The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-21
WESTWARB'S FINE RECORD
HiNS EtSiLT ~ BRITISH RE-
GiTTlS AND rs ADMIRED.
Herreshon Praised for Her RiE ami Con-
struetiOn Yacht Has Stimulated Britt
tan sport Comps red With Vessel. Butt
AecOrdlng To the American Rule

heNAnder = tOrhraus - hooneT West
ward 10 greatly pleasing the British Yachts
men, and although sac u winning MANY q
their handsome prizes she IL general,
praised by all and u has been reported thai
an oner has been made to Mr. Cochran
Tor the schooner The Westward ~ taking
pAH In only regular clAsS events or In rare,
where the regular system Of time alloW AnC
u adopted and has not connected IN anv OF
| the handicap ravez For this some little
criticism has been made. II having beer
| argued that the va hi being 81 FAR HupeTioi
to the others Il would be NOR. inteWstins
TO see what she could do In a handle ap " here
the allowances are based ON performance
/ Such q rae would compel those in charge
to drive the Yacht al her best and she would
B undoubtedly shON "a surprising turn OF
4 speed
| The London F,ch IN IT. column headed
I Round the coast ,alls the Ns-tv ard
| a wonderful va. mt II says
There we're iifty-nVe va, hts entered for
I the regatta- Of the ROYAL va 1t squadron
and Royal London Na,ht club az Coves
this year ~ these foTty-tNo belonged 20
the International Cla-Sr- aud only thirteen
10 the er-tWhile popular type known as
'handl'ap ra""T- This SHOWS the 'hRnge
that has come over Yacht racing in the last
lev wears In iHn' q great proport ion nj the
number we're either handicap racers or
none designs and Las. racing seemed al
most dead
There j. hardly 10 10 found the ow ner
or racing va ht - b" would not agree that
| the change has greatly improved the state
OF sport Indeed. u Il had not been for The
revival Of pure lass ia IN: We should
never have seen Mr. Go, nran's ,ondeTful
= hoOnsr. Westward in ,oN-s Roads and
/ for this reason IL Tor no other Lrtt-h port
would have been the poorer At the woke Of
hand, AZ ~. inv had not been removes
The critics turned out IN force 70 look
at III" lank - schooner Westward, and COM
ment was entirely favorable 80 far a. We
can see there - no reason 10 suppose that
her form Of hull u superior 10 that Of the big
cutters built NV Fife tor the International
rule Her -I,l plan. rigging and steel con
strI"tIon - maSterpie"a worthy Of her
eminent designer H-rr"-hor She - the
most efficient and N-HthrrlN ..hoousr ever
-~-n IA oN"~ Roads Srd that - the highest
prai~s' "" an XIV" The story goes that
Iierr-Sno1 81 hrs' said that a. yould not
d-s, gn . good Vessel under uuT International
rule II taxed drtusht and u- could not
stand l.DNiS -'anthng- However after
much persuasion b.. va md .rd t. make
nr~i ATTEMPT with the Westward Nitrr
hearing comments upon her n-haN ior nv
tEo-- ~ no sailed her b" must have altered
his OPINION. tor whereas ingonar and
Queen. N" :" boomers built 20 the American
rule. we've almost unmanage when hard
pressed with canvas IN a - rong wind West
Wsfd pToN'-i easy aud hardy whom hard
driven "a a breeze aud q perfect ship N q
500 ~ ip drsught Hsrr.-hon gave her
~ feet - inches and SAL area we'll no one
ever heard H.rre-hon complain OF = rule
S~ing too easy on sail and every Herre-hof
S %p y, only has plenty OF 1t buy can stand
The only Yacht Vhich could make anv
show against tho McsiNaul 1T ,oNes was
No Shamru.k and Sir Thomas Upton made
plg'kN attempt on Monday. Angus T.
With hl- r..ttcr with water I'm. Of - icrt
10 D"uIp-re against Mc~tWsrd with her load
water I'M" " ~ '".t ~hauru,k 'atrt.d
ouir $3.50 square feet IT ~al AKA nj West
ysitd IS 60, square 'e"i ~ 20 tune al
IpNsn," Interested 'ritf'- should rrm-m-
ter nat under 'n' internal 'onal ale for
smalgsms'~d .la~-"- a cutter has 10 allow
allow au'". AMI Westward unlN had 20 ave
Shauro"k seconds .ul'r second 'oT
Zach quarter meter shamrock sail.d a.
her SEXUAL ra'ing - meters IN, rea--d nv
per cent which Amounted "a - meters
Nhie Westward sailed ~ her actusl rating
- ~ meters r'-iu'-d hv o. yer cent which
fore. Westward had ~ ALLOW >hamro.k
: minutes 70 s,.pnd-
70 carry la'~r. ard t"pS1ils and enough
a. "a" end ~ the d." n" make - meter
%
The M"-'wIrd beat m" IuEl ~ cutter bv
- minute. - seconds Ihr- VISA very fiu-
perfYrmAnC" and tho greater part IA fact /
nearly all the gain. NR- ~ reaching ana very
clos. reaching The greet feature uf the
American schooner sailing compared with
Shnmr""k.s Appears q" - that on a hong
close reach with plenty ut wInd he West
Wsri Can haul her mainsheet Ia az lose
a. Tho cutter ana that -h~ can then sail
clean away from the Shd furo,k OF course
as It would De only reasonable 20 expect.
Westward pan easily beat the cutter roach
InR with shrrts 'h~..ed while upon dead
run Their. 10 very little difference in their
speed TN The day when u'T Ntnhs,. visitor
, luSad history 20 repeat '-"lf ny ont ,ilinx
ne British cutter ShHmrock he latter
Yacht SaS no less han ~ minutes 10 seconds
ahead 81 the GermAnts and minutes
I, seconds ahead pi Meteor
his was ~ course = 'reme ndous beating
Tor Shamrosk ?" give the German Yachts
ghi'h hitherto have been regarded 49, very
An" s'ho"ners. aud bad u not been for he
- CoW"S round old castle POM ~ least a
couple - miles ahead ~ shamrock ~ the
end ~ ~ Hi'v-tvo milo race the posi,ion
~ Sir Thomas Linton : Yacht leading Ger
M MIA Meteor. tI'sly ana suzanne would
have been regarded 40 among the great.
Yachting A. y was every one felt that on
August T. 1910 ~ vas the Westward first
= nd the rs-t nowhere
This however IL really rather y sanu-
mental visw 10 take ~ the Royal London d
NAoh' Clubs race. for. ius' a. IN ISL when 1
Queen Vic'oria. having learned hat the /!
Yacht il second The reply i~ said 10 have
been given Y our Ma le~iV there IL no Il
second Asa fact On that historic occasion q
10 little Aurora was ONLY spme eighteen
minutes as'srn and vas very good second 2
md ~ On August 1910 50 small a vessel
~ the shamrock did well to Re within four
esn minutes NJ the Wesiw ward Never
heleSs We hope 'he Westward NAV race 7
A. CovA% next wear. and that other va,hts
rom america - meters. 10 meters and ~
M e'ers viii race NJ our iuferugttonal regatta
\ nj that British va'htirg may have so far
revived that the vessel m pride ~ pls,.
" ~ have been built ~ Great Britain
what sailing "verybodv had IN tuVus'
, tie dav ~ the King cup Lord Dunravrn
son the frsi cUp gwen hv King George b.
With his ketrh Cariat but the race a.
Isual MAS confined 10 Yachts h-iongiug 3
the ROYAL Yacht squadron and the club
sould only muster four starters Originally
he idea 81 making tho match q handiCnn :
yas 10 secur. Large .ntTS In the IS
metre class VIZ Sfothsr''- Npriska Won ~
ne gale Of Angus and again Nv The very .
Igh' airs ~ Angus " = Burton
r. IN the commodore International Gun
= the ROval London for he thtrd wear IN
.urcsssion IhIs urire hn Won With th..
~ Brtomsri IN los aud with The Ostara
n IHoa ard iai0 The CUP tsrlf - Intended
or q perpetual trophy tho ~ inner receiving
, Tsnltsa of the Gun = s4utNalsut each