The evening world. Newspaper, July 14, 1920, Page 3

wee i 7 f uF : . THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 HOW TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE GR RAGES FOR AMERICA’S CUP The Sails on the Big Racing Yachts WILL BE CONTEST OF RIVAL | et ~ hig spinnaker up flying ty his against Vigilant, his sails being! pall away, and with them the '# hope.of winning the oup, ‘Theos. malin, aa has been used only before the wind, - easy for the layman to u1 how a veasel can travel in the direction as the wind. How a vesnel can sail from « i atten gees ih a . ‘opposite i Cress tias, Tnyman'e bugaboo. CREWS AS WELL AS YACHTS penis - “tacking.” in way, the ° can catch the wind In their Seamanship of Men as Impor- Gl f Gee téeo Yasting etch tack in Sdietion ee < hy Pa iy ms ie in tant to Victory as Sailing ossary 0 = . a HOW A YACHT MAKES PROGRESS AGAINST THE WIND. Qualities of Craft, IS A BATTLE OF SAILS. [ Terms Used In the Races How the Landsman Can Fol- low the Forthcoming Con- tests Between Shamrock and Resolute for the Amer- ica’s Cup. |AFT—Toward the stern of the ch Captain Plans Their Use According to Wind and Sea~Conditions. wind strikes her sails over the staf — bsg lh ad right side, heeling her over por one gots off on a port tac! other on the starboant tack, ently heading away from each but in reality endeavoring to advation ‘against the wind, meeting each again when they split tacks and come back heading toward . tmaginary straight line of the course, To sail from potnt to point the wind blowing The present series of races for the famous America’s Cup will be satled ever two courses off Sandy Hook, 80 laid out as to extend to the utmost the seamanship of the rival crews and the sailing qualities of the two yachts, The races begin Thursday and will vessel. ABEAM—On either sido of the ves- sel amidships, SPINNAKER ' be sailed every other day until Sham- rock IV. or Resolute has won three of the five races that are scheduled. ‘Three straight victories would end the series and determine the ownership of tho cup. The races are scheduled to start at 12 o'clock noon (daylight sav- ing time), and each to be considered a race must be concluded within slx hours of the firing of the starting gun from the committee boat, Accidents to boats or crew do not necessitate a call- ing off of the race, though heavy ecas and squally weather may force a post- ponement from aay to day, To the landsman the myriad intri- cate spurs, ropes and salls of these great rating machines, together with thelr technical names, will forever a mysiery, for racing in one of these great seventy-five-footers |s going to be a rich man's sport for many a year. The following general outline of terms of description of the racers is written with a view of mak- ing clear to the average landaman a mind plcture of the racers, so that he may Visualize the contest from the dsy-by-day de pear in The Evening World. START TO BE MADE OFF SANDY HOOK LIGHTSHIP. ‘The start of the races will be made ef the Sandy Hook Lightship, and the course will be signalled to the yucing yachts from the committee bout. Two courses are available, and ir use will be alternated. ‘The first ace is likely to be along @ straight line fifteen miles out to sea and re- turn; the second over a triangular course each leg of which will be ten miles. Each race, therefore, ta of thirty miles, Yacht racing demands that every possible sail that may be used during of the race shall be ready remain | 7 criptions that will ap- |j AFT—Toward the atern, ASTERN—Opposite from BATTEN—Light wooden strips sewed into Mile to keep them from sagging. BOARD—Tho distance sailed by a vessel on one tack, BOOM—A spar, connected to the eae by @ jaw, holding the foot of the sail. A BOW—The forward part of the v BOWSPRIT—A spar projecting for- ward from the bow of the vi ing the lower support for the j FOOT—(a) The lower edge of the | and (b. GAFF— the 5) pars. )—Sailing Poin’ close to the which the wind is com- ing. TicaD—The bow of the vessel as distinguished from th tesa tte the tee (cl 1 ern. 9 of a ship 6 sails. JIB—Any triangular sail, stay that extends from ¢ to the masthead. KITES—Light and lofty use in light winds. Lee—T! which the wind come: (a) an instrument for mei the mainsail, the one sal! that must invariably be carried. This great | spread of cotton canvas weighs many of the wind on| @ side opposite that from | ti uring the speed of a v and (b) | the diary of the happenings on a ves: sel. ) to bring a irection from and (b) the oi ma along the magt, between t! boom and the ga’ LEACH (of sail)—The portion of farthest removed from st, between the gaff and the boom. MAINSAIL—The chief of vessel, bent from gaff and boom to the mainm MA st upright in | to sustain the yards, booms w ORT—The left si looking forward. ; TACK—To sail with the wind coming coming over the port side of the vessel. ’ RUN—Going before the wind, or in the direction toward which the wind blows. REACH—To sail_ with the wind slightly forward of the beam, or abeam. SHEETS—Ropes used for opgrating a aail, either easing it off or Hauling it in,’ * STARBOARD—The right side of the vessel looking forward. STARBOARD TACK—To sai with + se oe |the wind comin | side of the ver STAY (i joing from on: is in stays gt tl directly into the spill all the wind SPINNAKER BOOM put 2 WEAR—To turn the vessel around he wind will come from one side to the carrying the stern around by the wind. WEATHER — The which the wind comes. WINDWARD—Same hoops that slide up or down as the sail js hoisted or lowored. An idea of the immense size of Will be set, This is a triangular sail, attached to the very tip of the top- mast and along the gaff of the matn- ropes or “sheets” used in hoisting It. ‘These “spreaders,” by the way, are steel arms, extending from either weathef conditions, wind and the state of the sea, and there are a countless number of combinations in yacht to the point where the “kites” may be set, the spinnaker {s brought from below and “stopped” up, to be across the course progress in a direotion o the mainsail carried by the cup | sail. side of the matn the top| which the various types of Jibs shown] hoisted at the proper moment to the late use, Each yacht car-|tons and te held in place by being| facers may ned from the | ‘The club-topsail, however, Is much|of the gat, and along them are|in the accompanying eut may be| very top of the mast. Assorted ries three or four complete sults of|luced at the bottom to the boom, 4| fact tha’ if th of the Reso- | larger, towering high above the top-| stretched taut steel wires to give| used. The spinnaker boom is rigged at right sills, Which are changed frequently, | great, movable pole that is attached| Jute were made from ordina mast by means of a club-topsail sprit, angles to the hull, on the side oppowite & te thelr stretching in the heavy winds Before the race each skipper, with his knowledge of the wind and sea to the mainmast a few feet above the level of the deck nd extends many feet beyond the stern of the racer. ‘The top of the mainsail 1s laced to conditions and the course in mind, the gaff, a shorter wooden spar that bed filty-four inches wide and eighty-one inches long, it would require 270 of these sheets sewed together to give an equiva- lent sail area, and beyond the end of the gaff by a club-topsail boom. This sail ts tached to these’ additional (“bent,” the satlorman being hoisted into pla is sent added strength and steadiness to the mast, against which such a powerful force is constantly at work when the huge sails are drawing full. While one section of the crf is) The most diMcult course is the tri- angular one of ten miles to each leg, testing the sailing qualities of the | yachts on every angle of the wind, enabling the use of every variety of the mainsail, and the spinnaker is hoisted out to the end of the spinnaker boom and “broken out,” filling tn- stantly in the wind like the huge bal- Nutted Moussé The richest freshest dairy cream, thick and clotted— | from that from which the wind ¢ by hauling the sheets close (drat the mainsail along the centre of PS yacht) and “reaching for the mark.” — ta : | foes P Taually | Setting the club-topsafl, another is| sail, including the “kites,” as the/ loon it fs, the whites of eggs direct } ax laid out his plan of campaign, |is hoisted along the mainmast by! Once the mainsail ts set, the top-| up “fiying,” or un Usually | 8° , Jette . . and his crew has accordingly pre-|ropes or steel cables Rnown as hal-| sail is sent aloft, In light winds, a| a few men of the crew are sent up to Danes hp the Jibs and staysail, done Big Habe fying ee Mts spin Bites Me uggs atic lhgy Toa from the farm—pure cane i pared the sails it is intended to use, | yards, The mainsail Js attached to|club-topsaill is used; should gale: spreaders to guide it aloft and tol hon "4 pha and ready for hoisting, ‘The spinnaker and balloon jib, or Sateon ft also ja aent along in st>pe sugar from Louisiana planta- t Thi sail to be set, of course, Is the mainmast by wooden or steel threaten, a smaller “working topsail" clear away any jam in the number of) (Rough Melicoe tote Ak Piytey ballooner, are used In running dead|and broken out, superseding all. the tio iT whi sete Seed wh a . 1s. “ q ns—all are ipped and 7 . |to be sent up in “atops’* when it is| before the wind. or otha Baten other jibs and giving the yacht the|/# beaten together into @ 4 n} N f Y ht R fe Th Evenin World)”: Up, sausage-like, and tied to-| stern. The Bienes ot anil with ita | eteatest spread of canvas It can carry a fluff, ‘ ying oa oO arry ews O. ac aces for e g |sethor with bands of light yarn that | 8f@, eamed off until that sail, with Its] under any condition. ‘The vplnnaker is) creamy, sugary . prea t cl . *@ t mm - out" at the skipper’s command, ea Mag yer Fett or niare two great sails has been described as Brazils from Sovth Amer: MANY COMBINATIONS IN WHICH | board (right) side of the yacht. in “stops.” It is possible, of course, The spinnaker boom is usually alto send them up and set them “fly- ' J1B8 MAY BE USED. solid ‘wooden spar, kept, when not in|Ing.” though the latter 1s @ pertious ‘ mm 4 The number and kinds of fibs toobe| use, lashed along the deck where it|proceeding, as the skipper of Lord from sunny Mediterranean ; set during the course of the race will can be conveniently cast’ loose and Dunrayen's Valkyrie is willing to tes- stir them lavish- ly into the luscious mousse. 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