The New York herald., 1921-04-24
Wales Reported Eager to Com
pete for the International
Trophy.
by FRANK l.. CURTIS.

say he is anxious to take an active
part in the sport and participate In
the international events. The four
American six meters are almost COM
pleted and will be racing on the Sound
within three weeks. Their owners are
desirous of getting in as much pre-
liminary work as possible before July
when they will be sent over.
1t is understood that the New York
Yacht Club and the Seawanhaka-
Corinthian Club of Oyster Bay will ar
range special races for these boats be-
fore the opening of the season on May
80. The Seawanhaka Club Is going
into commission May 7. several weeks
earlier than usual. The four American
challengers will also race as a special
class in all OF the Sound regattas until
July 6.
The six meter class has had a big
boom In England this year and about a
dozen new boats will compete with the
best OF the old ones for the honor Of
meeting the Americans. If our boats
can win against the pick Of this feet
in British waters 1t will be fine tribute
to American skill in small boat racing.
Next year the British will come here
with four boats built after an American
design. The country that wins two years
In succession keeps the cup.
Orders have been given for the in1rne
diate fitting out of several f1fties, forties
and thirty-eight footers OF the fifties.
largest one design class, those which
will race this summer are Commodore
]. p. Morgan's Grayling, Gordon L.
Hammersleys Acushla, George NJ. Pyn-
chons Istalena, Rear Commodore
George Nicholss Carolina and +. D.
Crofoot's Samuri.
In the forty foot class will be Hendon
Chubb's Cockatoo. Harold Wesson's
Stewart, Philip Mallorys Mistral. F. d.
M. Strachan's Monsoon, Holland S.
Duelps Rowdy and J. e. Hayes's Zilph
These big sloops will enter most of the
regattas. as we'll as the N. Y. 7. c.
cruise, which starts July 28.
The Corinthian Yacht Club Of Marble
head is planning an active season.
William Carlton, chairman of the re-
gatta committee. has invited yachtsmen
here to visit Marblehead this summer
and race there, particularly in the Au-
gust series.
The thtrty-one raters will race for the
Upton Cup; the Glass r sloops for a
cup donated by Commodore Percival
and the S boats for Rear Commodore
Beggss cup. There is also to be an in
tersectional series between the Corin-
thians and the Indian Harbor Yacht
Club of Greenwich for the Manhasset
Bay Challenge Cup that will be raced
In the Sound
The yacht Guinevere, launched last
Thursday for Edgar Palmer by George
Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Mass. Is the
first private yacht to be equipped with
the most modern type of marine propul-
sion, the Westinghouse-Diesel electric
drive There are but two or three ves-
sells In the world so far equipped with
these engines although the New Mexico
and other recently launched battleships
have been fitted with steam driven elec-
trio motors The collier Jupiter. now
converted into a seaplane tender, was
the first ship so built.
The Guinevere is to be an auxiliary
powered three-masted schooner yacht,
with length of 1875 feet beam 32h
feet and displacement of 642 tons Her
auxiliary Diesel electric power consists
of two $50 B. II. p. Winton Diesel en-
gines, each OF which drives Westing-
house electric generator. Power from
these generators drives a b55 H P.
Westinghouse motor which is directly
connected to the yachts propeller.
The power this drive can produce from
a given amount of fuel is nearly double
that of the most efficient steam drive
Furthermore, 1t provides a very high
degree of reliability. because the electric
power Is generated by two Independent
units. either or both of which can be
used to drive the propeller motor. While
both units are needed to produce the
maximum speed of IL "a knots, the vessel
ialt 80 Ixy
one unit. If one of the units is shut
down for any reason the vessel can still
be driven under power without difficulty.
Among the sales reported last week
was the steam yacht Felicia, which ].
Ross Collins who recently sold his
houseboat Marguerite. purchased from
the Government. The Felicia Is being
RENTED and furnished at City Island
under H ]. Gielow's supervision. New
plates are being put on and a new
deckhouse built. Felicia was built from
Gielow designs In 1898 for e. p. Bliss,
and is 179 feet long.
Conewagc, Waiter p. Chrysler's
houseboat, Is rehtting at Jacobs Yard,
and tho steam yacht Tiilicum, purchased
last year by z. II. Close of Toledo. is
ftting out at Port Clinton, o.. both
under Gielow's supervision. Tillicum
was built by Jacob in 1910 from de-
signs by Mr.. Gardner
The Suuall. very attractive ketch
rugged yacht built last year at Jacobs
Yard at City Island for Bart. Jacob
has been purchased by ii. s. Sayers.
Mr.. Jacob designed the Squall for his
own use He wanted single handed
cruiser and succeeded in turning out
what may be termed the ideal small boat
The general dimensions are thirty-slx
feet length over all, twenty-six feet ak
inches length on the water line, nine
feet eight inches breadth and five feet
draught
The schooner yacht. Gundred, built by
I,awiey from designs by tho late Ed
ward Burgess in 1887, has been sold by
T. w. vanderveer 10 John W. Irwin.
This yacht is flfty-fve feet length over
all, forty-two feet on the water line.
fourteen feet three inches beam and
eight feet nine inches draught.
G. A. Marsland, secretary Of the
Yacht Racing Association OF Long
Island Sound. recently sold his yacht
Guardia and has purchased the Azor,
sloop built by Herreshoff In 1902.
r.. Elliott Cabot was the previous owner
Of the Azor. which at one time was
owned by Charles Frarcis Adams Mr..
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