to the yachting ex-
perts why the splendid sails of the
Shamrock. with their greater area of
surface, were not more effective. The
canvas set on the Columbia had con-
siderably less spread, but it did excel
lent work.
Capt. Bnrr's "JOckeying."
At 3:05:32 the Columbia tackled
around the stake boat. and easing away
her main sheet and breaking out her
balloon jib topsail, was steadied on her
homeward course for Sandy Hook
lightship. She made the best of the
scanty wind, and with her sails per-
fectly trimmed, steered for the goal.
A Battle of Sails.
The Shamrock made a very good
turn, but was quite slow in setting her
jib topsail, which was one of the va
riety known as reaching" sails and
not a ballooner. 1t was excellent judg-
ment on the part of the experts on the
Shamrock to set this sail for the wind
headed the Columbia soon after MAX
ing it a rather close reach to the home
mark, and rendering 1t necessary to
take in the ballooner and replace it
with one similar to that on the Sham
rock.
The official time at the outer mark
follows:
Columbia, 3:05:32; Shamrock, 3:12:47.
The wind continued so light and with
no signs of breezing up that it became
clear that the race could not be con-
cluded within the time limit of five
and a half hours. No incident worth
recording occurred until 4:40 when the
Regatta Committee declared the race
L. ~
aobut five miles distance from Sandy
Hook lightship. The Shamrock was
a good three-quarters of a mile astern.
To sum up to-days performance of
the two yachts it may be said that In
light weather such as prevailed to-day,
the Shamrock proved to be no match
for the Columbia. What she may ac-
complish with a good wind remains to
be seen.