The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12
SAIL YACHTS LOSING
GRIP ON LOWER BAY
~Cra,c>cnd association Follows
Trend in Recognizing
Motor Boats.
TITLES FOR POWER CRAFT

-, Of. $50, ,rd Ray Yacht Racing As
so,,,.oI ii SIS meeting Last week otfi-
.,,n. 10, 81 slci motor boat racing. and
,o'd certain number of rcgattas zach
.o,,ol which VIII lie exclusively for
motor hott~ and for which championship
,-yr, tr, 10 bc offered the same as for
ma stliuE Yachts. The sail yacht In
al being dfiNcu On the lower bay. anh
vii the exception of some small yachts
nat rt'c ou GIdNcsend Bay there are no
aces of Importance held down the bay
low. Not many ycars x all the best
r,ces of the season were sailed there.
The star 10 one tinlc was OF Owls
tfetd which is near the Crescent Attn
.eur clubs home at Bay Ridge. and tho
re ,ts.ts used TO sail out to the
s,ai,.ri .r sandy Hook Light vessels.
gnIr the smaller ones wen to the buoy
nj the point Of the Hook or TO the south
Vct; tpit
rhe ri.r, fpr the Americas Cup were
,a--~i in ,h, upper bay for many years.
and until fNN1. when the Volunteer and
THls'ie raced. the course Of the New
Norh Yacht club was used. This was
.1irduuti because it gave the home
YACHT go unfair advantage. as the Amer
IAN yichtsm,u were more familiar with
.hr t,des and currents than We're the
.1lllengers. Theu the starting point was
made AZ buoy 10. which II just through
n, NlrrowS. Later n change was made
10 one ot thc iightships, and then the
New York Yacht Club wen to the Sound.
IN hose Ways the New York, the
Ccrn;l'in, Atlantic and Marine and
Weld ,.u.~ had rvgattas for large yachts
20 a." lower bay, n the Brooklyn,
New jersey and rIvonia were the lead
'fS rNturcs ut The smaller clubs. Now
'se New YORK Yacht Club races on the
Sound, IT, CUrinthian has ceased TO
exist. the SeIWinhaka Corinthian which
secedtI from the Corinthian went 10
oyster Bay. the New Jersey Yacht Club
ias not held "a regatta for many years
IHI the Atlantic. Marine II Field and
brooklyn clubs ar" with others trying to
keep the sport alive with small yacht
fac.Hg.
Il = possible that motor boat racing
may give the sport a boom. There Is q
'irse feet ~ moor boats on the lower
hay, and these boats need not meet with
&c trouble that the sailing yacht does
because 81 the tows that are constantly
gong W and down the bay. and the
.lfrc N",' u big steamers that arrive
and depart every day.
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\. a meeting of the executive com
rttee Of the National Association Of
Ing ue and Boat Manufacturers. Inc,
'sld IN the Eng 'neering Societies Build
'rg. - West Thirty-ninth street. last
e.,k. the following officers were re-
elected President. John J. Amory Of the
Gas Engine y Power Company and
Charles l.. Scabury 4 Co. cons. Morris
Height, first vice-president. Henry X.
sl,plcn OF the Elco Company. Bayonnc.
y j sccoud vice-president, p. &. Jones
- tie :. NJ Jones Company. Toledo. O.. (;
''rt yrt-prcsidcn,. Charles A. Criqui Of
he >..:liug Engine Company. Buffalo.
y Y; treasurer, James Craig of the
james Craig Engine and Machine
Wort-. jersey City.
iirr.y T. Sutphen. chairman of the
exhibition committee. in an exhaustive
report on the recent show at Grand EN-
al Palace. stated that IL was the most
successful in the history OF these exhibit
'21s. Record figures were established
= ra..'> Of attendance. space sold ana
.';-li ,.cs made by exhibitors AZ the
STOW \ rtturl had already been made
= tNl."'tng members on the cost or
pace .r3pied. and an additional return
vas authorized at the meeting. the total
nJga' returned to members reducing
N" cot ~ their space TO "A minimum.
The committee on legislation. through
IS chairman. George r. Lawley. reported
49, Il l.Ii.rg had been requested before
'o senate Committee OH and
'H' li.I~r Committee on the Merchant
MARI and Fisheries. in Congress, now
" charge f certain bills that a been
? '"rr~i - them affecting motor boats
srl '... sage. These bills are con
saor-i {" hc impracticab!e and detri-