The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-04

that there are good and sufficient rea-
sonr for even wealthy men taking 10 such
a class as the one that Is now attracting
wide spread attention In the yachting
world.
Time was when a yachtsman could
build a boat of moderate cost, solid con-
struction. and reasonable sail plan. that
should serve an equally well for racing
and for cruising. and that could be sold
az any time for a fair proportion Of her
or ginal cost but that day has long since
passed In the open classes.
Unless an owner enters class IN which
there are some restrictions on sail, ball
last and construction, he is confronted
not only with the necessity OF a racing
machine. lightly constructed and requir-
ing large crew TO handle her enormous
sal plan. but also with the probability
that she will be Outbuilt the following
season BY n more extreme machine, and
that she cannot then be sold for any
thing like fair proportion of her origi-
nal cost. III the owner wishes to keep
the head Of the class he, too. must build
n new boat. and so on until the limit is
reached.
The history of American yachting in the
past few years shows that the limit OF
the will nEness of owners to build ma
chimes has been speedily reached. and
that n most healthful reaction for the
NithtIN VI the sport mas tOfUe III the
OF the restricted and one-des.gn classes
~ which the aim is to secure to the own
or n boat that should be available as q
lrize winner for second. even a third
season. and that could be sold for a cruis-
er when her strictly racing days were
over.
Notable Instances OF success In. this
line nave been the 2t-foo' knockabouts
and raceahouts that have given Bostor
and Marbl shead ycchtsiren exceilen
snort for half a dozen years past, ant
that arc firdias equal favor with New
York yachtsmen. the 2i-footers that CAV
, good racing In New York and Newpor
half n dozen years ago. and lastly tn
. Itcrreshon one-des, gn 30-foOters that hav
e gwen their owners the best OF sport a
? Newport for three successive seasons
4 anC are still so evenly matched as {
make IL Impossible to pick a winner o.
I any gwen day they race.
The 7O-footers are the result OF the ap
= phcation to a larger class Of the idea
: and conditions that made racing in tn
3 smaller classes so interesting. The
u should furnish just good sport and b
in every way as satisfactory.
p In what Is here said concerning ne-d'
u sign or restricted class. II should be r,
e numbered that 1t = comparative and nc
y actual speed that makes racing interest
: Ing, and that good fun is to be had In
" TUES NneTe III the OOdtS are nearly eQut
n IN speed. regardless OF whether or nc
y some one In another class is little b
II faster.
U This does not mean that the boats In
j. rsftricted or one-design class must nece.
IL sarily be slow. In fact. the contrary hs
ir been the case In all the classes thus "a
10 tried. and the boats built IN this way Ia,
G proved no mean competitors for anythir
n OF their length except the extreme racir
" machines. It means only that the e,
Is tremes OF construction and sail plan al
AZ Dc ne away with. and that in their pla'
re has been substituted craft strong. SAT
~ easily handled and saleabIe. They WI
10 not be a. fast as boats designrd specia
" for racing In. an unlimited. class. hi
'g they will nevertheless ne sufficient
y speedy 10 show their sterns to anythiT
he OF their length now aioat. while at Il
n same time they are strongly built. ha'
comparatively small sail plane. can
haLdled with n small crew-hfteea