New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-12
Slowness in Stays Costs
the Vanitie Much lime

10000 uere they in fighting out the
complicated problem the yhad set 'n."
selves to solve. AS consequence ~.
allowed all of the five minutes ai'o''eu
,h.r, and the extra two minutes 10 pass
ia hotb were handicapped when the'
finally crossed the line-the Nah''e
minute IS seconds. the Resoiute ny
minutes II seconds.
Tn good breeze from the westward anu
water smooth as glass they began 'heii
nannuvres right after the prepara'oiS
sigral at l0:45. continuing all through the
6fteen-minute period between that anu
,hc start All this work was done TO the
southwark and westward OF the commit
toe Yacht Vanadis, which marked inc
west end of the imaginary line
With boom to starboard and heading
northeast the Vanitie on the port tack
had the Resolute close under her lee
beam at two minutes before the starting
signal. She forereached enough In one
minute to keep away across the her
resnof sloops boom. At the startihs
whistle-l1 o'clock-both shippers luHeu
their yachts into the wind and held tnem
there for thirty seconds. When they
filled away on the starboard tack the
Resolute was under the Vanitie's lee
again Both then broke out their jib top
sails, the Vanitie's being much the larg-
est. Both were yet west Of the line.
When the handicap whistle footed, both
gybed to starboard as they approached
the Vanadis, the Vanitie having the Reso-
lutte on her port or weather quarter. just
hoa cla od
committee yacht Dennis gybed his main
sail to port and trimming sheets smarty
to the starboard tack crossed the line at
II:O3:5S. Captain Adams gybed the Reso-
lutte a moment earlier and. luf1ng sharp
around the stern of the Vanadis, crossed
the Vanites wake and took a position
off her weather quarter, but astern
couple of lengths. Her time OF crossing
was II :04. Il, 10 seconds astern OF the Reso-
Lutte. Both being handicapped. they were
officially timed as having crossed at u:o2.
AS II to challenge his adversary to battle
in the thirty mile race. Skipper Dennis
threw off his blue coat at the moment the
Vanitie crossed the line, and taking a
new grip on the spokes of her wheel. gave
orders to trim the main sheet bit as a
tended TO start
The wind had canted to west by south
and II gradually worked around to south
west. Both shippers at once INDUCED In
a lufing match that lasted for eighteen
minutes, taking them between and B
points off their course. About minutes
after the start, Dennis began to bear on.
but the Resolute did not follow and both
began Iufiing again. Finally at 20 Dem
mis- kept the Vanitie broad OF to his
course. south by half east. and the Reso-
Lutte followed in Is seconds. Both eased
sheets to port.
At Il:42 the Resoiute's crew sent up
big reaching jibtopsail. and two minutes
later, up went y ballooner on the Gardner
yacht, which was then passing through
soft spot" At II :5S. when the Resolute
struck this calm streak. her balloon tib-
topsai was sent aloft and broken out
quickly. When the Vanitie gybed to star
board at 121s:4o. the Herreshoff boat was
n quartz mile sstern and both were close
to the first turning mark. They luffed
around 1t as follows:
Yacht. Inns. Inns. MS
Vanitie ............. 12:22H l:2oal SO
Resolute ............. l2:g7Io I:2SIo -
This shows that in covering the first
ten-mile leg Of the course the Vanite
had outsailed the Resolute by minutes
~ seconds.
In the ten-mile reach which followed.
with the wind abeam to port most OF the
way, the Vanitie gained until near the
oacord r.arL whep ahe ran into some
soft spots and the Resolute closed the
gap. The wind backed to the northwaro
during the first three miles. then II
worked around to the northwest. ana
finally. when the yachts were mile from
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