The Atlantic
The airship R100' which many of its have seen making her final trials, left the country for Montreal at dawn on Tuesday in stormy weather. Only one British airship has crossed and recrossed the Atlantic, and that was ten years ago. The advwuce in knowledge, constructional and meteorological, since the days of Rat ' has been great. The balance of opinion for and against lighter- than-air craft has fluctuated without much more decision. We hope that by the time these words arc read she will be safely moored to her mast in Canada. Struggling
along through the Atlantic waves beneath ' is Shamrock V,' who also carries with her the good wishes of thousands who love the sport of yachting and the grace of a sailing ship, and who admire Sir Thomas Lipton's persistent pluck in trying to wrest the America's Cup from the grip that has held it so jealously and so
long. * * * *
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