Show THE WINNING YACHT The Victorious Coronet Arrives Off Queenstown and Fires Triumphant Guns Heavy Gale and Hough Seas Mark the Winning Passage From Start to Finish The Coronet Troves Herself the i Staunchest Vessel of Her Size Afloat The Coronet Wins LONDON March 28The Coronet arrived off Queenstown at 1130 oclock yesterday morning Nothing haa been seen of the Dauntless The Coronet passed the winning point at 1250 oclock under a full press cf canvas wind W N W and fresh In passing the given line Eoches Point the victorious yacht fired five guns and the time was at once taken by the secretary and members of the Royal Cork Yacht Club who had been on the lookout for her arrival The club then hoisted the signal announcing announc-ing the Coronets arrival various stations answering the penant The wind was blowing blow-ing hard and the Coronet entered Cork harbor har-bor in spanking style with all sails set and hugging the shore From tho start to the finish the Coronet experienced strong gales with tremendous seas On Tuesday and Wednesday last she hove to for several hours each day and made only ninety miles in fortyeight hours Her average run during dur-ing the passage varied from 230 to 250 miles a day The apparent time occupied passage is 14 days 2A hours 34 minutes 46 seconds and actual time computed on Greenwich basis 14 days 19 hours 3 minutes and 14 seconds The whole number of nautical miles sailed is 2919 The longest days run is 2915 miles made on Saturday March 2Gththe shortest 388 miles made on Tuesday March 22d The weather was uncommonly stormy oven for this season of the year No less than seven heavy gales contributed to keep the sea in a ferment for eleven days of the trip and for two days the weather was so severe as to make it a question of the yachts living through them She behaved splendidly however in all sorts of weather and proved herself one of the staunchest if not one of the fastest vessels of her size afloat No accidents happened to any of the sailors despite the great risks they were compelled to undertake at times With the exception of three torn sails and a little broken tackle everything on board the boat was in as good shape when the anchor was dropped off Qneenstown as when it was raised off Tomp kinsville Staten Island It is thought that a much quicker passage might have been made had Captain Crosby carried more sail On several occasions when the wind was light and sky threatening he was very cautious and his judgment was largely controlled con-trolled by the barometer which was much of the time below 29 and seldom over 30 The nominal height in latitude traversed was a little more northerly than was thought safe but fortunately no icebergs or or field ice were encountered The number of persons on board the Coronet was twentynine including fourteen four-teen sailors five officerst steward cook mess boy and five guests The officers were Captain C P Crosby navigator T B C Anderson mates W A Whitther and Otto Heterson boatswain Augustus Bergholin The advantage gained by the Coronet at the start increased the confidence of those onboard on-board in both boat and skipper It was the first time that Captain Crosby had ever par tieinnted in a vacht race of any sort Ho freely admitted that he feared that Captain Samuels of the Dauntless with his past experience would succeed in crossing the starting line somewhat ahead How needless the apprehensions were is already known It is not too much to say that in his maneuvering he displayed more judgment and tact than is usually seen in races near New York After taking the anchor on board at 11 oclock on the morning of the start he beat about the bay off Owls Head surveying the water and verifying the position of buoys 17 and 19 between which she must pass after the proper signal had been made from the judges tug When the preparatory signal was given the Coronet was making a reach up the bay with her head toward the battery Crosby held the wheel and by his side was Captain Anderson watch in in hand counting seconds Seven minutes from the time of the first signal Crosby ordered the helm hardalee to bring the boats head around She was under fifty seconds in stays and then fairly flow before the strong northerly wind As it had been arranged that the starting signal would be given ton minutes after the preparatory signal it seemed probable that the Coronet would reach the line fully a minute before the time for the second signal when it would be necessary to go about again thus causing considerable loss nf fmo firrvshv was canal to emergency however when he realized what was imminent he spilled the wind out of the sails by trimming aft bringing the big schooner almost to a standstill When the signal was finally given he paid out sheets fore and aft ran up the square sail forestay sail and topsails and in thirty seconds had tho Coronet across the line The Dauntless it will be remembered was off Gowanus nearly a mile away with her stern towards the Judges boat Every possible stitch of canvas was spread to the Coronet as she sped through the Narrows at the rate of 13 miles an hour surrounded by tugs steamers and steam yachts Once or twice when under lee of high land it seemed as though her opponent was gaining her lost ground rapidly but when the wind filled the sails again she left the Dauntless Daunt-less further astern than at the start When tho open sea portion the trip began the course laid was cast by south The sky was clear and the breeze which had veered already to northwest was freshened when the excursion boat Bay Ridge which was the only one of the fleet of steamers to far Sandy accompany the racing yachts as as Hook lightship turned back At 340 p m the relative position of the schooners was nearly the same as when they passed through the Narrows and they were steering the same course The wind was now greatly increased and a heavy sea was running abeam The balloon skysails and topsails on both boats were taken in about the same moment Then Dauntless dropped astern rapidly and at 5 oclock was hull down six nines away she had changed her course to outheast and just before darkness set in only her topmasts were visible The first Sunday was marked as were seven of the succeeding days by a gale which came from the northeast soon after midnight Although Al-though fairly moderate it was accompanied by a strong head sea which made the yacht broke labor heavily Tho waves frequently the bows but she rode it out well under over un-der close reefed fore and mainsails and jib and averaged 10 miles an hour Thus early were the seagoing qualities of the Coronet tried She proved herself buoyant as cork and recovering quickly the added weight caused by shipping from of water on her decks she heavy cargo one next as meet and mount the wave would and gracefully as a swan The only easily sustained was the parting of the damage twin buckle of the starboard bobstay iron replaoed with double block quicklyrePlaced Tnis was sailors who tackle To the five fresh water in the saloon the move had taken passage yacht seemed somewhat the ments of had who all but one a man and erratic water enough to entitle deep traveled over quickly of Neptune him to be called 8 son in succumbed to seasickness Early the afternoon the gale abated and was succeeded by a light puffy breeze from the northwest and light intermittent rams The sea continued high and prevented pre-vented the carrying of fair spread of canvas can-vas owing to the heavy strain it would entail en-tail upon the masts Navigator Andersons observations showed that in 22 hours 33 minutes and 37 seconds which had actually elapsed between the time of the start and Sunday noon the Coronet had sailed 74 nautical miles The succeeding day was a I busy one for the sailors Both watches were on deck during a part of the 24 hours The wind was so light puffy and capricious that it required almost continual changing of sails and hauling of sheets The sea continued con-tinued turbulent and the yacht rolled so violently at times as to threaten the stability sta-bility of the spars The pressure of wind against the mainsail was not sufficient to hold the gaff steady and when it appeared ap-peared probable early in the morning that the swaying of the gaff would carry away the masthead the mainsail was replaced re-placed by a storm trysail It was now that the immense square sail did good service ser-vice for when spread to center balance the deficiency of the canvas astern it carried the yacht along much faster lightened her much by the head and prevented her taking such quantities of water on deck as when under the mainsail The boom also spread its foot to windward It was however how-ever found to be impracticable in a heavy beam sea A calm then followed and at midnight there was not sufficient suffi-cient air astir to float her pennant The distance traveled from noon Monday to noon Tuesday was 2443 miles nearly due east bringing the yachts to latitude 400413 north logitude 6323 W Early on Tuesday morning the wind rose from northeast and by daylight it blew a gale The canvas was reduced to doublereefed mainsailsand foresail fore-sail with bonnet out and reefed forestaysail The boat was bowling along at the rate of 12 knots with dry decks when between Sand S-and 9 oclock a m the wind shifted to south southeast blowing at the rate of 60 miles an hour Tho sudden change caused an ugly crosssea the crests of the waves breaking cver the rails in rapid succession and keeping keep-ing the decks almost constantly submerged Toward midnight the wind and sea subsided considerably and by Wednesday morning the wind got round to southwest Tho weather was almost an exact repetition of Tuesdays Early in the evening there was another brief calm with a swell and when the breeze next appeared it came from the west moderately mod-erately enough to allow us to carry a fair amount of canvas At 7 a m the first vessel sighted after the first day out was a brig bound south but she was not near enough to be signalled At 5 p m a westwardbound ship sailing under closereefed topsails was sighted six miles to the northward The distance traveled on an east by north course on Tuesday was 185 miles and on Wednesday Wednes-day 216 miles The yachts positions as established by Tuesdays observations was as follows Latitude 4051 longitude 592845 Wednesday latitude 4125 longitude 4445 The most terrific storm of the series occurred oc-curred on St Patricks day It was not unexpected un-expected being indicated by the barometer whose tendency had been downward for three days and suddenly dropped from 2920 to 2854 The storm first developed soon after midnight in tho shape of squalls from the southwest with a driving rain The wind was frightful for a time coming variously from southsoutheast to southwest south-west and south but finally settled upon southwest At 10 a m it began blowing with great velocity By noon it had become be-come huricane and two hours later the winds speed was estimated at eighty miles an hour It was a grand battle of the elements such as is seldom witnessed The waves were almost mountains high Their surface was lashed into snowwhite foam and as the head of oneTose higher than another the wind carried it off in dense spray which when driven into ones face fell like stabs from scores of needles The roaring of the wind was like a prolonged peal of thunder and the resemblance was completed by an I occasional vivid flash of lightning This was a severe test for so small a boat as the Coronet As she sank in a trough of the seat sea-t seemed as if the waves which were half mast high would engulf her Under reefed sails she was plunged along by the wind at the rate of 9 knots and despite the great volumes of water breaking over the deck weathered the storm wonderfully well When at 520 p m the fury of the hurricane seemed to be increasing increas-ing instead diminishing Captain Crosby fearful that the yacht would not hold together to-gether much longer if driven through such sea and not being willing to jeopardize his own life and the lives of those on board by running at night where it was reasonable to suppose there was ice bergs decided to lay to until the storm had ceased Favorable opportunities offering when the crests of waves were momentarily exceptionally far apart the vessels head was brought around toward the wind Held in this position under only reefed sail she could make little progress in any direction At midnight the wind and sea had moderated moder-ated considerably and the schooner was again got under way running before the wind under reefed sail The yachts position posi-tion at Thursday noon was latitude 4127 longitude 5003 having travelled 2112 miles since the previous noon Tho weather on Friday and Saturday began with light breezes and in the afternoon there were gales though moderate compared with Thursdays big blow Saturday was a red letter day four vessels beinp in sight The first was a westward bound Inman liner which passed three miles to the southward and which answered the international code number An hour later a shipwith all sails set passed northward At 11 oclock an eastbound steamer carrying the Spanish flag came from the south She came alongside reducing her speedand quite a conversation was carried on through the penants and square code flags At 2 p m an eastern bound steamer passed north but was too far distant to speak The days run as computed Friday noon was 135 miles and the position latitude 4156 longitude 30 At Saturday noon the days run was 225 miles and the position was latitude 4347longitude 423515 The theory that storms go around in a circle was thoroughly proved by the Coronets experience on the second Sunday when she went through a revolving gale which was nearly as terrific as that of the 17th The wind first issued from the southeast south-east about 3 am and blew 70 miles an hour until 7 when it moderated At 730 hardly a breath was stirring Half an hour later there was a light breeze from northwest and at oclock there came a hurricane from that direction Crosswaves buffeted the yacht like a chip in a millrace and only the most skillful manipulation of the wheel pre tnnfnd the hue waves from landing on the deck and crushing it in She carried only I her foretrysail and jibstaysail reefed and and made considerable progress through it al Her position at noon was latitude 4325 longitude 370453 the distance traversed being 1794 miles Monday March 21 began with a propitious propi-tious breeze from the northwest but it was as inconstant as had been all tho winds I hitherto during tho trip Soon after noon it veered around bringing the diurnal gale from the northeast As the yacht I had already been driven further south than the navigator had intended and as bearing Ito I-to windward was impossible in such a strong wind and heavy sea it was decided to keep her head up to the wind and wait for more I I favorable breezes The headwind continued blowing incessantly until Wednesday noon when it gradually rounded to the north I During that fortyeight hours the yacht was 2 under almost at a standstill and averaged knots Early on Monday p m a North German Lloyd steamer eastwardbound passed southward near enough to distinguish distin-guish the yachts code flag Distance covered cov-ered from Sunday noon to Monday noon was 202 miles To Tuesday noon 388 miles Her and to Wednesday noon 508 miles position Mondav noon was latitude 4618 longitude 342430 Tuesday noon latitude 0 4638 longitude 384942 and Wednesday noon latitude 470615 longitude 324730 I Late Thursday afternoon a good sailnig breeze arose from the southwest continuing I with more or less regularity throughout I Friday Saturday and Sunday giving an opportunity for rapid progress During that period the Coronet fogged as high as 14 knots At noon Thursday she had sailed 2186 miles in 24 hours and was in latitude 4904 and longitude 281206 Friday 2255 miles latitude 4948 longitude 2232 Saturday Satur-day 2915 miles latitude 5051 longitude 150615 Missenhead on the southeast coast of Ireland was sighted at 627 in the morning and then Fastnet light bore north northwest nine miles away The yacht was bowling along under light sails at the rate of 12 knots an hour The weather was clear and warm and the gradual unfolding of the beautiful scenery along Irish Coast presented pictures which was much admired by those on board At 857 Galleyhead was abeam and then the cork yacht boat Columbine hove in sight When the yacht was abreast of the Seven Heads the pilot of the Robert Welsh canoe on board with tSe news that the Coronet was the first to arrive Along the coast and into the harbor scores ox vessels of all kinds were passed all dipped their ensigns to the winner and the crews of all cheered At 1030 the Coronets anchor was dropped off the Cork Yacht Club House |