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...when Rainbow was in danger of losing her lead was when her parachute spinnaker split, halfway out on the 15-mi. run to leeward. She broke out a new one quickly, rounded General Cornelius Vanderbilt's yacht Winchester, used for the halfway mark in the absence of a buoy, five minutes ahead of Endeavour. She matched every effort the challenger made in a tacking duel on the beat home and crossed the line almost a mile ahead, needing only one more victory to decide the series...
...Contest." The spectator's fleet in Newport Harbor made it, said a destroyer captain, "worse than Shanghai Basin." Surrounded by every conceivable kind of ocean-going craft was a quorum of all the big yachts in U. S. waters. They trailed out toward a buoy nine miles southeast of Brenton's Reef Lightship for the start of the race. Among a fleet of 500 or more, were half a dozen ocean liners, two cruisers H. M. S. Dragon and U. S. S. Minneapolis, 20 or more Coast Guard cutters and Navy destroyers. The Committee boat had already signalled...
...first hoisted a double-clew jib, then changed to a Genoa just before the start. On the 15-mile beat that started the 30-mile windward and leeward course, Rainbow tacked first, crossed Endeavour's bow, held her advantage in a tacking duel as they neared the turning buoy, rounded it almost three minutes ahead. Coming back before the wind, both boats broke out parachute spinnakers, took them in when the breeze, scarcely enough to ripple the surface of the groundswell, backed up to the north. Time limit for America's Cup races is five-and-a-half...
...will go down in yachting history. Yankee crossed the starting line to windward but Rainbow crept past her on the first tack. A sudden puff of wind tore Yankee's Genoa jib. By the time she had replaced it, Rainbow had increased her lead. When the boats rounded the buoy 15 miles from the start, Rainbow was leading by 1 min. 34 sec. Coming back both set parachute spinnakers and Yankee began to gain. For 15 miles she inched up on Rainbow. A half mile from the finish, her bow was even with Rainbow's mast. At the finish...
...time Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams, came out for the first time and lost to Vanitie while Rainbow was again beating Weetamoe. For the third race, there was a light breeze. Over 30 miles, windward and leeward from Brenton's Reef Lightship to a buoy off Block Island and back, Rainbow won for the third time in a row while Yankee, considered a slow boat in calm weather, surprised the committee by running away from Weetamoe...