The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-14
COMES CLOSE
TO CUP II RECORD
Gives Vanitie Sound Thrashing on Both Legs of Course
to Windward and Return, Barely Failing to
Equal Vigilant's Time Made in 1893.

and she footed very fast. while Resolute
was sailed close On the wind and stead
lily ate out to windward. Thu wind was
Of sufficient strength to put their rails
down to the water and the crews were
all up at the weather rail. only two
men standing to leeward to watch head
sails.
when on Noimandie the Vanitie took
the starboard lack again. This was at
~ :0T. She had lost a little up to this
point and had to pass astern OF the
Resolutc a minute later when that yacht
also took the starboard tack In n posi-
ton oead to windwa of her rival.
Several short tacks followed and In this
work Resolute. being the quicker to go
about. made an appreciable gain. Al
~ 20 O'Clock both were heading OFT
shore with the Resolute about "A quar-
ter of n mile in the lead. and she held
this tack until I :O3 90, when she took
the port tack and headed for the mark.
The Rcsolute then had a commanding
lead, hut she had overstood just a little,
while the Nanitie. which tackled at the
same time. had to make another short
hitch to fetch the turning mark.
The Rcsolute passed the mark at
i:l2 go. She gybed and set a ~spinnaker
to starboard. The big sail was handled
very smartly and was broken out I min
ute 10 seconds after passing the mark.
The Vanitie passed the mark at ] rs 80.
She too gybed her boom to port and get
a %spinnsker. and she exactly equalled
the Resoiute's time In getting the big
sail drawing. Balloon jib topsails were
run up and broken out and very soon
both had settled down for the long run
home. The wind near the turning mark
was lighter than 1t had been at the
start. ON the way home they sailed
into n steadily increasing wind. which.
strengthening us they went into II. did
not benefit the stern yacht.
Half way home an old fashioned bark
passed between the two racing craft.
she was sailing under royals, but the
club topsails OF the yachts lowered
away above the sails Of the bark and
the trader soon was left far astern and
lost In the haze.
The Rcsolute finished at Al rs and
the vanitie at 2:45 AZ. II took the
kesolute . hours "a seconds to sail hf-
teen miles dead to windward. and II
took her 1 hour 20 minutes 6 seconds
to run tho fifteen miles to the finish.
The fastest time made In a race FOR the
Americas cup over a course OF fifteen
miles to windward and return was J
hours - minutes 80 seconds. by the
Nigilant In 1898. The visilant was a
D.. 90 foOter and carried more sail than
does the Resolute.
While going down the hay ex-Commo-
dore Frederick q. Bourne's steam yacht
Alberta was held up by the torpedo boa,
destroyer Drayton. Since the war II
has been the rule that every vessel pass
ing out must show her signal number &c
the guard ship. The Alberta steamed
down the bay early in the morning. and
not knowing his rule. tried to pass
through the Narrows. The Drayton wa:
at anchor on Quarantine and she footed
her whistle and set the signal u T +
which mean stop" The tug Markets.
was sent after the yacht to bring he
back. The Alberta soon stopped anC
after an explanation was allowed to e
on. The summary:
sLooPs- CLASS H-CouRsE, Is NILES ~
wINDwARD AND RETuRS
Start. Finish. time
Yacht and owner INNS. s. n VI $
Rcsolutc. " " EN-
mons ID ......... II II SO e : 30
Vauitie. G Vanderbilt II II 50 q ~ % 4
The allowance to the Resolute 70
thirty miles Is said to be I minute |
seconds. The yachts will sail over a ti
angular course Of thirty miles to-day
starting at II o'clock from the AmbrosN
| Channel lightship.