The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-26
YACHTS IN GREAT
 LUFFING MATCH

for every winning contest.
 Charles E. Nicholson designer of Shamrock, thinks that contenders in cup races should be manned entirely by a crew from the public they repre- sent. Resolute's crew is said to be made up largely of Scandinavian sail OrS.
 A series of races between Shamrock, Resolute and Vanitie along Long Is- land Sound for cups offered by local yacht clubs has been suggested. Some m embers of the New York Yacht club are said to be still of the opinion that Vanitie which failed of selection for the honor of defending the cup is the fastest of the cup yachts. Sir. Thomas Is said to- have spent S1, 900 900 in his latest attempt to lift the cup Shamrock after getting up her main sail, took a tow for Ambrose Channel Hghtship.
 l The wind began to haul into the i east and Shamrock after rounding Sandy Hook spit dropped her tow and headed for Coney Island.
 !, After testing the wind Captain Bur ton signaled for a tow again. The i 8 knots.
 l Resolute moved from her moorings l toward the point under sail. The sloops sauntering around the Ambrose Channel ightship shortly be- fore the time set for the start, found not enough wind to wait them over their 30-mile windward and leeward course within the six-hour time limit
 The wind freshened as the time l for the start approached. Shamrock l took in her baby jib topsai1 and both yachts sent up big jtbs in stops, and 1 then stood in about the lightship awaiting for the starting whistle. 1 Shortly after noon the regatta com i mittee signal1ed the following course
 for the race:
 A 15 mile run from the Ambrose Channel lightship south by west half
 west, with a 15 mile beat back to the lightship.
 Ot 12:15 the preparatory whistle was blown for a. start at 12:3o. The two yachts reached westward along the line with Resolute to wind ward. Then they stood back off the lightship. Captain Burton held his
 ship along the course evidently trying
 to work in behind Resolute but Skip per Adams beat him at his own game and slipped by the challenger. The warning whistle was blown at 1925.
 Shamrock sped across the line at the start of the fifth international yacht
 race, which will decide the 1920 series The official time was Shamrock 12: 30:29, Resolute 12:31 :25.
 Crossing the starting line about g
 minute ahead of Resolute, Shamrocl and her rival broke out big reaching jfbs and set hair spinnaker booms tc starbcard. Shamrock hauled on his wind and : headed to the westward in an effor 1 to get by Resolute, which was to weather and killing the English man!
 winds.
 Once clear Skipper Burton evident icy planned to wear ship and lay hi course for the mark. Reselute, how
 ever, chung close to Shamrock whicl lost ground by the manoeuvre. A , 12:37 the two shippers were still fight , ing their battle of the course. Fl . nally the Englishman headed ava, slowly for the mark, then hauled hi wind again and stood inshore. The match still continued and tn! shippers got far off their course, eacl
 fighting to gain the advantage of DO sition in the run down before tn wind. They seemed to maintail about an even sailing speed. At 12:45 the sloops were moving yer r slowly with Shamrock still out ahead t She had failed, however, to gain o,
 Resolute since the start. The yacht
 were nearly two miles to the west ward on the course.
 Neither skipper cared to give wa and held on the course in shore. = After the sloops had clung togethe as if locked, the Englishman at 12:5
 began to swing on his course with tn
 American still to weather, preparin
 to kill his wind once he got on hi
 true course for the mark boat. Alp parently7 Captain Burton could not ge clear with Shamrock and he resume
 the luffing match in a fight for tn wind
 sl At 1:15 when the yachts had pass ed Scotland Hghtship, the dark out <, line of a new wind could be seen t 3 the southwest, far down the Jerse coast. Shamrock had increased he lead slightly, but both yachts wer moving very slowly. ' In order to gain every slight advan tage, Shamrocks- crew sat along tn ; lee rail with their legs hanging over board in order that !the big race
 might get closer to her best sailin
 line.
 At 1:32 the race was little nor \ than a drift. Shamrock had ghoste / out about three minutes ahead c
 Resolute but in point of position f was doubtful if she was any closer t = the outer mark.
 r At 1:s5 the yachts were nearly f1v miles off the course and within thre miles of the beach.
 At 1:41 the sloops finally gybe j. over and stood along on southerl
 course. Shamrock was clear of an wind interference by Resolute. . When the cup contenders finall . i gybed shore observers estimated tha . the green sloop was leading the de i, fender not more than 200 yards . Although observers on the of1cia press boat had the sloops 45o yard
 apart.
 It seemed as If Captain Burton ha
 l carried his boat too far inshore an
 that Resolute had cut Shamrock : original lead in half. Indeed. to shor . observers it seemed doubtful
 Shamrock was more than eve I, | terms with the defender ,' At 1850 Reso!ute passed Shamroc : on the way to the outer mark an = was holding a better breeze. q MATCHES SEND