The New York herald., 1922-12-22

brought on board. This was James II.
Dorsett. The yacht got a knockdown so
that her mast was IN the water. Uffa
Fcx. who at the time was trying to
lower the trysail, was hurled overheard,
but, grabbing the mast, was brought
back when the Typhoon righted herself
and Fox was unhurt except for some
sprains and bruises. Such storms as
this are exceptional, however. and with
stanchly built, well handled boat the
chances OF disaster are very slim.
The Duke of Leinster is a modest man
OF about S3 years. He does not waste
words, and In talking Of the proposed
race he said: THE race across the ocean
appealed to me as soon as 1t was sug-
gested. l own several boats. One. the
Scolapax, is a ketch. 38 feet long and IL
feet in breadth. She is IL tonner. l
think that about the size, or perhaps
little larger. but certainly not over 20
tons. 1t Is possible that after NItting
and have chatted about the race may
have a boat built here. AS to the time,
June or July is agreeable to me, and
think the race should take from three to
six weeks, dependent on the weather.
Whether we have one. two or three on
each boat Is immaterial to me. Well
have race, and a good one
The Duke Of Leinster Is also the twen-
tieth Earl Of Kildare. He owns large
estate near Dublin. Not many months
ago he attracted much attention by rae
ing an automobile against q railroad
tarin from London to Aberdeen. $50
miles. and he arrived at the, finish In
14h hours and thirty minutes ahead of
the train.
Commodore Nutting is the managing
editor of Motor Boat. He has written q
, very readable book on his experiences In
his last venture which Is called '"The
Track Of the Typhoon." Nutting in talk
ing Of the proposed race said: II am
perfectly willing to race a small craft
say a Is tonner. against a similar sized
boat sailed by the Duke OF Leinster, be-
cause / think 1t would be a good thing
for the sport OF yachting and because
L think that such a contest conducted
on real sportsmanship lines would do
much 20 rehabilitate the sport in the
minds OF the general public. We have
had enough of fiascos such as the last
series for the Americas Cup and more
recently In the fisherman races.
After I came back with the Ty-
phoon, having sailed more than 1000
miles In two trips across the ocean. I
found the newspapers giving narrowing
accounts of the trip. One newspaper
published an editorial in which 1t
praised the accomplishment as a feat
OF seamanship. but added that this sort
of cruising Is too dangerous to be con-
sidered sensible yachting and hardly
the sort for American yachtsmen to
emulate. Now. apart from the question
of the risk involved, which Is largely
what American yachting needs is less
common sense, less restrictions. less
slide rules and more sailing.
Gentlemen's Agreement Only.
"The Duke OF Leinster and I will
agree on the conditions of the race. 1t
will be gentleman's agreement. There
will be no trying to get the better of
the other by having vessel perhaps
of lighter construction than the COM
petitor or having sails better suited to
speed. Each will show the other what
he has. We will compare equipment.
and II have anything better suited to
sailing than the Duke has he In welcome
TO copy IL II he sees fit. Well each
sadl to the best OF our ability and when
we reach the finish we'll meet. con-
graduate each other and over q good
pipe. and perhaps glass of grog, swap
yarns Of our experiences.
"Of course, we have to arrange many
details / would like to have three or
four good sailors with me. Perhaps the
Duke will see things that way too.
Well talk II over. We expect to have
our yachts fitted with small engines,
say about ten horsepower. II Is my
opinion that these engines are essential
TO keep the vessel moving when the
wind falls They would drive about
four miles an hour and would be USE
less when there is sufficient strength
in the wind to make progress under sail.
Perhaps II would be well to limit the
amount OF fuel carried to. say 100 gall
Ions, which, with a ten horsepower en-
gine would lapt about twelve hours.
so that the skipper would have to be
economical IN Its use
"On the Typhoon we went from land
10 land In fifteen days which. 1 think. IL
a record for that size vessel, and we
went from Baddeck. ". s.. to Cowes In
twenty-five days"