New-York tribune., 1921-06-30
(,leyer Sailing
ByCapt. Har1an
Wins Last Lee,
trd;an Harhor Y. C.. De-
fender Beats Out Hay
seeds by One-Point Margin
BY Jack Lawrence


~h. wanhasset Bay Challenge Cup
II, uos leave the anchorage of the In
a ssr Harbor Yacht Club this year--un-
ass g Il is purloined by some enterpris-
h ~ burglar. Two enterprising shippers
Il ,ssresenting the New Rochelle Yacht
4 rtsb and the Corinthisn Yacht Club, of
H garblehead, Mass, were forced to ad-
s ~ ~ YESTERDAY, after three days of COM
b saiif;ve sailing, that their efforts to
d 20 -, the famous trophy free of its
s erssnwich moorings had failed.
h nm The other hand members of the
b vus;sn Harbor Yacht Cl9b were willing
& aas,ch 10 confess last night that the
H srsn drive had come so close to prying
Il ~. b;y howl loose that the whole or
e ~.r;ragien had been decidedly uneasy
h 80 Addison G, Hanan. premier small
b s~st skinner of the Atlantic seahoard,
b ssiled his Bcrmudian~rigged Nahma
rasterdsy afternoon 20 the victory that
4 -smnyed the alien peril for another
b yeav. ~ p.u.
~, finished second and Haysecd "
n living the colors Of the Corinthlan
E ysebf Club, was third. The challenge
+ cries was decided on the point system,
h nd when the concluding contest vas
+ sn;sbed Yesterday, Nahma had 1S
I noints. Hayseed " had u, and Hay
E seed Y had u.
Credit TO Captain Hanan
E wren the three yach' were sent
.rsy on their third and deciding
h anvsya the series was triangular tie
h the matter of points, 8 being
srsdited TO each boats. The first race,
sailed on Monday, was won by Hay
seed Y Mahma finishing second and
gsvsee " third. On Tuesday, the
ysw Rochelle sloop won, with Nahma
srsjn in second place, and Hayseed
n hT;nring up in the rear.
while Captain Hanan was outsailed
n ~ tbe victors in the first two races,
h ss came hack yesterday, and by mas
h tsvlv handling Of Nahma, he won
|3 ,lsan-cut victory that saved the chal-
81 lanpe cup for the Indian Harbor Club.
81 Ths race was really won and lost at
Fl fbs starting line before the gun was
b sred that sent the two challengers and
Il the defender away on the first leg.
Il The skill exhibited by Captain Hanan
n YESTERDAY was of the unbeatable sort,
"A and the result of the race was never
n In doubt from start to finish. 1t might
n Be said, however, that in the man
8 euTering that preceded the start 1t
e looked very much as though Nahma's
# fine getaway was due TO the blunders
b Of the challenging shippers rather than
e 10 Hanan's cleverness.
Overlook Nahma at Start
n After the preparatory signal had
s. been fred from the committee boat
81 Buffalo five minutes before the start,
|a the shippers of the two Hayseeds ap-
f peared to forget that Nahma was in
81 the race. They jockeyed each other
E along the line and Hayseed V, evil
n dantly determined not TO repeat her
Il biunder of Tuesday, when she went
Z over the line before the starting sig
n aal was fred and had to return and
E reeross, forced Hayseed " under the
b stern of the committee boat and. hav-
81 ing not sufficient room in which to
Il come about herself, was forced to fol-
h low in the New Rochelle boats wake.
q This left the entire length of the
Il line IN sole possession of Captain
E Hanan, who put Nahma across as he
b pleased. The two Hayseeds had hardly
b slipped down astern of the committee
& Boat when the starting gun doomed.
b Before the challengers could come
b anout and make for the line Nahma
e mad an entirely unexpected lead of
|S approximately one minute. AS the race
+ developed later this margin proved to
b De enough TO give the defender the
h inai decision.
When Nahma crossed the finish line
b sae had increased her lead over the
b New Rochelle yacht TO 2 minutes and
b is seconds. The Marblehead craft was
n spprox1nately five minutes astern OF
Il tue defender
& Ihe last race was sailed over a wind
b ssrd and leeward course of fifteen
r nautical miles, the distance being di-
h naed INTO four legs Of three and three
E quarter miles each, the first and third
& oeihg beats 70 the outer mark. The
h lsee was sailed under extremely light
@Fs' which threatened TO quit alto
gstner during the first and second legs.
& lnese condition wera supposed TO be
d fatner unfavorable toNNahma, but her
+ sp'endld performance yesterday seemed
upset this theory.
h Haysee " Makes Fight
E Hayseed Nv pursued Nahma ag-
gfssslyely in the first windward leg,
put from the deck of the committee
H poat she appeared to be unable to
3 gplns as high as the defending yacht.
b nayseed V developed plenty of speed
4 oa aer various tacks, but it was plain
snat she was running off to leeward
aug not making headway toward the
Captain Hanan steadily worked
MAMMA into the wind and made the
Il sfst ~ mark in seven tacks, leaving the
stakeboat to port. She rounded az
/ s.ollS, setting her spinnaker to star
/ board for the run down the wind. Hay
n seed ~. rounded one minute and
4 swenty-six seconds later and made fast
soR OF setting her spinnaker for the
lu1. Hayseed v. was three minutes
h ana thirty six seconds behind Nahma
81 the first turn.
Running before the light breezs
saama was able TO round the second
aarS two minutes and thirteen seconds
mead OF Hayseed ". and added four
h seconds to this margin in the third
wwhaward leg to the outer mark. The
sssV Rochelle boat reduced this lead
q one second on the final run to the
.ala sa,sn line, but at no stage Of the con-
fender. 'A'e ae-
me summary:
Star, 1 rlrst Second Third Elapsed
gssIndt mark mark. mark. Finish. time.
BS.ss:5i fss s:5i:l8 4:2s:44 5.2t:27 s:os:os s:os:os
nss.;52 nS s;52;a4 aiso:57 5:2a:44 sos 20 a:1o :aa