Evening journal., 1920-07-15
YACHTS ON 50
Mile SAIL FOR
AMERICAS CUP
Continued from First Page

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The Shamrock was carrying main
sail. club top sail, baby iib capsail,
IT'D and forestry sail and the Resoiute
the same.
en- minutes before The start both
boats were holding about west on
port tack, with the Shamrock leading.
suddenly the Shamrock hauled on and
around the lightship, followed by The
Resolute. Up 10 this time The light
had favored the big green challenger
Five minutes before the start, both
yachts were fighting 1t out TO the
weather OF the line. Then they broke
across and the Resolute headed west
The official starting time was an
nOunced as follows.
Resolute i2OOAO; Shamrock,
~ Oi IS
The handicap for The challenger
was announced as six minutes and 40
seconds. The change was due TO re-
measurement the regatta committee
announced.
The shamrock got away 10 a bad
start She was over the line at the
starting signal and had 10 recross.
| This gave the American boat a lead
OF POO yards. shortly after the
yachts spun out on keir thirty mile
course, the sky suddenly became
overcast and a heavy tropical rain
began to fall The wind dropped 70
the faintest breath but continued
/ from the southwest.
The Shamrock headed In toward
The squan drcnched both yachts
and nearly killed the breeze. The
Resolute pointed higher but the
/ Shamrock footed a trlle astcrn.
After thoroughly drenohlng both
/ yachts and the roads or spectators
the rain ceased but big sullen. slow
drifting clouds hung over the course
making visibility poor A fog began
90 roll up from the windward shortly
before 4 o'clock, making conditions
worse.
Long peals OF thunder bowled
across the skies as the mist became
thicker. The yachts stood well out Ia
sea In an apparent ondeavor 10 dodge
the fog and any strong outside breezcs
Workers OF the Shamrock were
plainly discouraged with the miser
able start made by Upton boat They
said 10 was The worst gelaway ever
made In a race for Americas cup by
a Upton challenger.
AT ~ 80 the rain descended again
with increased force. and the storm
which had been forecasted by the
weather bureau struck the course
with ugf0recasted forochy
The ResOlute gained steadily An
hour after the race started, she had
increased her lead 10 morn than
half mile Both yachts were stand
ing we'll Off shore ON starboard iacl
with the Resolute slightly 10 thg
WindVVard
The second shower was accom-
panied by a higher wind whlct
tended 20 dIsperse the fog. I'll,
breeze increased 10 six knots.
Rain squall after rain squall swerl
over the course, hlOtung out The
view OF tho yachts. The wind changed
10 the westward about 1870 p. IN. let.
ting The yachts up so that they nearly
, lpOinted for the mark, eleven miles
= down the New Jersey coast.
The ResOlute held her lead %
/ lh6lf-mile Both vessels were slowl'
moving. Both shippers took In thei
baby iib topsails.
Asiir shortly before dawn the Sham
rocks crew were brcakfastcd and pa
aboard the challenger before six a
m. There was no sign Of life on IN
Resolute until an hour later although
her mainsail was still 90 be bent on
ShamrOok's huge sail was bent OF
yesterday.
The white clad Upton mon bustle
about the deck grooming the race
, with microscopic eyes. Far up On
towering mast. a white figure sa
! orOss-logged round the truck. BE
. meath on the glistening deck ever
rope, line cle0t and block was exam
inpd The canvas covers were take
from the sails and the halyards tesi
ed.
The challenger and the dcfende
mOOred a half mile apart. bObbe
a cOurtesics TO cach other as the su
y drove through the wispy haze an
" FURNISHED Sandy Hook Bay.
In a dozen noighboring bays an
= coves, launches. yachts and hooker
, OF every description chugged or lazil
waited their way 10 the Hook.
q The handicap which the Shamro,
~ must conCode was placed at sew
, minutes, one second by the race con
n mittee. This Is the greatest hand
,. cap ever allowed.
ny TOdays race win be ihe thirteemi
y time America and England have ba
lied on the water for Americas CT
and crown Of queen Of the seas.
y ResOlute went TO the start 10
5l favorite. Close 10 $4,000 has he.
but this amount seems rather trivi
e In comparison with some OF the pa
,n races in which as high as 5000
~ changed hands
,uc Il is impossible 10 estimate d
NJ time required 10 sail the thirty mil
m after the sloops get under way. m
best time ever made over the thir
o. mile course was 3t4 - made in ie
M by Reliance The slOwest time W
o. l57 80 made in 1898 by Defendl
IN The race, however, cannot 10 Ov
ms six hours as the rules require On
ih It cannot be sailed or finished AFT
m sundOwn.
ng The challenger has been duhb
ed "the mystery boat" not only becau
on OF her radical design but because
ka her power being unknown. s
showed speed during the trials, b
it was thorght that Captain Burt
was always holding her back and tt
her real power was novor shown.
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