The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-09-05

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every reason to believe that in reaching
and running, which are her two strong
est points of sailing, she would quickly
overcomeHthat Official six seconds. Both
captains broke out balloon lib topsails
when they squared for the second turn.
The wind was so far aft that they
quickly decided that, instead of being
broad reach, as intended, the course
to the turn was a run. Spinnaker booms
were guyed out, and the great sails
added to the tall reaches of canvas.
Staysails were taken in, and, with spin
maker booms guyed well forward the
yachts ran away for the turn. Both
We're heading off their course a bit in
order to make their spnnakers draw
well, and they ran that way Tor half an
hour, when the Reliance smothered her
spinnaker and began to set her stay
sail. During that time she did not APP
pear to have gained an inch, but imme-
diately On laying her true course she
began to draw away. Ten minutes af-
ter the Reliance the Shamrock III also
took in her spinnaker, set her staysail
and headed for the mark. With the
wind over their quarter, both yachts
made fast time of it, but it was appar-
ent that the Reliance was gaining.
They made the seci nd turn as follows:
Reliance, 1:17:50; Shamrock, L: 81: 45.
The Reliance was leading by three
minutes, fifty-five seconds, having
gained forty seconds in the run across
from the first to the second mark She
had overcome the time allowance, made
good the difference at the start and es-
tablished margin to her credit of thir-
ty-four seconds. With a close reach still
to be made, there was faint hope for
the challenger. The Reliance whirled
about the mark, jibed over, trimmed in
her sheets and romped away on a close
reach toward Sandy Hook lightship apd
the finish line. She was three-quarters
of a mile away before the Shamrock III
rounded the mark. Both yachts We're
heeling about the tWelVe-knot wind
from south by west and We're sailing at
least one mile an hour faster than the
wind was blowing. Their sheets We're
eased just enough to put them on al
most their best point of sailing and one
upon which the Reliance has often de-
monstrated that she IS faster than any
racing craft ever built. She was heeled
just enough to bring her long over
hangs to bear and give her the benefit
of her greater sailing length.
The guide vessel, Coastwise, was
scurrying along ahead of her at full
speed, but the Reliance was overhaul
ing her inch by inch, and when the
ligntship hove tair III sight, about two
miles away, was not more than quar-
ter of a mile astern of the guide vessel.
mile further on the Coastwise sheer
ed off and gave the Reliance a clear
course to the finish. AS the wind soft
ened the Reliance first set a baby jib
topsail, which the Shamrock had been
carrying since turning the second mark,
and then exchanged it for a big reach
ing jig topsail, in which the Shamrock
promptly followed suit,
When the Reliance was a quarter of a
mile from the finish line the wind died
away considerably, but the Shamrock
III came booming along, carrying a
splendid breeze and fast overhauling
the leader. 1t looked as though the
British boat was going to get within
her time limit, but the finish line was
too close, and the Reliance slipped
across it with one minute and nineteen
seconds to spare. The Shamrock III
finished in a softening wind and both
boats were taken in tow to Sandy Hook.
The official time:
ELAPSED Corrctd
Start Finish Time. Time
Reliance :. .11:0O:36 2:15:SO 3:14:54 3:14:54
Shamrock IL 02:00 2:20:10 3:1S:10 3:16:13