The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-09
DEFENDERS ARE READY
FOR RACES OFF HOOK
VIII Be Taken Under East
River Bridges To-day on
Way to Lower Bay.

The three yachts which arc cor,,,,
Ing for the honor OF defending the a.
icas cup against the Shamrock ~ ,,,
tow from the Sound to the lower bav ,s''
afternoon. They probably viii encnn'
on the house OF the Atlantic Yacht Club
for the night and then proceed ou,s,sS
early tomorrow morning. II IL poSs,hI.
that they will be taken down TO ,nSS
Horseshoe tonight.
The Vanitie Will have to lower ber 90.
mast to get under the East River b-ijs,s
but the Resoute and Defiance can 90,
under AT low tide with Just a lit,c ;,
spare. The reduction In the rig ~ ~
Defiance enables her to Just clear ~,
Brooklyn Bridge, but for ,afety's cav.
her topmast may be lowered
The Defiance was towed away IRON,
city Island yesterday morning. to De triea
but squalls on the Sound interfefed VI ,
this work. She now carries a hollo,
wooden mast, which has been cut down
eight feet and weighs 1850 pounds lee,
than the steel mast she had at frs,. Tn
boom has been shortened two feet ana
the new bowsprit is twesty inches shor,.r
than the old one. This reduction a,
spars has materially reduced her sail area
and now she will get an allowance from,
IA, Nanitie OF about two minutes over
thirty mile course and she will allow
the Nesolutc a little more than a min.
ute.
The changes made In the rig Of the D.
nance will improve her stability. WITH
the original rig she was tender and
heeled well down under the lightest
winds. Designer owen now figures that
she will be as able as any OF the de.
tenders and soon will show her real
worth. or course she win not be IN con
di;ion for hard race tomorrow Her
sails will need stretching. and those sail
ing the yacht will know nothing abou,
what she can do or how she should bs
sailed. This will be "a serious handicap
but they expect that she will give a suod
account OF herself. The yacht has the sin
gle head rig. that is on jib forty-one feet
on the base, instead OF a lib and forestry.
sail, as the vanitie has. This j,b sets
on a block on the masthead ninety.
eight feet above the deck. That is higher
than the jib on the Resolute. The Reso.
lutte carries a jih topsail above the 10
but as has already been told In Tpz Sun
the Defiance will carry no - topsal and
her balloon and sp!nnaker will be hostsi
TO the masthead. Instead OF 10 the top
mast head. This arrangement save.
much in the measurement figures. Il Is
an experiment and how Il works out viii
be watched closely.
The Defiance has a larger rnainsatl than
either OF the other yachts and this Is to
do the work. owen hopes that she
VIII ne eNNtptlOnully last turning 70 WIND
ward and on that point OF sailing gain
so much that the vanitie will not be able
TO make up her allowance on the reach
Ing and running legs OF the race.
The Vanitie under bare poles hung on
to her moorlngs of Jacobs yard Mt CITY
Island all day yesterday. The sails were
taken to Ratsey's sail loft on Sunday To
be recut. They will be ben, on to-daN
and will be In much better shape than
they were In last weeks races The
Vanitie had little trouble with her
steering gear In the race on Saturday and
II was feared then that she would have
TO withdraw before the finish. This
trouble accounted for her slowness IN
stays. II was impossible to put the helm
hard over and bring the yacht about
smart'y The trouble was rectified how
ever, on the second round. Some atten.
ton was paid to the steering gear to
day 20 prevent recurrence of the
trouble. Some other slight changes were
made under Capt. Dennis's supervision
and tomorrow the Vanitie will be in bet
ter shape.
The Resolute remained at Glen Cove
and she too was overhauled and exam
ined. II is possible that she viii have
another mainsall bent on for this weeks
races.
The Defiance had short sail NJ ths
western end Of the Sound yesterday az
ternoon. There was light westerly
wind and she had "A club topsail set over
lower sails. The yacht moved we'll and
made several short trips to test her gear
as much as possible. A squat made IN
at o'clock and sails were lowered
quickly. Mr.. Pynchon said later: The
trial was not much but II was satisfa"-
tory. II was the first time we had club
topsail aloft and the yacht, did well In
the light air."
The Defiance will tow down 20 the
lower bay at o'clock this morning and
will have n sail In the afternoon