New-York tribune., 1895-08-31


day racing called forth.
Assuming. as is perhaps allowable without OIL
cia information. that yesterdays race was the last
of the trial series, regret may be expressed that
no opportunity has been afforded OF testing these
boats in a strong wind and really heavy sea- The
small amount of tumb,ing which the attendant
steamers have experienced in two or three Of the
races has given rise to a good deal OF exaggera-
ton as to the amount Of weather the yachts
sailed in. AS 10 Thursdays race. good deal of
pictorial wording that savored strongly Of sensa-
tonalism was INDUCED in but the puff which
came out of the blue bank traversed almost mill
pond and was of much milder character
than might have been expected from the appear
ance OF the sky. While rufiing the surface II
raised no sea, and drove scud nor was 1t OF that
kind which IL called a white >squall, In which there
is a spume spray driven along the surface. At its
hardest it probably held higher speed than from
twenty to twenty-five miles In the race previous
to Wednesdays in which the Defender Withdrew.
there was fairly trying and wall-slded sea, TO-
gether with a wind which lad at least power
enough to make gaff-topsals useless AT this ume
the wind which kicked up a sea against contrary
tde was in fact, registered at pretty low hsure'
and so 1t will be that neither of the boats mas
been tested in any such weather as may DC Pos-
sibe about September Z.
The equnoctias generally supposed 10 De que
about September 15 but the winds to when this name
is given often come as much as ten days OF more
before after the exact eQunoctldl peiiou' ->o"'
so far as information to wind velocites goes the
two councillors have not in any OF the SANDY
Hook races had to sail race throughout whiie
25-inile breeze prevailed. In fact judging by the
performance in sixteen-knot preeze' IL may pe
said that with their present canvasing 4 1uil "a
mile air will be a gale OF wind to them' whie a 0o-
mile velocity will be something that they nave
never so much as smet during this years sailing.
A pertnent query therefore. arises. II the sails
Of these boats split to rags under such snaii provo
cation as has been experienced In the races 50 ia
What may be expected TO happen IN an oru.aary
3O-me zephyr?
The records show that when the Genesta won the
Rrenton Reef cup she sailed the course in wind
that was officially registered at sixty miles an
hour This of course, unusual In THIS country
But divide % int By e%I aan and Se van in
present rig 10 an unknown quantity. :. .,o .,-nn,a
wish h is to ffsa eaa NO up aeS question
do s TSk sSs mads m ;I'h Of In the
bohoOd Of this period strong preezes s ssoSs ca
Cat thirty half gale of wind. are not 1. uncomp1n On
canvases which go to rags in winds under twenty
knots win not face s 'hirS n NAV be" be said with great
deal OF reason that the defenders are Prep9re,d
summers racing has shown TO be not only prey preva, a,
lent but almost invarable IL was cieatn h siS" u u "a "a
esnecally In those impalpable airs which VIII not
M out heavy canvas, the craft OF the BoSsd'Hel
webs will win. 80 - ,r,h ,ha,
,hs main endeayor this side Is 10 ann AT IN.
Greatest average Of victories in the most prevalent
weather and that certain amount OF flsh Vi iosS
is chanced IN Of really heavy Wlnus,
Whether this mental forecast be definitely calci-
lated or not, the result Is the same ma! II 10
sav vachtsrnen are totally in the dark as TO now
the two boats will act in nara bresze N W WiIrn III
thew have to stand by and reef Kee1ng does Hoi
Improve new sails especially when they aitefWari
get wet and II may be doubted Whetner the MAN,
sails OF either OF them have ever had tuck shoNeh
in vhpf her
will under reduced canvas i
The only facts within the present range OF Cd
seryaton are those which are far from assuring
The mansais OF both yachts, as so iar used, nave
leach and in which the strength of the sail twhieh
is only the strength of Its weakest Iart, is IN me
sewing of II. The weight OF the boom and the
whole OF the downward strain when the mus are
moi supporting is not the cloth itself, but on
The sewing together OF the strips The Nigilant mas
spt this sail before she even started in her race,
and how this sort OF arrangement going TO stana
the strain when the sail Is reefcd In heavy WIND
is a conundrum which the writer cheeTfuhy ad-
rnits his inability TO solVeo
rhese are points which must be referred 10 Wnen
much Consideration and preparation. In the max
ing OF her sails there has been no attempt Al re-
Producing pecu.iariies in cross cloths. which were
tried and abandoned many years ago. on the con-
san extraordinary strength not only In letting me
cioths themselves take the strain, but In running
narrow sewn tucks IN thsT
Her nsainsail. as viewed AZ short range has tne
seams ciose together as they descend from gan 10
boom II is Impossible 20 tel where one GOTH ends
and the next one begins. Without protesting -
have any Information from Ratsey. 1t may be said
that each cloth seems to have al east two tucks
land perhaps third running down the area be-
! tween It's edges. This. with the doubling at join
Ing OF the strips. produces q canvas area that Is