New-York tribune., 1915-07-16
Close Struggle Marks
Third Cup Yacht Trial
Off Sandy Hook.
BEATEN BOAT GAINS
FAST ON LAST LEG
Light Airs Mar First Half of
Race, and the Vanitie Is Last
TO Catch New Breeze.
BY CAPT. JAMES c. SUMMERS.

Travelling at a speed of not less
than twelve miles an hour in a south
west breeze, strong enough 10 bury
their rails, the sloop yachts Resolute
and Vanitie made striking picture yes
terday, as they crossed the finish line
off Ambrose Lightship.
Il was the final race Of the three sea
trials of these cup defence yachts, and
the Resolute won them all. The
Vanitie was only nineteen seconds
astern when they finished yesterday,
but the Resoiute won on corrected time
by minute 80 seconds.
Vice-Commodore J. P. Morgan Of the
New York Yacht Club, who has recov
cred sufficiently from his wounds 10
leave his home, was on board his steam
yacht Corsair to see the victory of
the boat in which he is part owner.
The steam yacht followed the Resolute
TO her anchorage in the Horseshoe.
In many respects the race was disap-
pointing because OF the light and fuky
wind and the hazy weather during the
first half of the contest, and because
there was no windward work.
The striking feature. however, was
the sailing OF the NanItie in the last
half of the struggle. At the outer
mark the Gardener yacht was, 10 all
intents and purposes, a beaten boat,
for she rounded it minutes l6 sec
onds astern Of her rival IL was
beam reach from there TO the finish
with freshening breeze, and the
harder it blew the greater was the gam
of the Nanitie. She recovered all but
thirteen seconds Of the time she was
astern at the outer mark. On actua!
time from start TO finish she was beaten
only thirteen seconds, for she started
six seconds astern Of the Resolute.
Both yachts were off the Ambrose
Lightship ready for a start at the sched-
uled time-ll o'clock the Resolute
having been towed from her anchorage
in the Sandy Hook Horseshoe by Fred f.
erick G.. Bourne's steam yacht Alberta,
and the Yantie by the tug VI. Moran.
There was a light breeze from the
westward, but not sufficient TO JUSTIFY
the race committee in starting the
yachts at that time.
Fortv-fve minutes later, the wind
having remained steady from the west
they set the code signals "A q l,
meaning the course would be east, and
the Moran, in charge of Captain Blitz,
was sent to log it Off. it was fifteen
miles TO leeward and return, as it was
impossible TO send the yachts that DIS
tance on a windward course.
The warning signal sounded at II
O'Clock. the preparatory at l2:O5 and
the start at 12:10. Both yachts man
nuvred 20 the southwest of the line,
the committee yacht Viking, anchored
northeast of the lightship, forming
its inshoro end. Two minutes before
the starting signal both yachts were
on the starboard tack closehauled,
standing 10 the southwest. Captain
Vanderbilt kept the Nanlte off and
gybed her TO starboard near the light
ship. As she lufed 10 the port tack
the Rcsolute gybed on her weather,
and both headed TO the northeast just
as the whistle sounded.
The yachts were then several hum
dred yards west Of the line. The Van
itie. easing sheets to starboard and
breaking a ballooner 70 port, came for
the line at good speed The Resolute's
skipper chose the opposite gybe, with
her balioOncr 20 Starboard, and he sent
her across first, u seconds after the
expiration Of her handicap time Of 2
minutes. The Vanitie under better
headway crossed seconds later. They
were officially timed as having crossed
az l2:l2; their actual time was 1912:
- for the Resolute and 12:l2:l8 FOR
The NanItie
Captain Adams gybed the Resoute TO
starboard three minutes after the start
and both were soon logging off about
eight miles an hour, heading, not due
east but nearly point higher TO
make their sails draw. The outer mark
was set at a point oF Joues's Inlet
and four miles of shore. The Nanitie
held a lead Of about a length for ten
miles. when the wind died out, leaving
both in the doldrums.
The Rcso.utc, getting the new breeze
from the south first, on the inner edge
OF the Cholera Bank. passed her rival,
and she had good lead before it
reached the Vanitic Both had taken
in their ballooners and hauled on the
wind on the starboard tack.
II was so hazy that the outer mark
was not seen until the yachts were
within a mile Of il. They approached
it with small reachers set, and the
times taken as they lufred around il
were: Resolute. 2:20; Vanitie, 2:25:22,
showing, by the elapsed time, that the
Resolute had gained minutes l6
seconds in the last five miles.
Instead Of being a beat 20 windward
for the second half OF the course, the
wind now from a little west OF south
made il a reach back 10 the finish,
so, with a ballooner set 70 starboard
on the Resolute and reacher on the
Nanitie. the pair began their struggle
of fifteen miles to the finish Ia . night
breeze. and hazy weather for the first
half and clearing skies and freshening
breezes for the last half.
The ResoIute took in her balloon jib
topsail at 1880 and set a reacher and
her jib and staysail and this had the
effect of holding of the Vanitie, which
came up fast as the wind freshened.
The steam yachts Alberta and Viking
and the press tug John Nichols ac-
companied the yachts over the course.
The summary follows:
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB-THIRD MATCH
RACE-SANDY HOOK
MILES TO LELWAkD AND RETURN.
ELAPSED Corrted
start. Finish time time
Yacht INNS Inns I'M INNS
Rsso.ute ....... l2.l4o0 ll!2l to5 = totl9
The Resolute wins hy 70 seconds elapsed. ard In
H.. "a Ha FsaN Hufa