| Show YACHTS NOW SAILING ACROSS OCEAN IN RACE FOR THE KAISERS TROPHY of course tack of previous gracs DETAILS ofa THE YACHTS yacht and owner rig country cida when built designer ton ailsa H S redmond yawl united states N Y fife 89 atlantic W marshall schooner united states N Y 1903 dardr er apache E randolph bark united states N endymion G lauder jr schooner united states indian harbor 1899 crane fleur de lys L A stimson schooner united states N Y Y 1890 burgess 86 86 Hll degarde E R coleman schooner united states corinthian 1897 chesebrough 4 thistle R E tod schooner united states atlantic 1901 utowana A V armour schooner united states N Y 1891 webb wa hamburg syndicate schooner germany Nord deutscher 1898 watso i 1162 sunbeam lord brassey schooner england royal squadron 1874 byrne valhalla earl crawford ship england royal squadron 1892 storey yachtsmen are hoping for a 12 day record sail in the big race for the kaiser s cup from sandy hook light ship to the lizard which commenced may 17 there Is ex celent ground eor such a hope the endymion one at the cup entries has already a rec ord of thirteen das and twenty hours sandy hook to the needles and she was not in racing trim when mak ing this fast run in 1901 the lizard Is at the southwestern po nt of the english coast the heedles are west of the isle of wight but whether the 12 day mark Is reached or not and it one may swear by a crew the rest Is a matter of what winds may blow the race will be abe most interesting ever sailed it Is the first transatlantic event of its kind since march ewhen the coronet beat the dauntless from bay ridge to queenstown Queens town sailing 2 nautical miles in fourteen days twenty three ho irs and thirty minutes and it is unique in the number of its entries eleven yachts are competing norn anally eight are americans two brit ish and one german the german en try the hamburg was formerly the british rainbow with something more than three thousand miles to be sailed and with the boats varying in length from the big valhalla s feet on the water line to the little fleur de lyss 86 every sort of fex per lence is in store tor the men who go aboard in the henrietta fleeting vesta ocean race in 1866 the racers never sighted each other after the start un til they came together at cowes it Is possible but perhaps not probable that the eleven starters in this race ahall lose themselves in like fashion in the oan vastness lora bra of the sunbeam took 6 mile cruise to bring his yacht here for the event he does not ex hect to win but is out to encourage a grand sport the earl of crawford on the valhalla also made more than 6 miles to get in line for the start all we need says ne is bad er my craft feeds on it such ex press lons as these help to make plain the bigness of the event in the sport ing view the contest is far different from spurting with costly toy yachts across harbor waters for the america s cup and simbar tokens the race will be a trial of real things a test of stamina sportsmanship seamanship boat designing and con |
