The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-25
NEWS OF The YACHTSMEN
BDSTDN 10. BsBOuING THE san
NC RACE TD BERut ~.
Rrp"rt nj the Regatta tsn,mittr~ sf the
New Nsrk \. q. iterreshoH D~sixn-
Ing Another tiaSs u schooner said
To tie for ole, Gland o. Dodge Notes

on. nj the host long distance events ever
arranged The Bo-ionians ar. hu-I ter-
and ar" already trying to induce yachts
men To enter heir yachts IA this event
When the race Wss started from Marble
head few wears ago the number OF starters
Was the largest IN tn. history Of the event
and now that the Boston Yacht club has
charge At promises TO eclipse that race which
was won nv the D.rvi-h
Hollis Burgess has been working hard 10
g-t the race To Boston and ny has been
successful and now he - doing AL he can
to make the race a success The start -
To b" mad" from OH Rowe wharf where
IN" Boston Yacht club has it, town house
and this will mean thar many hundreds Of
iioSionian- will gather on the water front
To So" the racers on rhe,. boats will have
20 sal! down the harhor aud ont 20 sea and
1t ~ very probable that sevrral yachts
IA commission then will follow them for
some d,>tanC. u - rather early for large
fleets 10 gather AT Marblehead and for that
reason Boston itself has been select 81 a. the
place from wElch the race will start
The committee working for the success
OF this rae. will very shortly announce the
conditions and the prizes for which the
racers will comrrt- II - very probable
that there VIII toe several prizes one for all
yachts IN one class sailing with time allow
snCe and other prizes Tor class races II the
CLASSES MI THIS race coming 50 early in III"
season should he attractive to those owners
who lik. To make a short cruise before the
real racing begins and these can race 10
bermuda and back ana then take part in
rhr many regattas arranged along me
coast.
The regatta COMMITTEES Of the New York
Yacht club. N. de r. Parsons. Ernest T..
borillard and Gr.nvIlle Kane. Who acted in
place OF the late Walter q Kerr. haN"
published their report In pamphlet form
and II shows the records Of the yachts that
took part In tho races -: tho club this wear.
Ia this report the committee SAYS; During
the -easOn the committee started Faces on
thirteen different DAYS. The number Of
yachts started was esS. which does not
include duplont. ~. try Of q Yacht starting
IN different events on m. sam. day. There
wero lIO races sailed All time allowan ca-
haV. been calculated from iOo ieet rating
measurement. ~ rhi- method the cor
re"ted times ~ yachts are compare HE
Irrespective Of size. Tn. appropriation of
IN. cub for the use Of the com mirtee was
5000. The expenditures OF the committee
we're So N1. leaving a balance ON hand for
prizes 81 81 cs'. Tho estimated value Of
tn. prizes donated nv meIpb"rs was o. $40.
making "a total for prizes NJ sI2 .o9n. exclusive
Of the Kings cup.
II. Aurora owned bv Cornelius Wander
hIt. Vs- the largest winner during ths
season. IN" Won IN" annual regatta IN her
Cio-- and also took 'ha BENNETT cup. She
also won Two -pla iron runs. III. rear COM
modors = cup. the tStor cup. TIE Kings
cup and the autumn cup.
The schooner FlminH Won FIVE squadron
runs. the CorImod"re'-. Vtce-CommodoTe@
rear Commodor"'- and Alumni Association
"upa and an A-tor cup. The Shirlna also
did veil. winning several class prizes and
often heating larger yachts on corrected
time. SHE won -ix clas. prizes on the
cruise. A. we'll ~ the Commoiore- and
= cnr~. and showed thai
ip n fair Wind ste was "A faster boat than the
- fOoters
The best wind Of ne season was in the
run from New London 20 Newport Then
II blew from eightasn to twenty ini'es an
hour and N" small craft outAailed rhe
larger ones ~. wind WaS ire"
According 10 reports from BRISTOL De
rGn.r Nat Herre-horr has prepared design.
Ter a second schooner similar IN size 70 that /
b" = already huildIng fnr Morton = Plant !
This craft n - sad. - for a New York !
sach'smdn who hn- NOT vst placed the I
prn.r for rhe boat. bui - "on'emrla'inG /
tong very soon h'inur has u that It IL |
or cleveland " Dodge. Who now owns
N. schooner nrona Mr. Dodge has be"n /
wanting = new and faster Yacht for some I
h. has the corona on his hands corona /
ias been for -l,a. and " isro~~,hl" that the |
new Yacht IL contingent on tho older one /
,-lng sold The new model differs VERY ,
Ii,l. from that for Morton y Plant bu' /
has - u,te more beam IN" rlant rarht
pa- etgh'v--ixnr tons oi lead IN her k""
" - u big question. ~ay- writer from
Bristol ~ ru" Providence Ju-rpHf whether
~" PLAN schooner H"Nf spring VIII h"
match or NOR. than match for tho West
q and II a IN ali - fsALf 81 yraNf.
any wnndar thai such Si"re-' takes prrce-
l"nc" over "'h"r questions ,onn"' ted :
e-twnrd j. loo. I'd upon ana said Ia b."
h" -caN"ng"r - IN" European racing
"ntr"- from ~" fact that -he LEANED up
'v.ry thing under 'AnSB-. including such
racks Of m" class and 'yp. the ter
nan frp-r"r'- M.t"op the BrvnhtIde
n htts Heather and "'h-rs " equal speed
ia" W"n vncr"ver she bad far start
InI"r ril"- tha' met with ~" favor If
rad the racing r".' TO the finish Inc being
\ hen -h- vas nv"rhuTdsn~d with a
handicap that 81" vas n much N" same
OllIng IN 'hr trough of the sen nn' able
q cope WIN the conditions
That ll~rrc~h"h mas MOI lost his knack
y improving ur"n him ."ii ~ arsI.d by
oulr who ALWAYS believed that. Hike Isnny-
ON brook. h" goes ON forever His fay-
rites point 20 IA" confidence h. has IN him
eli Vhsn he 'a"kI-- The Job Of beating ;hr
-'snrh without any more c"T"mony
nan UlnklhE loNn vac itlps 'bI IIe nlBt %
~ mechanics last Tuesday and ordering
h. work of laytnG down 70 begin without
ay
Path - his tr"thods - strong IN Bristol.
or ~ "a-, ia r.m.nl-.r the Herre-hoG
eats OF nCrra-.. al speed. step ny step. N
h. clean DrlI-tr1a Gloriana. Wasp. Vigil
NJ. Defender. columbia Reliance and
INsngrr. not forgetting the much mali zn.d
constitution. which ~ fresh hands proved
- p. a boa' fully ~ % the IIerre-hoT
O',0n- a. TAR IA speed goes
Then here IL the shorter string OF
choon"r Yachts IN the H~rre-hoa belt. ia.
r-' of any note nr.ng ihe lR2O'nsr. nhich
ia huii' "a INV. order 81 commodore Plant.
hs mar III" ordered tho new -Chooner ls--
han ten Inv- ago lnzOmar took shape
even wears ago and made = fine record
broad Ni'h Charlie Barr al ~" wheel
hen iolIOHrd N" Queen and lrDita. both
( which have been Il's rally -Vaypsd bv 'hr
wH"r- i Rogers Maxwell and commodore
tlaiNr
Tho l,-' 20 h" b'iilr before m. Plant
RIDER cam" The. famous Westward.
hl,h j. =" b" ~ /, here neat spring after
iE'"TinR ~ ~"uiha mptOn u viii m-.nn
God r. ing b"iU '"n 'ts Phn' craft. the
Vren. Elm.uI. MIri.i and others l. may
" 'l'. h"-' -yhooH"r sport ever held on
l" A'l1nrg '"I-'. tor n. Queen. barring
ur"' -uH,n!" rrflug. IL the best boat of
rT lI-- shat aver raced ON This sidt- Of ia.
fhH'tr Although she may have 20 take
pos irOn Hhri' -. beam ~ the Westward
f"eiv" hnpt hf"eN. III" has nrcom