The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-28

| commanding lead.
The Shamrock astern was bringing up a
better breeze with her, and for rev min, !,
OF the Reliance. She took the port tack
at 1889, and sbon lost this favOring puff.
The Reliance took the port tack at l:4l:40
and at l:48 she took the starboard tack
to fetch the mark, which by that time was
plainly in sight. The Shamrock took the
! starboard tack at l:483O, and was then
following along in the wake OF the defend
ing yacht, but q long distance astern.
The Reliance was unable to fetch the
mark on this tack and at 1:4520 she took the
starboard tack,
TURNING FOR HOME.
AT 1:55:1S she bore off round the mark
and started on her homeward journey.
The spnnaker pole had been lowered to
port before she had fetched the mark
and as soon as she was around the turning
point the main sheet was eased broad of
to starboard and the spinnaker hoisted
to the masthead and outboard. II was
broken out at 1:58.O5. or just fifty seconds
after the yacht had eased of at the mark.
Then the bowsprit men got out, ran down
| the baby jib topsail and sent up the balloon.
| This big sail was broken out at l:5S:40. The
! jib and fore staysail were lowered and the
men settled down for the long journey
| home.
| The Shamrock in the meantime had been
| standing in on the starboard tack to fetch
the mark. At 2:O1 she passed close astern
of the American boat. She took the port
| tack at 2:O44n, and her spinraker pole was
| dropped down to port ready for Use as soon
as she went by the mark.
Capt. Wringe had to pinch little in order
to fetch. ard she bore on round the turning
point at 2O7A6.
Tie men on board the Shamrock made a
jump to change the sails; the spinnaker was
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and broken out twenty-four secords after
she turned the mark, and in this they beat
the men on the Reliance hapdly. In chang
ing the baby iib topsail fer balloon. how
ever they were not so smart, that big sail
not being out until 2l2:3O
TINE OF THE OUTWARD BEAT.
On the beat out 10 the mark. the Reliance
had made twelve tacks. while Shamrock
had fetched the mark In eight The times
over this leg of the course were;
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s ss1lsass l e e g . s.s s ssss !. .s
Taking the time from the handicap gum
from which the yachts were officially
started, the Reliance had beaten the Sham
rock ~ minutes and 81 seconds. But tim
ing the yachts from when they actually
went over the line, the Reliance had beaten
In distance, the Reliance was about mile
ahead Of the Shamrock. The wind was
very light
The Reliance, whea she turned the mark.
had hours 80 minutes and 45 seconds
in which to run back fifteen miles, and
from the start 1t seemed very doubtful
II she would be able to accomplish that.
ADVERSE TIDE AGAIN
By this time the tide had changed and
nINI ~ hn I,nr ar
that the yachts had to buck head tide all
the way home, which increased In strength
the further they went, until when they
got near the lightship 1t was running about
two knots an hour.
On board the Reliance this was evt-
IDENTIFY noted carefully and every effort
was made to get all the speed possible out
OF the boat The men were constantly
trimming In and Stacking on the main
sheet. and considerable attention was paid
to the flow of the spinnaker and balloon
lib topsail. The sheet Of the spinnaker
was flowed far enough forward to let the
wind spill into the balloon and keep that
sail drawing as much as possible. The spin
maker and balloon were small sails made
OF light material that lifted easily in the
air, and they were kept full nearly all the
time.
On the Shamrock big spinnaker was
used, very long on the foot, so that II
dropped away below the spinnaker pole.
The balloon jib topsail was also big SAL cut
much fuller than that used on the Reliance,
and 1t was trimmed in too fiat. The spinna-
ker sheet was trimmed in and the wind
had little play through these sails Conse-
quenly they were often hanging limp
and not doing much good TO the yacht,
RACE WITH THE CLOCK.
Before an hour had gone it was evident
that it was a race against time. The inter-
est in the contest bet ween the Reliance
and the Shamrock had all died out, and
1t was simply question as TO whether he
Reliance would get 10 the finishing line
before tho time limit. II she got
there the series OF races OF 1903 for the
Americas Cup would end with the Reliance
winner II she failed, the Shamrock
would still have another chance.
This was fully realized on all the yachts
and excursion steamers forming the two
lines on each side of the lane Of water down
which the yachts were sailing. It was
hard 10 tell how fast the boats were going.
, and only the most expert could judge OF
the speed OF the vessels on which they
were travelling
! At 3:25 the wind lightened, and Reli-
ance's balloon was aback, but twelve min
/ utes later il breezed on again, and she
! seemed to be doing much better. Then
the Highlands Of Navesink doomed up
! through the mist and bets were freely
made on the yachts failing TO get to the
! line in time. The time limit expired at
1872, and JUST fifty minutes before that time
! the masts Of the lightship could be made
out above the horizon.
A few minutes after this the Reliance
( took in her spinnaker and. hauling more
on the wind. stood in toward the High
lands, keeping her balloon lib topsai draw
ing we'll ard footing fast. The tide was
setting to the east, and this move was to
Offset the current which might have set
the boat to astwsrd OF the line.
She held on with her balloon for ten min
utes, and then at 4:03 set the splnnaker
again, bearing off toward the line. She
was then well to the westward OF her course,
but the tide was sending her 70 the east
rapidly.
The wind breezed UP little, and II looked
to many as though she would Just be able
to fetch, At the finishing line the Regatta
Committee and several members OF tho
gator were waiting for the yachts. The
excursion steamers and yachts gathered
in mass around the line, and the Reliance
came on and on. Every one YVES holdin z
watch and figuring whether she would
do IL.
When the time had elapsed all but five
minutes and she was still nearly a mile
away it was plain that 1t would be no rnce
At 4.32 a gun was fired on the Navigator
and the flag letter NJ was run up on the
stay. This signified that the time limit had
expired and the race was OF, for the day.
The Reliance kept on and as she neared
the line the balloon iib topsai was lowered
She crossed the line at 4,3s;3O and received
as much applause from the fleet az If she
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