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September, 1927 77 . Marianne, the French challenger. Gertrude, British champion. Berlin, the Gerrnan entrant. Great Britain Retains Model Cup United States Challenger ‘“Bostonia’’ Loses Close of Contests by Only One Point By Joun Brack N= in its history has the Yachting Monthly Trophy seen such exciting and close racing as this year, at Gosport, England. The racing divided itself into two divisions — England and the United States; and France and Germany. At the end of three days’ racing, England retained the cup by a score of 129 to 128 for the United States, while Germany led France by a score of 47 to 44. The winner was not decided until the very last round, during which both the English and United States boats lost points to France and Germany. For some unknown reason, the Swedish challenger was withdrawn from the contest at the last moment. British CHAMPIONSHIP RACES, JULY 25TH-28TH Thirty-five entries were received for the British Championship Races, but on July 25th only 28 yachts officially started. Eleven clubs were represented, the Gosport Model Yacht Club leading with seven entries. The four days’ racing was held in moderate to strong winds, varying from S.E. to S.W., giving an equal amount of all round sailing. Competition was very keen, several new boats having been entered. Among these was the Intruder, designed and built by W. J. Daniels, which was quite a departure from his general type of model. Intruder had the regulation orthodox keel, with very small forward triangle. Her general dimensions were: L.O.A. L.W.L. Beam 74.25” Disp. . 14.00” S.A. 46.00” Lead perience was noticeable in all cases. All challengers who do not have pond sailing at home waters are under a great handicap in the racing at Gosport. The official measurements, together with a general description of the defender and challengers, are given below: L.O.A. L.W.L Beam L.W.L. 34) See Penalty Freeboard Draught … L.. Disp. Lead Sail Area Rating . Marianne I] Berlin Gertrude Bostonia I] 3.13” 12.43” 43.13” 1.01” 49. 56” 14. 56” 46.11″ None 47. $0” 14,62” 46.88” as” 46.00” 13.15” 46.17” 1.19” 10.40” a0″ 39.50 Ibe 27 .00 Ibs. 10. 80” 47.79” 36.75 Ibs 26.00 Iba. 78.50” 4.28” 10.00” 44.14” 31.12 Ibs. 19.00 Ibe. 7,81” 4.28’ 10.81” 49. 56” 45.00 Ibs. 28.00 Ibe. 69,43” 4.23” 76.50” 4.09” 1884.63 aq. in. 1748.50 oq. in. 1750.57 9q. in. 1829.81 eq. in. 39.04 39.01 39.27 39.34 A brief description of the four contenders follows: Gertrude — Designed and built by Dr. Guy Thompson. Now owned and sailed by R. Jurd, Jr., of Gosport Model Yacht Club. Built in 1922, Gertrude has been able to keep well to the front with the new yachts in moderate to heavy winds. She has good beam, easy bilges, plenty of displacement and small sail plan. Marianne II — Designed, built and owned by Mons. Aubourg, Havre Model Yacht Club, she is an improved Marianne J, with opposite extremes, being very narrow, with extremely light dis- 39.80 Ibs. 28 . 50 Ibs. 1875 sq. in. Three new boats from the design of Mr. J. G. Feltwell included Pat, owned by Tom Powell, of the M. Y. S. A., Shannon, owned by H. G. Pyne, Solent M. Y. C., and Queen Bee, owned by J. D. Sparkes, Forest Gate M. Y. C. These yachts were all improved Frolics, a successful model of Mr. Feltwell. Many of the new yachts showed lack of proper tuning up. At the end of four days’ racing, Gertrude, of the Gosport Model Yacht Club, was selected to defend the cup, having a margin of only one point over Gleam, of the Cardiff Model Yacht Club, which had been the leading yacht for three days. Unfortunately for Gleam, her mast was carried away by fouling the flag mark. A — mast was shipped but she was unable to keep her former stride. INTERNATIONAL Racegs, JULY 30TH-AUGUST 2ND The United States challenger arrived at Gosport late Tuesday, July 26th. The German challenger arrived on the 27th and the French challenger did not arrive until the 29th. The challengers had the pond to themselves the 29th for tuning up. Lack of ex- John Black, the American challenger, and Bostonia IT. ‘ AS ya Fe September, 1927 Bostonia II, American challenger. Gleam, runner-up in British eliminations. placement, which was a great handicap in a breeze. In light winds she proved dangerous, taking points from all the others. Her sail plan was tall and narrow, with short gaff mainsail. Berlin — Designed, built and owned by Herr Paul Krueger, of the Berlin Model Yacht Club, she was a great departure from all the other challengers, being very large in hull, with great displacement (50 Ibs.), and with the tallest sail plan. Her hoist of mainsail was more than three times the length of boom, with a five-inch roach to a double luff mainsail set around the mast, which was stepped almost in center of deck. Her forward sections were very full, with long overhang; after sections tapered to a very narrow counter, which did not balance. Off the wind she showed speed, but was unable to sail fast in the wind. Bostonia II — Designed, built and owned by John Black, Commodore of the Boston Model Yacht Club. An improved Bostonia I, with slightly less beam, more lead, longer ends and larger sail plan. Her best performances were in light to moderate winds. Mr. H. G. Pyne, of the Solent Model Yacht Club, acted as mate during the racing. First RAcE Wind southerly and moderate. Broad reach each way. Scoring 2 points each way. The Mayoress of Gosport, Lady Mogg, started the races. Bostonia lost the first two boards to Gertrude because of irregular sailing. Berlin took 2 points from Gerirude. Bostonia won all other boards during morning racing. After lunch the wind hauled to S.W. with increasing strength. Scoring, 3 points for windward board and 2 points leeward board. Full sail Bostonia II leading Berlin. and Bostonia, the first pair to start, drifted some distance before a light zephyr which gave them steerage way. Bostonia made a possible 15 points on the first round of the day and was leading by 10 points. This lead was cut down to 5 points at noon. The only unpleasant feature of the whole series occurred late in the forenoon races. The local man who acted as mate for Berlin, due to the illness of the regular mate, Herr Roloff, was seen to apparently throw his race to Gertrude. The case was reported to the Officer of the Day by an official, but no action was taken. This happened again later in the day and this unsportsmanlike “action cost the American challenger the cup. After lunch the wind freshened considerably and veered to S.W., making each board a dead on-end beat and a run. The prayers of the local people had been answered. During the first round of the afternoon’s sailing the Marianne almost won a weather board from Bostonia. After securing a good lead, it was necessary for Bostonia to make a short hitch to cross the finish line. When tacked the guy broke and Bostonia had to sail the full width of the pond, while Marianne came up with a great burst of speed. Excitement ran high and when Bostonia was tacked she made the finish line by inches, and won. Later, in the final boards, while Gertrude was leading by one point, she lost two points to Marianne, and Bostonia did likewise to Berlin. Gertrude thus won the cup by 1 point. The total point score follows: England, 129; U. S. A., 128; Germany, 47; France, 44. The writer wishes to thank the officials of the Model Yachting States tied with 44 points each; France, 12 points; Germany, 8 Association and the people of Gosport for the hospitality shown during his stay. It was indeed a pleasure to have Admiral Gillett and Mr. Kimber waiting at Southampton Docks with a motor car. Following the races, the writer had a most delightful sail on board Westward, as guest of F. B. Davis. Racing against Britannia Shamrock, White Heather and Lulworth, at Cowes was a decided change from sailing model yachts. SECOND RACE Model Yacht Club for Jacksonville for Berlin, second suit for Gertrude and Marianne and third suit for Bostonia. Bostonia won all leeward boards and lost two weather boards to Gerirude who was at her best in the freshening breeze. Both Berlin and Marianne were overcanvassed. Berlin failed to score points in the afternoon. England and the United points. Wind light northerly and very unsteady. Scoring, 3 and 2 points. Continuous rain throughout the day. Bostonia showed great speed in the prevailing wind and took the lead at noon with 2 points to spare. After lunch conditions remained unchanged. Bostonia \ed by 12 points at one time, but lost most of them on the windward board, after having gained a comfortable lead, because she failed to guy properly in the light air. Berlin was able to take 3 weather boards during the afternoon, reducing Bostonia’s lead to 3 points for the second day. It was remarkable to watch the German yacht drift to windward. With her sails flapping, her tall sail plan and heavy displacement kept her jogging slowly but surely to windward. Gertrude, with her young skipper’s knowledge of the local pond, was able to do very well in the scoring. Both the French and German yachts showed im- proved speed under these conditions. THIRD RACE Wind light from the N.W. Scoring, 3 and 2 points. When the start was made at 11 o’clock there was a flat calm. Both Gertrude HE Jacksonville Model Yacht Club is an outgrowth of a movement started two years ago by the City Playground and Recreation Board, under whose auspices model regattas had been conducted. With the increased interest of adults in the sport, the Jacksonville Model Yacht Club was organized in March, 1927, with Colonel Raymond C. Turck, commodore of the Florida Yacht Club, as commodore. In these few months much progress has been made in the development of racing models, particular interest being shown in the Class “‘R’’ model, built from the plans of Thomas Darling, published in YACHTING, March, 1926. Mr. James C. Merrill, of the Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock Company, is lending the services of his shops and engineers to assist in the building and development of this model, the company having turned out two fine specimens which it owns and races.
