The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01
ArLANTEcs OcEAN RACE.
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Tho ocean race for the President TAfI
cup Witch = being ARRANGED By the Atlantic
Yacht Club b already booming and ooms
0HnoEs q seed cruising craft are tAkiRg an
iniereut n the detA. Ths rae u h ex-
pogied. VIII 10 q biz success and the Allan
tie club msmbera are going slou but ar
ranging thlAgs well VERY shortly . com
mitaos composed u soms 81 the best known
yache1men On tAll side u the Atlantic viii
b ann0uncsd. Ths man On thla committee
are moWn q both sides q he ooaan.
AltAenaA the LOndoA Fttld has criticised
TIE naos. the Allantio yachtaEasA do mol,
feel 20 eli dlgoouEnged because the Field
took 70 foT granted that such yachts a. the
8hamruck and otAaF Of to - meter clAsa
were 10 b hvited 10 eOmpsts. The race
b for cruising orafl ne YacAtsmSA o.,
I.an6un. q rsoognGsd authority. has given
TIE race 10 support IL aayS;
II the Atlantic Yacht Club shOald sue
essd. ~ We hopS 70 WI. IN its attempt TO
arrange an ocean race from the Lizard 10
Baady Heck lightship. tho result viii az
gnrsdly b Of great interest. The proposal
has however, met With q somewhat chilly
prass raaponao IN this country on Eundry
grounds and it b Interesting 70 recall some
Of them; Admiral the HOa. Victor MontAgu
says land tho Fisld agrees with HIM that
our n meter yachts arc unit 70 race IA an
ocean match u thla description ~ because
msmbors u the crew are liable 70 he washed
overheard. t9l bscanao thess Yachts ars 20
shaped that they cannot lay 70 In an At
lantiO sale. and tal they are 20 greatly over
SCARED - q Be unat for oSsan racing.
This h all very true. but tho Atlantic
Yacht Club has not yet asked chat any -
meter yacht should compsta IN its projected
ocean race, II the owner o. one Of the y
meter yachts has suuicleut faith In hts
noe q necesslty under the huge cutter RE
h whieh she h wont 20 sal In homo waters.
We aao no reason Why q y meter yacht
should fall to negotiate tho Wild Atlantic
from east 70 vest In better form land IN
perfect safety than most OF the yachts
engaged In the last transatlantic race
from west 20 east No sailor NOuld Sign on
for a race Of this description unless he felt
assured that though he might lose the race
be would not loss bic NE lie NEED no not
pendcd upon 10 take all precautions against
being unWitfingly washed overheard or
losing hla life IN any other accidental way.
The absence Of buiwarks Will not trouble
and ridge ropes superior. while temporary
lfelinea are not unknown t0 him.
though We do not think ;hat any q
meter yacht viii take part 10 this ocean race.
We cannot agIee thai they are unnt for the
without any time allowance il remote II
should BE- remembered that the race u from
east 10 west. and that therefore a con
siderable amount Of Windlamming h more
than probable moreover, We must not Judge
the ocean going capabilities OF the q meter
class from seeing them driven under their
leree cutter rio against the comparatively
short, step seas Of our ordinary regatta
suits their length very much better than the
Channel aeaa. and very much better lin .
head seal than such a vessel as Atlantic.
Ihere a q eouIss tne question: IL the
sans soT' h M canaIsr me can o ny es
meter yachts. With the adytce o. their sail
Ing masters, But 20 say that these Yachts
are unit and unsafe for the purpose Of such
= gacs Y q very Ersve TTns,cslcn both on the
the result Of The European International rule
Of measurement. To b SURE the number
Of British nailora has been sadly reduced
since the days when Admiral MontaEu
laFas number sfill survive and the con-
templaied Ocean race WI not fail on this
The lass match seyOps the Atlantic from
Ashbqry's Gambia, challenger for the
America Cup and the American schooner
Daunlleas, The tive started on the Old
Head AZ Kinsals. on July =. ~ go ?. ~.
and the Cambria passed Sandy Hook light /.
ship on July ~, hour aud " minutes ahead
Of the Dnuntleah The rare was remarkable
from the fact that the rival shippers chose
totally different courses. % much 20 that no
lees than fifteen degreea Of latitude eepa-
rated them AZ noon on one day. Cambria
CHOSE tho northeriy course and Dauntless
he aOuiherly. with the remer kablo result
that only " minutes separated the two alter
tWenty-three days sailing.
-As We say, racing from east 20 west across
the Atlantis II quite different 70 racing from
west 20 east for foul winds are likely to
prevail IN the former and fair winds IN the
latter case The skill Of the navigator In
choosing his course Thereby turning a foul
wind into a fair onel. has considerably
more innuence upon his vessels time than
has Der design or even size Length and
weight are always useful In an ocean race.
and therefore the chances Of q meter
Yacht csnnot b. considered ROSY in such n
race against schoonsrA Of the A class But
that "a not 10 say that they are unit and un-
safe. nor that they have no chance 81 win
this race before the Atlantic Yacht Club
makes lie final arrangements. but al the
support that European clubs and owners
can give 10 the project should b. forth
coming
IL Il a purely sporting suggestion and 4
iu becomes the European preas least Of al
The BRITISH 10 throw cold water upon the
srheme ~ tho q resent time