The sun., 1916-01-23
INTEREST REVIVED
IN P CLASS YACHTS
Victory Of Josephine at Chi
cagO Responsible for Their
Popularity.
BIG FLEET WILL RACE

The success Of the 81 rater Josephine
last summer in bringing back to the
Indian Iiarbor Yacht club the Manhas-
set Challenge cup has started a boom in
the class which will make It second only
to the new 40 footcrs being built by
Herreshoff for members of the New
York Yacht club. The Manhasset Chal-
lenge cup is to he sailed for on the
Sound. probably during the first week
In September. Challenges already have
been received from four clubs east OF
Cape cod and with these challenges was
a request that the races he fixed for the
end Of August or the first Of September.
La Dor bay this year is Monday, Sep
tember 4. and that - always the date
os the fall regatta OF the Larchmont
Yacht club. The fail regatta of the
Indian Harbor Yacht club is the follow
ing Saturday. and should the dates for
the series of three races for the cup he
set between those regatta days II is
possible that the Eastern 81 raters
would take part in both regattas as
we'll as in the series OF races.
The defender Of the cup. designed by
Addison G. Hanan. Is being built now by
Woods at City Island. This yacht is for
Commodore william II. ChIlds and Ad-
olson @. Hanan. and it will be sailed by
Mr.. Hanan.
The = class, a. the yachts OF 81 rat
: ing are called. will be prominent in rae
! ing in eastern waters and on Long
! Island Sound that there will be two
/ divisions. and after season OF trial
sails IN the usual open regattas. the
! leaders OF the lot. possibly eight boats.
will meet In the series of races for the
Manhasset cup. which goes To- the yacht
scoring the most points in the series of
three races. In eastern waters there Is
also the stimulus of the Upton cup. for
which three boats have each won two
races. Should either Of these boats win
this year the cup will become the prop
erty Of the owner OF that yacht.
James j. Martin recently purchased
the Josephine and that yacht Will he
prominent in the sport next summer.
Charles T.. Curtis, who has won fame as
| the owner of the f.llens, sender boats.
has purchased the Valiant. which was
defeated by the Josephine off chicago
! last summer in the cup races. Vernon
/ F. West Of Portland owns the Sayonara
/ and always races at Marblehead. 9, II.
| and n. :. WhecloCk Of the torinthian
! Yacht club own the Britomarte. George
Lee owns the Italia. and \. &. Jones
owns the Nutmeg Ill. which was for
merly the cornthian, and with which
| Commodore Jones won the championship
| Of the class last summer
A. H. Perry owns yacht named
/ Glabalpy. and an Eastern yachtsman re-
Gently purchased the Ahmeek. so that
| the Eastern division will be very strong,
The Ahmeek was built from designs ny
owen for Toronto yachtsmen and was
to represent Canada in AN International
match with Chicago for cup offered
! for yachts Of the great lakes. ON ac-
! count Of the war this race was called
/ off and now the Canadian representa-
/ tive has been sold. ON Narragansett
| Bay there is the Stranger. another owen
boat owned by II. =. jerks. Whether
/ the stranger will be In the big races Is
not known.
| clifford u. Mallory OF the Indian Harbor
Yacht club has purchased the Joyant
and that yacht. which was originally
built by Herreshoff for Commodore
| William II. Childs for Manhassett cup
races will come back to the Sound. II
! is the intention of Nice-commodore Nal
lory to use the Joyant as trial boat
| for the new Josephine, The Joyant Is
fast under certain conditions OF weather
In light wind and smooth sea she
ghosts along. and IN "A rough sea when
| the wind IL strong enough to put hei
aver on her ear she is wonder, but IN
a choppy sea with a light wind she
Is not al her best. She Will be me
boat for use to help tune up the de-
fender.
The older boats on the Sound are
George p tiranbery's Anita, formerly
the Timandra the Amoret, owned by
r. r. Budd, and the Wianno owned by
w r. Hayward. Members OF the Sea
wanhaka Cornthlan Yacht Club are
planning to have a new boat built by
Uerreshoff which will be sailed by
George Nichols, This syndicate alread,
has several subscribers and may N
closed at any day.
The Manhasset Bay Yacht Club. th'
original donor of the cup also il plan
ming to win II back again. Severa
members have formed syndicate am
plans are being made by william Gard
ner. II these two syndicates materializ
then Herreshoff and Gardner two de
signers who are recognized as the bes
I'm the country, will be pitted agalns
Addison q. Hanan. an amateur Ther
are three fast yachts on Lake Michigan
the Michicago and Olymplan. designe'
nv Gardner. and the South shore, nj
| owen boat There already has bee
some talk Of two and possibly all thre
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