Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-20
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yachting for years.
=. A. Gautesen is the professional
skipper of Vanitie. In former races
fol. the Americas cup, the profess
SIGNAL skipper has been the all i'm
portant parsonage on board a cup
va ,ht. That is not so today. Both
Shamrock " and the American de-
fender will be sailed by an amateur
stu the professional skipper plays
an important part on cup boat and
altho he is not as well known as
| some of the other paid racing men.
ca plain Gautesen III an excellent
sailor. who has had many years of
experience on board racing yachts.
This Is not the first time that
Captain Gautesen has shipped on
Vnnitie. Back In 1915, when Com
modore Cornelius Vanderbilt had the
yacht under charter. he was her first
mate. At that time. Vanitie was
commanded by Captain Chris.
1 christensen. Commodore Wander
bits sailing master. who is the pro-
fe ssional skipper of Resolute. Later,
Captain Gautesen was engaged by
Rear Commodore. Nichols as the sail
ing master of the lattcrs fifty footer
Carolina. He did such excellent
work on Carolina that II was only
natural that he should be Rear Com
m,dore Nichols selection ror the cup
boat.
Like vanitie, the other candidate
fo- the honor Of defending the Amer
ica's Cup was built in 1914 She was
designed by Nat Herreshoff and
built by the Herreshoffs ut their
Bristol yards in 1914. Her general
dimensions are LOG feet, inches
over all; rs feet on the waterline;
81 feet inches extreme breadth ana
at out IL feet draft. Altho the same
length on the waterline, Resolute 10
smaller than vanitie and 40 during
the trial races OF 1914, received con-
siderable time.
Resolute was built by syndicate
OF members OF the New York Yacht
TClub. The syndicate was headed by
Henry Walters. erstwhile commodore
| OF the club: with Arthur Curtiss
james. Frederick G. Bourne. Cornell
ius Vanderbilt. George f. Baker. Jr.,
and J. P. Morgan as the other mem
btrs. All have flown the senior flag
of the club. With the exception Of
| Frederick G. Bourne, the members Of
the syndicate are all alive and deep
| ly interested In the defense OF the
trophy.
The cup situation. insofar as the
New York Yacht Club Is concerned
is most unusual this year. The syn
di:ate that built Resolute Is prac-
tieally the cup committee," OF the
organization. which also is in con-
troll OF yanitie. Again. Rear Com
modore Nichols In 1914 was q mem
beer of the afterguard on Resoluts
and probably would be there today,
had not vanitie been turned over to
club.
The "interlocked directorate ex-
plains why the new sails for vanitie
cslme from the Herreshoffs' sail loft
and Wy Rear Commodore Nichols
and Captain Robert w. Emmons, II
or Boston. managing directorfof Res
olute. have been In continual COM
m unication turnout the winter. Each
has helped the other place his re-
sl,ective craft In commission. The
re ason IL self evident. The New York
Yacht Club is playing no favorities
in its defense of the trophy. The
| yachting brains" of the club are not
trying to mack Resolute beat Vanitie
or vanitie beat Resolute. They are
ont to make either vanitie or Reso-
Lutte beat Shamrock Nv and with that
In mind, they have been working to
get as, much as possible out Of each
yacht. 49,. 7
In addition to Captain Einmons,
there will be on board the Bristol
y,cht, Charles Francis Adams, End.
o. Boston, who will hold the wheel.
George A. Cormack.. secretary OF the
New York Yacht Club, and John
Parkinson. All served as members
or the afterguard in 1924. No one
has as yet been selected to take the
place OF Rear Commodore Nichols.
Captain Christensen also served on
the craft in 1914.