The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-10-30
CANADIAN
LED AT START
i4a
IA OF THE RACE
Neck and Neck Struggle on
First Leg, But With the
Canadian Rounding the
Mark First-Esperanto
Pulled Up and Passed ON
Second Leg.

Halifax, n. S., Oct. 30--The Ameri
can schooner Esperanto and the Cana
dian two-sticker Delawana dashed of
on their first race of the international
fishermen's regatta at 8 o'clock to day
Whipped along by freshening 10
Knot breeze from the southwest the
Lunenburg craft swept across the
starting line at 9;00:45, official time ;
- 81 seconds ahead of the Gloucester
man
shortly after the start Esperanto
edged to windward of Delawana aud
the schooners started on the first leg
of their 404mile course close hauled,
beam to beam.
Both schooners carried main sail.
foresail, iibtop sail and main gsff top
sail, when the start was made in Hall
fax harbor Both were half a mile
from the starting line when the warn
ing signal was sounded.
Both shippers broke out their fore
gaff top sails and .as they approached
the line, the American slightly in the
rear, both set their stay sails. Jockey.
ing for position over, the fishermen
swung point or two off the wind and
headed for the first mark
This first leg. fEsf Point Pleasant
brcakwater TO the-aufomatic bouv six
and half miles down the harbor,
showed a neck and neck struggle.
When the first mark was rounded.
however, the Nova Scotisn was lead
ing by length and half. The turn
ing times were; Delawana 9;33:l0;
Esperanto 9:33;l2.
The fishermen then started on a six.
mile stretch to the outer automatic
buoy, another reach After that their
course called for a lo-miIe run to
the bell buoy of Shut In Island. north
east of Halifax, with an l-mile beat
70 the inner automatic buoy and a
six-snd one half mile broad reach back
20 the starting line
Ghosted Along Easily.
On the first leg which was almost
dead heat, the two sohooners ghosted
along easily. with every inch of white
canvas cleaning in the morning sun.
After the start was made the breeze
increased to lS knots and it seemed |
likely that they would finish within
the nine-hour time limit.
On the first few miles the Canadian !
was to leewsrd of the American, but |
after Herring Cove had been passed,
Captain Tom Zimmerman worked the |
nelswana through her rivals. lee. Both |
craft were logging about nine knots
Esperanto began cutting down the
Canadians lead on the second Of the |
five legs, demonstrating that she was
considerably faster than Delawana off /
the wind.
At $50 Esperanto was fully min
ute ahead of Delawana.
The American rounded the second
mark ahead of her rival after having
taken the lead on the second leg.
Her turning time was l0:l4;5O, and
Delswsna's l0;l7:54
Delswana turned at II 07 :0a, nearly
six minutes behind the Gloucester man.
After rounding the second mark. the
American took in his force gafi top
sail DeIswans followed suit.
After half the run to Shut In Island
had been completed, the Gloucester
fisherman seemed to be holding her
lead Of three minutes.
Fisher folk who put sout to sea to
wstrh the race, and observers gath
cred on the shore, followed the con
test with the same intent interest oh
served at a race track when two thor
oughbreds are running a dead heat.
Bronzed men who have followed the
sea all their lives seemed more inter
ested in this hastily planned match be.
tween two craft with which they are
familiar than in the Americas cup
races off Sandy Hook last July.
In this case the race is stripped of
all its technicslities. There Is no time
allowance 70 be figured, for there is
none. and the FIRST boat to cross the
line wins. The Canadian appeared to
he gaining slightly on the American
when the craft were half mile from
shut In leland buoy. after having GOV
cred more than half of the course.
On sighting the buoy. Captain Welch
found she had made considerably TO !
leeward ~ II and Marty immedistelv
legan tightening his sheets Delsv ana
Nd likewise.
Esperanto turned the third mark at !
ils0i:l5.
Delawsns turned a. lI.07.Oa: near {
Is six minutes behind the Gloucester !
usn.
To starr the fourth leg Captain
Marty ordered bis fore rsf topsaill
- and the Yankee ssilormen handled \
her sails N fus fashion Iii
The Gloucester skipper chose TIRE
.Isrizoard took IN beginning the eleven :
nile bat ahead of him. but Captain {
'iimuelman split With bin snd head I y
Z kis schooneT in shore. .