The New York herald., 1922-06-04
MODEL YACHT RACE
FEATURE OF WEEK
International Event Starts
Thursday Over Bayside
Y. G. Course.
ny ARTHUR r. ALDRIDGE.


The international race between the
British model yacht and the American
defender will be sailed next Thursday.
FRIDAY and Saturday over course of
the BaysIde Yacht Club. This is the
first international race for model yachts
to be sailed and Is sure to prove very
attractive> because model yacht building
and sailing has become quite a fad In the
last few years.
The regattas of the week are the
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club annual next
Saturday to be sailed on the Sound ana
the Marine and Field Club regatta on the
Lower Bay. The Seawanhaka Corin-
THAN, Indian Harbor. Stamford and Bay
side Yacht clubs will have their usual
week end races.
Secretary Henry Taggart Of the East
ern Yacht Club has issued the club book.
which is full Of interesting matter. Ihe
club fleet consists of seventeen schooners
and 159 vessels over thirty feet on the
water line. There are owned by club
members eighty-three boats under the
minimum length required for representa-
ton.
The Star Association has published
the log of the Star Glass, which gives a
history of this wonderful class since its
organization In 1911. The log has the
records Of 10 boats built for this class
and gives the results of all the events
of Importance in which these boats nave
sailed. George A. Cory, known as the
Father Of the Stars. is president OF tne
association, and George w. Elder. Jr., Is
the secretary.
A. Y. Gowan's Yacht In Java.
A. Y. Gowan's power cruiser Spec
lacks has arrived at Soerabaya in Java.
cablegram received from Mr.. Gowan
last week reported the arrival on May
20 and said: ARRIVED here to-day,
Everything going fine. Expect to ar
rive Alexandria August 10. Gibraltar
September 25."
J. Sherman Hoyt has purchased
through Tams & King the Victory ssloop
blue Devil and has renamed 1t Black
Bird. e. ]. Bliss has sold his schooner
Shawna to Seth w. Milliken and the
yacht, sixty feet on the water line, is
fitting out for racing.
Charles B. Prettyman of Philadelphia
has purchased a seventy-two foot Mathis
built houseboat The power houseboats
every season. They are really more
than houseboats as the term is gen
orally understood, being fitted with
power they can cruise in all waters.
The power yacht Virginia has been
chartered by Frank Bovine Jones to
Price Mckinney. This yacht, ninety
eight feet long, was formerly the Paula,
owned by ]. Stuart Blackton and built
by the Elco Works.
]. Adolph Mollenhauer. whose yacht
Anado was destroyed by fire recently
has purchased the fifty-four foo,
cruiser Early Bird, which was built
for Frederick X. Rupprecht by the Con-
solidated Shipbuilding Corporation. The
power yacht Sachem. built from Gielow
designs, has been sold through Gielow's
office to II. S. Leaman OF Cleveland.
The fifty-two foot power yacht Jane
has been sold through Frank Jones to
Arthur II. Titus.
The steel twin screw ninety-eight foot
yacht Caritas. built by Lawley from de-
signs by Cox & Stevens. has been tried
and made eleven miles an hour with her
two 1876 horsepower Winton engines
running at three-Quarter speed. This
yacht, owned by ]. Percy Bartram, is Of
the semi-houseboat type.
transfers reported.
Several transfers are reported by Cox
G. Stevens. The $50 foot steam yacht
Alicia has been sold for Alfred /. du
Pont to John w. Hubbard, New York
Yacht Club, for coastwise cruising. The
131 foot steam yacht chartered for
William H. Todd to Col. III. c. Stebbins.
Larchmont Yacht Club. The ninety foot
twin screw yacht Thalassa chartered by
Frank Cl Connable to Mrs. c. j. Green
way. The seventy foot auxiliary yawl
,Siesta sold for A. w. Moffat to John S.
Newbold of Philadelphia.
The power yacht Sabalo which has
been undergoing many changes at
Jacobs yard at City Island is almost
ready for trial. This yacht originally
had three high powered gasoline en-
gines which have been removed and in
their place two Winton Diesel engines
substituted. The change will give the
yacht a large cruising radius. larger
than before and will be much more
economical to run. Sabalo was built
from designs by Tams & King. and that
frm of naval architects is supervising
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