New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-17
Yacht Interest
Now Conferred
On Mayflower
American Schooner to De-
fend Trophy Against the
Canadian Challenger
By Jack Lawrence

Yachting interest conferred during
the week on the launching of the fish
ermen's cup defender Mayfiowsr, de-
signed by W. Startling Burgess and
built at Essex, Mass. This doughty
schooner was put overheard last Tues
day, and is now being rugged at the
Essex yards. She is said to be
something OF departure in fishing
schooner design. and when under sail
will have more yachty lines than any
of her class.
The Mayfower will defend the FISH
ermen's trophy against the Canadian
challenger Blue Nose, which was
launched at Lunenburg. near Halifax,
IN March. The cup was put up by
sporting interests in Halifax, and the
event became an international fixture
last fall, when in an ocean race the
trophy was captured by the America
schooner Esperanto.
While the race last Year was some
what overshadowed by the Resolute-
Shamrock contests for the America s
/ Cup, and the fact that it occurred on
the eve of our Presidential election
there is every indication now that it
IS to become one OF the classic MART
time sporting events Of the season.
These schooners are not tracing ma
chimes of the Resolute- Shamrock type
and are built on practical lines, which
even though they fail in their respec-
tive roles of challenger and defender
/ OF The international trophy, will assure
their owners profitable returns in
the fishing industry. Both vessels
must. make at least one ocean fishing
trip before she becomes eligible as q
participant in the cup event.
To Be Final Sailing Event
The contest for the fishermen's cup
will be the third and fina! internationa
sailing event of the 1921 season. Ac
cording to present plans it will b,
sailed in late October, when winds OF
the North Atlantic insure a rough
and tumble affair.
The other two information events
Of the season will be the ocean rae.
for the gold cup offered by King AL
bert of Belgium for a contest to star
on July at Sandy Hook and finish of
Ostend, and the other will be a serie!
of races to be sailed off Cowes. Eng.
land, between American and British
sloops of the six-meter class for
trophy offered by the Royal Yach
Squadron.
Among American yachtsmen it is be
licved that these three events will be-
come annual fixtures, it being practi
cafly certain that, if the American
Bermudian-rigg six-meter craft are
successful in bringing back the Roya
Yacht Squadron trophy, British chal
lengers will be seen in American waters
next year.
While these events will be the high.
yyk %S. nf
will be lots doing for local amateur:
who do not aspire to internationa
fame. Arrangements are already unde;
way for resuming contests for TIL,
Manhasset Bay challenge cup, tn,
Puritan cup, the Greenwich cup, tn,
cruise of the Eastern Yacht Club from
Marblehead to Bar Harbor and the
cruise of the New York Yacht Club
which event will be topped off by race.
for the Aston and Kings cups.
Three Formidable Starters
While the American committee ir
charge of the local arrangements fol-
starting the transatlantic race for the
| prize offered by the King of the Bel.
| gians hao not yet made public the list
of entries received, it is known that
three formidable starters are now
being made ready in this country
The latest ocean contestant to be men
toned is the Lady Mary, four mastec
auxiliary yawl owned by F. D. NJ
| Strachan. Lady Mary was originally
the Azara and was designed by A
Cary Smith for Chester W Chaplin.
Lady Mary is 115 feet over all, eighty
FIVE feet on the waterline, twenty one
feet beam and draws tribe under
six feet of water without her center
| Lsn ri TOT r
| for speed and easy handling, and in 10
cal yachting circles it is believed tina
in a July race, when winds are not ap
( to be too strong for comfort on
vessel of fine lines, she will have ar
excellent chance of finishing in front
Last fall Lady Mary made trip be
! tween this port and Brunswick, Ga.
and is said to have made record fol
the distance. Those who made the
trip declare that she passed number
/ of steamers, one of which was a coast
wise passenger liner.
Sonica Attracts Attention
The other American contender in thu
! Belgian classic, which is attracting
I much attention just now, is H. S. Shon
nard's auxiliary schooner Sonica, nov
being made ready for service at Rober
Jacobs yard in City Island The Sonics
has not been officially entered in the
race, so far as The Tribune has beer
able to learn, but Mr.. Shonnard says
that his boat will surely start if tbs
event takes place and sufficient mum
Der of entries to insure real contest
The Sonica was formerly the Sava
roma, and was built in 1906 by Lawlry
for Howard E. Clark. of Philadelphia
Subsequently the yacht was purchased
by the late c. l.. F. Robinson, who sole
her TO Mr. Shonnard.
SO feet on the water line and % fee
beam. Mr.. Shonnard has used her ir
several long ocean cruises, and be
lieves that she would make gooc
showing in transatlantic race.