Evening journal., 1914-06-01
To race FOR THE
america S CUP
American Yachts Are Ready
For Their Trial
Tests
Upton HAS SOME
NEW IDEAS

IN Long Island Sound, the marine dope I
sheet is again unrolled and yachtsmen I
are perfectly happy. The coming race /
promises to be as interesting as any I
previous contest-with an excellent I
chance for the Britishers. The reduced /
Waterline Of the new racers has al |
lowed the English builders to work |
to better advantage in many ways,
while the result of their designing is
said to have possibilities that ay cause
the American shippers to open their
eyes. The American yachts begin their
trial spins tomorrow.
In comparison with the Yankee mod
els, an expert abroad who had seen the
challenger says the new Shamrock is
striking. When canted on a good sail
ing angle we are told that she sails
upon straight lines for the greater part
of her entire length She is ugly and
unconventional in the modelling Of the
bow and stern, more stuhby and
broader Of beam than any Of the Amer
lean contestants. and has many minor
features that are at direct variance
with the customary uses OF yacht de-
signers She is all wood Her deck
is three feet narrower than the hull
Just above the waterline her keel is
long and euriously formed, her rig is
large, and her general construction
seems TO prophesy that her sail area,
which is not vet generally known, viii
be considerably in excess of 5000 square
feet The English have worked hard
to turn out a model that will return
to England this autumn with the cup
Of the America in her cabin, and think
that their new champion will crowd
the Yankee pretty closely.
Success or Failure?
The whole effect Of the British yacht,
designed by Charles r. Nicholson for
speed and not for beauty. is not only
original. but decidedly freakish. Yachts.
men believe She will be either a com
plete success or an utter failure. Her
ample sail area will be no disadvan-
tage if she is pitted against the Nan-
itie or the Defiance. but III case she Is
matched against the Herreshof boat.
the Resolute, She will have 20 come
home a winner by two OF three min.
utes to gain the victory.
Sir Thomas Upton is pleased over
/ the new length as to the size Of the
contestant, because il practically means
permanent departure from the 90
foot freak racing machine of previous
contests that puts the challenger who
comes across the ocean at adecided dis
advantage. Sir Thomas and many 9th
ers believe that racing win now be con
Quoted with boats Of more wholesome
and seaworthy type tnan heretofore,
and that there will be more Of it in
the future.
The American boats, while smaller
than their predecessors, are not such
marked experiments as the Shamrock
The three new candidates are totally
different, however, from the last defen-
der, the Reliance, in many other details
than of actual size. They have rounder
floors than any of the defenders or
challengers since the days of Lord Dun
raven and the Valkeyre The various
champions of HerreshoiT Gardner and
Owen all say that their favorite boat
/ will come off best. but little can be
preducted until the trial races begin.
The ResOlute Speedy.
The Resolute-modeled along the
| lines Of the old Constitution-has
shown herself speedy and quick in
stays, and is predicted by her back
ers to prove herself the best boat
! for all kinds OF weather. Her deck
is Of aluminium, her underbody of
| Manganese bronze and she carries
| hollow steel mast. That She can
do some speedy travelling was shown
in her maiden trip in Narragansett
Bay, when she made about 10 knots
in a squall that drove her lee rail
under water tt is estimated that
she will receive a handicap of seven
seconds a mile, amounting to three
and two-thirds minutes for a 30
mile race.
The Resolute was built by the New
York Yacht Club syndicate, whose
members are: Former Commodores
Henry Walters, Arthur Curtiss James,
| Frederick G. Bourne, Cornelius Van
derbilt, Vice-Commodore G. f. Baker
and Rear Commodore J. p. Morgan.
The Defiance was built for the Tricity
| syndicate, in which G. NJ. Pynchon and
! Z. w. Clark are moving spirits. Other
members are: James ID. Ford, E.
Trowbridge Hail. Thomas G. Dunham,
George ID. Barron, George Lauder. Jr.,
f. G. Fletcher 4. S. Webster, Elliott
Wadsworth, Charles Hayden, f. E.
Peabody, ]. c. Cobb, Oliver Ames and
Henry Taggard.
Defiance and Yanitie.
The Defiance. considerably larger
than her Herreshoff rival, has meas
ured up we'll with the plans Of her
designer, George Owen. She has a
graceful bow and stern, moderate
overhangs and an enormous mast
and topmast. Her hull is of polished
mahogany and her underbody is white
ehameled. Her first trial took place
in the Sound a few days ago, and
general satisfaction was expressed at
the way in which she acquitted her
self
The Vanitie, the most recently
launched of the defenders, is the mid
die of the three, as far as her dimen-
sions go. although more closely ap-
preaching the Defiance than the Reso-
lutte. In length overall She measures
11g feet, the greatest of them all. Her
sail area is about 1900 feet, while her
draft and displacement are the same
as her two rivals. She carries five
tons extra on her keel over the
amount borne by the other two and
stands between them I'm the height OF
her mast from deck to truck. She is
considered to be one of the best,
looking models that Gardner ever de-
signed Her lines throughout arc
sweeping. easy and graceful Lik,
the Resolute, her under body is o