The New York herald., 1922-01-18
TWO MORE 6 METER
YACHTS ORDERED
Fleet for the international
Race Will Number About
Twenty Boats.
ny ARTHUR r. ALDRrDGE.

The fleet OF six meter yachts from
which four yachts are TO be chosen 70
race against an English team 10 grow
ing very fast and II looks nov as II
there viii be about twenty vcrseis IN
the eliminating races arranged by the
Eeawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club for
the purpose OF selecting the team to
represcn, this country.
Yachtsmen have very generously re-
yponded to the invitation OF the Seawan-
haka Corinthian yechtsmen TO build IN
this class and so make the home team as
strong as possible. Ten boats are now
building, plans for several others are
being drawn and these with the Greoe
end Montauk. that are to be brought
back from England will make fleet OF
close 70 twenty vessels, which VIII be
rema rixable and Will furnish some OF
the best racing seen in many years.
G. Sherman Hoyt, who was captain
OF the eawanheka team last year and
who Is a capable designer. has been
commissioned to design two yachts for
the six meter class. 1t has not yet been
settled where these two will be built.
Mr.. Hoyt has had much experience with
small craft. His remarkable string or
victories with the sloop named Paprtka
is still talked about and this little yacht
started him on a successful career. He
has carefully studied the English rule.
has experienced racing with this type
OF yacht and he will turn out two boats
that will be very hard to beat
seawanhaks VIII Have TIVE.
One 10 for John r. Birmingham and
q -. 80 t~A
Sea wanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club and
these two Will be we'll handled. -Four
syndicates are being planned now. One
that Of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club
may be counted as assured because
member OF that club offered to defray
the entire cost OF building. but the
members preferred that they should be
allowed to subscribe. n. r. l.. Funke ls
chairman Of the committee organizing
this syndicate and he will be ready TO
make an announcement shortly. The
Stamford Yacht Club members are plan
ming to have syndicate boat which will
probably be Alden designed and the
New Rochelle Yacht Club Is also plan
ming a syndicate and Roger Haddock Is
drawing the lines OF the yacht The
other syndicate talked Of Is that COM
posed of members of 'he Indian Harbor
Yacht Club. among whose members are
several capable OF handling a six meter
acht
The two yachts designed by W..
| Startling Burgess for c. II. W. Foster
OF the Eastern Yacht Club and Vice.
| Commodore Frank C. Paine OF the
Corinthian Yacht Club are to be built
| at Lswieys at Neponset II Is possible
| that the Eastern Yacht Club will have
another representative IN the trials as
| a member who was prominently identi-
| fled with the sender racing Is now try
| ing TO arrange his plans so that ht
may have six meter yacht this year
ENGLAND Building More Boats.
While American yachtsmep are max.
ing great efforts 70 wipe out the de.
feat OF last year the English. too, are
planning and working we'll The Eng
lsh yachtsmen have large feet OF
six meter yachts ALREADY built to draw
from. As the Grebe and Montauk. the
two best Of the American team, were
beaten last year Il means that the
American new boats must be faster than
the Greoe 20 be able to win this year
In additi to last years yachts the
English will have fair sized feet OF
new boats. -Four are being built oy
william Fife at Fairlie. one by Nichol-
son. another by Milne and other de-
signers are bury Some Of these are for
old and experienced yachtsmen and thes
will race through the season and the
English committee will pick a team bes,
suited TO the conditions that may be
expected on this side OF the Atlantic.
This team match promises TO be more
interesting than any series OF races
for the Americas Cup. The Americas
| Cup races are always between large
! yachts and their racing is spectacular.
but the small six meter yachts will be
much more representative because the
very best that can be produced In Eng
land will be raced against the very
best that can be produced here. and
the cieverest amateurs will sail the
| yachts.