New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-04

both used nearly all of their handicap
/ time of two minutes.
The breeze freshed just as the yachts
cleared the line. and they presented an
inspiring picture, as close hauled on the
starboard tack and with lee rails level
I with the water. they began their second
race of thirty miles. Both shippers placed
/ their men race down on the weather side
Of the decks. and there were three men
/ constantly watching the trim Of the sails.
out OF the southwest the wind was now
/ piping merrily. the yachts making good
Il south course and holding higher in the
puffs. The Resolute, with her single head
rig pointed the better OF the two, and she
| steadily ate out TO windward OF her rival.
! Captain Dennis, not liking his position
/ under the Resolute's lee. let the Vantie
come about to the port tack at 12:3lI5,
| about fifteen minutes after the start.
The vachs were so close at this time
that when Captain Adams swung the
Resolute to the port tack she back
winded' the Vantie. Dennis promptly
nut that yacht on the starboard tack
again and when the Resolute followed
suit ten seconds later she had placed the
! Vanitie about half a dozen lengths or
! her lee quarter.
Both Yachts were now standing in
/ shore. dangerously near the rocks east OF
| Matincock Point. The Resolute was well
! inside the range of the point when Cap
tain Adams let her come about Dennis
went even further inshore, crossing the
/ Resolute's wake before lacking. When
/ the Herreshoff sloop passed the Matini-
cock gas buoy. close aboard. her opponent
was fully 800 yards astern.
/ From there to the windward mark
| Prospect Point buoy-it was three miles.
The Resolute made three tacks to fetch 1t
and the Vanitie two. In the smooth
waters of Hampstead Bay the pair were
them ''scuppers to-
Down came baby jib topsails on both
yachts a few seconds before reaching the
buoy, where they were timed as follows
as they luffed around 1t: Resolute. 1:0S:49:
Vanitie, 1906 showing that the Reso-
Lutte had covered the windward work OF
about ten mies-allowing for the tacks-
50 seconds faster than the Vanite
There was some smart work at this mark
by both crews in setting balloon jib top
sails The Resolutes was broken out in
fifty-eight seconds, but the Vanitie's men
did the same work in thirteen seconds
after rounding the mark.
With these great sails pulling like teams
or horses in the good breeze, the return
| leg 10 the home mark was begun. and 1t
was in this broad reach of ~ miles that
/ tie Vanitie showed her speed.
/ She began to gain on the Resolute
/ slowly but surely. At 20 Captain Dennis
grouped all his crew JUST abaft smidships,
weight aft. Half way across the Sound the
/ Cochran yacht gained fully Is of mile.
/ When the home mark was in plain sight
at ! 30 both yachts were steering a course
! far TO the northwest OF II. with the
Vanitie still gaining, and neither skipper
inclined to gybe. Finally, Mr.. Adams did
so at 1880, the crew hauling the bal
lconer over the stay and trimming II
down to port as he luffed her for the
mark, crossing the Nantie's bow before
reaching IT, The times taken here were:
shows that the Resolute led by only o.
seconds, the Vanitie having gained min
ute IS seconds on the reach
The wind having hauled further TO the
westward only a couple Of tacks were
necessary in the second leg OF the wind
ward work. The Vanitie made the first
one three minutes after rounding the
home mark, and the Resolute, again doing
some great pointing. followed suit Both
were able to leg their courses for the
Prospect mark when they tackled the mex,
time.
The captain Of the tug Honeybrook
towing three barges on long hawsers. re-
ceived the everlasting thanks OF every
yacht in sight. for he sheered broad off to
the northward so as not 10 interfere with
the yachts.
The times taken at the Prospect mark
were: Resolute. pass; Vanitie, 2:354
The Vanitie gained two seconds on this
leg. In the final broad reach back to the
finish line the Resolute held her own fol-
awhile, but when the Vanitie set her
spinnaker to starboard to WOO the fresh
ening northwest breeze. she was draw.
ing too close to the Resolute for comfort
Adams sent his spinnaker out ten seconds
after his rival and when they crossed the
finish line few minutes later the Reso-
lutte won by only II seconds.
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