The sun., 1910-05-08
NEWS OF HHB YACHHSNEA
SEAWANHAKAo AND
EXTRAORDINARILY READY.

Enshts 10 cruASo Eass Thb ssasSa-NSw
lsstsP noais fss nesmnaA maoe
-Ooana RAes Being Bupporsaa
AhrOad-MStaP Beats st Menace.
Ths Canadian ehallsnssr for the sea-
Wunhaka challsngs cup fOr small yachts
b almost ready for lamohing. IL mas
bssn buiit bY CaaT.ss Gs=@sn. and only
few members Of the Royal St. lAwrence
Yacht Cinb have had q chance 10 study the
linea Of tho new craft which it h hoped ~
Canadian watsFa will successfully take the
trophy aoroas the border. Il 10 said that
haF llnsa do nos differ greatly from other
craft mat have been built IN this country
but ahs viii carry q larger sail spread be-
cause tho challenging and defending clnos
agreed that the Limit should b raised 70
eas square feet.
Chariss Newman. who designed the yacht:
has had much eKperisnce m that sine ana
/ type Of racing yacht. Afbef tae chai-
lsnasr has been launched she Wtl % trisa
on Iako 81. Louis with the fast Doris -
trial beat. and about ths middle Of Juns
both Of thsas boats win BE- shlppod 10 Salem
and b tried out thoroughly IN the waters
on which the International race 4 % %
aallad during the weak beginning July ~.
Il b thought that q. n. Duggan wiz aah
the Challenges, and with him vii bs Messrs.
RSuth and Sherwood. two Of the best ANA
tours IN Canada.
The defender Of the cup. Which Il 20 be
named Massachusetts,. will b launched
from the David FsntOn COmpany's yard at
Manchester on May %. she VIII then be
resdy Tor sailing. and much attention VII
be Eivsn 10 the tuning up. me naasa-
chusetts is Al feet over all. Z. A. Board
man. who designed the yacht. VIII have
charge Of her In the races and John l. sal
ionsiall OF Beverly. RliOt wadBworth and
r. Dc n. Boardman win he the crew. Board
man designed the Manchester. the yacht
that won the trophy from the Royal o.
IaWrSnce Hacht Club after q had been m
Canada for many years.
iThroe n the largest og the Massachusetts,
Yacht Clubs WI start on their cruises on
the same day. saturday. July ., and all
three win 50 20 the eastward. 90 that many
of the bsst Known yachts viii b0 away nom
their home ports during the month. As
each % theas clubs arTanEes port 20 port
runs tho yaohtsmen viii have plenty
Of sport. Zach club win start nom a
diRerent point. The Eastern Yacht Club
win start frOm Marblshead and run tbs
hrst day 70 Portland lightship. the Boston
Yacht Club win start from Hull and run
acrOss Massachusetts, Bay 10 Gloucester
and the South Boston Yacht Club viii start !
RON City Point. J
The Eastern Yacht Club will touch Of
many ports and 90 a. far east a. Douglass |
Island HarbOr and then return 70 bar
HaFbor. where the feet will disband aftar |
cruising for seven days. Tho Boston Yacht
Club will touch at Gloucester. lslo Of shoals.
Cape Porpoise. Portland. Winneganos Bay
and Boothbay. and nom Portland on the
feet vii Be Joined BY the Portland and
kennebec Yacht Club.
Tho itinerary for the South Boston Yacht
Club has not been announced yet. but it h
known that lt will 90 a. far east e. Booth
bay Harb0r and viii spend 81 least one day
at Portland. These three fleets will take
% Lease i2o yachts away from the home
ports. and GLOWING ave men a. an average
Tor each yacht there viii be go yachtsmen
cruising
In these waters not much attention 10
how given 10 club cruising The New YOrk
7 Yacht Club has its annual cruise. aud that
i by far the largest Of ts kind In the wOrld.
The LarchmOnt and Atlantic Yacht clubs
lave given up cruising and have race weeks
u hOme. Instead Of visiting other clubs
md increasing the revenue Of those clubs
ne Larchmont and Ailantics arrange races
q BE- sailsd in home snters. and attract
,thsr yachtsmen TO their houses The
brooklyn club will have q cruise 20 shelter
sland, and some of he smaller OrganiAations
uch a. the New Rochelle. the Knicker-.
,ockeF and the Harlem Club. viii make short
- - I
hs smaller clubs arrange shora cruises TO !
over the holidays. snd a. tho Fourth Of
uly falls on Monday this year they will Be
Ible 70 ArTanFe . three day trip and Smother !
,ver Labor Day.
'lub. for which President Taft has stood
Donsor by allowing bis name 10 be used
n the hrst prize. a 5000 cup. is still at
racting much attention on the other side
nd there seems TO be little doubt that
rhen the committee IL ready 20 announce
he conditions several owners of good
ruising craft will Be ready 70 enter their
achts and try 10 capture this ine prize !
he Taoheta0 World has devoted some az.
cation 10 the proposed race and says
With no immediate prospect Of an America =
no race on the horizon some of the Yacht y
~ sporisnien o. America are turning their 4
ttentign % another possible develoDmeDt b
q the spirit OF international contest. and
~ have ~ result q proposal for another a
see acrOes the Atlantic. There 4 a ana Z
.oua atmosphere about the very mention
the wide Atlantic AZ q racing oourae I
Inch oaptnres the imagination a. once
% prepares every one who has ever SUNK
~ neere4l land bel0W the horizon 10 fnke
n immediate interest in the proiert M 4,
a. been aaid. and there is diniculty az !,
INES " getting Arguments coRent enough
D combat the charge, that We have bsen y
lrcing the development Of the aDort an 4
nea that 80 toward ar'inciality and that n
here u tendency 10 make the aailins =
~ steamship pecondary 10 the sprint
acing AROUND shoIt courses In sheltered =
lis charge i would be diflcuN 10 ana
lQre compieta answer 10 u than h con a.
lined IN the planning % q race over A cot,rss V
'hlch has the starting line IN the Old N orid q
nd the nniah In the New TheTe n ~ =,
lemeDt Of adventure about the nronoaai n
Thich carries It's own attractivpneas' h
Ocean rucea weTe the cOmmOnaSt of ~
urrences m the days when the clipper shin /
AIRED the bulk 0f the nations EFndR No., (
anne IN then almost IN the day's Worh 49, h
here the lnducement OF profit fnlisd tbs .
poftmg interest came IN 70 put An edes 4
= = the rivalry OF capte lna and crews some q
the records which have come down to hi N
rom these mntches make atiFrina reSdtnS N
M help ~ 20 realiEe mnrH olaarlv than ~ v
ould Otherwise do the stout Hearted sea-I
lanshIP thar went TO the making Of our n
.slona reputation ~ sailors. Several tS
nea since hen there have been nleechSs n
croas the Atlantic, sOmsfinas ths SIira.,s :,
mes nxturea kOrnaIiv arrenS.t s,.S sp.,s - =, "