Yachting: Volume 43, Issue 4 – October 1928

The Model Yachting Association’s Gosport Regatta “Little Nell” Wins International Cup by the Closest of Margins from “Patsy” By H. B. Tucker Te British A Class Model Championship was sailed at the lake at Gosport on July 30th, 3ist, August Ist and 2nd, and the International Races on August 4th, 6th and 7th. The British race attracted twenty-eight entries, including one from Durban, South Africa; but only twenty-two boats faced the starter. On the first day there was a S.W. wind giving a run and a beat, but it soon backed to the southward giving a reach each way. Amongst the starters were two boats that had previously held the cup, Defiance and Gertrude. Mr. W. J. Daniels was skippering Mr. R. Fairey’s Modesty. Points on the first day were very evenly divided amongst the leading boats, Modesty and Fantasia, H. C. Rollason, owner, heading the fleet. On the second day there was practically a flat calm before lunch, but after the interval a nice breeze sprang up from the east giving a beat and a run. Many boats that had done very wellin the reaching wind of the previous day now dropped = of the picture, and the top scorers of the day were Little Nell, A. Jones, Gosport M. Y.C., and Hermione, T. Willey, M. Y. S. A. (Kensington). The third day started with a light S.W. wind which soon freshened to a spanking breeze. This admirably suited Gertrude, which proceeded to score a possible for the day with Folly IJ, owned by J. Read as the next best scorer. This day finished the elimination round and the first twelve boats became eligible to sail in the final on the following day. When racing was started in the finals of the British Championship there was a light N.E. wind which made sailing very fluky and troublesome, and tried the skippers’ skill to the utmost. It veered considerably and at one time there was almost a dead calm. Towards the end of the afternoon, however, it veered to the S.E. and settled down. This gave a good beat and a run to finish with. The best scorers of the day were Modesty, Twinkle and Queen Bee. The results on aggregate over the four days’ racing were: Little Nell, 110 points; Modesty, 108; Twinkle, 105; Queen Bee, 102; Jolanda II, 95; Gertrude, 93; Folly II, 91; Hermione, 88; Shannon, 87; Defiance, 84; Ella, 78; Research, 58. litile Neil, therefore, became British Champion and had the Joseph — starting Patsy, the American challenger, in one of the reaching boards at Gosport. honor of defending the Yachting Monthly Cup in the International Races. It is interesting to note that she was first only once in the day’s scoring, and she owes her success rather to an excellent average performance rathef than brilliancy on any one day. The designer of this boat is Mr. Reg. Lance of Gosport. She is rather on the small side and is simply a good healthy boat without any extreme features. She is of the fin and skeg ‘ Modesty, the second boat, is a full keel boat rather of the I. Y. R. U. type. In fact her lines were adapted from those of a well-known racing yacht. Twinkle isa characteristic Turner model and a big, hefty looking craft. Queen Bee is from Mr. Feltwell’s well-known Frolic. The International Series There were entries for the International Races from the United States, France, Great Britain, Germany and Sweden. The German boat, which from her photographs appears to have been quite a likely craft, met with an unfortunate accident a few days before the races. Her skipper, Herr Paul Kriiger, was having a final tuning-up spin on one of the lakes near Berlin when the boat got into collision with a pleasure steamer and was so badly damaged that she could not be repaired in time to participate. Sweden scratched, as their boat was not considered good enough. This left the other three countries to fight matters out amongst themselves. The British boat has already been referred to, and Patsy, the American entrant, will be familiar to many readers of Y ACHTING. The French boat, Argo, won the selection races held by the Federationof French Model Yacht Clubs. She belongs to Mons. Authonac, of the Paris M. Y. C., and he was accompanied by Mons. Sottas. The latter was a member of the team that represented France in the International Races be- tween England, France and Belgium in 1911. Argo isthe Paley. American duolienasr (to wiediveed) and Little Nell, the successful British defender, on a beat to windward at Gosport. best Continental representative we have seen so far at Gosport. She is on the small side for this rule, but is an extremely nicely built little craft. Sheismahogany planked and wood pegged. She showed great speed off the wind at times. The International Races (Continued on page 104) 73 October, 1928 Yachting Beverly Crew Wins Sears Cup CENTERBOARD ~ VS. LD arguments, pro and con, fly back and forth. Both have their advantages and disadvantages; their supporters and opponents. Being neutral, we design both types, and create in each an individuality that makes every owner a booster. Size and (Continued from page 69) drew up on even terms and wona stiff luffing match, only to throw © it away when young Cudahy, sighting a better air inshore ran for it and carried it through to the finish, winning by 16 seconds in the best race of the series. At the getaway in the finals there was little to choose between Beverly and Bayside and the two boats were very close all the way to the windward mark. Here young Cudahy turned inside and stretched out his lead to 2 minutes and 15 seconds at the finish. In the second and what proved to be the last race of the championship, sailed over a triangular course still in a light air, Captain Sykes was a bit too soon at the line and had to kill his boat, while Cudahy slipped out into the lead. It was a spinnaker run and Bayside not only overhauled Beverly but turned 20 seconds to the good. The Beverly crew beat out Bayside in light sail handling and gained a bit, and then Cudahy sailed his boat through his opponent’s lee, taking the lead when they tacked to starboard. The Beverly margin of 1 minute and 20 seconds at the second mark . was too much to overcome, especially with the boat moving faster, and Bayside lost by 1 minute and 40 seconds. Vice Commodore Seth M. Milliken handed the shining silver bowl to Captain Cudahy and gave all three of the boys silver medals, while the Bayside youngsters received bronze tokens. arrangement to suit your requirements. = aS a a ee The British defender, Little Nell, on a running board. The Model Yachting Association’s Gosport Regatta OTH centerboard and keel types of our Motor-Sailers now under construction. These outstanding small yachts combine excellent accommodations and high grade construction with superior performance under sail or power. Built to order only. Exceptional value at reasonable prices. HOWARD & MUNRO Naval Architects Yacht Brokers GORDON MUNROE, Associate 131 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts Telephones: Liberty 4034 and 4364 (Continued from page 73) were started on August 4th by the Mayor of Gosport. There was a light N.W. wind giving a run and a beat so that scoring was fixed at 2 and 3. The first heat was between the British and French boats, and the former won the beat but lost the run. The next heat of the first round was between Argo and Patsy,and Argo again took the run and lost the beat. This was all she scored during the morning and the rest of the points were evenly divided between Little Nell and Patsy. Lunch time scores, Patsy 13, Little Nell 13, Argo 4. In the afternoon the wind drew round more to the north and it became a reach each way, the scoring being 2 and 2. During the afternoon Patsy did rather better than the British boat and scored 22 to Little Nell’s 18 and Argo’s 8. Total for the day: U. S. A. 35, Great Britain 31, France 12. Racing was resumed at 10:30 on August 6th. There was a nice S.W. wind giving a run and a beat, and scoring was 2 and 3. In _the morning session the French boat showed up extremely well