The air from the W.N.W. was 0 light Saturday that only two yachts came out to race for the prize of $20 offered, and of these the Clutha was allowing the Arrow 7 minutes. The course was up river, round a stake boat moored about 2 miles up the Seven Mile Reach and back, and the line was crossed as under Clutha, 2h. 38m. 08s, APE seeeeeceeen2h, 33m. Bs.
The flood tide helped the yachts along, the Clutha crossing the line nider her three lower sails only, hoisting her jackyarder and jib topsail on her way up the reach. The Arrow was under mainsail and balloon ib, Off Tunkadoo the Clutha took in her jib topsail and flattened in the sheets, the Arrow on reaching the same point exchanging her balloon for her working jib. Of the Arsenal the Clutha went about and shortly afterwards had to go about again to avoid sinking aChinese steam launch, which refused to give way. This gave the Arrow, which made her first tack at about the same point as the Clutha, a slight advantage. On entering the Small Reach below the Seven Mile Reach the Clutha's jib topsail was again set to woo the favouring gale", and at the same corner the Arrow shook out her balloon canvas. Of the fishing village the wind drew ahead, and the Clutha once more took in her jib topsail and shortly afterwards went about. The stake boat was rounded as under 00s. 00s. the Clutha hoisting her jib topsail again as she rounded. After pissing the fishing village on the way back the Clutha put out aveing the rot bowling along like a her spinnaker, and then had the joy of
bladder before light breeze, which she appeared to be bringing along with her, on a stretch over which the Clutha had drifted under a roasting sun. The breeze soon caught the Cluthe, which had taken in her spinnaker, but on rounding the next bend she was able to reset it. Down the Pagoda Reach the tables were turned, as the Arrow got becalmed, while the Cluthe was craw ing along under all sail. In the Arsenal Reuch the wind fell flat calm and only Coleridge's Ancient Mariner could properly describe it (7.0.), and. the opportunity was seized by the inevitable camera man, who was there in a houseboat. Meanwhile the Arrow put in an unexpected appearance, and the two boats continued to drift until half a mile below the Arsenal, when a light wind came away from the S.E., which the Clutha was the first to feel, and took full advantage of. She had previously taken in her jib topsail and spinnaker, but set the former again at the top of the junks, and the latter at the Red Ferry. Between Tunkadoo and this point the superiority of tha cutter rig was Very apparent, the jib topsail and Jackéyz=4ar considerably helping the Clutha towards the winning-tine, The wind freshened after she had crossed it, bringing the vrow along at a fine speed, but she could not get within her time allowance, the official times being Th. O2m. 00s. Th. 16m. 00s.
The elapsed and corrected times were Elapwed time. Corrected time: Clutha... 4h. 29m. 4h. 29m. 57s. Arrow 5 4h. 35m. 35s So that the Clutha won by 5 minutes and 38 seconds.
The race for small boats again did not fill.
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