The New York herald., 1921-05-08
z SIX METER BOATS
ARELAUNCHED HERE
Two More Going Over at Prov
incetOwn This Week-Yacht-
ing Notes.
by FRANK l.. CURTIS.

Two OF the four six meter s'oops.
American oontenders for the British
American Cup, We're launched yesterday
at City Island. They are the Greve ana
the Montauk and were designed py Will
lam Gardner. The others, whicn are
being busrt by Startling Burgess ana
HerreshofY, will be put over early this
week. They win race hero until June %.
when they will be shipped abroad for
the races at Cowes. off the Isle OF Wight.
Commodore Francis r. Mayer OF the
Atlantic Yacht Club, has offered TO take
the four boats across without charge on
the steamship America of the United
States Mail Steamship line. OF which ne
is the president, and his offer has been
accepted by the committee OF the Sea-
wanhaka- Corinthian Yacht Club. In
charge OF the arrangements This COM
mittee Is composed OF Percy Chubo,
chairman Commodore Ralph Ellis. Vice
Commodore Junius 8. Morgan. Jr.; G.
Sherman Hoyt, w. A. w. stewart ana
Paul L. Hammond.
Trial races will begin next week,
weather permitting, but 1t has not yet
been decided where they will be held.
The New York and Seawanhaka yacht
clubs have Offered TO hold special races
on the Sound prior to the opening OF the
Sound racing season May 80. but as the
waters of the Solent, where the cup con-
test will be sailed are apt to be rough
It is quite likely the preliminary work
will be done in the open water outside
OF Boston.
Test of Sailing Skill.
The six meter races have aroused the
greatest interest here and In England
and they mark a new departure In inter-
r. so he arct fiyraA ", a
history of yachting that small one de-
sign boats representing two countries
have been matched. II will be test Of
skill rather than Of boat building. az the
eight competitors will be virtually iden-
tical In design.
The American boats are owned by four
syndicates of yachtsmen. One of the
two Gardner yachts has been built for
William A. W. Stewart and Winthrop w.
Aldrich OF New York. the other for John
l.. Saltonstal and Richard de B. Board
man Of Boston and =. Townsend Irwin
of this city.
The Burgess boats are owned by John
r. Birmingham, Commodore George F,
Baker, Albert Strauss and Paul l..
Hammond and by Commodore Frank c.
Paine of the Corin nthian Yacht Club of
Marblehead and Startling Burgess re-
spectively
Reports from England state twelve
new six meter boats have been built this
year and will compete with as many old
boats Of the same class for the honor Of
meeting the visitors. The elimination
races will be an interclub affair with the
following clubs represented: Royal Yacht
Squadron. Royal Thames Yacht Club.
Royal Victoria Yacht Club and Royal
London Yacht Club.
The races VIII be sailed early In Au-
gust. Next year the British will come
to this country with yachts built after
one of our small standard designs. and
races will alternate here and abroad un-
I'll one country wins two years In sue
cesson.
Now that King Albert's international
transatlantic race Ia almost certain to
be postponed until next year or the year
after the six meter races will be the big
international yachting event Of the sea-
son and will divide interest with the
international power boat races to be held
In Detroit In September.