The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19
TRYING TO INCREASE
SPEED OF DEFENDERS
Weeks Respite From Racing
Affords Opportunity for
Slight Changes.
DEFIANCE Is THE PUZZLE
All Kinds Of Suggestions Made
to Backers Of Tri-
City Yacht.

The cup defenders will rest this week
and prepare for the cruise OF the New
York Yacht Club. which will begin on
Thursday, July 30. The Resolute at Bris-
toll will be overhsuled. any weaknesses
that have developed will be strengthened.
and Uncle Nat. as Designer Nat HERES
hoff is called probably will develop some
more little wrinkles that will add a few
seconds to the speed OF his favorite yacht
Capt. Nat Is devoting more attention TO
the Resolute than he has to any previous
defender and is more anxious that the
boat should be selected 10 defend the cup
than he was about any OF the others He
realizes also that he must keep the Reso-
lutte up to top notch, as the Vanitie Is i'm
proving too. although II would take more
than slight increase OF speed to make
the Vanitle outsail the Resolute even when
there !s "a steady breeze.
II has been reported that the single
head rig Of the Resolute is TO be tried
again. Just why this should be done is
hard to understand, as with her double
head rig the yacht seems to be much
faster and much more lively both on and
off the wind.
The Vanliie will this week ship her new
hollow steel boom and gan and try them
out. They are much lighter than the
wooden spars, and II Is expected that
they Will save so much weight aloft that
they Will materially improve the yachts
speed. something that must be done II she
II to cope with the Resolute More sails
are to be stretched and tried. and the
Nanitie will be In much better trim when
the next racing starts than at any time
this summer.
Just what will be done with Defiance
no one Knows AT present. Many yachts
IA I'LL 49,, 4 l.
modelled so that she carried double head
rig she would sail much faster. She
would then carry a bowsprit. longer
boom and the sail spread would be In
creased II would necessitate stepping the
mast further aft, but when the hull was
built arrangements were made for such a
change. with a double head rig the De-
fance would not be so dead and would
do much better in light steady winds.
The next big regatta will be that OF
the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, which will
be- sailed on the Sound next Saturday.
The start will be made off Great Cap
tain's Island and the usual triangular
course Of the club will be sailed 1t Is
the annual event Of this club and is usu-
ally the next largest regatta to that of
the Larchmont Yacht Club All the sos
/ that are in commission will start, and
then these yachts will haul out to clean
for the New York Yacht club cruise.
! An enterprlsing fisherman. whose boat ia
at Canarsie. IL getting some little advcr-
} Using because OF the name OF his boat.
He owns the Shamrock. and he has said
| mat II Is the Shamrock Ill, which raced
! the Americas Cup in 1908. The hull
is fitted with n gasolenc motor, and now
that there is interest in the next match
/ for the cup many have gone to Canarsie
to what they think Ia the old boat
The Shamrock III WAS built Of bronze
She was left here after the races ended
and was later sold for junk and broken
up. The boat al Canarsie Is the old 70
foot wooden sloop Shamrock. which was
built for the late J. Rogers Maxwell in
1855, she was afterward changed into a
schooner and last raced over the Cape
| May course under the flag of Fred Thomp-
son. She was sailed by Capt, Barr in tina,
race and won. Later she was sold. Her
| lead was removed and Kicker" was put
in her hull and now she is a fisherman
Many OF the once famous yachts are now
used In similar way by fishermen,
The races for the Quincy cup. held by
the Boston Yacht Club. are 10 be sailed
August II at Marblehead Eight club:
have challenged for this cup, which will
he defended by Charles r. Curtis's Sonde
yacht Ellen. Just what the challenger
will be will not be known until after til,
midsummer series OF races, but among
some OF these will be Commodore Fl. NJ
Seaos's new Mingo, representing the East
ern Yacht Club: John L. Saltonstall,
Sprig, representing the Manchester Yacht
Club Gordon Monroe's Sally TX, repre-
senting the Savin Hill Yacht Club, ant
ID. X James's Robin, representing thu
bingham Yacht Club The other chal
Longing clubs are the South Boston. Co
rinthian. Mosquito Fleet and Lynn.