The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-10
YANITIE BREAKS
GAFF; RESOLUYE
SAILS IN ALONE
Rest Race Of Series Has Sad
Ending When Big Yachts
Gybc at Mark.
IMPORTANCE OF START
REVEALED ONCE MORE

The Resolute trturnnhed again yester-
A,y and would have lone so even II the
vani,le had not carried away her gan.
rbs race was sailed with the Seawan-
hsks Corinthian Yacht Club In n strong
xInd from northwest. which at times
h,.x twenty-five miles an hour. Under
~, pressure both vessels heeled until the
vater was up to their hatch coamings
and their spars buckled under the
.,sln. After sailing for t~wenty-four
and three-fourth miles and when the
p.,o,u,e was 81 seconds ahead Of the
yani,ie. they had reached a spar buoy
on Long Neck Point, They had to gybe
"a reach on the next leg OF the course,
Ard this was ticklish work in the strong
Wind.
The Resolute got around safely. but
ina yanitie's aluminium gaff In swinging
,,or, the starboard to the port side
douS,ed up like a putty blower about
tan fest from the jaws and the yacht
ga HELPLESS. The sails were lowered
quickly and the broken spar unshipped.
"a that when the yacht reached her
moor,ngs at Glen Cove everything was in
readiness TO ship a new gsr for to-day's
race Of the New FORK Yacht Club.
The accident was a great disappoint-
men, 10 all yachtsmen because the I'VE
vachts were making the best fight they
hsy. nut UP yet and the Vanitie was
saining. She had gained IL seconds on
the preyious leg and II she repeated this
work on the last leg, which was also "A
reach, the two yachts would ave been
almost on even terms. There then would
have been Just the Resolute's
between the two yachts.
The race showed again that the yacht
that rets of in front has an advantage
almost impossible to overcome and that
the man9uvring before the start Is the
most important part or the race
Charles Francis Adams again sent ms
Yacht Resolute away in the lead by 20
seconds. He had the coveted position,
,he Resolute was moving fast and the
vanitie, following, was a little 10 lee
xard OF her wake. when the Nanitie
crossed she WAS luned sharply to get
clear of the Resolute's back wind and
this killed her way. SO that she was al
most dead as she crossed the line. The
Resolute sailed the 30ts miles, or when
sn were to windward. in 3 hours min
u,es Is seconds. the fastest time ever
made over the Seawanhaka course.
Yachtsmen were fearful when they
left the harbor In the morning that the
northweste. which had been blowing
strong all night would o out and
leave a calm. They were on boaru
Thomas ". Slocum's fast steam yacht
Ranger. When they reached the start
ing point the wind was light ana the
racing yachts were heading slowly down
the Sound. Before the time TO select
the course II breezed on, and then the
vino held trAe until after the Resolute
had finished. The committee. Colgate
Hoyt, Jr., Victor I. Cumnock and IL. ii.
Landon, made the preparatory signal AT
O'clock. Then the wind was fresh
from northwest and the tide running
east. The course was to Greenwich
Point, then to Long Neck Point. Keeping
south Of the Cows. and then home, rms
was sailed twice over and the first leg
was windward work. The Greenwich
mark was four and three-quarter miles
from the start. which was at the spar
buoy on Lloyd's Neck. and the compas
direction was northwest by north, one
half north. .
Resolute turned the frst mark at
1920 and Vanitie at 80 20. on
actual time the Resolute had game
1Ull NSI SN'NIlNs ~ ~
Resolute's lead had been cut down t.
,wenty-six seconds. From that point TO
the buoy off Long Neck the course was
east-northeast two and hve-eighth miles
and each had to haul up. Each got
f~avor!ng puns drawing off the land, and
these were coming often at twenty-five
miles an hour. Under their pressure
the Yachts staggered on their course,
The Vanitie continued to gain, and when
they jibed, the Resolute at 2:l4 90, the
ranitie was only twenty seconds astern.
on actual time Vanitie was leading by
three econd
Mr.. Vanderbilt succeeded IN shooting
the Vanitie In between the Resolute and
the buoy and gained a position on the
weather quarter Of the Resolute. The
Nanitie's reacher had been run down,
which enabled those in charge to handle
her more easily. and she started TO luff
with the Resolute. whose jb topsail
nut'ered badly in the wind. For a few
moments II looked as II the Nanitie
would pull by. but soon the Resolute
headed on her course and the Nanitle
took a course further TO the westward.
her skipper figuring on the effect of
the beb tide. The Resolute made a
gain OF seventeen seconds on this leg.
which was due largely TO Vanitie's hold-
ing too high. The times at the home
mark were Resolute IA 80. Vanitie
?t5 OF. so that Of actual sailing over
half the course the Resolute had beaten
the Vanitie fourteen seconds.
W. Butler Duncan then took the wheel
~ The Vanitie and without "A jib topsail
this time he sailed her full to let her
foot, While the Resolute was sailed close
50 close that her headsails 1uttered.
They made three tacks across the Sound
and Resoiute gained. She slightly over
stood the weather mark, which she
turned AT 5 20 ;0j, and the Nanitie was
timed at "a ;O5. They reached on to
the second mark and each had reach
ing III t~opsails up, that OF the Vanitie
being a little smaller than the Resolutes,
The times taken AS they gybed at the
Long Neck mark were Resoluta ~ 40,
Vanlt,e 8 :Os "a. which with the twenty
three seconds difference at the start
showed that Resolute was leading by
tnirty-one seconds.
Then the accident happened which put
the Vanit.e out Of the race and the
Resolute finished alone at 4:l7 :53
Arthur Curtiss James was an addition 10
the atte- guard on he Resolute and he
said afterward that 1t was the hnes'
race he ever had sailed. The summary
CUP YAcHTs-CouRsE soh MILES.
ELAPSED
Start. Finish. Time;
Yacht. NJ Inns. Inns
RssDlutc .... 10 ss T53 OF 4
vanre, ..',, ,,,,,. iiiM Disabled.
Little Choice Among This Trio.