The New York herald., 1922-06-18
FLEETS GROWING
ON SOUND WEEKLY
Races of Seawanhaka. Corin-
THAN Important Events Sat-
urday for Yachtsmen.
BIG TROPHIES AT STAKE
Eastern Yacht Club Will Re-
vive Ocean Race From New
London to Marblehead.
BY ARTHUR f.. ALDRIDGE.

The fleet of racing yachts, on Long
Island Sound Is growing larger each
week, and will be at its best in a very
short time now This year so far the
number of starters in the regattas has
been larger than for several seasons and
next month should bring out some rec
ord breakers in points of members.
This week the annual regatta Of the
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, to
be sailed next Saturday. win be the most
important event in local waters. In this
regatta yachts owned by members of the
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club will
sail for challenge trophies held in the
club. These are annual events. The Le-
land Challenge Cup will go to the win
ner in the S class and the Center Chal-
lenge Cup to the winner in the Fish
class. There will also be a special race
for the Kitten class. On the Lower Bay
the Brooklyn Yacht Club will hold a
regatta and ait Marblehead there will
be a regatta by the Corinthian Yacht
Club.
At its meeting last winter the Yacht
Racing Association decided to have an
official recorder. The duties of the re-
corder are to keep accurate reports of
all the regattas sailed in the champion
ship series, to assist the regatta COM
mittees in their work, make full re-
regatta committees on such protests. W..
p. Stephens was appointed recorder, and
he Is kept busy with the work.
In addition to this work Mr.. Stephens
is the official Handicapped Of the handi-
cap class. This work is going to do much
to help yachting and to. give them assur-
ance that the regattas will be properly
handled. In the past some committees
have not fully appreciated the impor-
tance OF their position. They have man.
aged the races in lax way and conse-
ouently the success Of those regattas has
been jeopardized. Yachtsmen have
learned by experience which races are
managed well and they have recently
avoided those that may have been run
In haphazard way.
The matter of keeping all records of
protests is progressive. 1t is important
t. know just what Interpretation is put
on the many questions that may be
raised in a race and these decisions when
properly recorded will establish prece-
dents. The association is now working
diligently for the betterment of the sport
and its officers are all very keen racing
men.
Eastern's Ocean Race.
The Eastern Yacht Club will this year
revive It's annual race IToII1 NEW l<OHuOll
10 Marblehead. This race was arranged
some years ago to give the owners of
large yachts a good race over an ocean
course on their way from the Harvard
vale boat races back to the Eastern
Yacht Clubs home port. Marblehead. 1t
is for the first and second division of
schooners. Commodore Harold S. Van
derbilt donated the cup, which has to be
won three times before 1t Is the property
Of the successful yachtsmen. There is
n second prize If four yachts start and
a third If seven or more start. The
start will be made on Friday, June 80.
Yachts must be In cruising trim and are
not allowed TO carry spinnakers between
p. M. and A. NJ
The start will be made at $40 o'clock
from line at Sarah's Ledge buoy at
the entrance to New London Harbor.
The finish will be at Marblehead Rock.
The yachts are to leave Race Rock.
Fishers Island and Vineyard Sound light
vessel to port, Lucas shoal, the middle
ground buoys and Handkerchief Light
vessel to starboard. Great Round Shoal
to port and Peaked Hill bar to port.
Entries for this race will close on June
26. The regatta committee is II. A.
Frothingham Philip Morse, Robert e.
Peabody, James G. Gray and Caleb
Lering. f't
At meeting of the owners of the
victory class held recently, Donald Cowl
was elected. chairman, Drake Sparkman
secretary and these two with L. S. Clark
are the executive committee. 1t was
decided to- divide the season into three
series of races for which prizes have
been donated by Commodore James b.
Ford, Clarkson Cowl and Donald Cowl.
Several changes were made in the class
rules. the most important of which was
to allow a professional on board. but the
professional is not to handle the tiller