The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-07
Review of ti,c I.r-cS.

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Review 0f thc I:s-cS.
New York, June c. With the paas-
ing of the first few tuning up tests of
the trio Of yacht: striving for the
honor Of defending the American cup
for the all-sumIncr series OF races
which will evolve the succcssful can
didate to be chosen by the cup COM
mittee from the Rca0lutc, Defiance and
Vanitie. During the coming week.
the yachts will pass from Long Is
land Sound to the ocean course off
| Sandy Hook for three tcsts under the
| sterner conditions over the same
| course which will be used in the cup
races. There will follow q week de-
voted to repairs and changes in the
yachts to be succeeded by two weeks
more Of Sound racing. All of these
| events Of which there are eleven on
the schedule will be of a preliminary
nature. In fact hey have been errang-
ed more to get the boats In condition
for the more serious tests off Newport
In July and August, when the Ameri-
| cans cup committee will sit in judg-
ment on the performances and select
the best boat to meet the Shamrock
w. @
The start for! all the. racing in the
Sound will be eff Great Captain is
land near the entrance OF the harbor
] Of POrtchester. Halt dozen courses
of from 20 to 30 miles each have been
laid out some Of which will carry the
yachts down the Sound beyond Stam-
ford, while others will take them we'll
up to Execution Rock and over to the
Hempstead shoreH With starts off
Great Captain Island 1t will be possible
to lay fifteen mile course to the
windward In case the breeze is from
the prevailing direction, southwest.
Eleven years ago the three cup
yachts. Reliance. Constitution and
Columbia were given numerous trial
races In this part of the Sound, but
the starte were off Long Island shore
near the MatinicOck Point, and it was
found difficult to send the boats to
the windward on the first leg.
| BY agreement between the managers
and the regatta committee of the New
York Yacht club fifteen minutes will
be allowed between the starting sig
nails for the fight for position. Two
minutes will be given for the yachts
to start and in that brief period each
boat VIII be timed to the second. as
she crosses the line. If she is late,
/ her time will be taken at starting at
! the end OF two minutes, although she
may be three, five or even ten minutes
behind
The struggle for the best places
at the line. the weather berth IL the
first leg is to the windward, a snug
place away from the others with the
wind In the clear II the course Is to
the leeward. is the supreme test of the
sailing master and many a race has
been won or lost through success or
failure at the outset.
The heismen OF the three yachts
George M: Pynchop on the Defiance,
Charles F. Adams, End, on the Reso-
lutte and William Dennis on, the year
Will be TN watching the game played
by these cool. calculating shippers. It
10 rare game-tiis handling of q
big yacht especially in a breeze while
even In soft weather the very best OF
Judgment is required. Each as he
stands at the wheel must know lust
where his own boat is, how fast she
is going. where the other yachts are
and how fast they are sailing. He must
know when his own boat has the right
TO be, and when his opponent must
give way and In a tight place, not to
take an inch or, concede one, or the
race Is lost. ~.
No fixed plan OF campaign will bear
the test under all conditions. With the
big yachts the skipper must have help.
and the assistance OF cool man with
the watch and another to watch the
opposing yacht Is OF. paramount i'm
pOrtance. Forward, the mates have
their men we'll drilled and the hand
ling Of sh tets, tacks, back stays AMI all