Evening star., 1962-08-26
NEFERTITI SOUNDLY TROUNCED
Weather|y Defends Cup
BY LEONARD and FOWLE
Contributing Writer

{ NEWHOfN L II. l., aug. 20
The l2-meter sloop Weatherly,
sailed by 40 year = old Emil
BUS MoSbacher. jr., - was
chosen today-to defend the
Americas Cup against Aus
tralia's Gretel.
With a third troucing of the
Boston hopeful, Nefertiti, on
Rhode Island Sound today.
MoSbacher and the handsome
blue Sloop earne dthe honor of
defending yachting'S greatest
prize.
After having first viSisted the
the defeated Nefertiti crew. the
Americas Cup Selection Com
mittee launch drew into the
slip where Weatherly nerthS at
the Newport Shipyard.
MoSbacher already had left
the scene, so Chairman Harry
Morgan gave the word that
Weatherly had been unani-
mouSly selected to George
.ODay, who a minute later was
joined in receiving the official
notice by Donnie Matthews and
Doug Mercer. the son Of Henry
Mercer, head of the Weatherly
Syndicate.
AuSSieS Cheer
Other members Of the crew
raced back to the scene in time
to receive the cheers Of the
Nefertiti crew which drew
alongside in their tender as the
Cup Committee departed. They
were followed by the Australian
contingent which also arrived
to offer cheers and congratula-
tionS.
The triumphant skipper re-
mained absent although his
his pretty wife Ptaricia was on
the dock when the news came.
The Mercer syndicate craft
won her third verdict over the
pride of the Bay State by a
margin of 5 minutes and 80
seconds in a 1912 knot south
southwest breeze over a 24-mile
double indward-leeward course.
This followed a minute and
"a second victory on Thursday
and 4 minute and Al second +
triumph yesterday for the craft
hich MoSbacher sails so skill
fully.
Marked Superiority
1t left the Americas Cup
Selection Committee with no
choice save to name MoSbacher
and his craft as defender.
Weatherly had clearly shown
a marked superiority in breeZes
of the 8-12 knot range. More
over, last Monday she had
demonstrated an ability in
winds above 20 knots to sail ]
to windward on nearly even
terms with the craft Ted Hood !
produced and sailed. Only at
reaching in a strong breeze had
Nefertiti shown any pro-
nounced greater speed.
Today's race gave a clear
administration of Weatherly's
ability In light to moderate
winds. AS a test of the faster
boat it asted ony few minutes
less than 10.
The start was a pretty much
of an even-Stephen affair al
though Hool, who placed Nef-
ertiti on Weatherly'S bow at
the gun near the Americas
Cup bell buoy. must be given
the edge, for Weatherly had to
tack oh of rcts CESS shr emf
tack out of Nefertiti's back
wind before the starting line
was barely cleared.
WeatherIy Opens Lead
After the tack, Mosbacher
had Weatherly's wind clear
and the blue boat commenced
to foot away from the Boston
Yacht Club Syndicate's entry
in no uncertain fashion with
out sacrificing any appreciable |.
Windward distance.
Within IS minutes after the
start, Mosebacher, who sails a
boat to windward in a fashion ,
which recalls the late Charles
Francis AdamS-America's top
helmsman of the era before
and following the first World
War-was able to tack Wealth
erly to the Starboard hitch. He
sailed across Nefertiti's bow by
considerable distance, thus
consolidating the blue boats
position. She turned the first
mark with an advantage of a
minute and Sc seconds.