The New York herald., 1922-09-07
BRITISH METERS
WILL RACE TO-DAY
To Compete in the New York
Yacht Club Regatta Off
Glen Cove.
BY ARTHUR f. ALDRIDGE.

The Thermometer IN Henry Is. NeNlH
shipyard at City Island yesterday after
noon recorded 90, but this heat did not
deter yachtsmen from visiting the yard
to have a look at the British six meters
now hauled there preparing for the in
ternationa team race which will begin
next Saturday. Incidentally they were
= ha to compare the models of the vis-
tors with the four members OF the
American team, for Clytie and Grebe
are hauled at Nevin's, Lea at Jacobs
and lEsprit at Woods's.
william Fife was there. 1t Is two
years since this famous Scotch designer
was in this country and he was kept
busy greeting old friends. Two of the
British yachts are of his design. These
are the Reg and Caryl and Mr.. Fife
was keeping a fatherly eye on all four
of the visitors to. see that they are in
fipe fettle for the races.
Among those at the yard were II. j.
Gielow, who designed the Lea: ]. Roose-
welt Schuyler. an ardent cutter man IN
days gone by and admirer of VIII Fife /;
Edmund Fish, John r. Brophy, Cor
nelius Shields, who sailed the Viva; c.
Sherman Hoyt and w. p. Stephens.
Are beautifully Finished.
The British boats are beautifully fin
ished and when Mr.. Fife was congrat-
ulated on their looks he modestly re-
piled their beauty is dependent on their
speed. They have new wrinkles in rig
ging. their spars are somewhat heavier
than those on the American boats, but
they will stand and the American boats
have had trouble.
The British yachtsmen have accepted
the invitation of the New York Yacht
Club to take part in the regatta of that
club this afternoon. The 6 meters will
be launched early this morning and
towed over to Glen Cove, and will be
hauled out again after that race to
finish their preparation and will remain
ora the ways until Saturday morning.
The four American boats will be
launched on Friday afternoon.
Some think that it is foolish for the
British to take things so easily and can
not understand why they do not take
their sport little more seriously They
have come to this country with their
yachts for sport. They are sportsmen
in the strictest sense OF the word and
would rather race and he beaten than
not race at all. To take part In tho re-
gatta to-day will not injllre their boats
unless II should blow hard. and IL ii
does they will take care of their yachts.
Handle Boats Differently.
They handle their boats differently
from the American yachtsmen. Each
yacht has two professional and two anna
teurs. The professionals get the boats
In shape. They do the hard work OF
sailing-that is. they handle the sails
while the amateurs sail the boats. on
this side the crews on some boats will
be all amateurs. and they love to do all
the work of handling themselves
The Reg. which Is probably the best
of the British four in moderate to fresh
winds. although the visitors will not ad-
NIT this. carries a loose footed mainsail
1t is not laced on the boom. only lashed
at the clew and outhaul 1t is cut full
and drops below the boom. This. &C.
cording to the British. Is an experiment
When Genesta came in 1885 after the
Americas Cup she carried loose footed
mainsail. but in recent years IL has beer
discarded. Its work will be watched
with interest II II Is used. 1t is only for
light weather and Is good when running
before the wind, and when on the wind
its advantage is that it's draft can be
changed as needed.
Sir Ralph and Lady Gore will sail on
the Jean, Major Sir John Wards yacht.
which is at her best in light weather.
C The American boats are being put in
fine shape. Some slight changes have
been made on some. Lea has a new
mast and new boom. the latter built by
Nevins. Clytie and Grebe are Hooking
finely, but their underbodles have vet to
be smoothed down. L'Esprit has n new
mast which should serve her better than
the borrowed spar she used after losing
her mast in the firef trial raca