The New York herald., 1921-08-01
ASTOR CUP RACES
ATTRACT Big FLEET
One for Schooners and One for
Sloops to Be Sailed at New
port To-day.
CAROLINA IN AZ NEW RIG
New York Yacht Club Cruise
Has Been Successful Despite
Much Bad Weather.
CAROLINA IN AZ NEW RIG
ny ARTHUR F. ALDRIDGE.


for the Astor cups. two trophies donated
by Vincent Astor will be sailed to-
morrow by yachts of the New York
Yacht Club. One cup Is for schooners
and one for sloops, with full time al
lowance figured on the actual rating
measurement.
1t is always the ambition OF a yachts
man to win an Astor cup and the races
this year have attracted wonderfully
we'll For the sloop prize there ara
sixteen entries and for the schooner
cup three. The latest time for making
entries Is o'clock in the morning.
The sloops entered are the so footers
Istaiena, Grayling, Carolina, Spartan,
Virginia and Acushla.
The 40 footers Shawara, Pampero,
Sauaw and Sally Ann.
The 80 footers Georgia and Maisie.
The 80 footers Houqua. Alera. Lena
and the sloep Nahma-
Taking the SO footers as the largest
yachts, the allowances will be: To the
40 footers 90 :S2 second a mile. to the
80 footers. 1:42 seconds a mile and to
the Nahma, ] :13 seconds mile.
The schoonerts entered are the Va
grant. Ohonkara and Queen Nab.
The course will be either what is
known as the Block Island 3S miles or
the Vineyard Sound 371s miles. depend
Ing on the direction of the wind.
Carolina I'm Marconi Rig.
The race will be of more than ordi-
nary interest to yachtsmen this year be-
cause the jibheaded mainsail rig, popu-
larly known as the Marconi rig, is to be
tried on large yacht. The Carolina.
fifty footer owned by Rear Commo-
dore George Nichols, is to sail with this
rig As soon as she reached the harbor
cro% y Ne nd
she was towed to the Herreshoff yard
at Bristol. There her mast was lifted
out and the so-called Marconi spar was
stepped and the standing rigging was
set up.
This spar Is much longer than the one
on which she set her gaff mainsail 1t
curves at the head toward the stern.
It's particular advantage is that 1t saves
weight aloft, puts the canvas higher in
the air. enabling 1t to catch light winds
aloft, and gives long luff to the main
sail, which practically includes the top
sail. and enables the yacht to point when
turning to windward
Off the wind this rig is not q good
ore. Yachts with gaff mainsails carry
clubtopsails. and one-third of the area
Of the cubtopsail is not tackled. The
Nahma. Addison G.. Hanans sloop, also
carries 4 jibhaaded mainsail. She will
get an allowance OF about fifty-two min
utes from the Carolina and other fifties.
The races win be started at noon from
the Brenton Reef light vessel.
The race committee to-day was busy
trying to give Judgment on alleged in
frngements of the racing rules. The
Acushla was accused Of not having
proper equipment on board. An inspec-
tion was made to see If she had COM
piled with the rules. The Acushla was
fouled by the Carolina at New London.
The Acushla had altered her course to
cross the line when the Carolina. claim
Ing an overlap. called for room. The
Acushla held her course and the Caro-
lima hit her 1t was claimed by those
on the Acushla that no overlap had been
established.
Testimony was taken on several
other cases and decisions will be handed
down later.
Commodore Entertains ON Flag
ship.
Last night tho Commodore, j. p.
Nur2' =. entertained former flag officers
and some others on board the Corsair.
Among his guests were former Commo-
dores Il. ID. Morgan, Lewis Cass Ledyard
and Arthur Curtiss James; former Vice.
Conmodores Henry Walters and w.
Butler Duncan, Vice-C Commodore Harold
Nichols and Commodore Herbert NJ.
Sears of the Eastern Yacht Club.
Commodore Morgan left the fleet to-
night and returned to New York on i'm
portant business, leaving Vice-Commo-
dore III. s. Vanderbilt in command of the
squadron. The CorSair will return after
the races for the Astor cups and the
race committee will be on board former
Nice-Commodore Henry Walters steam
yacht Narada for the race for the Kings
cup on Tuesday.
The fleet makes a fine showing in the
harbor. 1t Is much larger than was cx-
pected. and In spite of the weather the
cruise has been very successful This
morning at coiors all the yachts dressed
ship, later heavy sea was blowing into
the harbor. and about noon a terrific
storm broke. The wind for time was
blowing more than fifty hiles an hour.
The rain fell heavily and the lightning
was very vivid. Several OF the yachts
dragged. A few bumped and some lost
their strings OF signal flags. but no very
serious damage was done.