New-York tribune., 1921-03-06
Pacific Coast
Entry Assured
For Ocean Test
Sight Foreign Flags May Be
A-Flutter When the Boats
:,,et Away at Sandy Hook
BY Jack Lawrence

lead OF the race comm tee Of the New
York Yacht Club. that he will act as
chairman of the American committee
n ehssge of arrangements for the
start Of the transatlantic race for the
King Albert Cup, scheduled to start
rom Sandy Hook at noon on July d.
The race is open to any sailing yes
Sc regularly registered in the feet OF
ay recognized yacht club. and it will!
e strictly scratch event, no handi-
saps Of any kind being allowed.
| According to an announcement made
es.erday. the present American COM
nttee. made up OF the chairmen Of
he race committees Of the New York,
lsrchr ont and Atlantic yacht clubs. Of
| mhich Baron de Cartier is the head.
| will be increased to FIVE members
| within the next few days. One of the
| new members, it is understood, will
represent New England yachting or
SANITATION and the other will be
l Westerner. probably from the Pacific
l cast.
Pacific Coast to Enter
1 The reported representation OF the
/ Pacific Coast on the committee is re-
sarded in local yachting circles as
1 are indication that California syndi-
| cate. organized few weeks ago, has
1 determined TO enter a vessel.
| This syndicate, according to informa-
ton obtained by The Tribune, has
| elected as its chairman a wealthy San
| francisco yachtsman, who is owner of
| s steel schooner Of more than 1876 feet
I in length over all.
This vessel will represent the Pacific
Coast. it is said, unless the race is
7ut off until fall. In this event, The
Tribune is informed, the Western syn
| dIcste is prepared to build schooner
for which the plans have already been
drawn
The King Albert Cup race has pro-
vided indoor yachting circles in this
city with the liyeliest winter session
hey have known in years. Staid old
| sporrsmen who have grown TO regard
the Americas Cup contests as the ~I.y
| maritime classic Of international I'M
portance have begun to believe that the
overseas event will displace it entirely
| and become an annual fixture.
Members OF the New York Yacht
| Club interviewed yesterday seemed to
believe that the Sandy Hook o Ostsnd race
would have a great deal more interest
| for yachtsmen if secondary prize
were offered for vessels measuring less
than 100 feet on the waterline.
One boat owner who expects to send
in his entry within few days said that
II such prize were offered it would
mean that there would be at least ten
additional starters.
Prize for Smaller Craft
"A boat measuring eighty-fve feet on
the wateriine," said this yachtsman,
car. with the most favorable winds. be
driven only up to certain speed Be-
yond that she cannot go, because of
her hull measurements. She cannot
reel off the knots an hour that larger
vessel could, assuming that strong
winds prevail.
'Tn a race of approximately 5000
miles the larger yachts undoubtedly
would get enough weather to put them
far ahead of the smaller entries. For
this reason I think that owners of
sloops and boats with lighter rigs
should be given an additional induce
meut for entering.
This could be done without altering
King Albert's determination to make
the contest a boat-for- boat race, with
no time allowances or handicaps."
II is probable that this suggestion
will be considered at meeting of the
American committee that has been ap
pointed to handle this end of the race.
The committee, it is understood, will
be called togethe next week by Baron
oe Cartier, who will come here from
Washington for that purpose. At the
same time, the two additional members
will be named.
TIE present members OF the commit
zee are H: De B. Parsons, New York
Yacht Club; Howell C. Perrin, I4arch-
l,1h orlo
Atlantic Yacht Club.
While it is known that many for
eign yacht clubs have expressed a de-
sire to be represented in the race, par
ticularly organizations located in Hol-
land and the Scandinavian countries,
there appears to be feeling here that
the great cost of fitting out a vessel
and sending her to New York, in view
Of the present rate of exchange, will
cause many sportsmen to think twice
before fling their entries.
A member of the New York Yacht
Club estm ated yesterday that the cost
OF entering vessel and sending her
here from a foreign country would be
not less than S25O,0O0.
Expect Eight Foreign Entries
Despite this costly fact, there is
every indication to-day that there will
oc lchct tlklt 1OTCiSH udSS HutJeI-
ing over the line at noon on July 4.
So convinced of this are local shipyard
men that many yacht basins in and
around this port already are preparing
10 open their yards. The first of these
probably will be the Robert Jacob yard
at City Island, where the Upton Sham
rocks fitted out for the last Americas
Cup contests.
The Tribune was informed yesterday
that H. S. Shonnard, a member of the
New York Yacht Club, has decided to
enter his two-masted schooner Sonnica
In the King Albert race. The boat is
now on the ways at the Robert Jacob
yard in City Island, and NJ. Shonnard
said yesterday that she could be made
ready for offshore work in a very short
time.
The Sonnica was built in 1906 and
measures 115 feet over all Her hull
IS or steel and Mr.. Shonnard has made
many long ocean cruises in her. the
asst one being to the West Indies and
antral America. Mr. Shonnard is
said to be ready to start his boat in
the contest if there is a sufficient
number of entries to make the race
worth while
While Commodore Francis r. Mayors
three mastcd schooner Undaunted is
at present the largest vessel entered
IN the contest, local yachtsmen feel
COW! need that the Atlantic Yacht
Clubs flagship will NOT he in class