The New York herald., 1921-04-17
NEW MAPLE LEAF
MOTOR BOAT ENTRY
Miss America Ii. Will Defend
British Trophy for U. S.
at Detroit.
BY FRANK l.. CURTIS.

! Sir Mackay Edgar will be one OF the
British challengers for the British inter-
national motor boat trophy in the races
at Detroit next September. Each chal-
longing country is entitled to three en-
/ tries but no other names have been men
toned thus far. Sir Mackays challenge
came from the Royal Motor Boat Club.
| lie has long been prominently iden-
titled With motor boat racing. After
failing TO win the cup here some years
ago he came over with the Maple Leaf
and defeated Ankle Deep and others.
| Sir Mackay owned one of the defenders
last yea~ when Miss America won in
British waters. His boat, Maple Leaf ",
was driven by four Rolls-Royce engines
| with a total horsepower of 1900. the
most powerful boat ever built under
! forty feet water line.
Her fault was her hull and it Is UNDER
stood that this will be corrected for the
| contest this summer. Details, of course,
| are kept secret until after the races. One
of the defenders Miss America H.. be-
ing built by Chris Smith for Gar A. Wood
OF Detroit, is to be propelled by four
| Grant-Liberty engines of 425 horse
power each.
| George Leary, Jr.. who has won many
races with his Sea Sled. Is considering
having a boat on the same model as the
Sea Sled with four Sterling engines built
to defend the cup.
The steam yacht Victoria, Sir
Thomas Liptons flagship during the
races for the Americas Cup last sum
mer. has been sold by Arrnur Meeker
OF Chicago to James A. Shewan. part
owner of Shewan's Dry Dock, Brooklyn.
| This yacht was built by Fleming tc
Ferguson at Paisley. Scotland. in 1905.
Mr.. Meeker had her on the Pacific
coast at Vancouver until the beginning
of the war, when she was brought here
| by way of the Panama Canal Sir
Thomas, whose own yacht the Erin was
sunk In the Mediterranean after having
been converted into a hospital ship.
chartered the Victoria last June and
anchored off Sea Gate lie lived on
4 board during his stay in America aud
| entertained extensively
The Victoria is 2l9 feet on deck, 175
feet water line, 80 feet beam and IL feet
draught. Shortly after her return to her
owner last fall she ran on the rocks off
/ Nova Scotia, but was not badly dam
aged.
Further details of the 37.615 mile cruise
i
| boat recently launched here for A. Y.
Gowan of Chicago, have been given out
\ by Mr.. Gowan. In her tour of the world
4 the Speejacks will visit almost every
| important port north of the equator.
Her voyage will be the longest ever un-
dertaken by a motor boat of her size
and will occupy n year.
The first run will be from, New York
TO Colon. 2270 miles. She will proceed
Il through the Honolulu 3Sp
miles and thence to Yokohama, S.Si2
miles, Speejacks will then touch at the
/ following ports in the order named
Kobe and Nagasaki Japan: Shanghai
and Hongkong, China Manila. Sulu.
Amboyna. Bulo and Tenetta in the Phil
;ppines; Surabaya and Batavia in Java:
Borneo. Sarawak, Saigon. Bangkok Sing
apore. Penang. Rangoon. Colombo, Bonn
bay. Alden. Suez. Alexandria. CONSTANT
nople. Athens. Messna. Naples, Genoa,
/ Barcelona. Gibraltar. CadZ Lisbon Liv-
erpool. and then across the Atlantic to
New York.
Although the yacht racing season
does not open officially until the Har-
lem Yacht Club regatta on Memorial
Day. the mild weather has induced
number OF yacht owners to put their
\ boats in commission early In May. IL
is expected that the four six meter
sloops built for competition in British
waters will take the ways about May
IS. They will race on the Sound prac-
tically every day until mid-July.
Three changes have been announced
In the regatta dates fixed by the Long
Island Sound Yacht Racing Associa-
tlon. The Orienta Yacht Club will hold
its regatta July 30 instead of August
the Manhasset Bay club will take the
final date of the season. September -
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i Hempstead Harbor club. The Stamford
Yacht Club retains August g. but will
not have 10 double up with the Orienta
club.
News last week from shipyards shows
continued activity. with many sales re-
ported. At the Morris Heights yards
OF the Consolidated Ship Building Cor
poration several large yachts are being
fitted out. Among them arc H. o.
Stutz's 81 foot power yacht Bella.
which has recently returned from the
South: Richard +. Howe's twin screw
power yacht Thelma, c. A. Baudouine's
Miramar, II. A. Stoneham's Speedway
and the One-Thirty. owned by Leon
Goodwin Of Philadelphia.
Amor Holingsworth OF Boston has
purchased % foot Speedway runabout.
which has been shipped to Boston.
The steam yacht Winchester, origi-
nally built for Peter w. Rouss and re-
Gently purchased by him from the United
States Navy Department, Is to be thor
oughly RENTED and put in the best pos
sible shape at Newport News. Cox a
Stevens are supervising the work.
Jacl-o' Lantern, an Indian Harbor
Arrow class boat. has been sold by T..
H. Dyer to George J. Bradish. Mr..
Bradish will race her
The auxiliary schooner Astra. recent
ly chartered by Hermann Oclrichs, Is
fitting out at Lawley's yard at Neponset.
Mass. for an extended cruise, which
will be through the Panama Canal and
on the Pacific Ocean. The Astra Us
seventy-eight feet long on the water
line.
The whistler, an auxiliary schooner:
has been sold by Paul Nicholson &.
Providence TO Joseph Redinger. also OF
Providence The Whistler Is nfty-thrce
feet long over all, forty-four feet on the
water line. thirteen feet beam and eight
feet draught She is fitted with a Fris-
bic engine for use as an auxiliary.
". Wilmer Hanan has sold his auxii-
! iary ketch Ventura 10 a group OF South
ern yachtsmen at Miami, who are shortly
to start on n scientific expedition on tho
Yacht Ventura was designed by Mr.
Hanan and built under his supervision at
Port Chester. She is hfty-seven feet
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