The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-04

eastward the first time, as he had his
wind clear and was in a position to
benefit by hauling to the south, and
there were unmistakable signs that it
would do So"
starboard tack, crossed the line ahead,
| to windward of the Shamrock. The OH.
| cial time was:
Columbia-11:10:49. =
Shamrock-11:11 :01.
GOES ON PORT TACK.
The challenger went on the port tack
| just after crossing and the defender fol-
lowed her example. In order to get free
from the back wind of her antagonist,
which was retarding her considerably,
the Shamrock was kept broad off the
wind, and she speedily worked clear Of
her rival, going through the water very
fast. The Columbia held her huff, and
| 1t was noticed that when the two were
close hauled the American yacht pointed
higher tnan the challenger. At this time
the wind freshened little. The Sham
rock went about on the starboard tack
at 1928. The Columbia also tackled. TIE
American boat is quicker in stays and
gathers way faster than the Shamrock.
AT 1875 the Columbia went on the port
tack and crossed the bows of the Sham.
rock a good 300 yards in the lead. This
was quite encouraging to the admirers of
the American yacht, who had begun to
fear for their favorite when they saw
how fast the Shamrock footed when kept
on the wind with a clean field.
At 11:43 both yachts went on the star
board tack. The little extra puff only
lasted a few minutes and then II began
to die away. At 12:15 the yachts went on
the port tack, which they held until
1888, at which time the Columbia was al
most becalmed, her mainsaI slapping as
she rolled in the lumpy sea. Strange to
say, while this was happening the Sham
rock seemed to have a nice little breeze
OF her own. Both yachts then tackled,
and here it may be said that when ore
boat went about the other followed her
example, except at 12:47. when the Sham
rock went on the starboari tack and The
Columbia failed to follow her. Captain
Barr probably did this In the expecta-
ton that the breeze must come in more
from the southwark, as Is quite frequent
ly the case in the afternoon in this vi
cinity. But instead of q breeze the Co.
lumbia fell into the --LATEST OF fat Gains,
while the Shamrock vas enjoying the
advantage of L gentle air Which had a
great deal of propulsive power. Thus for
the first and only time in the race tie
Shamrock was the Leading boat.
AT l O'Clock both yachts wacc again
on the port tack, with the Colombia a
good eighth of a mile to leeward.
MERRY BREEZE PIPES UP.
The breeze piped up little merrier ana
under it's influence the Coiumnta c.aHled
up on her rival and after few more
tacks was once more ahead of the
Scotch-built boat. It was great piece
of sea jockeying on the part of Barr to
make UP this leeway, and it was gener-
ally regarded as being admirably done
About 1:2O the wind shifted from east by
north to east-southeast, which enabled
the yachts to point up pretty nearly their
due course to the outer mark, which was
anchored about five miles south of Jones
Inlet, near East Rockaway. At :23 both |
craft took the hitch to starboard, and at
l:31 they went on the port tack again |
and on the Starboard tack at 1877, stand |
ing on this leg about twenty minutes, |
when they went about until they made |
sure of fetching the mark on the star |
board tack
AT o'clock the Shamrock took in her
jib topsail and set one slightly larger and
of more stylish cut. 1t was a cause of |
wonder to the yachting experts why the
splendid sails of the Shamrock with their
greater area OF surface were not more
effective. The canvas set on the Column
bia had considerably less spread, but it
did excellent work. At 2:45 the mark was
in plain sight of the naked eye and the
increasing her lead every min
ute, was heading straight for it, When
close to it, the little tib topsail was haul
ed down and big ballooner sent up in
stops to replace 1t.
At 3:05:32 the Columbia tackled around
the stake-boat, and easing away her
mainsheet 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 sails perfectly trimmed steered for
the goal.
SLOW IN SAIL SETTING
The Shamrock made a very good turn,
but was quite slow in setting her jib top
SAIL which was one of the variety known !
as reaching sails and not ballooner
1t was excellent judgment on the part
Of the experts on the Shamrock to set
this sail, for the wind headed the Co.
umbia soon after, making 1t a rather
close reach to the home mark, and rem
iering it necessary to take in the ball
ooner and replace it with one similar to
that on the Shamrock.
The official time at the outer mark fol-
ows:
Columbia-3:05: 80.
Shamrock-S:12
The wind continued so light and no
signs of breezing up that it became clear
hat the race could not be concluded
within the time limit of five and a half
hours. No incident worth recording &C
surred until $40. when the regatta COM
nittee declared the race off. The Co
umbia was at the time about five miles
distant from the Sandy Hook lightship.
The Shamrock was a good three-quarters
If a mile astern.
To sum up today's performance of the
wo yachts, it may be said that in light
weather such as prevailed today the
Shamrock proved to be no match for the
Columbia. What she may accomplish
With a good wind remains to he seen