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are in financial straits is no indication of failing 
interest in the sport at large, this condition is 
due solely to mismanagement, and while yachts- 
men are apathetic up to a certain point, when 
the time comés and their assistance is really 
necessary they seldom fail to give their support. 
There are far too many clubs in this country, and 
if the yachtsmen in each section concentrated 
their efforts there would be fewer but stronger 
organizations, and this would have a correspond- 
ingly good effect on the sport itself. 
It is the individual effort that brings success. 
Let every man who belongs to a club do his part 
to make that particular organization a successful 
one. If a yachtsman does not belong to a club, 
he will find it advantageous to join one; if his 
means are limited he may readily find a club 
where the expenses are small, There’ are many 
benefits to be derived and every yachtsman owes 
it to himself and the sport to be identified with 
some club. 
‘More Trouble. 
THE most satisfactory test of the new_rating 
rule during the past season was given in Class Q 
of the Gravesend Bay Association, where four 
new boats of different design, rating at the class 
limit of 22ft., were raced persistently throughout 
the season in home waters, and on Long Islan¢c 
Sound during Larchmont race week. 
In this class More Trouble, designed by 
Charles D. Mower, and owned by Mr. W. H. 
Childs, made the best record for the entire sea- 
son’s work, although the racing was very close, 
and honors, especially toward the end of the 
season, were well divided. Her record shows 
thirteen firsts, seven seconds, eight thirds, three 
fourths and four breakdowns, or withdrawals, 
making a total of thirty-five races sailed. This 
includes twice winning the Childs perpetual 
challenge trophy, which was finally lost in the 
third contest to Ogeemah on time allowance, and 
the Larchmont series cup. 
During the Larchmont race week the Class 
Q boats, and More Trouble in particular, at- 
tracted considerable attention by their fine per- 
formances, as they regularly beat the race- 
abouts and many of the larger boats. This was 
especially remarkable, as the Q boats are of the 
most wholesome type and of rather heavy con- 
struction, with large displacement and moderate 
sail plans. 
Later in the season a series of races was 
_ sailed on Gravesend Bay between two represen- 
tative Long Island Sound raceabouts, Nora, 
designed by Mr. Clinton H. Crane, of 
Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane, and Cricket, 
designed by Mr. B. B. Crowninshield, and More 
Trouble and Cockatoo II., of the Gravesend 
Bay Class Q. This series resulted in a victory 
for the Class Q boats, More Trouble winning 
the highest score of points, with Cockatoo II. 
in second place, and demonstrated the ability, 
especially in heavy weather, of the boats built 
under the new rule, and it is interesting to note 
that these races were sailed without time allow- 
ance in spite of the fact that the raceabouts 
would rate considerably higher than 22ft.—the 
limit of Class Q. 
In the races for the Childs trophy, Bellows 
cup and Vernon pitcher, it was demonstrated 
that the larger boats could not save their time 
over the Q boats, and even the Tabasco—one 
of the new Herreshoff New York Y. C. one- 
design thirties—was regularly beaten by More 
Trouble and the others of Class Q. 
The design of More Trouble shows a well- 
turned hull with a sharp bow and fine stern and 
clean lines throughout. She has a graceful 
sheer with considerable freeboard and moderate 
overhangs, and is in every sense the wholesome 
type of boat the rule is intended to produce. 
With the forestay going to the stemhead, the 
- sail is all well inboard, and the flush deck, with 
narrow cockpit, makes a most convenient deck 
arrangement for racing. 

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