The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-29
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was SOlu, the HeeteSC craft on Boston
harbor. Both were Herreshofs, and a
great struggle for supremacy ensued,
Kite finally winning the honors The
year following the Burtons, enthusiast
tic yatchtsmen, put into the waters of
the lake OnaWa, which, under the
rules which then existed, was probably
the fastest boat afioat in this part of
the country anyway.
these rules were peculiar, inaSmuch
as they provided for time allowances
on basis of sail area alone, and the
OnaWa, built to sail under these rules,
was naturally as long and narrow and
as light as a canoe, and could cover all
sorts and kinds of distances with no
more than perhaps 400 feet of sail She
was veritable race horse, and moth
ing not built exactly as she was could
enter her class OF keep within hailing
distance of her. This condition Of
things sent the rules back to those of
the present SeWanhaka set, which arc
generally considered the best rules ex-
tant, and which are practically those
under which the boats of White Bear
and Minnetonka are sailed.
Dyer after this change built the
Marie for the Watson syndicate, and
Onawa was retired by her owners, who
believed the change in rules was aimed
at them and their boat. Their friends
claimed, however, that she would have
held her own with the best of them
even under the altered rules.
Marie then proceeded to beat out
Kite for the lake honors and followed
up that victory by defeating Alpha,
after which she came over to White
Bear for the first of the interlaken
races in the summer of '95. Here she
met defeat at the hands of Corona,
owned by DR.. J. M. WEIGH, and de-
signed and built by Gus Amundson,
of White Bear. This was in the sloop
class. AT the same time the Mime
tonka cat -Pinafore, built for Commo-
dore Brooks by Moore, easily showed
her superiority to the White Bear cal
Alerta, built by Amundson. In the
meantime, ANDY" Petersen, former
ly of White Bear, who built Osito, and
Storml1ing and other twenty-three feet
winners here, had gone over to Min
netonka there to try his fortune with
the Minnetonka men.
For two years the modest boat
builder received scant recognition at
the hands of the salts at the big lake
but in the second year of the interlake
series, which was to be held at Mime
tonka, when White Bear sent East for
a Herreshof boat, Capt. Peet selected
Petersen to build a boat to meet the
white slOop Alfrida, which was built
east for a White Bear syndicate. In
spite of the fact that Alfrida was sail
cd by G. M. Griggs, one Of the best
shippers on White Bear, Tartar was
the boat, and it is part of history now
she showed her bloomer stern to the
best of the Herreshof creations. In the
cat class, however, the White Bear
built boat Nushka, designed by Sam
Stickney, and built by Garry" De
Young, of Dellwood, showed her trim
heels to Varuna, the then most cele-
brated boat on the big lake.
This year the first order Petersen
received was from White Bear, and
called for a twenty three-foot sloop for
Commodore "MiP' Griggs, C. w. Bum
and other members of the club. Akela
was the finished product, and her
proud record, not only in the inter-
laken series, but all through the sea-
son, has won for her a host of ad-
mirers. Petersen also built Wizard for
ALT. Pillsbury, of Minnetonka, Capt.
Peet sticking to his Tartar.
Gus" Amundson, the White Bear
builder, designed and built both
Which, the speedy little one-rater, and
also the Dean cat, Aurelia. The three
winners then of interlaken honorS this
year are home built boats. AS is we'll
known, Akela and Witch won their
laurels easily, and with no uncertainty
Aurelia, although it required the three
races to decide, beat her adversary so
decisively in two of them, as to leave
little room for doubt as to the relative
superiority of the two cats.
1t is admitted on all hands that Tar
tar was the first great step in advance
in that she first used the great f1aring
bow and extended stern, so that in
addition to increasing her water line
length by an overhanging fore and aft,
she increased her inclined water line,
Or in other words, was so constructed
that when heeling on either side she
presented a great length, was therefore
bigger boat and could put on and
stand more power. This idea has been
developed to a degree this year in the
best of the White Bear boats, and is
seen on Akela, Aurelia and Witch at
the home lake and in Wizard of Min
netonka.
The coming season brings promise Of
new boats at Minnetonka, and it is
safe to predict at this time that the
White Bear men will not lie idle and
allow the other fellows to Guido them
in next years races. There is already
talk of new boats at White Bear. In
their construction it is doubtful if this
new length idea will be followed much
further, for, as shown in Wizard, which
was built later than Akela and was
thought to be an improvement in this
direction upon her, bears the mark of
having the idea carried too far
By the time the new White Bear
club house is built and occupied, it is
probable that st. Paul people will APP
preciate that her yachtsmen have made
for her a name of which any city near
an inland lake might we'll be proud