The New York herald., 1922-12-31

Capt. Day was always an enthusiastic
believer in the small boat. He preached
small boat for racing, for cruising and
for long distance voyaging. He made
many converts to his opinions. with the
result that many long distance races
have been sailed.
The Bermuda race sor some time was
an annual fixture. The yachts. costly
small craftJ started from New York and
sailed to Hamilton, Bermuda. distance
Of about 600 miles. This was good
test not only for the yachts but for the
navigators, because the course took the
vessels across the Gulf Stream, which
at times causes trouble because of Its
roughness and always Is a bugbear to
the navigator. Some yachts so and ~
feet on the water line have taken part
in this race and the smallest racer was
the tiny yawl Gauntlet. about 26 feet on
the water line. which experienced
particularly hard trip and caused some
worry because she was so late in reach
ing her destination. The Bermuda race
FOR sailing yachts was followed by the
Bermuda race for power yachts. and for
several years power yachts OF about 40
feet In length, some were smaller, raced
from New York or Philadelphia to the
little group of coral islands out in the
Atlantic which often prove so hard TO
find. But those races do not prove so
attractive as they were at first. Yachts
men found that It took up too much OF
the summer season. II took much time
to get each yacht in condition for the
race and it took from two to three
weeks to make tho race, ycst after the
contest and then perhaps race home as
they used to.
Perhaps II was a mistake TO make
these ocean races annual affairs. They
became monotonous. Had they been
every three or even lve years the prob
ability Is that they would still be very
popular with the small boat enthusiast
Brooklyn Cup Races.
One of the most popular ocean races
Is the contest for the Brooklyn Yacht
Club Challenge Cup The trophy IL held
subject to challenge by the club whose
representative wins the race. Last year
II was won by the Butterfly, owned by
Stuyvesant Wainwright and represent
ing the American Yacht Club. There is
to be another race next summer because
the New Rochelle Yacht Club has chal-
lenged, naming c. A. Marslands Azor.
The condfvfons for this cup require that
the race sAall be started or finished in
Gravesend Bay and that at least ESQ
miles of the course shall be on the ocean.
Sometimes four or five years have lapsed
between contests, so that yachtsmen do
not tire of 1t. If they do they can let
1t alone for time. The races have been
sailed on the ocean between Cape Cod
and the Virginia Capes and each contest
has been one that those participating
will always remember. . In one race.
won by the Mopsa, owned by the sulli-
van brothers. the wind played a pc
culiar prank. 1t shifted at every turn
ing point so that out of 400 miles sailed
$50 miles were to windward and the
racing yachtsmen were well tired when
they finished.
The races for the Cape May and Bren-
tons Reef cups of the New York Yacht
Club are over ocean courses and have
furnished much interesting sport. There
have been races around Long Island,
part of which have been on the ocean
and part on the Sound. Races have been
sailed to and around the Five Fathom
Shoat Lightship to the Nantucket Shoal
Lightship and return. from New London
to Marblehead. going over the Nantucket
Shoals and from Bar Harbor to Mar
blehead.