The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-06

Cup off this renowned resort.
 Sopwith ,who made a preponder- ance of pounds manufacturing air. ' craft. was a daredevil in his youth. He won a s2O,00O prize for being the Englishman making the longest figiht into France as far back as 1910. Broadening his field to in clude motorboat racing. he crowned his accomplishments in that line by twice acquiring the Harmsworth Trophy.
 Own Skipper
 Sopwith pilots the Endeavour himself. He handles the wheel, shouts the orders, and directs any changes to be made in the sloop's fittings.
 Sopwith, who is 45, put his own ideas of airplane design into his all-steel yacht. It is the ultimate in streamlining, and it's blue hull slips through the water with the speed of a greyhound.
 British salts, watching construc- tion of the craft, grew so enthusi- astic about it's chances to win this year thatthe greatest crowd in his- tory watched it's launching at Cos port, where the five futile sham rocks of Sir Thomas Upton were built.
 Charles E. Nicholson. England's greatest yacht designer, and the man bchlnd construction of Sham rock V, was in charge of the building of the $500,000 Endeav- our.
 With the exception of the great mahogany rudder and deck plank ig, the boat is entirely steel.
 A mast, only 15 inches in diam eter, rises 168 feet from the deck, and on this mast are suspended q great mainsail measuring 62.5 feet along the foot and 140 feet along the Huff. Tn addition to this canvas. the jib and foresail, the Endeavour carries a huge para chute spinnaker, with more than 13,000, feet of canvas, a balloon like sail which is brought into use when the wind is dead astern.
 Worth While
 The value of this extra spread of canvas was shown during the re- cent trial run between the Ameri- can yachts Rainbow and Weeta- moe, competing in the trials over the 30-mile course southeast of Trenton Reef Lightship.
 Endeavour, laying behind the contesting ships. suddenly brought the parachute spinmaker into use, and passed both boats like they were standing still.
 It is figured that the boat se- 1ected as the defender, Yankee or Rainbow--the Weetamoe is consid- cred out of it--must be shade more than 10 minutes faster over the S0-mile triangular course than the Enterprise. the boat which de- feated Shamrock V in 1880. if 1t hopes to beat Endeavour. It is fig ured that Sopwith's ultra-modern craft is 19 minutes faster than the 1880 victor.
 Although the America's Cup is the foremost event ofsthe yachting world. 1t by no means is a speedy affair. The cup yachts. due to re- stricted specifications, are com paratively slow al rate of about IS miles an hour.
 Long Boat
 Az compared with the American craft, Endeavour is about six feet longer than Rainbow. which Is our longest. being 130 feet over all. and carries the same water line length as Yankee, 83 feet. Its beam is broader than that of the Rainbow. but narrower than that Of the Yam kee. which measures 22 feet 6 inches
 The Endeavour. at 143. is two tons lighter than our heaviest con- tender, the Yankee.
 There is difference of only about 10 square feet in sail area between the three boats.
 With very little edge in specifica- tions belongig to any one yacht. the outcome Of the series-the winner will be decided on the basis of four races out of seven will rest with the men who handle the boats.
 Charles Francis Adams. former secretary of the navy. .guides the Yankee. Harold s. Vanderbilt pi- lots the Rainbow.