AN INCIDENT

Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1932, Page 8

AN INCIDENT

SEA'S UNWRITTEN CODE. t\>' * '■■■■:] ••••* . • ■ " LONDON, October V. An incident during the -last Bermurda Ocean race earned comparatively little comment in the - American Press, a neglect which drew from one of its most influential journals, a protest, and at the same 1 time a generous tribute to the British crew cerijed. Among* the‘> competiv,ors •in the . ocean rat e was the Jolie 1 Brise; manned by British yachtsmen, and on the second night of the race, when she tv a a holding a leading position, hei ; ;re\y noticed' distress signals far stern. The call of sailors in peril v'(is far stronger than the prespects >f winning a prize, and the yacht turned back, to find an American rival*on ''lie. Fine seamanship enabled the •rew of the Jolie Brise to satß'aH hjit me from .burning sehopiter. -'The' I'riiisU;. yachtsmen had crossed, the 'Atlantic ifor the* race and,, ij< hopes of victory in, response to*; an appeal for help, lived, up to; the-splendid 1 traditions of the, .sea, ; “In . ' .losing,. said the only American journal to comment on the incident, “they won rom.etlpng far greater in- the-- respect and: admiration of all who eompreiiend the significance of their good deed."