The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-07
FIVE O'CLOCK LIMIT
Is SET FOR YACHTS
All Not In by That Hour Dur
ing Race Week Will Be
Towcd to Port.

The plans for The irterciub ori'e.n-
race week are being perfected. md this
event, which Will he held the last week
"a June, starting from The Srawanhakt
C%orinthian Yacht club at oyster Ray.
promises to bc one 81 the mcr iit,s-
"s'.n ~ the season. \ special COM
m!ttee consisting Of Horace Z. Bou-
cher. II. A jackson, Jr., ~ A Monks,
Fred Goeller. Jr., II, J.. Stone and t. f..
chapman met last week NJ the New
York Yacht club house to arrange
Tho courses for each days run and to
franc other rules,
In the first series will he al divisions
NJ scho0uors. the New York VA rht club
MY ~footcrs, the new forty fuo;or~ 81
the New York Yacht Club aud the we'll
known y class In series Il the thirty
footers OF tho New York Yacht club
will race. Also all the han Heap divl-
~lons and the yachts ~ Class q and
Glass II. The little fellows will make
up series &, including the one design
classes Of all clubs
Although the courses will all be short,
II has been decided 10 set the warn
ing sigma at 10 4. NJ each day The
preparatory signal Will be So i've ,nin-
utes later and the irst class VIII he
sent anay at 1910 a. NJ. The .mallest
class viii h. the first 10 ross the START
Ing line each day. In this way IL Is be-
lieved ehat all yachts viii be able to
finish early in the afternoon, So that
the Corinthians win have plenty OF time
To- make ready for the fun OF shore.
Unlike ordinary cruising races. n has
been decided to call of all classes at
. u. NJ. each day, Al thar hour the
regatta committee will stop clocking the
yachts and send out power boats TO tow
the windJimmers TO their anchorages.
Excepting In the case OF a fiat claim II is
believed that every yacht will be timed
before that hour.
The committee has decided that all
yachts must race In cruising trim, ex-
cepting regarding sails. Racing sails
will he allowed on all boats. Also all
yachts larger rian Glass T. must either
carry of tow a tender. In the motor
boat divisions every craft must be pro-
vided with a suitable tender.
The motor boats that are hound TO
form an interesting feature Of the week
have been divided mo two classes. Glass
A will he for express cruisers 80 feet
and over length ovcr all. In Class u
Will be the cruisers that are more than
30 feet length over all. Express cruiser rs
will be the boats qualifying as expre-
cruisers under the 1916 A. T.. g.. A.
rules Cruisers are to he those boats
not falling in Glass A, having cabins
entirely covered In and accommodations
and outnt necessary for living on hoard.
The start of the express cruisers will be
ono and a half hours after the first
class of sailing YACHT. Five minutes
later Glass v will start each day.
The handicappinR OF the motor boats
will he an interesting feature OF the
racing. ON the first day tho craft viii
no handicapped under the American
Power Boat Association rule. Viking
handicaps will govern tho second day.
Then will come "A scratch race. The
fourth day the boats will he handicapped
upon past performances. md on the last
run they will again be handicapped on
past performances with arbitrary penal
ties figured by the committee. No boat
will be PERMITTED to start on the fourth
and hfth run that did not compete In
one OF moro OF the frs. three races.