The progress., 1904-06-25
OF Interest To Yachtmsn.
Editor Progress,

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Ocean Springs, Miss,
Dear Slr:-The new yachting
season is fast coming on, and there
is every prospect that it will be the
most successful the sport has ever
enjoyed in the south. We here are
very much enthrsed and every
thing possible will be done to build
up yachting between New Orleans
Mobile. There will be quite a
number of new yachts out and one
old one will be in better shape than
ever before. During the last sever
al years yachting has COTTON a fresh
start here upon modern lines, and
now it remains for those who ad-
mire the sport and who see posi-
bilities for its advancement along
Mississippi Sound to unite in all
endeavor to give it the prominence
which it deserves on such grand
body Of water in such a charming
climate.
With the advancement now going
on in all forms Of boating more aud
more wealthy people are going in
for such forms of recreation, and
when the season comes for those of
the north who are fond of such
sport to want to hunt for a we'll
known and mild climate it will be
only natural that they will select
locality where there is good water
sports. The cruiser and the fisher
man have given to Florida its great
renown as winter resort, and there
is hardly any one who goes there
but who has Visions of pleasurable
times upon the water. We have as
good, if not a better climate, and
safer and more protected waters;
and, il we have, why not get to-
gether and try to let the fact be
known broadcast.
Wealthy yachtmen of New York,
Boston and other cities 60 regularly
to Canada during the heated term
of summer, and their chef pastlme
is the racing of small sailing yachts,
the great incentive for the attend
ance of many lovers of yachting
being, in addition to the cooler
climate, a series of international
races, the prize being the $500 gold
perpetual challenge cup put mp by
the Seawanhaka Corlnthian Yacht
Club, for boats of the same 'size
and style as race here tor the cham
pionship cup of the Southern Gulf
Coast Yachting Association.
1t would seem that, if for nc
other reasons than patriotic ones,
we should work to get standard
of speed and safety in our yachts
enjoyed in more advanced yachting
sections. The way to do this would
be to let our devotees Of the sport
know, through the press, what is
going on in the outside yachting
world. 1t is, to many, a patent
fact just how far behind the yacht
ing age we were last summer, and
there can be no denying it when it
is known that the yacht which was
brought here from the north. and
which was the sensation of the sea-
son, was thoroughly outclassed, in
the section in which she was built,
four years ago, This Is q well
known fact.
There will be several of the latest
designed modern boats here this
summer from the north, and it is
quite well appreciated by those who
are read up on the sport that there
will be no doubt that a new meas.
ure of speed and handiness will be
esta ablished. The fact that we see
this coming, that new and better
times are In. store for yachting al
along these shores, is the prime
reason that there should now be 3
concerted movement to place the
sport of the amateur sailor on =
footing which will attract the at
tention of other parts of the coun-
try. If we can turn out eome speedy
southern crafts, yacht owners from
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