The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-09-11
american YACHT VIM
Takes ROOSEVELT CUP
WON THIRD VICTORY OUT OF
FIVE RACES IN DENSE
FOG

Compelled to Locate Finish Line by
COmpass--Wannsee Over Eleven Min
utes Behind Vim Which Led AUX by
More Than Four DIinutes---Vim own
ed by Commodore Park of American
Yacht Club, New YOrk--Designed by
william Gardner--President ROose-
welt to Receive Friday.
Marblehead, Mass, Sept 10.-The
Roosevelt cup, presented by the East
ern Yacht club, to start yachting con-
tests between Germany and America,
was won to-day by the American yacht
Vim, owned by Commodore T. L Park
of the American Yacht club of New
York.
BY taking to-day's race the Vim
scored her third victory, which gave
her owner the much priced cup, as well
,as the honor of showing that his yacht
was the best all around craft of the
six that started to race in the series
begun a week ago to-day.
OF the five races sailed, the Vim won
the second, third and fifth, while the
AUX captured the first race and the
Wannsee the fourth.
The designer of the Vim was william
Gardner and Clifford Bucknam was in
command.
AT no time after the first mark had
been passed to-day was the Vim in
danger of being beaten. She led the
AUX, the second boat, by more than a
minute when the weather turn was
reached, and she sailed so fast on the
next two legs that she was nearly five
minutes ahead when the first round of
the triangular course was completed,
On the second beat over the windward
leg the AUX gained 40 seconds on the
Vim, chiefly because she caught a
couple Of favorable slants of wind that
lifted her out nicely. The Vim still had
a long lead when sheets We're eased
again for the close reach to the second
mark and she increased the advantage
considerably before the turn was reach
ed. on the broad reach over the last
leg for the final time 1t was a test of
seamanshlp between Captain Adams Of
the AUX and Captain Bucknam of the
Vim, for dense fog had settled down
and 1t was case Of finding the finish
line by the compass. The Vim strayed
from her course on the homeward leg
and was well to the eastward of the
finish line, when Mr. Bucknam located
1t by the blowing of a whistle on the
committees tug Mercury. Trimming
his sheets aft the WINS skipper held
up and crossed the finish line at 5i23:2S,
more than four minutes ahead of the
AUX.
Captain Adams Of the AUX steered
perfectly straight course on the home-
ward leg, allowing for the tide and
wind and hit the finish line squarely
in the middle, The Germano yacht
Wannsee wandered from her course,
but Skipper Protzen finally located the
line by hearing the Mercury's whistle,
and he came drifting out Of the fog
across the line over II minutes be-
hind the victorious american yacht
Vim, and more than seven minutes be-
hind the AUX,
The official time:
Owner. First
round. Finish Elapsed
Vim (Amep T. L.
Park .. 49,. 8;25:49 5:23:2S 3:53:2S
AUX (Amer), c. F,
Adams 2d...... S;S0:54 5:S7:4 S:57:44
Wannsee (German),
Wannsee Sailing
Club =. :. -. 3:30:36 5:45:09 4i05:O9
President Roosevelt, who has stood
as sponsor for the cup for which the
German and American yachtsmen have
been racing the past week, will receive
a representative party of the German
and American yachtsmen on board the
yacht Mayflower at Oyster Bay at noon
next Friday. The presidents guests will
be Commodore William Gardner of the
Eastern Yacht club Captain Ebbing-
haus, naval attache at the German en-
bassy the three helmsmen of the Ger
man yachts; Gustave SHINES, the
owner of the Glueckauf, the helmsman
and owners of the three American
yachts Henry Taggart, measurer of the
Eastern Yacht club, and s. w. Sleeper
of the board of umpires.