Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
PLAN FOR GREAT
YACHT REGATTAS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WILL
PRESENT CUPS
Interest Centers Chiefly in Two
Events, the International Cup
Races and the Free
for All
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
NORFOLK, Va, July 6.-Unqualified
approval is the general tone of COM
ment by yachtsmen on the preliminary
work of the convention which met
June % and % at the Hampton Roads
Yacht club, near Norfolk, to arrange
for the big Jamestown Exposition re-
gattaS next year. Yachtsmen all over
the country have awaited the result of
the conventions labors with great in
terest, and now that it has finished the
preparatory work they are we'll satisfied
that the regattas to be held on Hamp-
ton Roads near the exposition grounds,
will be the greatest ever held.
Rear Commodore Charles Longstreth
of the Corinthian Yacht club of Phila-
delphia was elected chairman of the
convention by the delegates represent
ing all the large yachting interests of
the country.
Interest centers chiefly in two events
the international cup races and the
free for all race. 1t is hoped to have
President Roosevelt present the cup for
the international races to the winner.
This race will be contested by boats of
class ''P," which comprises boats of
the 30-foot class. This rating was de-
cided upon for the international races
in order to enable European yachtsmen
to be represented with the least dis
comfort, as 30-foot yachts can be car
ried across the ocean on the deck of
any one of the big transit steamers.
This method will save European
yachtsmen from the discomforts of an
ocean trip on their boats. The race
will be decided on points. Points will
be judged as follows:
Every yacht must have sailed COM
plete two races of this series and de-
feated her competitor at least twice in
order to qualify for the "P" class
Each yacht competing in this cham
pionship race will be credited with one
point for every yacht she defeats in
her class, with one point additional as
a premium for entry. Any yacht that
starts and does not finish will be given
no points, but will be counted as de-
feated yacht in crediting points to
yachts that do finish.
The championship record Of any
yacht in the "P" class will be a per-
centage of points to her credit out of
the total number of points possible to
her.
In case a race be postponed for any
proper cause the regatta committee must
approve the date proposed for its re-
sailing.
Ties, if any, will be sailed off at a
time and place to be designated by the
regatta committee.
Eliminating races for the American
boats of class P will be sailed off Hamp-
ton Roads Yacht club the last week in
August or the first week in September.
It is expected that the more famous
European yachts will be entered in this
race. as several suggestions and in
uuiries have come from that part of the
Yachting world. and it is quite pos
sible that members of two royal fami-
lies will sail their own craft at the ex-
position.
The free for all races are open to any
sailing craft less than forty feet in
length. These races have been de-
vised to give the advocates of every
style of hull and rig a chance to settle
once for all the question of comparative
merits In this race each boat will sail
on its own merits. There will be nc
handicap.
In all there will be races for twenty
four classes, which will be designated
by the letters from A to S. These boats
will be entered in twenty races.
Only members of yacht clubs will,
be allowed to enter boats in the races
except the Hampton Roads club race
which will be open to all comers. Nc
paid men will be allowed on the boats
and the races, with the exception Of the
free for all race, will be sailed under
the rules adopted by the Atlantic Coast
conference of 1906.
All trophies will be supplied by the
jamestown exposition with the excep
tion of one offered by President Roose
welt.
The committee which will take charg'
of the races will be composed of repre-
sentatives of the following: Massachus
etts bay Long Island sound, GravesenC
bay, Middle Atlantic coast and Hamp
ton roads, South Atlantic coast, Gul
coast, Pacific coast, Great Lakes ant
Canada.
The races will be held in the last weel
i'm August, 1907, and the first two week
i'm September.
The first meeting of the regatta com
mittee viii be held soon to determin
the length and shape Of the course
which will be as far as possible in full