The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-03
THE GREAT YACHT RACES.
Getting Everything in Readiness.
Records of the Two Yachts.

Records of the Two Yachts.
The first race of the series to be sailed
between the Defender and the Valkyrie
will occur on next Saturday weather condi-
lions permitting. Some minor changes have
been made in the racing rules. The only
change of importance from the rules of
1893 is the two-gun start, the rival yachts
having two minutes to get away instead
of a single gun. The races will be the
best three in five, over courses fifteen
miles to windward or leeward and return,
and triangular course ten miles TO each
leg; the start to be made from Scotland or
Sandy Hook lightship. according to the
wind. The first race viii be sailed on Sat
urday next, and continuing upon alternate
days until completed.
The yachts will be measured in the Erie
Basin on Friday at noon.
With the trial races over and Defender
chosen to defend the Americas cup. the
two big yachts have now but one week to
wait before they will meet in a thrash of
fifteen miles to windward and return in
the first of the races between Defender and
Nalxyrie III. The two boats which Will
compete this year are the largest single
stickers that can be built under the deed
OF BlIl 10 SAIL Tor the cup, ana II Is the
opinion of many wen informed yachtsmen
that the limit of speed was reached before
these immense, Oversparred sloops were
built, and that an undersparred boat
would be relatively faster. This is, how
ever an open question, and may ONE up
in the future, for If another challenge
comes from British yachtsmen in case of
defeat this year, it is more than likely
that a seventy-four footer will be sent
over
Defenders record is as follows:
July 2O.-Fifteen miles to leeward and
return-Defender defeated Vigilant, 2
minutes IS seconds in hours Is minutes
40 seconds. Moderate wind at start, good
WHOLESALE breeze at end.
July 22-Thlrty miles, triangular course
Defender defeated Vigilant minutes II
seconds in 4 hours 10 minutes 80 seconds;
light variable winds.
July 29.-Twenty-one miles, Long Island
Sohnd-Defender defeated Vigilant l min
htel 40 seconds in hours IS minutes -
seconds; very light breeze at start, mod
crate at finish
July 3O.-Sixty-four miles, Hampstead to
New Observation-Disclosures broke down three
miles from the finish when leading Vigil
liant about three minutes. The wind was
twenty miles an hour all the time and
Vigilant sailed the course in hours 40
minutes 81 seconds
to Newport-Defender defeated Vigilant
u minutes 2 seconds in hours 6 minutes
10 seconds. The wind was about twelve
knots an hour.
Aug. 2.-Thirty miles, triangular course
-Goelet cups--Defender broke down when
six miles from the finish, and was leading
Vigilant about eleven minutes. Fresh
breeze.
Aug. 3-Thirty-seven miles-New York
to Vineyard Haven.-Defender defeated
Vigilant minutes "a seconds in hours
IL minutes "a seconds. Fresh ten-knot
breeze all the way.
Aug. 5-Thirty-seven miles, Vineyard
Haven to Newport. Defender defeated
Vigilant minutes 9 seconds, in 4 hours
minutes. Ten-knot breeze all the way.
Aug. 6.-Twenty-one miles, triangular
course. Defender defeated Vigilant min
utes 10 second in hours "A minutes IS
seconds. Light and varying breezes.
Aug. s.-Twenty-one miles, triangular
course. Defender defeated Jubilee 8 min
utes 10 seconds. in hours 16 minutes Is
seconds. Light and variable winds.
Aug. 2O-Forty miles. Defender with
drew after completing first twenty miles.
She was then 4 minutes and 3 seconds
ahead of Vigilant in hours II minutes Sc
seconds. Wind about u knots.
Aug. 29.-Twenty-four miles, triangular
course. Defender defeated Vigilant Is
seconds. drifting match on the first
leg, light breeze on second leg, and good
breeze on last leg.
Aug. 3O.-Twenty miles. Defender de-
feated Vigilant minutes II seconds in 2
hours 81 minutes 10 seconds. Wind ten
knots an hour.
The record of Valkyrie Ill is as follows:
July 1.-Defeated Britannia by 46 sec
onds in drift but beaten by Britannia l
minute IS seconds on time allowance. The
race was at fifty miles, the course being
sailed over three times, but was declared
finished at the end of the second round,
the distance sailed being thirty-eight
miles. Half a mile from the finish Valky-
RE III. led by five miles, but ran into a
calm. Britannia came along under light
breeze, and when Valkyrie III. got it they
were on level terms. In the half mile her
gain was As seconds.
July 3.-Britannia defeated Valkyrie III
minutes seconds actual time and Ailsa
l minute 10 seconds, in a fifty mile race.
The wind was strong and Valkyrie III.
did not attempt to carry all her sail.
July 5.-Valkyrie III. defeated Ailsa in
a fresh breeze in race lasting hours
and 10 minutes, by IS minutes. Britannia
did not start.
July 6-Valkyrie III, defeated Britannia
IS minutes 26 seconds, and Ailsa 10 min
utes AZ seconds, in a fifty mile race The
beating was greater than that, for the
other two crossed the line too soon, and
Valkyrie III. waited for them to come up
The breeze was about twelve knots an
hour.