Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-10


man sender yacht invasion of Ameri-
can waters will take place this month,
and there are 10 Yankee yachts whose
owners desire the honor of being in
cluded in the trio that will defend the
President Taft and Governor Draper
cups in the third international regatta
which will begin Aug. 80. The German
trial races were held at Kiel in June.
and the yachts Hevalla, Seehundil and
Marguerite were selected to cross the
seas
The American trials will begin off
this port Aug. Is, and will continue I'M
til the committee decides which three
boats are the fastest under all condi-
tons
Sender yacht sailing began in this
country in 1906, when II little boats
were built, and three selected as OPP
ponents to a like number from Ger
many. The Americans successfully de-
Tended the President Roosevelt cup,
which was won by the Vim, but the
next year, in return match at Kiel
the Kankee boats were eliminated
without winning a race, the Emperors
cup going to the Wannsee, owned by
Otto Protein. This years contest off
Marblehead is, therefore, the rubber
event.
International yacht racing for sender
boats for the past four years has been
under the joint management of the
Kaiserlicher. or Imperial Yacht Club,
and the Boston Y. c..
The German word "sonder' means
special and applies to certain
type of small yacht built under certain
clearly defined restrictions. The rules
provide that the total length, breadth
and draught shall not be over 81 feet
and the displacement not less than 4O35
pounds, the boat to be of sound con-
struction, with a sail area of not more
than $50 square feet Each yacht must
be designed and built and it's fittings
made In the country in which it be-
longs. The cost is limited to $24OO.
The rig of the boat is optional, but it
mas been found that jib and mainSaiI
plan gives greater speed than d cat
boat rig of a mainsail alone. Designers
are only restricted by total length, and
various models have been turned out,
from long overhangs fore and aft with
scow bows, to short overhangs and full
sharp entrances.
The Germans have found that the lat
ter type is better for short, choppy seas
off Kiel, while the Americans have
been more successful with extreme
scow types in the smooth waters Of
Massachusetts, bay. In the past four
years SO great has been the interest in
sender racing that there have been "a
of these little boats built by American
yachtsmen, while the German fleet
numbers near twice as many.
This year the Americans have built
IL new boats, the other seven entries
for the trial races being those built in
1906, 1907 and 1908.
In the cruising trial races next week,
in order to avoid crowding at the start
ing line, the yachts will be divided into
three divisions, starting at five-minute
intervals. 1t is expected that this will
bring out the individual ability Of each
boat and at the same time will show
the racing ability of the Individual
shippers.
After the yachts have been racing
under these conditions for three days
the committee will begin to eliminate
the slower yachts, and by the sixth
oe@y ~ 10 hopCu thdI Tic llccI Will Uc
SO far reduced that there will be no
difficulty in making the final selection.
The courses will be six miles for each
race, alternating triangular and to the
windward and leeward Eight of the
leading yacht clubs on the Atlantic coast
will be represented in the trial races,
while seven prominent yacht designers
have given much thought and study to
the development Of these little yachts.
For the first time in the history of SON.
der racing one of the contestants has
been entered and will probably be sailed
by a woman, the Sumatra being entered
by Miss Alice Sargent of the Beverly
Yacht Club of Buzzards bay. The en-
tries for the American trials are:
Yacht owner and club. Designer
Alarm. Max Agassiz, Eastern. .Herreshoff
Bandit, c. H. W. Foster. Eastern. ......
Bessie. G. c. Thomas, Jr., Beverly ......
Caramba, c. H. w. Foster, Eastern. .....
Boardman
Corinthian, c. p. Curtis, Boston. Lawley
Crooner. G. F. Adams, I'd, Quincy. ........