OCEAN YACHT RACE.
TRANS-ATLANTIC COMPETITION. (UNITED THESS ASSOCIATION'—BY ELECTRIC TEI.EGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) , LONDON, May 10. Tho "Daily Mail" says that Hex, a 20-ton yacht shorter than an eightoared river-boat, will be Great Britain's solo entry in the trans-Atlantic race in July. She will be competing against a doaen largq' American yachts, of wliiHi .soveral aro being specially built. Ji'cr srcw of seven will consist entirely ofj ,&fijcers ofi tho Royal Engineers, to 1 she belongs. .• > Her auxiliary • engines will be ve:rnioved;to iinako rooin for rsxtra water tafaks, allowing a gallon a man,a; day for a month. Tbb crew hope to comj p|oto the ; jpassage in 21 day;?.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20234, 12 May 1931, Page 10
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105OCEAN YACHT RACE. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20234, 12 May 1931, Page 10
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