The New York herald., 1922-09-03
To Compete as Fleets Over
Courses Marked Out Off
Oyster Bay.
EACH HAS FOUR BOATS
Set Of Six Contests to Be Under
Auspices of Seawanhaka
= Corinthian Yacht Club.
BY ARTHUR F. ALDRIDGE.

States will engage In peaceful water
battle this week. Squadrons of four
sailing craft picked as the best from
each country win strive for the pos
session OF the British-American cup.
The series of battles will be between
yachts OF the six meter class.
Six races are to be sailed and the
team scoring the most points in the
six races will take possession Of the
trophy and hold 1t until the next
series of races. The races are to be
sailed on Long Island Sound. start
Ing somewhere off Oyster Bay. and
will be under the auspices of the
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club,
whose home is on Center Island,
Oyster Bay.
The first race will be sailed next
+ Saturday, starting at 1880 o'clock. and
the series win be resumed on Monday.
September IL, and be continued every
day that week. except on Wednes-
day, September 13. when the yachts
men will have a day of rest. The time
limit each day is four hours.
The British-American cup was sub
scrbed for last year Each country
paid one-half OF it's cost. Yachtsmen of
the two countries planned to hold races
for small yachts in order to enable them
to study the workings of the two rules
OF measurement. to bring them more In
accord and to more closely knit the
friendly relations existing between the
yachtsmen.
Less Than Twenty Feet Long.
The Seawanhaka- -Corinthian Yacht
Club. most progressive organizs ton.
composed Of many of the keenest yacht
racing men in this country. took the In
itiative on this side. and OH the other
the plan was fostered by the Royal
Yacht Squadron and the Royal Victoria.
London and Thames Yacht clubs 1t
was first agreed that an American team
should visit England. The yachts were
to be built to the British rule and rate
or measure In the six meter class
That means that when all the factors.
such as length, girth and skin meas sure
nents and sail area, are taken properly
into consideration the result OF the CAL
culation Is six meters. or 1865 feet.
The rule Is one that gives much latitude
to the designer. The yachts vary jis
length on the waterlne from 20 to %
feet. The height of the mast above the
waterline Is regulated by the length OF
the yacht on the waterline. as the mast
yachts waterline length. The sail area
Of the yachts varies from 415 to GOO
square feet. and the puzzle of the de-
signer is to build yacht that will har-
monize all the factors so well that 1t
will be the fastest under all conditions.
The rule calls for a good. Wholesome
type of yacht.
Four yachts were sent abroad last
year. and they were defeated by the
British. II was hoped that the British
would come here this year with boats
puilt TO the American rule. but condi-
eions on the other side prevented this
and so II was agreed that another series
OF races should be sailed IN American
waters with yachts built to the English
rule. but that the races should be gov
erned by the American rules of racing
Built Fourteen boats.
The American yachtsmen supported
the Seaws nhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
loyalty, and fourteen boats were puiit
which. with the two best OF last year s
team strived for the honor OF sailing
on the American team this year. After
weeks OF preparatory racing and then a
week OF hard racing in fresh to strong
winds the judges chose the Grebe.
owned and sailed by r. de B. Boardman
and L. Townsend irwin: the Clytie.
owned and sailed by Henry II. Plant :
the Lea. owned by J. r. Birmingham
and sailed by c. Sherman Hoyt. and the
L'Esprit. owned by William II. Childs
and sailed by Butler Whiting. as the
team to represent this country Thc
Grcbe Is be st in heavy weather. and her
strong poirt of sailing is turning 10
windward The Clytie is best In light
weather but she has done we'll In strong
winds The Lea Is best In light TO mod
crate winds and smooth seas and is best
wnen sailing to windward. LEsprit is
n good all around boat. and her strong
point Is sailing with the wind over her
quarter or what Is called reaching.
The British team Is the Reg. new
Fife designed boat owned by N. clark
Neill. Capt w. T. Dixon will sail 'his
yacht and her owner will act as crew
the Jean, owned by Sir John Ward.
which will be sailed by Sir Ralph ard
Lady Gore: the T, Cola Sd. owned by r.
J. stephen. and sailed by his son. j. g
stephen. and the Caryl. owned and sailed
by w. r. Robertson. The British boats
arrived here on August 26 and were
taken to City Island at once. Two days
later they were sailing off Oyster Bay.
where they have made their headduar-
ters. and their owners have had some
difficulty trying to make their many
social engaRepents ut in with their
work Of getting their yachts In prime
racing shape.
To Race ms Teams.
The eight yachts will make two teams.
four on each team. and they VIII race
"a teams There Is no special prize Tor
the yacht scoring the most victories or
the most points In the series. but the
team scoring the most points In the six
races VIII take the cup. Team racing
il not often seen in American waters.
This will be the first International team
match sailed here.
1t IL very interesting because each
member Of one team tries to cover or
defeat some member Of the other team
and IL sometimes happens that The
yacht FINISHING last In a team has really
done the most valuable work In race.
c. Sherman Hoyt was the captain OF
tho American team last year. He sails
the Lea this year, and II Is probab BILE
that he will be chosen to captain the
American team again this year.
The match will be managed by the
race committee OF the Seawanhaka-
t-orinthIan Yacht Club, Colgate Hoyt.
chairman: Horace r. Boucher, Kay
Bowers, Percy 8 Weeks and II. M.
Curtis They have arranged all details
very carefully The Government viii
patrol the course with destroyers and
snlne sweepers to give the yachts every
opportunity to do their best without
-ing intcrfered with. The courses each
-. are twelve miles In length. In fresh