The San Francisco call., 1903-09-04
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held when the preparatory gun was fired
Ten minutes later, when both boats were
heading from the line, the Shamrock
luffed and forced the Reliance about,
whereupon both headed for the line. On
the way to 1t the Reliance held the ehal-
lenger under her lee, partially blanketed
Alternately lufflng and keeping away
Captain Barr prevented the Shamrock
getting away from him and across the
line, but two minutes after the starting
gun and at the sound of the gun indicat.
ing the expiration of the handicap, Cap
tain Wringe luffed the Shamrock across
the stern Of the Reliance and the two
boats went across the line together. The
official starting time was:
Reliance -. Observation-Disclosures. 1 :01 :56
0udlnrOcK ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1:U2:UO
The Shamrock actually crossed the hne
al 1:O2:03 and suffered a handicap of three
seconds.
Both were heading seaward, but as the
Reliance from the lee bow of the Sham
rock was backwinding her headsails the
Shamrock III promptly whirled about
and headed down the Jersey coast. The
Reliance held on for minute and then
followed. The maneuver placed the Reli-
ance to windward, but astern of the chaI-
lenger.
They went off at swift pace in
freshening breeze. Captain Wringe at
tempted to outsail the defender by CIV
ing his boat a good full and letting her
romp away at a fast clip, while Captain
Barr pinched the Reliance close to the
wind and cleverly nursed her toward the
turning mark. The Shamrock at first
footed faster, but the Reliance more than
made 1t good by outpointing her.
AMERICAN YACHT GAINS.
For more than an hour they sailed on
that tack down past the shore of Sandy
Hook and the highlands of Navesink to
Seabright, and during all that time the
reliance steadily worked up to windward
of the beaten challenger, outpointing and
outfooting her at the same time, and
passed to windward of her. When they
tackled off Seabright. heading seaward,
the American boat had gained a quarter
of a mile straight to windward of the
British craft. On this new tack Captain
Wringe again gave his boat good full,
and she cut through the Reliance's gain
at an alarming gait, but all to no pur-
pose Pinched into the wind or with
rapful, the Shamrock was hopelessIy out
cassed.
After an hours turn offshore they
sailed toward Long Branch for a half
hour. captain Barr attempted to make
mitch offshore, but the Shamrock would
not follow, and he took the Reliance
around again to keep her company. Mean
While the Reliance had steadily gained.
and when at $40 o'clock both boats head
ed of to the mark, six miles away. the
reliance was a good mile ahead and
gaining.
Heel1ng to freshening wind and Jump
ing INTO a rising sea, which at times
Threw their long bows high out of the
water, to come down with a splash that
sent miniature clouds of foam flying from
under their powerful shoulders, the boats
m a u yiflcr
1hey We're gaining in speed with every
mile, and the Shamrock III was a long
mile astern when the Reliance whirled
ABOUT the mark and towering stretches
of canvas broke and bellied out from her
sp1nnaker pole and over her lee how
Ihe homeward stretch had begun. The
poats were timed at the turn as follows:
Reliance s.4o.25
Shamrock .. - . - % %
The Reliance had gained eleven min
utes and three seconds in the thresh to
Windward, and, barring accident~ the Wis.
tory was hers.
AS the boats started to turn homewar1
under spinnakers and balloon lib top
sails a split about three feet long an
peared in the foot of the Reliance,s snip-
maker, but as it drew well Captain Rarr
continued to carry it, For three-ouarters
or an hour the only variation was a slow
gain by the leading boat
FOG ENVELOPS RACERS.
The sky was clear and the slanting ravs
OF the yellow western sun were paint
ing a beautiful marine picture. with tba
two yachts as center figures, when at 4:20
CLOCK with almost half the course yet
to be sailed, thick bank Of fog came
rolling in before a southeast wind and
enveloped the Shamrock in gray mist
that shut her out of sight of the fleet.
The Reliance ran along for five min
utes longer with the sun glinting upon
her sails until the fog bank reached her
ana she' too' disappeared from sight AS
1t caught her she felt also a heavier wind
from the southeast, smothering her spin
maker and leaning to the wind through
the mist. The two racers sailed in that
dangerous fashion at top speed for an
hour