The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-12
VICTIM OF FLUKY WIND
Runs Into Calm Spot Oh the
Second Leg and Rival
Gains Rapidly.
THEN LEADER Is PASSED
Capt. Dennis Finally Abandons
Starving Tactics. Goes Ahead
Again and Stays in Front.

Tie Rcsoutc proved the truth OF the
old adagc "the race Is not always 20 the
swift" In ihc contest sailed wl.h the
vanltie cf' sand Hook yesterday. The
nesolute Won by ! minute 10 seconds be-
cause the Vantic had to allow re- 3
minutes 10 seconds bat on actual time
,Ne van.tle beat the Resolute l minute
81 seconds. When the details Of the con-
test are forgotten and the bare record is
seen. the Resolute will get credit for hav-
ing fairly outsaied the bronze cutter in
s;aad of having won the race on a nuke.
On the first leg the Vanitie In n reach
~ ten miles. outsailcd the Rcsolute by
minutes % seconds. On thC second leg
until near the mark the Naui..e improved
rer position and then ran into a soft spot
IN the wind Tho Rcsolute, bringing up
fresher wind. gained . minutes 81 seconds
in about ten minutes Of sailing.
The third leg was w!rdward work and
many who watched the race criticised the
way the NanItie was handled. Thirty-one
minutes after hauling on the wind the
Resolute crossed, the Vanit.es bow and
took the lead. Then the Nanlto was
sailed as she Should b." She kept NOV
ing instead Of being starved. and slowly
hut surely began to ,.itpolnt and out
foot the Resolute. She kept up this good
work to the end Of the race. and in
hour and II minutes beat the ResOlute l
minute 81 seconds Had the race been a
little longer the Nenit!e would have won.
The work was very pleasing 70 admirers
81 the bronze yacht She showed that
she has Il in her TO defeat the Resolute
on the wind In light weather and now It
10 up TO Capt. Dennis and his crew 20 get
I; out OF her. She showed too that she
soil H. o. N.aI tt.I
close on the wind and that she wants TO
be kept moving, when she will foot and
point William Gardner. the designer.
was on the Vanitie and he watched care
fully for all little errors OF rig and sail.
and these errors viii nc corrected ~ fast
as possible. After The race the SD top
sails were set one after another and Gard
ncr studied each very carefully.
More Changes for Defiance.
The Defiance did not race She was
under sail all the morning and Designer
owen. q. NJ. Iynchon and T.. Waiter
Clark decided that more changes are nee
tssary TO get the yacht in shape. In
the afternoon the sails were stripped of.
the topmast was lowered and this morn
ing the yacht will be towed to City Is
land and the changes will b. made as
soon as possible. What these are could
10; be learned. but they include retrim-
ming the sails.
1t was = light weather test. At no
time Dung the day did the wind get
stronger than eight miles an hour. II
held fairly true from the west by north
but there We're many calm spots. which
made the contest very iuky. In spite
OF the light wind and its fiukiness the
Nanide sailed the thirty miles triangular
course in 4 hours Is minutes and 81
seconds which was fast. considering the
conditions.
While the yachts were heading out to-
ward the Ambrose Channel light vessel,
from which point the start WAS made,
the wind was from the northwest ond
Dying Northwest winds never last long
Off the Hook and all were hoping that
It would die down TO calm and then
come in again from the seward. as Il
often does These we'll wishers were
doomed TO disappointment, for the wind
held on and at 40. when the prepare
tory was sgnalltd II was strong enough
TO give a fair nght weather test.
Tn course was triangular. ten miles
10 each 'eg. The first leg was south, one
half east, the second north east one-half
east, and the third west northwest.
This gave two reaches on the first two
legs and wlndward work on the third.
The tug started to log the course and
placed the first mark east Of Long Branch
and the second on the Cholera Banks.
The two yachts soon We're ready for
the race Jib topsails were sent Abort
In stops ready to break out and then the
maneuvrng began and II was pretty
and exciting When the warning signal
sounded AT 1856 o'clock they were In
close company with Vanitie In the coveted
position TO windward, and after that, Try
as he would. Charles Francis Adams "a
with the Resoute could not draw clear
Zach skipper thought and acted quickly.
haa Orders
lad 10 be shouted loudly by the shippers
and mates because of the constant HAP
Ping % the sails as the yachts tackled
or gybed They tackled and gybed sew.
eral times and when the starting signal
sounded no attention was paid to 1t.
vanitie Outjockeys the Resolute.
Capt Dennis had the better position
and he determined to hold on to 1t no ma:
ter when the yachts crossed the line Thu
handicap expired and still neither heade,
for the line. but they were getting II
such position that finally a quick gyb'
was made by the Vanitle and she stoo'
for the line. The Resolute was handled
smartly too but the Vanitie got the Juml
On her and pulling ahead she crossed IN
line at II :O3 :5s and the Resolute, follow
ing astern crossed at II :O4 IT. They wer
TIM officially as having started at IL ~.
Tn" Nanlt.e had up No. i jib topsal
while the Resolute had size smaller
The wind was on the starboard beam an
each skipper kept his yacht heading FUR
t1er to the west than the course Gale
Cor, IN case OF change in the wind IN
Etsolute being astern and getting IN
wind as 1t spilled off the Vanitie's sail'
headed stin higher until she was able I
sc' the wind true.
The Van!tie, true TO her reputation
wonderful reacher, at once drew ava
from the Resolute. She sailed Ike
witch and soon there was long spac
OF sea between the two yachts. Afte
sailing twenty minutes the tack OF tn
Nantie's jib topsail was Stacked up an
the sail hoisted higher. In the hurr
while mannuvring for the start this sa
had not been hoisted as II should HAY
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