New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-27
Tri-City Craft, Becalmed
on First Leg, Makes Won
derful Showing at End.
ACTUALLY GAINS ON
BOTH CONTENDERS
Cochran Boat Also Outfooting
Herreshoff Creation When
Breeze Freshens.

minute board off shore on the port
tack, to make sure of weatheTing the
Cows gas buoy. When they came
about and headed for the eastward the
HeTreshotf yacht had a lead Of about
an eighth Of a mile on the Yanitie.
There was not a move on the decks
Of the yachts as they glided along at
an eight-knot clip in the smooth water.
All the Resolute's men were lying fat
on the weather side Of the deck, while
the Vanitie's crew lay to leeward to
give her a list.
The Defiance had to make a short
hitch TO port to weather the Cows.
After the yachts passed this buoy they
were able TO lay their course for the
Long Neck buoy-the second mark
which they luffed around as follows:
Resolute, 3:0S:43; Vanitie, 3:11:06;
Defiance, 3:19:21. The Resolute had
gained I'm. Is. on the Yanitie on this
leg of about five miles, and on the
Defiance 6m. 34s.
Out of the southwest a fine breeze
was now making its way across the
Sound, Just in time to help the yachts
in their windward work, and the De-
fance made the best use of it. While
the ResOlute made six tacks and the
Vanitie four the Defiance made only
tao, but she covered this leg of wind
ward work in II seconds less time than
the Resolute, and Pm. 33s, faster than
the Vanitie.
The windward, or home mark, was
rounded like this: The ResOlute,
4:03:41; the Vanitie, 4;0S:16, and the
Defiance, 4:13:15. This first half of
the course was covered by the Resolute
in hours minutes Is seconds; by
the Vanitie, in 3 hours Z minutes ~
seconds, and by the Defiance in hours
IL minutes % seconds.
Across the Sound they went again
with a fair wind over the port quar-
tiers. In eleven seconds the Resolute's
men had the ballooner on her and two
minutes later out went the big spin
maker TO port. The Yanitie's balloon
was sheeted down in ten seconds. Skip
per Adams had to "douse" the Res0-
lute's spinnaker at AIS, so he could
luff clear of a tow of barges. After
passing them the sail went aloft again.
The Yanitie carried hers all the way
over, and she gained eleven seconds on
the run to the Greenwich mark which
they gybed around like thisi The Res
olute, 4:38:12; the Vanitie, 4I42:35,
ana the Denance, 4'DO'Gl.
When the Resolute settled down on
the next course for the Cows she was
travelling about 10 knots in the fresh
breeze and showing half of her bronze
bilge to starboard. The Vanitie and the
Defiance also made fast time on this
reach TO the Long Neck buoy, which
was luffed around as follows: The
Resolute, 5:04:46; the Vanitie, 500: SO,
and the Defiance, 5:l7:44. The Reso-
lute's gains for this leg was 46 sec
onds on the Vanitie and 40 seconds on
the Defiance.
In the last leg of windward work the
Resolute made ten tacks, the Vapitie
four and the Defiance three. They had
to "buek" strong head tide all the
way over to the finish line. The De-
iance held one long port tack Of 46
minutes from the Long Neck mark
Then she was able to fetch the finish.
Twenty-one other yachts started in
the special race of the club, and there
were keen competitions in all the
classes. The "hfties" sailed once
around the same course as the big
sloops. The "thirties" and the 20"
class boats sailed a shorter course.
Edmund Randolph's Spartan proved
the winner among the "ffties." She
defeated J. P. Morgan's Grayling 8
minutes 3S seconds, after a good
thrash to windward over the last leg
of the course. H. C. Smiths Ahmakola
won in the Stamford schooner class,
and Edmund Fish's Oriole in the
"thirties." She won from the 0kee by
2 minutes 80 seconds. The Alera was
third and the Lena fourth.
The race between the 20" class
yachts was keen. A. w. Stevens
Manataqua, winning yesterday from
the Little Rhody II by 1 minute 81