The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-20
SHAMROCK IN
 MORE TROUBLE
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also undergone some changes.
 Shamrock again was the first of the ] cup sloops to make sail today.
 Robert w. Emmons, 2nd., managing l owner of Resolute, said today before l she cast off from her moorings that if the better boat won the cup, Reso- 1ute would be returned the victor in the series. !
 Maybe I'll disguise Shamrock as a hivver and see what she can do," said Sir Thomas today. 'I asked Henry Ford the other day when he visited me if he could not put an invisible motor in my boat.'
 A heavy fog mantled the sea this morning and through the murk came the warning cry of the sea siren on the Ambrose Channel light vessel, nine miles away, clear evidence that the northwest wind was much lighter off shore.
 Shortly after g a. m. the wind be- gan to freshen and prospects for a real race were better.
 When Shamrock dropped her moor ings at 9:45 a. m. and headed sea- ward there was not as much wind off shore as came over the top of the Jersey Highlands.
 Resolute dropped her moorings at 10:1S a. m. and took a tow for the light ship. Fog obscured the start ing point from spectators on the Jer- sey headlands.
 It was reported that Captain An drew J. Applegate of Seabright had Captain Burton with his knowledge of local tide and wind conditions.
 At Il a. m. the breeze had increased to seven knots an hour and gave every indication of holding.
 At 11:30 the regatta committee hoist ed the 'G" signal flags, postponing the start of the race until later in the CT wind.
 At 11:42 a. m. the committee hauled down the postponement flag. The | committee then set signals for today S triangular course:
 First, a reach south south east; sec- ond, beat west by north, and third, a reach to the finish northeast by north.
 | The preliminary signal was sounded at noon for a start at 12:15 over tri~ angular course leading out to sea, back | toward the Jersey shore to a point of l Shrewsbury rock, thence back to the | Ambrose Channel Ightship. The breeze had dropped to three knots, giving the yachts just steerage way. Resolute came down and tackled underneath Shamrock. Then both | tween them and Shamrock to weather. i Then Shamrock broke away and headed back to the lightship. followed l by Resolute. The wind was very soft and the yachts moved slowly. Shamrock led across the line at 12:15:48, followed by Resolute at
 12:16:26, although Reso1ute allowed | the challenger to start first, the Lip l ton craft had trouble with it's ballooner i which would not break out and l was promptly hauled down, the Brit ish sailors working feverishly to clear | the fou1ed sail.
 Nearly catching Shamrock five min | utes after the start, Resolute sailed past her to leeward at 12:22. Having i cleared the fouled jib topsail the | crew of Shamrock set their spinnaker | It did not draw well, and Resolute sped on with her big ballooner out
 and the other head sails drawing well It was evident to observers that sail
 handling on the challenger had been | bungled. The spihhaker was taken | in at 1925 and a smaller one set. This I also failed to fill quickly and 10 min utes after the start Resolute was lead | ing by 50 yards At 12:30 her lead ] was 200 yards. She was slipping along
 smoothly and fast under main sail
 club topsail and big ballooner. Sham | rock was steadily dropping behind be.
 cause her headsails refused to fill and
 it looked as if her skipper was ir
 trouble again.
 I At 1928 Shamrock lowered hel fore staysail and jib and set an Eng fish bowsprit spinnaker or balloon I forestaysail. She still chung to No | 1 reaching jib topsail. By this time
 Resolute was 300 yards ahead. At 12:50 Reso1ute was sailing a1onE
 easily with her ballooner drawing
 sp1endidIy while Shamrock was flap
 ping the wind dut of iher small reach
 ing jib topsail and the little fore
 topsai1 that looked like a f1sherman'' fore topsai1 as 1t was hoisted onl.
 half way to the cross trees. Yachting
 experts couldn't understand wh. Burton did not set his ballooner.
 At 12:55 the breeze began haul ing to the south. Resolute brok'
 out her jib and prepared to beat tt
 the first mark. Shamrock was hal mile astern, but somewhat t. weather.
 At p. m. Resolute ran into a sof spot and Shamrock drew up within a quarter of a mile of her. , At 1:1O Shamrock passed Reso1ut i to windward and took the lead again
 At 1925 with her little fisherman
 staysail set ahead of her mast draw
 ing nicely, Shamrock ran a quarte of a mile ahead of Resolute. Sh | picked up a puff of air and saile , around Resolute to windward, 1uc.
 being with Shamrock for the frs time.
 Resolute still c1ung to her balloone , which seemed to draw well. but coul
 not, apparently, compete with Sham . rocks baby fore topsail
 Two airplanes raced up and dow,
 the course, coming closer to the GU
 craft than usual. Overhead hovere
 a big naval dirigible.