340 Life in the Open 



then the land-locked Catalina Harbour affords perfect 

 anchorage. The new breakwater at San Pedro has 

 made a harbour for the navies of the world, while the 

 inner harbour is where yachts winter. Terminal Island 

 has no harbour, relying on the protection afforded by 

 the San Pedro breakwater ; but here in summer many 

 races are held. Off Coronado is the course of the 

 Corinthian and the San Diego Yacht Clubs, the inner 

 harbour being one of the finest in the world, with an 

 ideal climate winter and summer. Here are held the 

 yearly contests for the Lipton Cup, a splendid trophy 

 presented to the former club by 'Sir Thomas Lipton. 

 The race is often entered by yachts from the north- 

 ern clubs. Nowhere in America are the conditions so 

 nearly perfect for this sport as along the coast of South. 

 ern California, especially among the channel islands, 

 where the long, cool summer days imperceptibly melt 

 into winter that is still summer under another name. 



