Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
EXPECT
SPLENDID CRUISE
ANNUAL TRIP TO CITY OF CANALS is OUTLINED
IN DETAIL
Program Club Indicates That Many Good Things
and Happy Time Are in Store for the Jolly
Navigators of Swift Craft

The universal rule of measurement. re-
GENTLY adopted by the s. c. Y. c. to &c
into effect next spring, is meeting with APP
prevail on the Atlantic coast, where the
boats built in accordance with Its specti-
cations are sailing all around the fat
bottomed freak racing apologies.
1t is even whispered among the elect few
that the next Americas cup defender Will
be constructed along these lines, giving
our British cousins a chance to compete
at their own terms. the displacement rule
having originated over there.
Gunda, to cite one example of new
boat built to conform to this rule, is fif-
teen feet on the water line, with beam and
draught in proportion, has repeatedly de-
feated boats nearly twice her length, built
under the old measurements, or twenty
seven feet water line.
Among the larger yachts Queen of the
Schooners is said to be the fastest sailing
craft ever built. She leaves a long wake
ahead of other yachts in the same class
in manner that convinces the most skep'
teal.
One thing is certain, under the displace-
ment rule there will be built boats with
enough head room below to make them
comfortable, something sadly lacking in
boats of Colombine, Yankee or Detroit
type.
1t goes without saying that such will
be more comfortable in a heavy sea, for
they will part the waves easier and not be
subject to the heavy pounding fiat bot
toned craft has to contend with What
will be done with Columbine or any of the
boats designed on such extremely radically
lines is hard to conjecture.
Gossip of the Boats
Capt Mitchell is too good sportsman to
remain long out of the racing game. so it
is to be hoped that he can dispose of Full
tons folly to good advantage and build
him real yacht.
From black east" also there comes a
murmuring Of the sad sea waves to the
effect that Nat Herreshoff, the venerable
racing yacht designer, will not have
look in at the plans of the next cup de-
fender. His latest creation Irolita, has
had poor success at the hands of boats
built by Gielow and Gardner, but the blind
wizard of Bristol should have no reluc-
lance at this decision. He has. indirectly
of course, won more cups than any other
living yacht designer, and his record will
probably be unequaled for many years to
come.
To go about on the other tack again.
isn't 1t curious that a certain bunch of So
called sailors should get cold feet when a
DOdI designed especially IOT HSiNy WedtIeT
should be defeated in a light b"enZe?
They lay around helping schooners over
the bars. or stand by ready to splice the
main braces and conjure all sorts of
reasons why that craft has no
possible chance of winning in waters
where they have been told it blows a gale
all the time.
No notice is taken of the fact that her
competitor is an old boat, so much larger
that she will start overloa led with time
allowance that her keel will most likely
hit the high places on the bottom of the
ocean.
They are too busy knocking their home
boat to remember that a boat in a heavy
weather race has a whole lot better
chance with a comfortable margin of
minutes to her credit at the start than if
she were evenly matched.
Suppose the other craft is more than 10
per cent larger, doesn't it stand to reason
that she will carry bigger mainsail and
have to reef the sooner for it?
If you don't think so yet you have an
other guess coming.