Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
ALL N READINESS
FOR YACHT RACES
Resolutc and Shamrock ~ to
Meet Next Thursday for
Americas Cup.

New York, July 12.--All is in readiness
and the stage set for the worlds greatest
yachting event, which has its thirteenth
revival off Sandy Hook next Thursday
when Resolute and Shamrock ~ arc TO
appear in that thrilling drama entitled
''The Supremacy OF the Seas" or 'The
Americas Cup Races" Years of prep
aration and millions of dollars have
been expended to produce this attractive
spectacle.
In other words, Sir Thomas Lipton's
fourth challenger for the Americas Cup,
the Shamrock ~, is to meet the New
York Yacht Clubs defender of that
trophy, the Resolute, and a marine battle
royal is expected. Sir Thomas has had
the most daring and original naval archi-
tect of all Britain design and build a
racing yacht for him with which to ac-
oomplish his most cherished ambition,
namely, to lift the cup. Charles +. Nichol-
yacht which upholds British hopes.
America depends upon the genius who
has so successfully created craft to de-
fend our interests ahoat on numerous
occasions before. Captain Nat Here
shoff, the wizard of Bristol, II. l., is the
man America depends upon to keep that
DID, ugly, but dearly cherished silver bau-
BILE from returning to its native land.
It has been here for sixty-nine years,
since q small American schooner yacht,
the America, defeated all comers in a race
around the Isle of Wight, off the English
coast race in which the little two-sticker
so decisively outfooted her nearest OPP
ponent that, when the late Queen Victoria
asked which yacht was second. she was
told there was no second.
America is to be represented by white
hulled craft that seems small as compared
with the strange looking green yacht which
Sir Thomas has sent across in his fourth
quest of the precious pitcher. but what
either may lack in looks is more than made
up in speed. 1t should be splendid contest.
Because of her greater size the Sham
rock ~. will have to allow the Resolute
time. The American designer thought 1t
better to build small craft and get
time, while the British naval architect
deemed it wiser to build larger craft
with more extensive spread of canvas
and pay the penalty in time allowance
for the increased driving power that
large sail spread will afford.
CONDITIONS GOVERNING RACES.
Conditions governing the contests, set
down by the Americas Cup Committee
the Yacht winning the first three races
Thursday next, the second Saturday and
the third on Tuesday, July 20 II further
races are necessary they are to be sailed
on July % and "a. The first, third and
fifth races, if fifth race is necessary, are
TO be sailed over a windward and leeward
course of fifteen miles to leg, while the
second and fourth races will be over TRAN
gular courses of ten miles to leg.
The preparatory signal is to be set at
I0.4S a. n, standard time, each day,
which means AS a. m, daylight saw
ing time, and the warning signal Is to
follow ten minutes after the preparatory
signal, with the starting signal five min
utes later, which means noon, New York
time. A period of two minutes follows the
starting signal, during which the yachts
may start and have their actual time
taken, but, if they are later than that extra
TWO minutes, they will be penaliyed for
the delay, their time being taken at two
minutes after the even hour.
A time limit of six hours from the
start has been decided upon, IN which
limit one of the contestants must finish
III order to establish a race. The Race
Committee may postpone the start if
conditions appear to be threatening or
unsuited to afford the yachts a real test,
but either contestant may insist upon a
race being sailed.
In the event of a serious accident be-
falling either yacht prior to the prepara-
tory signal that yacht may have up TO
four weeks in which TO effect repairs,
the length of time 10 be determined by
representatives of the New York and
Royal Ulster Yacht Clubs, and if an ac~
cideDt occurs during race time TO make
repairs may be extended to October 81.
1t either yacht is disqualified during a
race the contest shall be awarded TO the
other regardless of whether she finishes
within the time limit or not, and if one
Yacht should be rendered incapable OF
finishing race through fault Of the other,
the race is TO be awarded TO the injured
one. No race is to be started later than six
hours before sunset. The International
code signal G., yellow and blue flag
to be hoisted aboard the race committee
boat In case of postponements, which
are to be of fifteen minutes duration
each, and if the race is to be postponed
for the day the code flag II, which is red
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