The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-02
OVERHAULING CUP YACHTS.
RELIANCE AND CONSTITUTION
PREPARING FOR RACES.
Belmont Boat to Have Her Old Mast stepped
Sails OF the Reliance TO He Recut
Races on the Sound showed New
Yacht to he . Wonderful Drirter.

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Sails OF the Reliance TO He Recut
Races on the Sound showed New
Yacht TO he . Wonderful Drirter.
The Reliance and Constitution are at Bristol
getting a general overhaulinR for the races
that are to be sailed of Sandy Hook next
week The Reliance will have her sails
recut. Some Of them have been well stretched
in the races sailed on the Sound and do not
fit as well as they should. 1t has been re-
ported that the yacht was to have her old
boom shipped in place of the one she used
in the races. The old boom WAS two feet
shorter than the one now on the yacht. This
change Is not to he made. Mr. Iselin Is salts
fled that the yacht can carry her present rig
in the weather she Is likely to experience In
the races Of the Hook The Reliance is not
40 stf as the Constitution or Columbia but
she heels very rapidly In a light wind. and
after getting over to certain angle does not
From leeward side she appears 70 be much
more tender than either of the other 90
footers. She has less freeboard and her rail
soon gets down to the waters edge on that
ACCOUNT
stepped in place OF the one used In the races.
This spar has been heightened two feet to give
a better, lead to the peak halliards and keepthe
y is probable that the. mast will be rugged
like the mast Of the Reliance The swinging
double spreaders OF the hsr constutton haze aye
criticise them and it is possible that the new
mast will have one set Of spreaders placed
The races on the sound. while they have
not been very good tests. owing to the huki-
ness Of the wind have sh S veay conclusyey
derful drifter" She. has sailed away from
the Constitution and Columbia on all points
little air stirring. They had only one test
at windward work. and that was in light
nuky air, but il showed that the new boat
ia n rif,r tn hn nlH lar npA n " IN
she s very little better than the Constitution,
when carrying balloons, In all the races
on the Sound she had a spinnaker up only
for about four minutes and In those four min
utes she drew away from the Constitution
OF the five races sailed by tho oo,footerss
in time and in one the yachts were on the last
leg when the time INIT expired On this
race they we're tined at the second mark;
fair In comparing, times TO take that 10
miles into consideration;;, Altogether the
t the Constitution. wing to her accidents.
sailed SO miles, The Ella psed time for the
Reliance for the, iie miles was 10 hours 40
take the last race into consideration in com
hopeessy becaimed before she turned the
outer mark and for the sake Of making COM
PARSONS n time this race y not taken INTO ar,
hours IL minutes IS seconds, the Columbia
" miles in i3 hours IL minutes ~ seconds and
s. seconds The average time for the Re-
ancc per mile was minutes EOS seconds and
for the Columbia minutes Sly seconds
This shows that under all conditions the
Reliance beat the Columbia an average or
24.7 seconds a mile In the races in which the
sideration the last race. the average time for
a mile by the Reliance was - minutes l4.j
- III Sl.nu IN
beat the Constitution III the races In which
these two met !?.5 seconds mile.
In the wind ward work on the last race the
Reliance ; average time mile was o minutes
s. seconds and the ColuMbia's 10 minutes
1915 seconds.
The Reliance and Columbia each sailed
~ miles of broad reaching. The Reliance's
time was IL hours and ~ seconds and her
average per mile was . minutes n 2 seconds
The Constitution sailed ~ miles i'll hours
II minutes, averaging 10 minutes second
When close hauled the Reliance sailed 81
miles in hours ) minutes p seconds. and
close hauled in hour minutes ~ seconds. !
and her average time mil" was ! minutes
close hauled and her average time was q
minutes 90 seconds IA mile.
Il has GENERALLY been shown by al lieTres.
weather and better when IL blows, and the !
admirers of the Reliance say that she viii
fear what she can do in bad sea If there is !
wind enough TO drive her!r c,,,, .,s,,,.-
Reliance arrived in Bristol Harbor this morn
ing IN tow of the tender sunbeam The RELIANCE,
.eit Newport Early y TIE orn,nE ana arr,vaa
!45 O'Clock, There are two cup yachts III /
Bristol lIarbor now, the Constitution having
il looked as il the Reliance was getting
ready for II spin in the bay with new main
sail as one was bent this morning. The head
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