Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-26
ResOLute Plans
FOiLed by Burton

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astern, shut off her wind and then scoot
into a good lead.
Resolute Forted at Start
After the boats got across. Resolute
began to attempt just this. What she
wanted was an overlap. She drew ever
nearer the Shamrock's stern. Bu.
Skipper Burton foiled her efforts to
pass her by lufing out of the defender.
Thus. for more than fifteen minutes we
saw the two yachts fighting out their
luffing match which carried them well
to the northward instead Of on their
course.
In the course Of this lufiing mntch
SpinnakerS were not flung out. probably
because the wind did not have enough
of a northward slant to use spinnakcrs
to any advantage. 1t was expected
however. that when they squared ava!
on their course they might get an OPP
portunity to use the mammoth kites
At all events the spinnakcr poles hat
been taken in. Not more than two
lengths separated the sloops.
At 10 the single stickcrs were srIi
holding in toward the shore, passing
! the Scotland lightship at that time
Rcsolute was still close aboard" ant
threatening to make trouble when the
slcops squared away on their course. II
was seen as the racers drew near the
shore that the attending feet had not
fulfilled promise az to size. there being
about fifty boats by actual count. in
Guiding navy vessels. Among them were
the Plymouth. Corsair. Victoria. Giral-
/ do. schooner yacht Sachen. schooner
Lady Betty. Longer I'd, iron steamboat
Taurus and tugs and mower yachts
which have been in attendance from thu
| first.
After held in shore until the beach
was about q mile away ResOlntr came
about. pushing her boom to star board a
40 o'clock and standing for the mark
which Law down the coast of the weS
end. Long Branch. Shamrock followed
suit Immediately after Rcsolutc. The
yachts which had been doing little more
than drifting, seemed to move better or
their new course.
| Squared away on their courses
Resolute showed her light weather
ability by passing ahead of the Sham
rock at :55 o'clock. Her lead was ,
matter of fifty feet. however,
Apropos Postponement
As to the calling off of Saturday
! race because Of "heavy weather"
great deal has been said derogatory t.
the racing spirit Of almost every on
concerned in this cup series, whereas
| think had remarks of the sort beeI
confined to the two sloops they woul'
have been in better point. For on Sat
urday 1t was question of boats, no
of the unwillingness of those whit
manned them to race or of those VIII,
are conducting the series not to want I
race.
First as to the conditions: The win,
was about twenty knots, but in puff
it went as high as twenty eight
probably moro. In other words, tryfn
winds upon craft not built to with
stand them. And sthe sea was lumpy
not fearfully rough, but. still, good ant
rough. Now, the New York iach
Club has sailed through worse blow
| than this; worse seas. too. ! am nina
ed of night run from the VINEYARD t'
Portland. Me, back in 1912, when A
Curtiss James was the commodore.
That was as bad night as l eve
spent on the water. The wind wa
thirty knots at least. northcaStcr ant
the sea was a mess. The yacht clu'
squadron was blown galley west tina
night. but the schooner Elmina stormet
! through 1.-THE late Bill Dennis hell
the wheel-and 80 did the sixty foo
sloop Aurora, with w. Butler Duncai
at the wheel.
And in 1918 in the run from New
London to Newport the conditions wer
far worse than they were on Saturday
Vanitie led the fleet of wind jammer
in. and Resolute limpcd back to New
| London with q broken wing.