New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-07
THE YACHTS CONTRASTED.
Continued from Second Page.


there was no breeze percep:'bie on the surface OF
the water. The vakyre was passing large
schooner yachts that becalmed. The fact that
ne, LOFTY spars could reach up into and use nSaa
nn aS, point at was made apparent In ch mns,
be anrS ,n IN hsh rS Of this
KIM VIII often sneak away slowly n almost ia
closed when 'i good b reezes esp spring up,
o. STRONGER SAILS.
The strength OF sails Is a point to which the Val
kyre people have given much consideration ana
preparation Every effort has been made to give
her mansail extraordinary strength, and not only
in the material Itself. While one Is not able AZ
close range to tell where each cloth ends and the
Is given by running two and perhaps three sewn
tucks down the entire length OF each cloth ana Pc
the doubling at the joining of the strips gives
sail that is literally ribbed with Its own foi Iis
advantage will not appear In light winds put wnen
II comes to lower canvas breezes or 10 reen ths
these Ratsey sails, which are the admiration Oh the
nautical world. may be expected TO hold t9getner
The new mansa OF the DEFENDED made D1 Tae
and 1t Is pity that more time could not De mao mao
to test S rse masra ho%ey
prove perfect and the alleged . n fSr 'e
is only mentioned here because it is claimed by the
yakyres friends and because or Is the that Te
always an advantage to have Ratsey's sails
go A SILK BALLOON JIB.
The valkyrIe had a huge headsall of silk on her
when she made the peculiar catch-up In the race
OF August o. and In the upper part. at least II
filed out to rotundty and moved the yacht "heh
in apparently the airs all other headsails
hung fat and almost useless Snd gb 10 aPs that
, often wins races The Defender mas NOT so lai
shown SIX balloon b but she may b Dr Mound pq is
siaImsd 10 ior present 5ss eba al aSS@' "
% A MORE EXPERIENCED CREW
Captain Bush. the skipper OF the schooner-yacht
Crusader sais on the Vgilant as one OF her expert
crew Having been formerly an Enghsh pro-
fessional yachtsman, he probably knows the dHer-
ences between the workings Of different crews. and
ne puts II this way: THE Valkyries crew are life
their life in yacht racing They never stop T. ex-
G Sean In racing oS It is not TO
you go along this coast and PICK up a crew rev
from a fishing village that Will learn the yacnt ana
do their work like the lifetime men It's impos-
sS S s psh Is ID but
tons this exception as drawback 10 her enaI lanes
stand the yacht racing OF both countries this opin-
lon Is not TO be ignored when the Nakyres chances
are being cata,ogued.
81 STEERS WITH A TTLLER
The Tribune has on several occasions called atten-
ton to The simplicity. reliability and superior value
OF the ancient method Of steering with a tiller.
ers collection OF cogwhees refused TO work. sufi-
cient warning was given by the apparatus itself.
The general preference given In America to the
lee bows OF very broad craft caused hard steer
Ing under pressure tiller was too firing and a.
English form OF cutter. such as shown In the two
very easily and the use OF wheel especially with
intricate clockwork combinations Is an absurdity.
S has we aS b Enxs To %
the racing OF both countries he IS well acquainted
perience that the tiler provides far more delicate
steering In variable light catspaw airs than is pos
pressures and vibrations that racing hemsman
needs to FEEL when he is at this fine work. The
alteration In the airs that breathes upon yachts
canvas: as i eats up into hukey catspaws. This is
all lost In Mr.. Herreshofrs ingenious mechanism,
and even irrespective OF Its possible refusal TO work
for light airs In being steered with a tiler.
CO USED TO ROUGH WEATHER.
AS approach the period of the equinoctial winds
the advantage which is claimed for the Valkyrie in
her crews experience OF rough weather and reefng
may or may not become apparent. Possibly 1t
is entitled to be noticed here 1t Is the custom dur
ing hard weather in English races to reef the bow
ess2ry n the international races lhardy, certainly
% S work. But n Fns onb % be se DER
tenders crew has ever reefed her mansail. or has
pesnss are mprSBab bu the esds of the Va
kyre assert that II they should arrive the more
experienced
vantage.
uW wINDwARD WORK AND QUICK STEERING
In wlndward work and quick starting Captain
Cranfied has here shown himself particularly able
and at taking the one-gun starts. Captain Sycamore
has no superior in his neat timing and in securing
the weather berth. The present arrangement. by
which the yachts will start with a two-mlnute
limit, puts premium smart work. and
moves A great deal of the interest in the get-off
especially II one boat should chose to make time in
the full two minutes have elapsed. In the outside
wndward work. however the friends OF me YAK
ii. kept the vigilant nailed under his lee for the
business part Of two days They claim an adyan-
tice in the narrower water-wa OF some Of the
english hs s s
race owing to the dculty Of getting clear ear helm In
applied to these manoeuvres. which are made both
before and after the start The word vas cabled
used here since. Some newspapers and many peo-
pie have here understood 1t with the stigma which
Wholly Incorrect The fine work made in calcua-
ton OF time and in swngIng for best position Is the
sh Gp' requred for the start or indeed for any other
part Of the II all governed 0s fUT
part Of the sport In faet Is the best part hd OF IT'S us
word Il '' is in regard to all this work that ad
vantage is claimed for the Valkyrie tnough us sue,
the boat As TO- iris point no advantage is here
catalogued for either boat because their staying
abilities seem about equally rapid
CONTESTS FOR THE CUP.
EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO REGAIN 1T
SINCE THE AMERICA WON 1T IN 1851.
The Americas Cup won by the America.
owned by John c. Stevens and others In race
from Cowes around the Isle OF Wight on August
o. 1851 and the American yacht beat fleet of
English yachts. OF which the Aurora was second
The first race for the cup In this country was
over the New-York Yacht Cub course August