Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-18
THE OCEAN YACHT RACE
Something About the Boats Which Are Speeding
Across the Atlantic for the Kaiser's Cup.

aud has snare spars and sails on board
| i'm case Of accident.
Tho Endymion is owned by COmmo-
| ,;ore George Lauder, Jr.. OF the lndlan
| Harhor Yacht Club. John X. BuchAn.
of the New York Yach. Club, will be a
| guest OF Commodore Lauder on the
boat during the race. This boat was
built during 1899 and IS 1877 feet over all,
In feet G inches on the water line, "a
| f, ct 3 inches beam and a feet draft.
ICaptain LOesch is in charge of this boat
and he knows her well, having sailed
her ever since she was launched. He
has navigated her across the ocean sew
eraI times, ard i'm her TccOrd-brcaking
passage i'm 1901 she averaged 9.66 knots
ar hour Her best days run was 29l
nautical miles.
Another yacht that will do well in
this race IL she has any luck at all is
the Hildcgarde owned by Z. r. Cole
man and entered from the COrinthian
Yacht Club. of Philadelphia. The
Hildcgarde is big cruising schooner,
and she likes breeze OF wind. Captain
Marstcrs is in charge. and since the
boat has been in commission he has
been ont sailing as often as possible in
all kinds Of weather. and spars and rig
| ging have been thoroughly tested. The
| HjidcRarde was built in 1897 from de-
signs by A. 5. Cheseborcugh. She is a
steel boat. 135 feet over ALL 1884 feet on
the water line. % FEET beam and 16.9
feet draft. This boat has made some
long offshOre cruises and is seen at her
best when the wind is whistlins
through the rigging. In the race from
/ v H.lv n
1902 she made 20 nautical miles in Z
hour: : minutes, which is al the rate of
121a miles an hour so il the winds are
ut all fresh the Hldecarde will cut a
| prominent figure in the race
| The biggest boat in tie race is the
NalhalIa. owned by the Earl of Craw-
ford. She is Il picturesque craft. full
snip rugged. Her tonnage is 647 net
and hci lnrGth between perpendiculars
239 feet G inches. This boat has beer
all over the world. and she is a boat
that will cause other craft to sail I'M
der shortened sail and when the wind
IS in her favor she will spread an I'M
| :ncnSe area Of canvas. Her three
! mHsts tower high in the air She car
"ies royals, which will give a scafaring
man an idea of the craft she is. The
mast counting from the deck up. The
yards on which these sails are set
| spread wide on each side of the boat,
and when the wind is blowing aft
ctudding sails are SGT on these yards,
which makes the spread even greater.
,!ib and staysails set on the howsprt
| ;.nd between the nastS so If the Earl
of Crawford gets the wind he hopes
10 hal no fair h
cred with canvas. She has a crew of
| sixtysix men ana is in charge of Cap
tain Caws. The vaIhalla WAS built in
1s92 ny RainaEe & Ferguson at Leith.
and since then she has sailed moro
than l500o0 miles. She has a rcput.l-
ton of being fast Sailer. and it IS
/ said that she has logged 16 knots an
hour under favorable conditions The
Earl of Crawford is an enthusiasiast
and lie hopes that this race will be tho
beginning o: ocean racing. which will
encourage the building Of good boats
and rot racing m1chines. Speaking Of
the race. the earl said lie hoped that he
would not hear til" word east as far as
the wind WAS concerned after TIE
yachts started and the more wind
there WIS the better. With the carl IN
the beat are the Hon. w. Corfie!d, Mr.. |
North and Mr.. Wilbraham.
TIL" Hamburg is the German entry |
and this boat is entered from the
Nordcentscher Regatta Ecrein and not |
the Imperial Yacht Club. This wds
done so that it might not he thought |
that she WAS owned by the emperor |
The Hamburg was designed by Georga
l.. watson and won many races before |
she was sold to the German syndicate |
Adolph Ti"tJcnS is the representative |
owner on board AMI his guests are his !
son. Lieutenant TictjcnS. and Mr.. Pic |
coneili German HacntSnln. Mr.. |
IIctjens has hopes that the Hamburg
is gong to keep the trophy in Ger
many. The Yacht, hs saws wants
light to moderate weather and under
thos" conditions can sail very fast On
Ter trip across the Atlantic she logged
2S5 miles one day.
Amateurs interested in the race are
rather partial to Commodore Robert
=. TCds schooner Thistle. because this
boat Will be sailed by Commodore Tol
himself. Elc is Il navigator AMI holds
Il masters license and If he can bring
tfe Thistle first in at the finish it will
b" fine performance. Then, too il
was chiefly through Commodore Tod
that the race was arranged and tn"
emperor offered the cup Commodore
God has always been Il keen sports
man and when he was flag officer Of
the Atlantic Yacht Club he began the
arrangements for an ocean race and
induced 81" Thomas Upton to offer a
prize. 1t Nas after this that the en-
pcror, through the Earl of LonsdaIa.
made his offer ard the Upton cup was
withdrawn. The Thistle is a good
boat. She was built from designs by
II. {. Wintringham and is $50 feet
over all. 40 feet on the water line,
rs feet beam and IA feet draft. She
has taken part in many of the races i'm
these waters but is not well suited to
such contests and a race across the
Atlantic will show hrr at her hest |
Sne too. wants Il good breeze of wind
In orc run from Norfolk to Sandy
Hook she made 81 nautical miles in
four hours, which shows that SIZE can
sail fast. The Thistle is rugged to