The New York herald., 1922-10-22
.YACHTSMEN GATHER
HERE THIS WEEK
Sail and Power Boat Associa-
tiOns to Discuss Elabor-
ate Plans.
sy ARTHUR r. ALpnIDGE.

The regular fall meeting Of the Yacht
Racing Association OF Lond Island
Sound viii be held at the Harvard CLUB
next Wednesday evening. The annual
n.eeting of the American Power Boat
Association will be held at the Waldrot-
Astoria next Thursday, beginning at
o'clock. These two meetings will Keep
yachtsmen busy because matters OF
much importance TO the success of the
sport are to be considered by the dele
gates to the two associations.
Vice Commodore George Nichols g
president of the Yacht Racing Associa-
ton of Long Island Sound and in his re-
port he will review the past season.
which has been q very successful ono.
He will suggest changes In the manage
ment of regattas that will do much to
improve racing and also suggest the
development of some OF the regular
classes. These suggestions will be baset
on his own observations during the sea
son and on the report of w. p. Stephens
who this year has been official re-
corder for the association. This office
and Its work was an innovation this
year and It has worked we'll Mr..
Stephens has been present at all the
races, he has made Official records OF
the percentages of the competitors Tor
championships in each class, and as
sisted regatta committees in numerous
ways.
The executive committee of the asso-
citation met last week and among other
things approved the report of the re-
corder on the Championships. The
winners are: Sound Schooner Class, j.
S. Appleby's Allure; New York 80 foot
class, W. III. Childss L'Esprit: Victory
Class Donald II. Cowl's N. A. R;
u Glass, j. Keppler's Badger; Jewel
Class, C. II. Appleby's Opal; Star Glass,
b. l.. Linkfields Maia. Twenty-four
races We're scheduled by the association
and OF these twenty were championship
events. To qualify for a championship
q yacht has to start and finish in at
least one half, or ten of the races scheI-
uled. Some yachtsmen raced in just
enough events to qualify while others
raced consistently throughout the sea-
son.
Many Yachts Started.
When the official racing list was made
out In the spring there were 226 yachts
recorded. These were in twenty-six
classes and strange to say none Is a reg
ular class according to the classification
or the association. All are either one
design or special with the exception OF
the six meter which, while 1t is regu-
lar class, Is governed by foreign rule.
The clubs are organized to stimulate in
terest in yachting and TO encourage and
develop yacht designing and building
and It is doubtful IL building to special
or one design classes really does this In
the way that was originally intended. OF
the twenty-six classes eighteen are of
one design, four are handicap; one.
Class U, Is restricted and one. the six
meter, is rule class.
! OF the 226 yachts on the racing list
166 started at least once One hundred
started Ave or more times. There are
! Sc yachts in the eighteen 3ne design
class, and of these seventy started In
more than five races
In addition to the better known one
design classes such as the fifty. forty
and thirty footers. Victories. Stars. &C..
! there are the Flappers at Plandome,
Bayside, Bees, Seawanhaka- Corinthian
Kittens, Sachem's Head class, Pequot
is footers, Seawanhaka-C -Corinthian Fish
class. Bayside Birds, Manhasset Bay
class. Larchmont Cats. which raced in
home waters throughout the season and
did not enter the open regattas except
possibly some of the races during Larch-
mont race week.
/ The 6 meter class this year. while
it was built to foreign rule OF meas
urement, proved the most popular
class OF the year. Sixteen American
alike In model. They were skillfully
the marvel OF the class was that they