The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-30
TRIAL RACES DATES SET.
TO SELECT CONTESTANT FOR THE
sEAWANHAKA TROPHY
JULY i TO
BOAT THAT is BEST ADAPTED
Will Be Selected byRthe COMMITTEES
to Compete for the Cup at
the Regatta in lAu-
gust

The interest in the coming international
yacht contest between the Royal st. Law
renee Yacht club. of Montreal, and the
White Bear Yacht club is growing more
intense each day. although the contest
is several months off, the Eastern press
in the United States and Canada is al
ready noting the progress of the two
clubs towards the carrying out of the
great event. and giving the details of the
construction of the many boats now
building and already built. from which
representatives will be selected to do bat
tie. The Importance of these races can
not be over estimated, as they will COM
mand the attention Of the whole yachting
world. Never before In the history OF
small boat yachting has there been built
a class of boats such as those which will
race for the Seawanhaka cup in August
next. In point OF merit they undoubted-
ly excel by considerable margin. any
boats OF their size ever built
Last summer the White Bear Yacht
club sent a boat to Montreal and COM
peted with the Royal st. Lawrence Yacht
club, This was merely Il match race be,
tween the Yankee and the Dominion. and
should not be confused with the races for
the SeaWanhaka cup.
The Seawanhaka International chaI-
.enge cup for small yachts remains in
the custody of the Royal ST. Lawrence
Yacht Club Of Montreal Can The
White Bear Yacht club challenged for tre
cup for the season of 1900, and the ,chai
lenge has been accepted for match to
be sailed on the waters of Lake St. Louis
beginning Aug. 8.
The White Bear Yacht club proposes to
nold open trial races for the purpose of
selecting its representative, from July
to g. ~
Inc committee announce the following
general conditions governing the cup:
The cup shall be known as the Seawan-
haKa International cup for small yachts.
ard shall be preserved as a perpetual
challenge for friendly competition be-
tween foreign countries.
1t is hereby mutually covenanted and
agreed by and between the Royal St
Lawrence Yacht club, of Montreal, Can.
and the White Bear Yacht cub, of ST.
Paul, that the following regulations shall
govern the match to be sailed between
durlng the season of 1900:
Art. l. The course shall consist of a
triangular course, and a, course to wind
ward or leeward and return. Each leg
OF the triangular course shall be one
and one-third nautical miles in length,
and shall be sailed over three times,
course to Windward Or leeward and re-
turn shall have a total length of twelve
Q2) nautical miles; each leg shall be. if
@ P@oss1p5e, Two y miles, and shall not be
less than one nautical mile
Art. z The match shall be awarded to
the yacht winning three out of five races.
The races shall be sailed alternately
over the triangular and the WindWard or
IeeWard and return course
The hrst race to be triangular or wind
ward and return. as the winner of the
Art. 8. The races shall be sailed under
the management of three judges; one
shall be appointed >bys each club, and
the two so appointed shall elect a third
as Judges and tifnekeepers, shall direct
laying. out the courses. shall decide
Wnether the contestants come within the
prescribed measurements and .seantline
restrictions, and shall settle all disputes
the decision or majority shall be final
IN all matters pertaining to the contest.
!, It shal! be. the 4duty'iof the Judges to
thoroughIy check the sccantling, ard sat-
isfy themselves by boring, inspection or
other means. that the Measurements are
thoroughly up to specifications a:.-f
Art. 4. Each club shall name its rep
cesentatlve yacht five days before the
art Art 5 The start shall be a one-gun
Art. 6. The races shall be sailed With
out time allowance. lI
Art. Z. Yachts must not excead twen-
ty-tiye feet racing length, measured uh-
der the following rule: 1? w. L. Plus the
square root of the sail area, divided by
two, equals the racing length Yachts
snail be measure ed without crew on board,
put with a dead weight of $50 pounds,
Which shall be carried amidship approx
innate at-the center of buoyancy during
measurement. The sail area must not ex-
ceed 500 square feet. as determined in ar
ticle g.
A yachts draught of hull or keel shall
not exceed five feet, and with the center
poard, down shall not exceed six feet.
Draught shall be determined when yachts
are In trim for racing. Centerboards shall
pe SO constructed that they can be
Wholly housed without leaving any pro-
lection below the hull or keel.
Art. g. The factor of sail area used in
determining racing length shall be as
eertalned by adding to the actual; area of
the mainSail, computed from its exact
dimensions, the area of the triangle.
The hoist of the mainsail when measur-
ed shall be plainly marked on the mast,
and its outer points on the, boom and gaff
or other spars, used to set the sail, and
the. sail shall not be set beyond these
limiting points. The foEe-triangle shall
be determined by the following factors:
" Ihe perpendicular shall be the per-
pendicular distance between the deck and
a point on the forestay,. where the line
of the after leech of the jib intersects
the forestry, above which the lib shall
not be hoisted. (2) The base shah be the
distance between the forward side of the
mast at the deck and the point of in
terseetlon of the forestay with the bow
spirit or hull.
Any jib, when set. must not extend be-
yond the upper and forward points above
defined.
Sails shall be. limited to mainsaD, jlbs
and spinaker The total area of the main
san and fore-triangle shall not exceed 500
square feet. The area of the spinaker,
measured as triangle whose base is the
length of the spinaker boom measured
from Its out end when set to the center
the distance from the deck at the fore
side OF the mast to the spnaker halliard
block snail not exceed twice the area
Of the fore-trfangle. All jibs and spinaker
have small clubs on the heads not ex-
ceeding ten (10) per cent of the base
of the fore-triangle
Art. g. The spinaker boom when used
in carrying sail shall not be Iashed tc
the bowsprit or stem-head
Art; 10. Shifting ballast shall not be al
lowed. (Centerboards shall be considered
as fixed ballast)
Art. II. No outrigger or other mechan-
tcal device for carrying live ballast out
board shall be allowed.
Art IL. Centerboards shall not be load
ed, except to overcome fotation, but
metal plates may be used under the fol
lowing restrictions: r
The centerboard may be of steel or iror
OF practically aSt6 L. uniform thickness moi
any point, and not Weighing over 35C
pounds. &c
The centerboard, if Of bronze or meta
other than steel or iron, may not be over
three-eighths. ~ inches thick at any
point. shall be of practically uniform
thickness, and shall not weigh over 90t
pounds.
Art. 1S. Yachts must sail Throughout
the series Of races with the same amount
OF fixed ballast and centerpoards Of prac
first race. 2a0l
Art. IA. A-Yacht must 81 be so con-
structed that on Il cross section, taken at
any point, no part of the hull shall be
senSibly below the ceRteF. part of the