New-York tribune., 1907-07-01

Marblehead. owned by William H joyce AMI
sumner II. Foster. OF the Boston Yacht Club,
pullt in 1907 from designs by B. B. Crowniu-
shield
The Spokane is a heavy weather representa-
i've the Chewink fast, all around performer
ana the Marblehead best for light weather The
CIeNs all amateurs, three men TO a boat will
IolloW their craft To Germany by a fast liner
anu VIII be at Kiel 10 take them in hand on
ir lheir arrival. They will thus have about a
InohtA in which 70 try them out on the Kiel
courses before the international match which
"eelhs August -. This will be none too long
as 'he two new boats on the team were scarcely
CtIed IN actual racing here before the trials off
Marolehead resulting in their selection Their
U"IerS expect to get much more speed out Of
tiIe'h than they then showed. The Spokane, on
tae other hand being in her second season. has
found herself' and is in every way fit
study or the German courses, tides and wealth
eF VIII form serious part of the preparatory
MoIk OF the American crews at kiel The con-
unions citer materially from those in which the
poa'S nave hitherto sailed off Marblehead. The
special committee of the Imperial Yacht Club at
hleI Will do everything in its power TO furnish
the Americans with reliable information about
Inc conditions on the courses and to help them
gain useful experience
Inc committee has already sent the Eastern
1acht Clubs special committee pamphlet
containing chart Of the courses and describ-
ing the methods employed in starting and run
nlhg sender class races at Kiel The chart
SHOWS that there viii be no windward and lee
ward courses, as here. This is due in part to
diFlcuIty IN getting room ir which to lay
out such course
The starting line is across an estuary. or arm
OF the sea. in Kiel Harbor which has a width
from shore 10 shore of about mile. and width
OF practicable channel of about half a mile The
poats are started a straight line to a mark
hoat anchored in mid-channeI, northeast three
fourths Of mile, on turning that they begin
Cni1 1i1Ncr fr;r
around, the full distance being 14.5 nautical
miles The direction in which the boats are
sent around depends the direction of the
wind.
on two sides the course parallels the .-n-
metre depth line of the channel An onshore
breeze in this depth of water results in q strong
cholh which in high winds is trying According
TO reports from the Novernment observatory at
Nlel the wind averages above twenty knots ~,
nour there throughout August
me German method of starting their races is
somewhat different from the American. The
siarjnS line is determined by ranges on the
shore. starting steamer is anchored an +ris
llne, at one side Of the channel and a narboat
at the other. On the steamers mast are three
large black boards. fields and two white
boards. past which a red starting ball slides A
preparatory gun is fired at 12 o'clock and +bo
red ball is hoisted 10 the lowest black field Al
one minute intervals it is hoisted one field bioh-
or. AT the expiration of five minutes it is at the
I9I
drops TO the first field. This is the signal for
the start. The rules provide that when tho 20
suit of the race has been determined The com
mittee may recaf the other boats and declare
the finished.
Rules similar TO those employed in tho re,,ai
Kiel regattas for the sender class are now bo-
ing drawn by the Imperial Yacht Club for tho
match, and Will be issued after tho Ar,orica,
committee has seen and approved them The
American committee consists OF Henry ITo,,.ar5
chairman; Charles Francis Adams. 2d and
Louis VI. Clark