The New York herald., 1922-09-04
BRITISH SIX METERS
SHOW GOOD SPEED
Average Times Made by Visit
ing and American Craft
Nearly the Same.
ny ARTHUR F. ALDR1DGE,

The performances OF the British six
meter yachts In the regatta of the
indian Harbor Yacht Club on Saturday
showed that the visitors are going to
make a strong bid for victory in the
coming international team matches. 1t
was. of course. impossible to get any
reliable line of the visitors. because
the American six meter yachts. Then.
| too. they started 35 minutes after the
American boats.
The two courses were identical on
the first leg. Each division sailed three
and one-eighth miles east by north,
three-quarter north to the red spar
buoy off Greenwich Point The wind
was from the east. so that on this leg
they had windward work. The second
leg of each course was the same, except
for the distance sailed. The American
boats went four and one-eighth miles,
south by west to the black spar buoy
OFF Oak Neck Point, and the British
team went in the same direction for
two and three-eighths miles to a mark
Neck the course for the American boats
was northwest by north for three and
three-quarter miles. and for the British
boats 1t was northwest by west one-
quarter west for three miles.
AT about o'clock or nearly an hour
and half after the American boats
had been sailing and fifty minutes after
the British yachts had started. the wind
hauled to the SOUTH This shift made
the second leg of each course beat.
and Judging by the time taken by each
division to sail the course, it must have
given each division about the same
amount of windward work The winner
OF the American class. the Ace, sailed
the eleven miles in hours 32 minutes
seconds, and the Jean. winner Of
the British class, sailed the eight and
one-half miles In l hour 5S minutes 4
seconds. The Ace averaged a mile in
1S.s2 minutes and the Jean averaged a
mile In 1888 minutes.
Only one of the American team.
l. Esprit. started in the race and she
finished fourth. The weather was the
average found on the Sound and gave
the visiting yachtsmen an opportunity
70 see what they may have to contend
with In the match races.
Jean is a black boat, Reg is white.
Cola is blue and Caryl III. is white
with brown boot top. These differ
ences In colors will make them easily
distinguishable. They also have the
letter X on their sails above the num-
ber. which indicates that they are from
the United Kingdom. The American
boats last year had u. S. on their sails.
1t IS not so easy to distinguish the
American boats without reading the
numbers on the sails. Grebe and Clytie
are mahogany finished in the natural
color The Lea is light yellow and
the l. Esprit is white.
The yachts will be at Larchmont to-
day for the fall regatta of the Larch-
mont Yacht Club. The two divisions
Will again sail separate courses which
will be signalled before the warning
signal Is made. After this regatta the
British boats will in all probability go
to City Island for cleaning. Their
underbodies seem to be In splendid con-
dition. and this cleaning will simply
mean final polishing.
The American team will also haul out
again just before the races, and they,
too. will be fit to race for the cup
which means so much to the winners.
The first race will be started at 30
o'clock next Saturday afternoon from
line established in the Sound. so that
course three miles to windward and
return may be laid, keeping the yachts
as far as possible out in deep water.
This course will be sailed twice over.
making twelve miles in all