SAIL A YACHT, YOUNG MAN !
Yachting, as a means of "increasing the efficiency and initiative" of naval officers, has secured recognition by the Admiralty. Colonel G. F. C. Campbell told yachtsmen on Saturday evening that, in the Admiralty view; yachting experience promoted "rapid action, immediate decision, and initiative." . Captain W. J. Keane expressed the opinion that at present yachting does not receive full appreciation from the public; and judging by the large number of young, able-bodied motorists, who apply rapid action in the wrong place, he is probably right. Who will deny that if a large number of the young motorists of this city took to the sea it would be much safer for everybody? Owing to the march of invention, one generation has seen hosts of likely youth follow the road in preference to the sea, and perhaps another generation will take them into the air, where they will be loss hindered as to going right or left or up or down and where a pedestrian's interest in their exploits will
be less personal. But any generation that neglects the sea is sure to miss somewhere. The Admiralty's recognition of yachting, and the cooperation with it of yachting clubs, are a reminder of the part that sailing has played in human development.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 109, 4 November 1935, Page 8
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