The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
tLNYAS Big FACTOR
OF ALL CUP YACHTS
s,.cial Attention Being Paid to
Sails Of Defenders Now
Building.
,arsEY MAKING ONE SUIT
u.,reshoff and Wilson 4 Silsbee
Others Weaving Spe-
cial Sails.

, .,o three designers who are looking |
"a, the three cup defenders now build |
.re paying great attention to the sails
Yachts will carry and some wonder. |
....,ions OF canvas will BE- sported In
..s this season. william Gardner. |
ae.,rnsa the yacht building for Alex
-, Cochran, always devotes much Of
s.,,.n,lon TO the sails OF his vessels, and
=. vsdora, built two years ago. had a
-, If canvas that was nearly perfect.
-. .at was made by Ratsey OF spe-
a.ry woven duck. and while It was light
i. ~.,rht It was so strong that II stood
:. a.. s,rongest winda The sails were 30
:. nat each did Its own work without In
......,,s with the other sails and the
- IA free play on the canvas. The
',.,,,, was a wonder and had Just the
-, curve and was as smooth as board.
.,.,,nx IN. wind to draw off the leach
-',so,, meeting any obstructing ridge.
~, a. "a so often seen on q malnsail.
u. sails for the new yacht are being
u. NJ specially woven duck and are to
:. nnished by Ratsey. In the Light sails
m ana cotton will be used. and in some
= 10 pieces OF canvas Q ramis cloth will
'. n,es.ed into service. These sails are
~, Tor very light weather. They are
,sry closely woven but so iight that the
,.in,e., sephyr will ift them out.
IN. Herreshoff yacht will have sails
a nv Herreshoff That designer and
builder will not allow any one else to make
~ sails When the yacht Is turned out
go the yard she will be ready for her
,sJ Herreshoff has made some fine
.sc,. Of canvas Each Of the fifty footers
ss.,r..a suit OF Herreshof sails last
ysr While other sailmakers mace some
4 he canvas for the Reliance, Constitu-
-, and Columbia. the Herreshoff sails
.,-. considered by some to be the best
IN, were used.
IN, owen designed yacht the Defiance.
.n; for the Fri City syndicate. will star,
,,n salts made by Wilson silsbe-.
M Arm Is one OF the most sought after
n The East BY yach,smon who want good
asvss
v,rA,s will receive their finishing touches.
n, Half Moon at Herreshoffs 10 almost
,n,ed. The riveting Is we'll along and
a. decking will be the last work done
"A the zach. before launching. This
r,eh, ha. been built 80 tina; after her
,aver a. q cup defender has ended she
IN b. transformed into schooner II
,r owners so desire. While trying for
-up honors she. like all the others. will be
mere she'll. with as little weight above
as wa,er,ine 40 possible. Her crew will
Nv, on a tender. where all the extra sails
and spare spars and rigging will be
sored
The news that the Shamrock " Is 20
~ high powered yacht II not at all
surprising to yachtsmen on this side Of
me water Nicholson has always used
lots Of canvas on his yachts. and the
p%sent Shamrock. the champion Of the
!, metre ciass. has much more canvas
than yacht OF her size would carry on
this side OF the Atlantic. British yachts
IN, have come after the cup In the last
thirty years have always been under can
yas.d, compared with the defenders. In
nearly every instance the challenger has
received time from the defender. but al
Ways has lost. The Shamrock II. was an
ERECTION to this rule. and she made the
Gees, bid for the cup In the history OF
-sens for tina, trophy In one race she
anlshed first, but lost through having to
allau time TO the Columbia. She could
have carried more sail. and had she done
" would In all probability have won.
One reason for the CHALLENGER being
uder csnvased Is that the yards on the
s,hsr sid. OF the Atlantic In summer are
Xavier than those on this side. The
ss on this side has not profited them a,
a and year after year they have come
9Th q yacht that could easily handle
ruch more sail than IL has carried.
Xeholson. according to Sir Thomas Lip
n is not TO be caught this way and the
0Anrock will be big. powerful vessel.
Harry Johnson. who ditd last Monday.
" b. very much missed In the yachting
~fd this year. lie had sailedd yachts
NAL and laT-c. since he was a boy and
vas one Of the cleverest amateurs in
tsse waters. when the Challenge for the
e1p was accepted Harry Johnson was one
" me FEW VINO were considered as likely
"haye charge OF a defender. and had h,
nl,t one OF those yachts II would have
been hard boa, to beat He sailed this
ARIA in some races lest year and won
S' Larchmont series. The previous year
I. had charge OF the Medora and Won
many races. The year before that IN
saed the Irondeauoit Probably tn
osS race he ever sailed was at Larch.
mont
The lrondequot was last at the frs,
,ound but while on the second very
n.s'! squall broke. she had . club top
~ aioft as did other yachts. OtheI
shppers had theirs lowered, but johnson
Nteo that OF the IrondequoIt through Il
s y. nhish and won the race through skill
y. n4hdl!n; and good jud gment. Amonl
saer va hts he sailed successfully wtr,
70. nrst Effort. the Dorwina In her hrs
ua'oh and the Mira IN her hrst season
q. never erowed about his Victories ans
,..ayS mad A good word for those h,
, .s4tto lie never was protested and h,
~ MED protest. The red nag neve
nS hA ~ a