Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-04
RACING FOR AMERICAS CUP Is
GAMEFOR MULTI MILLI0NAIRES


enough you've gu W IuILlII CcEIdIu
conditions First of all the would-be
coDtenders. must get the New York
Yacht Clubs consent, or, they won't
let them play. AL three contenders
got that-easy thing; all. belong. Next
as Sir Thomas challenged with a boat
75 feet On the, wateriine;. It. was de-
cideds to- be real sports. No boat
should exceed that length, though, it
might be less. Over all the syndicate
can make their yachts as long as. they
please. In depth, IL feet 8 inches is
the. limit and. all will 60 that. In
beam 81 or % feet is the proper thing
but there's no hard and fast rule. Sail
area. the other great item, can be any.
thing the defenders wish 1t, but ware
one thing-the more area the greater
the time allowance given to the other
boat. $685.
Cash Down.. .~ =, ..,-,.: ... :...... r
The boat builders require other
little formalities when the contract is
signed per cent, of the price. in
spot cash., % per cent when the yacht
issin frame, % per cent when she Is
completely plated and Is per cent
when shesis de1iyered. -
They built So fast" laughed one
members of, the flag officers syndicate.
shat 1t seemed was being called up
on for an assessment every day or.
sol" r.. -. az -.
Next the namet And, that is, a most
important item. Names win or lose
|raoes--any yachting. crank will tell;
you that. To- hold the Americas cup
safe the yacht must have a name exz
pressive. Of doughty, seaworthiness-.
an adjective preferably. =...e
/ And it must have eight letters-no
more, no less. All winners had them
-vigilant, Defender Columbia, .Reli-
ance; eight, count EN-. Poor Consti.
tution!,- Built to be world beater,
she. was, a, fizzle., But then. she. VIC
lated all tradition in the, number. OF
letters in, her name and the Columbia.
winner of the races of the year before.
had. to. be raced a second time. But
she. pulled off the series, thanks, to,
the eight letters. ... -. 49,.
VanitIe 10 Handicapped -..r.-.. 4.
So we have. the Resolite. the flag
officers entry, and, the Defiance. the
TriGity offering. each. with eight let.
ters. But Mr.. Cochran has chosen
Vanitie for: his name. Old salts shake,
their. heads and! wish him luck, but
they humble dire predict ons-0nty
seven letters and something to do with
IA woman. =. =, y ~, 80 IS
Mon we've got the name and the
money. and permission; what. next?
Why, certainly; builders and design
ers next. The flag officers syndicate
selected the HerFeshOffs, who design
and build at Bristol, r. l.: the Tri-City
people engaged George Owen Of New
York to- design and the Bath, Me-
Iron Works to buidl Mr.. Cochran
pinned his faith to William Gardener,
the naval architect. and Vanitie came.
into being on the ways at the LaMley
yards, Neponset, Mass. ii. 90.
Bronze order the Resolute people,
Iron Works to build. Mr. Cochran
when the material for the yachts was
asked of them. Ours will have 8 ma
|hogany skim" announced Mr.. Pynchon
for the Defiance. ..,.e; - - 81
Solar, so good. And while the boats
are. on the way to being tuned up and
finished let us see what next is to be
done by those interested. Each group
selects sailing manager-R. w. EN-
mons I'd. is acting for the flag officers.
Mr., Rynehon for the Tri- City crowd.
Mr.. Cochran is the whole works for
himself These managers are auto
Gratis in everything yacht master,
crew, money. .,a. 80 -
Picking; the Crew. it,. .... TO-,
And now---and most important, of all
the sailing master. No. he isn't the
captain The etiquette of the quarter
deck. demands that the sailing owner
get this title. He picks, the master
The Resolute's course will be set by
Chris, Christensen, former master of
Commodore Vanderbilt'ss crack Aure-
"a; S. B. Howell will handle the Def
ance-he was Mr.. Pynchon'ss skipper,
on the sloop Istalena; Mr.. Cochran
has engaged, William p. Dennis who
used to sail Morton B. Plants dandy
schooner Elena In turn the masters