The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-15
MANY TRY FOR ROOSEVELT CUP.
Our Yachtsmen Likely TO Show Germans
Something New in SOnderclasse Yachts.

Something New in SOnderelasse Yachts.
In yachting this year interest will be divided
between the contest for King Edward Wis
cup and the series Of races between boats Sc
lected by the Eastern Yacht Club TO meet
three boats that are to be sent here to repre-
sent the Imperial Yacht Club Of Germany.
This series of roces will be sailed OIL Marble
head in September. and in August trial RACES
will be held to select the three boats to meet
the German visitors. The trophy for which
they will race has been named the Roosevelt
cup, and next year three American built boats
will be sent to the other side to try to capture
a trophy offered by the Imperial Yacht Club.
1t Ia reported that the Germans are having
fifteen boats built to take part in their elimi
mating trials. and that one of these. the Angela
H.. Is owned by the German Crown Prince.
Cable reports say that this boat is TO be sent
across the ocean and that the Prince may
come to sail it. 1t is hardly likely, though. In
an international contest OF such Importance
that a boat, even IL 1t Is owned by a Crown
Prince, will be selected before the trial races
are held. II the Princes boat should prove to
be a good one 1t will add considerably to the
interest Of the contest to have the heir to the
German throne taking part in a series OF races
on this side OF the Atlantic.
On this side fifteen yachts are already being
planned and 1t Is probable that, before August.
when the trials are TO- be held there will be
more. Yachtsmen all along the coast are
interested s1d q, a1 Z the Il {, dbe1s ss 2 eTsr are w,l 5us sS6 maK 1bS
wish TO build. The rule under which these
boats are to be constructed Is a peculiar one,
draughf must not exceed 80 feet. II is the rule
that governs the small yachts that race at klel
and in other German waters. and the boats are
are expected. Herreshof has two Of these
boats In hand. They are for F.. ". Macomber.
1r and n NJ SaQra two Of the best known
OF the Eastern amateurs. F. A. Boardm9n
he's four designed These are for Charles + +
Packard has one FOR 1. +. Pereival and another
fer Il; L; hsyden G 81 The So Son Nth Fn. Yacht y GlGoi
H. Crane. William Gardner has DESIGNED one
o d25 T IGs a New /; P2 YORK g ya9ht 4 S'1y'f F; "a ~
IS Ho footer LH'ARisi f''a IS said to be b%qlldIns, one,
one of the sheldon, company Of Seponsett.
b. r. Crowninshield has two orders. One
b i 19T bS an af nnkn0 at M S9ShIss%edn AND and the he o otheT
By stearnis & Mckay at Msrbiehead.
IT is 50 feet over all and has a finely turned
hull Of the old knockaoout type; According
s ,g sf fn SSrs", 20 sT BE S o~eT 90 'f fees S1s Of ali ali. 0q ,aT'
boat TO be built at sheldon,s for r, /. Pond
VIII ne ~ lteJ NdttIllllt, ~ lttl pN'l ~"
feet Q inches beam and s feet q inches draft.
These conditions are all very nice for the pur,
pose OF bringing out many varied ideas, OF
speed lines. but the result is getting somewhat
AWAY from the recent strong movement in
America OF doing away with freak boats of
abnormal proportions: 1t seems highly prob.
able that tho most extreme boats in this new
bunch will be found at the head OF, the list.
and it will become necessary to build %freakier
boats to beat them. Thus We come back TO
conditions which have sounded the death
notes OF our once excellent classes, and which
are likely to make this class short lived in this
country, unless the same rules should be
maintained for races Of future seasons. "
has been held out that the races 10 be sailed
In German waters under American challenge
next year will be between boats of class Q
under the new uniform rating rule. II Is. con
sidered by many OF those who are building
new boats, however. that 1t would hardly be
fair to force a class or a type of boat on the
Germans which they have seen At to reject.
II Is possible that they W i'll not be over anxious
to sail future matches with Sonderelasse
1t is certain that when they come to America
this summer they will discover some things
about the class. that they may not have con-
sidered before"