The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-08
VANITIE FAVORED BY
RACING COMPARISON
Shows TO Better Advantage as
Wind Is Either Very Light
or Quite Brisk.
FIGURES TELL THE TALE
In Moderate Weather Rcsolute
Has Better of It by Time
Allowance Rating.

Four races have now been started III
which the Resolute and the vanitle COM
peted In one. that OF Thursday. when
the wind blew from 35 TO so miles an
hour. there was no finish because two
sailors tumbled into the water from on
the Vanitie. As far as the race was
sailed II showed that both yachts are able
to stand heavy weather when the sea Is
comparatively smooth. The Vanitie was
drawing away from the Resolute when the
mishap occurred. The three other races
were sailed in light winds. and Of these
the Vanitie won two and the Resolute one
An analysis OF these three races shows
that when sailing as close to the wind as
II is possible to sail the two yachts are
very evenly matched and the figures on
this point OF sailing give tho Vanitie n
slight advantage. When sailing with
sheets started or before the wind the
vanltie Is at her best and she easily dis
tances the Resolute.
Experts who watched tho races care
fully are of opinion that Capt Dennis will
very materially improve the speed OF the
Vanltie when her sails are In perfect
shape.
The vanitie seems 10 be able 20 outsail
the Resolute in very light winds and
good light weather boat usually IL fast
In heavy weather. In average summer
weather the winds are generally light.
It takes a whole sail breeze to enable
yacht to use all her canvas to advantage,
and as the summer winds are seldom OF
full strength only 60 per cent. OF the
theoretical allowance Is used In the time
allowance tables. Consequently the larger
yacht has an advantage In hard blow
because she IL able to use all her big
spread of canvas to advantage. when
/ (. "a. tttr1,t NH al ha IA adj
vantage because her towering sails catch
winds that DO not benefit a smaller craft,
hut with moderate winds the yacht with
| the smaller power is able To Keep very
close to the larger one and will win as
rule because the larger yacht cannot sail
( fast enough to make up the time diher-
| ence computed by the rules.
For these reasons the Vanitie was the
better boat on Tuesday and Saturday,
| but on Wednesday, when the wind was
I about IL miles an hour. she could not
outsail the Resolute, although she sailed
cleverly over three parts OF the course.
In the three races the two yachts sailed
eighty-nlne and three-quarters miles. The
/ Nanitie's aggregate dine was IL hours 30
! minutes 80 seconds and the Resolute' =
| time 10 hours 12 minutes SO seconds. The
/ Nanitlc. being the larger yacht. has to al
low under her preseut'rating 6.i6 seconds
a mile. go that the full allowance was Q
the eighty-nine and three-quarters miles
sailed the Vanitie defeated the Resolute
go minutes 90 seconds. and when the al
lowance has been deducted the Nanitle
defeated the Resolute IL minutes 40 Sec
! onds.
II these races are analysed still further
II is found that the yachts sailed thirty
three and seven-eighths miles close on the
wind. Part of this distance was dead 10
w!ndward, but for the entire distance all
sails were trimmed nearly fiat. The Nanl-
ties time for this part of the sailing was
hours 81 minutes 43 seconds and the
Resolute's time was hours % minutes
which shows a slight difference in favor
OF the Nanitie. With her allowance OF
6.i6 seconds a mile the Resolute so far
has held the Vanitie safe.
The two yachts sailed fifty-fve and
seven eighths miles with the wind that
Is from quarters that drive the yachts
from dead astern or to a little ahead OF
at right angles to the hull OF the yacht
The sheets or ropes with which the biz
sails are trimmed down Hat are eased or
started according to the angle at which
the wind strikes the sails and when II is
exactly astern on the yacht the sails are
broad of. This point OF sailing shows the
Nanitle at her best and she seems to be
able to more than make up what the
Resolute can gain when close on the wind
The Nanities time with started sheets
, was hours SO minutes ~ seconds and th'
Resolute's time was hours ~ minutes
SO seconds. Tho difference In favor OF tn,
, Vanitie is 90 minutes IL seconds.
/ Work was rushed on the Defiance ant
: Vanitie at City Island yesterday, II Il
.. hoped that the Defiance will he ready I,
: start on Wednesday. The Vanite b!
that time will have her sails recut an,
/; will be In fine trim TO race In the tum
bling seas outside Sandy Hook.
The Resolute will use her single hea,
rig in this weeks races and after tina
will change for the double head rig an,
be tried out again In the Sound races {
find out under which rig she is at he
best