Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . esolute beinghandled by her regular captain. To buoyNo. 10 both yachts carried working top-sails,- the wind in the bay being well to theeastward ; and to this mark the Resolutehad the best of the match, passing thebuoy nearly four minutes ahead, the startbehig nearly an even one. Top-sails andflying-jibs had to come in, off the point ofthe Hook, and they began the beat to thelight-ship under whole lower sails, the windvery strong from east-south-east, and thesea heavy. After getting outside, bothwent off for a long board on th
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . esolute beinghandled by her regular captain. To buoyNo. 10 both yachts carried working top-sails,- the wind in the bay being well to theeastward ; and to this mark the Resolutehad the best of the match, passing thebuoy nearly four minutes ahead, the startbehig nearly an even one. Top-sails andflying-jibs had to come in, off the point ofthe Hook, and they began the beat to thelight-ship under whole lower sails, the windvery strong from east-south-east, and thesea heavy. After getting outside, bothwent off for a long board on the port tack,the Resolute increasing her lead very mate-^rially. On the starboard reaches, the Res-olute tacked for the light-ship nearly twenty-three minutes before the Estelle did, being NAME. OWNER. CUBIC FEET. ALLOWANCE. Resolute Rufus Hatch ... Estelle James D. Smith. 10, m. s. 12 10 The race was a memorable one,the wind being fresh from east-south-east. T\iQ Resolute ssiil^din cruising trim, with boatsat davits, anchors on bow,etc. The Estelle was in. MON TAUK. THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTJNG. 71 at this point much more than her timeahead of the smaller yacht; and could shehave weathered the mark on the port tack,the race had been hers beyond a perad-venture ; but the Captain deemed the risktoo great, and had to make a short boardon the starboard tack again. This neces-sitated going about twice, and this lost herthe race, for, in the heavy sea, she wassluggish in stays, and lost much time;each time stopping when head to the wind,and making a stern-board. The Estelle,having tlie leading boat for a guide, stoodfar enough on her first reach on the star-board tack to weather the mark on the op-posite one. The times of turning thelight-ship were : Resolute, i2h. 34m. 30s.;Estelle, i2h. 39m. Both yachts gybed around, with peaksdropped, and setting working top-sails, be-gan the run in, wing and wing, with fore-boom on the starboard side, and the Reso-lute also set her ji
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