For a time on the last leg it looked as though Endeavour ll might get a break after all as the two yachts were almost parallel but about a mile apart. If the finish line had happened to be a little nearer Endeavour, she would certainly have won, but when it did show up through the murk ahead, it was just about half way between. However, even then there might have been a slight shift of wind to favor the British but this did not happen. Ranger was ready for anything and even as she reached for the finish she ran up another spinnaker in stops and with the spinnaker boom out, to be ready instantly to take advantage of a sudden shift. This was removed before she crossed the line but it made things interesting. The breeze at the finish was still southwest and had a velocity of twelve and a half statute miles an hour. At one time during the race it had gotten up to about fifteen.