The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-24
RESOLUTE WITCH IN
LIGHT AIR AND WINS
Sails Better and Faster With
New Rig. Beating Vanitie
and Defiance Easily.
LUCK FAVORS HER ALSO
Catches Every Shift in Wind
Before IL Reaches Either
Of Her Opponents.
LUCK FAVORS HER ALSO

The cup yacht Resolute was a witch In
the light. ficitle winds on the Sound yes
terday and che sailed better and faster
under the conditions than ever before.
The day was too fiuky TO Judge fairly
what sne can 90. but inc Indications were
that under her double mead rig she was
much faster In light weat her than she wac
with her single headssil. Her allowance
from the vanitie was reduced to minute
III seconds. but sac was faster on every
point OF sailing than the bronze boat and
allowance counted for nothing
The ludiJn IIsrbur Yacht CLUB man
axed the race and tAe committee was
/ Richard \. Monks Henry e. Pelton, Ao-
bolt l.. Brush. Judge Charles Il. simms
aud Frank Bovine Jones. There vas an
Z excursion steamer for the meuTOeis or the
B CLUB ana guests and the following fcet was
larger than AZ any race except the hrst
/ MI Wero dss appointed. They had eN'
b pected the three yachts to put up a fine
battle la q nice sailing breeze. nut the lack
OF wind spoiled the race. IL seldom was
| blowing more than five miles an hour and
| IL almost boxed the compass IL was so
variable. At the start 1t came east by
south. Later IL hauled to east-southeast,
then to south and southwest and AT one
time It was northerly under the Connect
cut shore.
The Resolute looked much more attrac-
tive with her dousle headsail rig and her
sails set perfectly. She was perfectly
handled too and Charles Francis Adams
I'd, her clever hclmsman, gave a wonder
ful exhibition OF sailing when on the wind
ward legs OF the course. The Nanitie
too looked well. Her sails were not as
good as those OF the Resolute, but they
were much better than those used in for
mer races. Alexander 5. Cochran, II. f.
Perkins and William Gardner were ON
board and Capt Harry Half handled the
wheel while Capt. Il. V. willis looked
after the headsails, and at no time dur
ing the race were they huttering or aback.
The yacht. however. did not seem to have
life and was slow and dead all day.
The Defiance was the most attractive
feature until "A few minutes after the
yachts had crossed the line. and then all
interest centred in the Resolute. Al
though her spars have been cut down very
much they still toweted way up in the
air. but she has no bowsprit and she
looked odd with her single headsail set
, ting on a stay which runs from the stem
head to the masthead. She carries no jio
topsail. This was given up In order to re-
duce the rating and to gain more allow
ance. IL has reduced the rating and !,
has cut down the speed very much. When
reaching she set balloon iio which did
not reach higher than the masthead and
, Before the race started she seemed to 81
quite lively and 10 move well. but whei
: the two other yachts settled down 10 rac'
she was left badly and II 1t had not beer
; for her bringing up Il better winu at I'M
hnish she would have been beaten half al
/ hour more. G. NJ. Pynchon. George
: Lauder. Jr., Il. Walter Clark aud George
: owen sailed ON this yacht.
II was necessary TO postpone the star
because OF lack Of wind and then at / : al
there was very light air from east b!
south and the preparatory signal WI
z made. The course selected sent the racer
I. first 10 the Cows Gas Buoy on Shippa
: Point The compass course was cast b,
north "A north, 5S miles. The man1u
{ vrIng was pretty. fhc three yachts KEEP
g In close company ut the southern END %
IS the starting line until just before the star
and then q. N. Pynchon. who had judge
the speed of the Defiance well. sent ne
across the line close up 10 the mark a
:O0:l7. She was on the starboard tacf
8 and Tapped ON her weather quarter wa
;, the Vanite. She was timed at 100 AZ.
Z, Mr. Adams had been Keen IN III
= mannuyring until near the time to stan
4 and then he waited with the Resolute un
i til the other two had crossed and sen
!. thu Resolute over At / :Ui :22. She wa
0, a little TO leeward of the wake OF IN
o other two, but while they were KILN
!. each other she had her wind all clea
h The three headed in toward Great CAY
0, tains Island and the Nanitie gradual
NJ NV " 80 a., n,ose To The shore an
; anss. Nv Eeaance called for room bot
4; WIZ, tho nnrt ,ack This nut the D.Aanc
" 1ooH .he Do a,,sr ouar,sr OF the Vanit,
y g, 'n Waso,,',e .acteJ inst after the 9th,
G. two and In Ave minutes or sailing 81
", 'au w.. a.,arn ~ ,he Defiance into II
nnss MINI Ss ,,,.s f,rthsr on shore and ha
i; Az ,,.r ,,,nd and she sailed i'm the llgl
o. oe ,, WI" ',,oh h.at,ng ont 10 wlndwar
~ aIi "S Soa,,nr ,vonderfuily fast FOR Il
~ anu ioo s ~, ,,tnI II vas 80 light tn.
re We'sht VI wv ,hrss yachts we're
Is ,he erl"s N W. Adams Ind cleyeriy a
.. ,eeWnru, ,n,o r,vsi. N kIll ench othe
re ioweu ms 49,, ,,,srs doing that he Ina
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