The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
RELIANCE AND COLUMBIA SAIL
NEW IACHT DiSTURRS WATER
MORE THAN THE OLD BOAT.
4 Brush Bet wccn the Rival Cup Defenders
Notwithstanding q Three Hours sp'n
the Reliance Makes Fast Tine III
Light Wind-Sails set Indilferentv.

TDF nealy tnree hours Ses'e'No! 49,
noon the Reliance sailed up and down the
Sound in n light breeze that backed ana
| hauled from cast southeast TO east ny
north Part Of the time the wind was
very light. but the new yacht always man
aged to keep way on and apparently
made fast tine for the conditions. Then
the wind freshened 20 that 1t was blowing
at about knots strength. and the henancc
+ heeled to her lines and moved much laster'
She was tried beating reaching and run
ing and put on balloon jib topsaii TOT the
first time.
! The Constitution remained at her moor
ings at Glen Cove all day, but the Columbia,
late in the afternoon beat down the Sound
from City Island, carrying gaff topsah
set over lower sails Her sails set beauti-
| fully, and the old boat looked remarkably
well She appeared to be going through
the water very fast. and several old SALTS
who watched the two boats from HUDSON
! Park New Rochelle, thought that 'ne
Columbia was doing every bit as well as inc
Reliance. One thing that was very appar-
ent was that she made less fuss in the water
than the new yacht. When the COLUMBIA
passed Sands Point lighthouse the ke-
| lance was coming in from the eastward
carrying spnnaker
| The Columbia was on the starboaro TACK
| heading toward the northeast, ana nor
| course brought her very near to the NJ
| lance. II was expected that Mr.. lsellh
would haul on the wind again with the
! Reliance and have short brush with tina
| older boat, but when they were abeam Oh
each other they dipped their flags, the
Reliance ran 10 her IN oorings and the Co.
lumbia soon afterward headed for Glen
| Cove. where she anchored for the night.
II ia not probable that the three yachts
will have any trials until they meet in the
first race. which is TO he sailed on lhlrs-
day. Nav 81. Mr. isclin would very much
like to try the Reliance against either oi
the others, but Mr. Belmont and MIR. Morgan
do not care to have their yachts act as trial
boats for the new one and prefer 10 wait
for a race when all three will he in good
trim.
The sails OF the Reliance sct very poorly
The mainsai is very full on the leach and it
Napped badly all day long. 1t has stretched
considerably and there are wrinkles uhoer
the gaT and along the boom
This sail will have to be recu' before II
fits properly, but it is doubtful if this viii
lp tlDllN uNIIl IL mas 'r'''ii N'''''''N'' ''''N
more. One old salt who was watching
the Yacht said Il have seen !nainsails
'scandal2ad,' but | never saw such scan
dalous mainSail as that one. When we
Columbia ranged near the Reliance. the
contrast between the sails of the two boats
was very marked, The fro staysail OF the
Reliance is full on the leach and That sail
shook badly in the wind. The IN $1,000
well, but il has a niger heel at the clew
and looks as though it is pulled out 81 shape
already The baby jib topsail was he
best fitting sail in the suit, and it did very
good work in the light breeze. Tho spin
maker was the same rs used in the trials
last week. II is much larger piece of
canvas than the one used on the first trial
of the yacht and ii drops way below the
boom The first spinnaker used on tho
Yacht WAS cut straight on the foot and is
probably for use in strong winds. The
balloon jib topsail is made Of very light
material and il also very large piece of
canvas.
There was q fog on the Sound early in
the morning and very little wind. The
Reliance on Sunday afternoon had crossed
the Sound under jib and fore staysail to
find safer mooring, as the wind was very
strong and Mr. Iselin did no, wish to risk
the yachts dragging her anchor. About
a:aO O'Clock line was passed to the tender
Sunbeam and she towed the Reliance back
: TO her mooring Off Premium Point.
The crew was busy during the morning
ovcrhauling things generally, and at /
clock the covers We're taken off the main
sail and that piece of canvas was hoisted.
Then an Intermediate sized club topsail
was sent aloft and the lib and fore staysail
were scnt up in stops. AT o'clock she
sails and stood TO the southwest on the
port tack. The wind was very light from
the east by south and the tide was running
to the west, She moved fast for the cond-
tons but was aided very much by the tide
Five minutes after getting under way
baby jb topsail was sent up and this sail
seemed to help her very much.
| The air was catching the club topsail
and the jib topsail and ~ pressure gave her
a slight heel, She made a little fuss in the
! tho impression that she was moving much
faster than she really was. Two minutes
| later she took the starboard tack and was
heading back toward Premium Point.
Then she bore of for a while and took the
wind abeam. She sailed about for some
| course until 2l3 O'Clock. and then Capt.
Barr put the yacht on the port tack, and she
headed toward the Long Island shore.
This tack was held for Ave minutes, when
! she tackled again. In the middle OF the
Sound, where the Reliance was at that
time. there was better breeze, and she
was sailing in streak that gave her nice
heel ard she footed much faster. This
breez, gradually increased in strength,
and by $50 the yacht was of Larchmon,
and going better than she had at any time
during her trial.
At 2:35 she took the port tack and headed
| toward Matinicock Point. She made two
more short tacss, and Mt 2:59 bore Off and
sent up balloon jb topsail She had the
wind then over her port quarter. and the
big sail filled wella the yacht reached very
| fast. At S:o5 she was put before the wind
! The spinnaker pole was lowered to port,
the sp.nnaker hoisted and broken out,
the crew handling the big sail as smartly
as though the yacht had been in commission
for several weeks instead of only for few
| days.
The spnnaker was carried for just seven
minutes. and then it was quickly doused.
and, hauling more on the wind the Reliance
reached toward New Rochelle At $40 the
balloon Jill topsal was run down, and two
| minutes later the yacht hauled on the wird
| again, stood on the port tack toward the
Long Island shore and sent up the baby
jb topsail again few tiny white caps
were showing on The surface OF the water
by this time, which indicated TINT the breeze
was at least Of eight knots strength.