The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-26
been honestly striving to send their own
bulletins. Much of the interference was
obviously malicious.
DETAILS OF THE RACE.

mary Jockeying Capt. Barr of the Re-
nance, got the windward position,
blanketing the Shamrock III and chung
to it through various maneuvers until
the warning gun had been fired, when
Capt. Wringe had got clear of the Re-
lance.
At the sound of the gun Shamrock
III bore off to leeward and away from
Reliance, while Capt. Barr tackled I'M
der the stern of the Navigator as the
starting gun was fired, and crossed
the line only thirty-six seconds behind
the gun.
The Shamrock III kept away from the
line almost until the handicap gun, then
tackled and crossed it handicapped by
l9 seconds, for which no allowance was
| made to her. The 10 seconds was dead
loss.
The official starting time was:
Reliance. 11:00:36.
Shamrock III, IL 02 90.
The actual starting time of Shamrock
was 11:O2:19.
Once fairly away Capt. Wringe of
Shamrock III resumed his tactics of
the previous race, gave his boat a good
rap full and sailed through the Reli-
ance's lee and got under her lee bow.
Capt. Wringe's maneuver gave him u
| wind clear of interference, and when
once sa tisfied that Reliance could not
blanket his boat. he flattened in his
sheets and began to point closer to the
wind. Capt. Barr, however was nurs-
ing Reliance up to windward in mas
| ter1y fashion.
Gap Began to Widen.
Half an hour after the start the gap
between the two boats had widened
materially. Reliance was pointing
higher and the Shamrock footing fast
er. They were half mile apart when
they tackled off Highland Beach at
11:42 The Reliance was the first to go
about
When both yachts were filed away
it was clear that the Reliance was
gaining. Shamrock III was far astern
and very little to windward of the Re-
Iiance's course. Meantime the wind had
been increasing and was now blowing
at the rate of seven knots.
The race was being fought out on
the same lines as the previous one.
The Reliance sought to make her gain
by outpointing the British boat, while
the latter endeavored to make up for
what she had lost in pointing by foot
ing faster with a rap full.
At noon the wind had increased to
ten knots and hauled about a point to
westward, so that both yachts could
lay straight course to the turning
mark not more than two miles distant
Without making another tack, both
boats had made the turn of the first
mark as follows:
hellahce .....'................. .12:21:30
shamrock .........,............ .12:24:45
Run to Second Turn.
Though the Reliance had a lead of
three minutes and fifteen seconds, she
still lacked six seconds of making up
the time allowance and the difference
of one minute and twenty-four sec
onds at the start.
Both captains broke out balloon lib
topsails when they squared for the Sec
ond turn. The wind was so far aft
that they quickly discovered that in
stead of being a broad reach, as in
tended, the course to the turn was
run. Spinnaker booms were guyed
out and the great sails added to the
tall reaches of canvas.
Both yachts were heading off their
course bit in order to make their
spinnaker draw well and they ran
, that way for half an hour, when the
| Reliance smothered her spinnaker and
| began to set her staySail Ten minutes
after Reliance, the Shamrock also took
in her spinnaker. With the wind over
their quarters both yachts made fast
time of it, but it was apparent that
Reliance was gaining. They made the
Reliance, 1:17:50.
Shamrock, 1:21:45.
Reliance Gained 40 Seconds.
The Reliance was leading by three
I 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-
j tablshed a margin to her credit Of
| thirty -four seconds. With close race
still to be made, there was faint hope
| for the challenger.
The Reliance whirled about the mark,
gybed over, trimmed in her sheets and
romped away on a close reach towards
| Sandy Hook lightship, and the finish
| line She was three quarters of mile
away before the Shamrock rounded the
mark. Both yachts were heeling before
a twelve knot wind from south by west
and were sailing at least one mile an
hour faster than the wind was blow
ing.
Their sheets were eased just enough
| to put them on almost their best point
| of sailing and one upon which the Re-
! lance has often demonstrated that she
| is faster than any racing craft ever
! built. She was heeled just enough to
bring her long overhang to bear, and
give her the benefit of her great sailing
length.
AS the wind softened the Reliance
first set baby jib topsail, which the
! Shamrock had been carrying since
| turning the second mark, and then
exchanged it for big reaching jib
topsail in which the Shamrock prompt
| ly followed suit.
Shamrock Was Gaining.
The two yachts held their relative
positions for about mile. When the
! Reliance was a mile from the finish
line the wind died away considerably,
but the Shamrock came bounding along,
carrying a splendid breeze, and fast
! overhauling the leader.
It looked as though the British boat
was going to get within her time al
| lowance, but the finish line, was too
near, and the Reliance slipped across 1t
with one minute and nineteen seconds
! to spare.
The official time:
Cor
Elapsed. rected
Name. start. Finish. time. time.
Reliance
1i:OO:ss 2:15:sO S:14:54 S:14;54
Shamrock Ill
11:O2:OO 2:20:10 31s:1O 3:16:13
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