The New York herald., 1922-06-19
S9-FOOTERS TO GO
TO THE BOAT RACES
The Grey Dawn and the Betty
Will Race Back From
New London.
by ARTHUR #. ALDRIDGE.

Five of the Larchmont thirty nine foo,
class of yachts are in commission for
racing this year. Four met in the Larch-
mont regatta last Saturday, the abb
sentee being the Grey Dawn. owned by
Rear Commodore Philip III. Johnson.
which did not start because a new suit
of sail had been bent on and there was
no time to change. The Betty. owned
by DR.. III. L. Foss, was built with the
others In 1917. but was never launched
until last week. The owners of these
yachts will go to New London this week
to witness the boat races between Har-
ward and Yale. They have arranged to
make a race back to this end OF the
Sound. stopping at Morris Cove at the
end of the first days run. They have
got to come back. and they decided 1t
would be much more interesting to race
rather than sail alone.
There will be a large gathering of
yachts on the Thames. They will be
from all sections. and after the boat
races many will sail around the cape
to Marblehead. some taking part in the
race of the Eastern Yacht Club. Others
will go to the eastward later on to take
part in the cruise of the Eastern Yacht
Club from Marblehead to Bar Harbor.
which will start on July 3.
Nimbus Must BE Black.
Naming a yacht is generally made a
careful study. and some yachESmen are
lust as careful about the selection OF
this name as they are about naming d
son and heir. Harry l.. Maxwell some
time ago purchased one of the thirty
nine footers. which he has commissioned
this year for the first time That yach.
was already named Nimbus, but Mr..
Maxwell. after careful thought. selected
Daphne as its new name. The new name
was properly recorded with Lloyd's Reg
ister of Yachts. Now both of these
names are good ones. Nimbus means a
rain cloud. The Latin word Nimbus
means a bright or black cloud. In myth
ology the word means the cloud of
light around the person of a god when
he appeared on earth. Daphne was the
daughter OF the river god Perseus, who
was changed into a laurel tree.
Now. after deciding on Daphne, Mr..
Maxwell changed his mind and an
nounced that the yacht would be called
Nimbus. and when asked why he had
done this and caused some trouble he
said: after selecting Daphne / decided
to paint the yacht black, and black is
not q proper color for a Daphne, but
rather appropriate to Nimbus. particu-
larly as the black painted hull glistens
in the sunlight"
Commodore Oswald j. Karsch of the
New Rochelle Yacht Club owns and
races the yawl Feu Follet./ When a
man Is chosen to lead a yachting orga-
nization as senior flag officer he sinks
his identity as far as displaying a pri-
vate signal on his yacht and should fly
the club burgee at the mainmast and
the commodore's flag at the mizze-
mast and the yacht ensign at the miz-
zen peak. The yacht ensign is the ma
tional emblem and the other flags sig
Nifty that the Commodore of the New
Rochelle Yacht Club owns the yacht, and
unless the blue flag flutters at the star
board spreader, that he Is on board
When racing no flag should be dis
played except the owners private signal
and that should be flown from the mail
peak. The Feu Follet in Larchmont:
regatta displayed a commodore's flat
at the main, private signal at the miz
zen and a yacht ensign at the mizzer
peak, the latter. according to the rules
of yacht routine, signifying that the
yacht was not racing. This display oil
flags caused considerable comment
among the yachtsmen, who are very
strict about the etiquette of the flag