AFTER THE RACE

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 71, 20 September 1930, Page 9

AFTER THE RACE

AMERICA CUP LESSONS

NO CHANCE-FOR CHALLENGER

MACHINE BEATS MAN

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(Received 20th September, noon.) NEW YORK, 19th September.

"Machines in the hull of the Enterprise did things that no human beiug could equal," were the words of one American yachting export, explaining the Shamrock's defeat and thus epitomising the .traditional interest of the defenders of the America Cup to retain the trophy always and tho American aim in sport to win rather than play the gamo for the game's sake. A patent boom, duraluminum mast, special winches, meters to register the strain on the sails, etc., were some of the devices employed in tho Enterprise, while the Shamrock depended on man power. There is no widespread satisfaction over the Enterprise's victory. In America realisation is evident that the conditions have always favoured the defender. The necessity of building a boat to conform to American specifications, sail her across the seas on her own bottom, race her along a coast whoso weather and wind peculiarities cannot possibly be familiar to the challenger's skipper, will always conspire to keep the cup in America. The introduction of tho mechanical element, which makes possible infinite surprises, seems to be a clinching factor. Tho Americans themselves are beginning to understand that an entire | overhauling of the point of view under which the races are conducted is necessary before the America Cup contests can prove a true sporting event.