Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-23
.,,.:.REs0lUTE AND VAN|T|E
Y READY FOR TRIAL RACES
Lively Competition Expected Next
Month When Yachts Clash for
TX Honor of Rcprcsenting l.. S.

NEW YORK. May 22.-Real trial
races for the yachts Resolute and
.Vanitie. which Will race in prelim-
mary brushes. the winner to be given
= the honor OF defending tho Amer
ica's cup against Sir Thomas Lip
tons Shamrock ". will take place
noI, month on Newport: .o,.
fourteen OF the brushes. The cup
committee then will announce the de-
fendsr These ,, races VII DE tGT
between the two crews will be for
gotten. each desiring TO be the cup
boat Once the defender is picked.
tho brains" of the two yachts again
will get together to plan the defense
The regatta committee of the New
York Yacht Club will have full
made UP OF II. de B: Parsons !chair,,
man), Joseph NJ Marlborough and
Frederic o. Spedden.
With both Resolute and Nanitie
In the water again. yachtsmen once
more are beginning to take an in
tcrest in the international series for
the classic yachting trophy. The race
to put Kesolute and Vaniiie into the
est: throughout the country. The
honors went to- Vanitie. Not only
+, was she relaunchcd day ahead OF
-Resolutc, but she also was under sail
Hcrreshoff designed craft. This, of
course. means nothing in the selec-
the race to put the yachts int, COM
mission was interesting. as II showed
the Keen rivalry that exists between
the managing directors OF the craft
Nunitic Was Built in 1914.
- Vanitie, designed by William Card
I. ner for Alexander Smith Cochran. a
. member OF the New York Yacht Club,
originally was built by George Law
ley & Son Corporation. at NePonset,
Mass. In 1914. Her general dimen-
sions are lis feet over all. rs feet
on the water line. 20 feet inches
oxtrcme breadth and Il draft of about
at Robert Jacobs yard. City Island
Last winter Mr.. Cochran gave the
yacht to the cup committee of the
New York Yacht Club. and the COM
: hands Of RcarCommodorc George
Nichols, one of the best amateur
ailors in the country.
,nof n51ssH Mieho ise has "'S Been eNperi
Inenting with the vessel. In the trial
races OF 1914. Nanitie had to allow
R"soiute ting S. The Tar lun ,mn Eigd Of
find a method of eliminating the han
dicap. With this idea in view.
snanESs have hay. been made II M the RE
generally liEhtencd. Naturally,
!. there has been considerable secre
cy regarding the changes; Whether
his point. will not he known until
the defending yachts are measured
The Changes in vanitie were made
At Robert JACOBS yard. 1t is said
that Startling Burgess. a Boston
yachtsman. member, OF the after
guard of the Gardner boat, principal
One is a new hollow topmast. The
yacht also has new hnllow spruce
made TO tighten the craft
Regardless of the fact that It fire.
auently had been reported that Van
tiles stem was to be shortened ma
trriHliy and that her rail. which is
really the continuation OF her sides
these changes have not been made.
The rail has been cut away, from
about two-thirds way, aft, so as to
enable the decks to clear themselves
more rapidly than IL the waters had
TO get away through the small Soup
pers. The angle. At which the CEN
terboard OF Vantie extends. has been
forward This is hoped to increase
her w!ndward qualities.
Nichols 10 Race Yacht.
Nanitle VIII be raced by Rear
Commodore George Nichols In ad-
di;ion TO the flag officer and MIR.
i EITGscSSs' there ere will be on the quar-
g. J. Nourse and C. Sherman Hoyt.
10th are well known New York
va chtsmen. the former being promi-
nept In the weekly racing Of the
: rt:a SWhnhakn -Corinth!an Yacht Club
~oi oyster Bay, and the latter inter-
ested in yachting for years.
g. \. GautcseH is the professional
sKlpper or NanitIc. In the former
races for the Americas Gun. tho nrn.
icssional skipper has been the all
important parsonage on board a Gun
ShChl nat Is not so today Both
SNamrock ~. and the American dc.
isnner VIII! be sailed by an amateur
sli!l the professional skipper plavs
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