The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18

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! regard much Of the sxpsnditlrr
votss as unnecessary u - g. n
cour.s. that some sor, Of -etilen"r la.
I arrived &C. bat indicntions are p.r
direction At present.
The Cob~eb Yacht Tub OF .p-,
s Snars s.ss ,:snxIo Oh yissieommod"I ~,
! trophy; secretary. = D.. Keller .H,
Is building an extension TO its no rl1b
viii give = dancing pavilion. bill SON
The Corinthian Yacht club Of b.. .,,,-
at It's meeting last week elected a. ~
ing officers John kobinetts ma,
dore; W n. Evans. v,c--commodorn ..--
NJ GRAY. rear commanders. W " ..r
secretary-treasurer W. u. ". Nj -.
Hoard Of trustee: John H. Re. -,-
.,,S II os .:s, v fpid%sn d@l--
Esiep, Graham EcSel n. NJ Colin ..t
The New Haven Yacht club ia mt.
and plans have been drawn for a ne, .oIs.
which In 10 be erected between the -snt
house and the old light on the sou. de
OF the Cove. The plans call for tu.. md
. half story wooden building which ~. Az.
ten sleeping apartments on the upp"r rors
on the upper stories and on the man .'aor
room which viii have 100 lockers ON.
the building Ii to be started at once 81, hst
IL will he ready by the opening Of n"I' "a.
SOP.
cup would be smoothed away b-f"-. grIt
season by the donation Of q new cup .. he
CHICAGO Yacht Club ,, Ih.S cup, cup !" .' ..
to be held by the Yacht Racing I mon Of
the Great Lakes. The plans pnlv
viii be abandoned IL the dirrrsn,. - E.,
tween the Rochester and Royal ,H,, ian
yacht clubs are smoothed ava IN.
for the defence OF the new cup should 4
he put In competition. Commodor" y L.
Richards9n OF the TOLEDO Yacht club pa,
made q similar offer. so II would seer 'ha,
international racin. on the lakes vii. shortly
be resumed
The present troubi. over the cup 8, the
outsro With OF the Canadian clubs persistent
upon the deed Of gin being lived NJ 20 aud
the demands OF the challenger Tho
canada cup WAS donated in 1897 Il VA,
won BY the Canada and at once made an
Tor the nr-t Yacht that won. After The
she was sold to a g. hsnan; H., who . Groass,
challenged again the Rochester men had
seneca taken back to the lakes. The Jana
dians protested against this. arguing that
when a boat leaves fresh water she IL in.hgl-
BILE to return and compete for the trophy
The chief trouble. however. was that after
ment were changed and scantling restric-
tions adopted. These, however. did not
apply to boats already built and so seneca
new rules. but the new challenger would
have TO be built to conform 10 the new rules
and would be At a serious disadvantage
The sauabble began when the seneca vas
ready to race. II had been agreed that tho
lines OF the challenger and defender should
be submitted to the committees oi the two
clubs seneca IL a Hcrreshon boat and
Herreshon will never give the lines Of any
OF his yachts. so the Rochester men wer.
and il looked as II they would have To- Tor.
felt the cup. The Canadians. however. IN
a very sportsmanlike way agreed to waive
this axI cement and the two boats wer.
weighed to see IL they properly nttel the
class The Seneca was out OF the class. hut
some slight alterations remedied this error
An agitation - going OH among BTIt.rh
vachtsmen about the cost OF the sport
Are modern first class cutters too big ="
sport going, This - the question which
has been aRitatinR the yachting world of
late. says the London Er'",ng NsTs h!-.
u adds. three cutters are being huIit ipr
next season. but OF ~ meters. roughly i00
tons. in place OF the ~ meter boats az rrg-e-
senied by the shamroek 1--we Of he"
Fairiie, to the order OF 4 X. Stothsrf. VINO
has ALREADY built Rosamond and Mars a.
and William Yates, who , huiIt IN. metz net.
while the third is being built by Nc al s'rr
TO the order OF " p. Burton, who rae" ne
penitent AMI nnpsea ns ns, pa'!' '""''e''
A K stothert, explaining WHY 10 met"r,
boats are being built. said rhe fac ~
being too big The building Of q boat Of ti,.
size entails, h, an initial INITIAL ssp,nd,t.r. OF snoa
In nineteen meter boat, however. the
spea king. would be enough to run her
while you get practically the same accomro-
dation az upon the tw enty three meter cll--
A nineteen m eter boat Is really Shamr"'k.
but on a little smaller scale.
Another advantage too IL that owners
with an income OF from So 900 TO $50"
/ twenty three meter would be out Of Their
reach. This means that twenty mer .oIid
support the smaller class. while 'fsr- are
only three or four who can run a boat the
size Of the shamrock.
On the smaller boats you get equally as
can entertain quite as many friends 10 The
saloon OF my boat. for instance. th" no"r -
about ten Zee, square. The bathroom TOO
everything slse IL in proportion. while he-'f"s
Q roomy saloon the nineteen meter boat ha.
a roomy after cabin with two hsr'E~ AMI
three single berth cabins
1T Is also probable thar tn" nineteen meter
boat Will In the future be the largest OF he
many spain and France will be building %
this class. but none in the 'w"nty-thr"s
meter
Americans sending a 10 meter CUTIE o
race in British waters. and II this should
the natural sequence OF events
Revertin1 again 20 the advantage pos.
sessed by the 10 meter boat Owe" the y
meter Mr. Stothert pointed out thai th~ir
lighter draught enabled them 10 get IN and
out Of hsrbor much more readily than their
larger rivals.
with a draught Of 10 or II feet. no
said, "A ~ meter boat can get in anu ont
of the more difficult British harhors. such
as RamsRate. soon after or befor" nall
tide. but with the larger boat such a 1ES
you'd he impossible
An expensive item in connection am
the very large boats too. continue VIZ
-is that Of dock charges when
the hull was To be scrubbed or "Natlne'l.
u costs from go TO go 10 get into o.,
but in the case Of a 10 meter boa -h" an
lie at the quay side and so be left DRY - me
tide runs out
As regards the question Of the cr"Si
q boat OF the size Of the Sh0mroch Uoi!i
need one Of twenty-three and u pilot IN
q IN meter boat n crew of fourteen ana
pilot 10 all that IL necessary ,
"wl,rn shall ! commence racing NeL'
hat IL uncertain IL may he on he ] hang
or 10 NAV not he until racing start on ~
Clyde NV contract with Fife prcNi1s1
for nv boat beine delivered properl' nsn
IN for racing In the middle Of Ma Wv
order WAS place in the middle of Se-'e nj n"v
which gives 'uaf eight months ~ 'hWn
she has 20 be built and handel Owe, ~
In about the usual time which wo'lt D" ',n.
pisd by a builder in turning me-
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