Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-09
VANITIE LEADS
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annual regatta. In that contest the
Shimna captured the Puritan cup, the
principal trophy.
The gale of the past two days was be-
ginning to subside when the three yachts
made sail this morning. The Defiance
started half an hour ahead of the others
and on getting outside of the mouth of
Narragansett bay found 20-knot breeze
and a sea white with rolling pillows.
She had sailed about two miles on the
way out to the start when two of her
aluminium peak halyard blocks gave way.
dropping her GAIT about 10 feet and put
ting her out of commission for the day S
sport. She swung around and headed
back into the harbor, meeting the other
two yachts as they came bravely out in
the strongest conditions under which
they have yet been tried.
The preliminary signal was sounded at
11.30 and two minutes later the Resolute
had trouble with her fore staysail and
lost. several valuable minutes fixing it.
The warning signal had been blown when
she came up to wrestle with the Vanitie
for the better berth at the line. The
time however, was too short and Mr..
Adams on the Herreshoff creation was
forced to give way to Capt. Haff on the
Vanitie, crossing in a bad place three
seconds astern.
The yachts sailed nearly u miles due
south with the breeze gradually dropping
from Is to 10 miles. and with long roll
hitting the starboard bows 1t was soon
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work of the seas than the Resolute.
The Vanitie held fully as high and foot
ed quite as fast as her rival, so that the
two yachts sailed for more than an hour
hard on the starboard tack without eth
err gaining an advantage of more than a
few seconds.
Mistake with Resclute
Then came the Resolute's second
mistake, the first being her loss of po-
sition at the start Believing that he
was overstanding the mark, Mr.. Adams
tackled to port at 1887, followed 10 Sec
onds later by the Vanitie. AS the
yachts neared the buoy it was seen
that those on the Resolute had made
a miscalculation and that the mark
could not be reached on that tack.
But to windward. Captain Half was
holding the Vanitie straight for the
buoy. The Resolute drove by the mark
to ieeward and then tackled to star
board for 1t, meeting the vanitie COM
ing up on the port tack. For a few
minutes it was a question whether
the Resolute would force the Cochran
yacht about or go under her stern.
The vanitie proved her worth by
crossing the ResoIute's bow with a
hundred yards to spare and few
moments later wore around the turn.
The Resolute soon began to close up
the gap, but when she had gained
enough to cut the vanitie's wind, the
latter smothered her spinnaker and
started luffing out to the westward.
There was but little difference between
the two boats for the next two miles,
but six miles from the finish the Van
lite began to draw away. Four miles
from the committee tug she was near
" half a mile ahead of the Resolute
and rs both were moving rather slow
ly before the decreasing breeze it look
ed as IL the Cochran yacht had saved
her 1 minute and IS seconds time
which she allows the flag officers sloop
on a 30-mile course.
But the wind proved tickle and after
dangling ~ days honors in front OF
the Vanitie, dropped astern and hand
I'd them over the rail Of the Resolute
In the last three miles the Herreshoff
yacht drew up rapidly and at one
time was nearly abreast of the Gar
diner boat. Both took in their spin