The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-21
DEFENDERS TO BEGIN
BIG SERIES OF RACES
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Four Contests on Sound This
Week. BEGINNING on
Tuesday.
NO MORE TIME FOR CHANGES
Tryouts OFF Newport to Count
in Making Of Final
Selection.
NO MORE TIME FOR CHANGES

The cup defenders Defiance, Resolute
and vanitie will resume their trials next
Tuesday and this week four races are to
be sailed. The racing from now on will
be continued with few breaks until the
middle Of July. on Tuesdny the yachts
will sail with tho Inoian Hdrbor Yacht
Club starting from q line or Great Cap
tain's Island at ~ 80 O'Clock on Thurs
day they will take part in the annual
regatta OF the New York Yacht Club,
starting of Glen Cove. and on Friday and
Saturday will race with the Seawanhaka
Corinthian Yacht club of oyster Bay.
Four races are TO he sailed next week,
with days of rest ON Tuesday and WcInes-
day, and after sailing in the Larcnmont
Yacht clubs regatta on July the trio OF
defenders will 20 60 Newport and sail on
July in the regatta OF the Eastern Yacht
Club The real trials Will begin with
that race ard for nearly two weeks they
will race off Newport nearly every day.
Some OF these races viii he under the
New York Yacht Clubs management ana
some under The auspices Of the Newport
Yacht Racing Association.
With these races following each other
40 quickly there will be little time to
make any radical alterations In spars or
rig. and If the designers are not now
satisfied with their yachts the only way
to make alterations will be TO keep out
OF the racing The Defiance will really
be at an advantage in this respect. She
has been cut down 50 much that II Is
not likely that she will have to make any
more reductions The Resolute, because
she was out earlier than the others. is in
the best condition. and she has shown that
she can carry her rig and sail well under
It. What changes Herreshoff may wish to
make will be merely slight alterations in
the sails and other minor things that can
be done easily.
The Vanltie liz still holding TO her big
rig. SO far she has carried IL we'll and
" may not be necessary to make radical
changes. Should one OF the other boats
meet with a mlshap. however. IL will give
those on the Vanitlc "A chance to make
changes. The chief objection to the rig
OF the Vanitie has been that she has
10 allow so much time to the other two.
The rig can be shaved off In many way,
without affecting Its driving power and
the allowance materially reduced. This
will probably be done slowly II at ali.
When the three meet next Tuesday
they will differ In many respects from
their condition when they met In their
first race. The Vanitie will still carry her
double head rig. but her sails will n,
better and she will be handled more
ekilfully. She has shown that she has
lots OF speed. and II IL now up to Capt
Harry Ham to get II out OF her
The Resolute came out first with a
single head rig. She won four races witt
this rig. Now It has been removed. She
has n longer bowsprit carries a Jib ano
forestaysail. and the mast has beer
stepped further aft. She used this ri,
when she first left ths Herreshoff shops
and Mr.. Emmons and those associated
with him on board liked 1t. She seemed
to handle more easily and was mucl
more lively. or course thoSa preliminnr,
trials were sailed alone of Newport anC
II Is impossible 10 tell what a yacht cal
do unless she is being tried against an
other.
The Defiance camo from Bath with al
enormous rig which lowered way abov
the two other yachts Twice this ha
been cut down. and now she has no bow
spirit. and moderately sized sail plan
She will look much like the Dorellos
which were the fastest yachts owen de
signed. and IL she can do as well as the
did she will he hard yacht TO beat.
These changes have materially altere
the ratings Of the yachts. The Nan't'
will still have to allow time to the Others
Instead OF allowing the Resolute min
ptee IL seconds over thirty mile cours
the allowance win now be about l min
ute 40 seconds. and the Defiance will &c
Q little more.
The course on Tuesday will be trlar
sIlar, with turning marks at the Cow
Buoy Off Shippan Point and Centre islam
Buoy. 1t is possible to get good wind
ward leg on this course no matter no
the wind comes. On Thursday In tho r.
eatta OF the New York Yacht Club tn
course will be sgnalled before the pre-
paratory signal Is made, and It VIII d.
pend on the direction Of the wind. q
Oyster Bay on Friday and Saturday N
course will be triangular and the star
will be made at noon.