New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-03
How the Two Cup Yachts
Behaved-Vanitie in the
Wake of Rival in
First Round.
Nv CAPTAIN J.C sCMMERs.

With her lee rail almost awash as she
heeled to a fresh northwest breeze. Alex
Smith Cochran's Gardner designed bronze
slcop yacht Vantie swept across the finish
line off Parsonage Point at $500 yester-
day afternoon the winner of the first race
OF the series of thirty-hve trials between
the cup defence yachts. She defeated the
Resolute 16 minutes IS seconds, actual
time, in sailing twice over l5-mile TRAN
gular course on Long Island Sound.
Because the rating measurement OF the
yachts will not he made public until later
in the season no official time allowance
can be applied The estimates furnished
by experts, however based upon ratings
they have given each yacht, make the
Nanitie allow the Resolute about 81 min
utes Applying that 10 the Resolute's
elapsed time in yesterdays race, II shows
that she was beaten 10 minutes IS seconds.
IL was what yachtsmen call fluky day
and none who witnessed the race VIII DIS
pute this, for the wind came from haf
a dozen different points of the compass
during the five hours of the contest.
y
at others one had a breeze while her rival
laid in the doldrums. Tho Nanitie made
her greatest gain in a good breeze while
crossing the Sound from Oak Neck Buoy
10 Woolsey's Reef Buoy on the fifth leg
Of the course. At this time her rival. the
Resolute, was lying absolutely becalmed
for seventeen minutes.
The Resolute led by minute 81 seconds
at the first turn of the course. by min
utcs - seconds at the second turn and by
81 seconds at the end of the first round
Of fifteen miles.
The Vanitie led at the first turn OF the
second round by minutes y seconds. at
the second turn by 10 minutes % seconds
and at the finish buoy by IS minutes "A
seconds.
That William Gardner has fashioned a
fast and able 75-foot sloop in the Nanitle
no one could doubt who saw her sail yes
terday. Travelling at speed OF quite
twelve knots, with the wind abeam on
the last leg of the course. she put her
lee rail down just 80 far and then
stopped. wetting only the fore part of
her deck in the wake OF the shrouds.
The Resolute also proved fast, as shown
by the figures and a splendid pointer"
She seemed a trife tender" when the
wind freshened, but she made no pro-
nounced bow wave or did she bury her
lee rail.
The yachts mustered of Great Cap
tain's Island at Il 80 o'clock. half an hour
before the preparatory signal. Those
a.t.eaa %
course included the auxiliary brigantne
Mohican. Alex 8. Cochran the TUNA, NJ
Il. pinsmore: the Idler. Henry T. Sloane;
the Intrepid, Lloyd Phoenix; the Sioux,
+. c. Bourne the Oneida. T.. {. Bene-
dict: the Anahma, August Heckscher'
the Mareya, f. !. Weber; the Allegro.
James Elverson. jr. the Trolita, +. w.
Clark: the Endymion. George Sander, jr.,
the Helanthus. Nathaniel Herreshoff;
the Samuri. W f. Dodge; the Carolina
Pembroke Jones: the Viking. George F.
Baker. jr: the Narada, Henry Walters.
the May, w. =. Bliss; the Free Service.
A. Schermerhorn: the Alfredine ", w. f.
Dodge the Stiletto. Harry Maxwell; the
Maspeth. G. NJ. Mayer; the Flora del
Mar. Walter Blaisdell. and the Vanadis
{. Is. G.. Billings.
Commodore Dallas p. Pratt. of\ the
New York Yacht Club was on board
Vice Commodore George f.. Bakers
steam yacht Viking during the first half
OF the race lie transferred his flag TO
the Narada for the last half.
H. de 3. Parsons, chairman Of the re-
gatta committee, was in charge OF the
race on board the tug NJ. Moran. HIS
associates were j. NJ. Macdonough and
Frederic o. Spedden.
IL was found necessary. in order TO
give the yachts some windward work
TO change the starting point from Great