1937-04-17 — Page 23

DEFENDING THE AMERICA'S CUP

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perimenting, and are prepared to put the old rig back in if the new one proves unsatisfactory. They will, of course, have to be content with a shorter spinnaker pole than heretofore, a marked disadvantage in running, but they believe that they have made Yankee theoretical- ly faster than she was last year.

Besides changing the rig they have. altered the keel, lowering the cen- tre of gravity of the lead, at the same time increasing the fore and aft length of the keel and fining its lines.

AS BIG AS RANGER

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Unlike most of the older boats, Yankee is, as Mr. Lambert points out, practically as big as the new Ranger and Endeavour II, with a water-line length of 86ft 3in and a displacement of 164 tons. Whether her beam, powerful midship' sec- tions and 103-ton lead keel will be

a

disadvantage against Ranger, with her greater over-all length, probably less beam, and. keel weight of around 112 tons, is still anybody's guess, but if the rig works as expected it may more than balance any such disadvantage.

that much

The Yankee, above, will make a big bid to re- present the United States against Mr. T. 0. M. Sopwith's Endeavour challenger for the America's Cup.

better trim to

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 17, 1937.

II. W. AUSTIN == PRAISES BOY BY OPPONENT

Invites Him To Play In Doubles

THEN DEFEATS CHINESE

London.

H. W. Austin, having recovered from his minor injury, beat R. C. Nicoll, a middlesex player still în his teens, by 6-4, 6—3 in the sec- ond round of the men's singles at the Herga Club's tournament at Harrow yesterday.

Nicoll, taking the ball in his stride in a manner reminiscent of F. J. Ferry, hit boldly and quite ac- curately. After the match Austin said that he thought Nicoll one of the most promising boys in the country and asked him to play with him in a men's doubles at a tourna ment fater in the season.

Nicholl's game is founded on na- tural strokes, and it is to be hoped that in future no attempt will be made to alter them in any way.

Austin, after a brief rest, reach- ed the semi-final by beating K. H. C. Lo, a Chinese, by 6-2, 6———4.

Miss M. Heeley qualified for the semi-final round of the women's singles by beating miss R. Javis by 6–3, 6–1.

Mr. Chandler Hovey's purchase

Although Miss D. E. Round won of Rainbow from Mr. Vanderbilt

the first set to love against the has already been noted. Mr. Hovey,

Gloucestershire left-hander, Miss who sailed Weetamoe last year, plans to bring out Rainbow in

meet The latter, now plated and decked, J. Goss, the found her opponent an about the same trim and rig as in whichever of the two Endeavours is expected to be launched April 15 ardent retriever later. After Miss and towed to New York, where she Goss had won the second set in the 1934 and 1935, though owing to Mr. Sopwith finally chooses. much of her gear having been With the American boats hold-will do her early sailing on the tenth game Miss Round played as Sound, and perhaps have a skirm-a No. 1 player ought to do, and won taken off to use in the new Ranger, ing their trials and the two En-ish or two with Yankee before they the last set at 61 Rainbow will be fitted with a good deavours holding theirs, the owners deal of Weetamoe's equipment and will have to reach some sort of some hand-me-downs from Enter-agreement on apportioning the prise.

ocean off Newport, so that they won't be running into each other.

STILL A FORCE

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YANKEE'S COMMISSION

Enterprise, in fact, is still well represented. Ranger will have, Yankee -is to be in commission among other things, the same steer-early in April, and will give her ing gear and wheel that the 1980 new rig a try-out around Boston defender, now broken up, carried, before going west to meet Ranger. and which Rainbow inherited from her. Mr. Hovey takes his racing more casually than Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Lambert, at least in pros- pect, but once the trials start he will be as keen as any skipper in the fleet, and the 1934 defender is still a boat to be reckoned with, especially, Mr. Hovey believes, in light weather.

A second series between the first Endeavour and Rainbow is still possibility, though a remote one.

WEETAMOE TOO SMALL

The chances of a fourth Ameri- can boat being in the running ure unfortunately fading. Mr. George Nichols, who raced Weetamge in the 1950 trials, made Mr Hovey an offer for her but it looks now as though the latter will have to take so much of Weetamoe's gear to fit out Rainbow that this deal will fall through.

- Nichols himself considers Weetamoe too small; a boat for i dorir class J conditions. He had planned -to sail her merely for his own enjoyment, and whatever help she might be in turning the others np. but many American yachtsmen had looked forward to seeing the 1930 Nichols Weetamoe com- bination afloat again.

REAL BATTLE

any rate, It looks now though there will be a real battle three Amoriesa – boats for the selection, which means that whichever one wins will be in just

go to Newport.

Rainbow, with less experiment ing to do, may

a few weeks later than the

LEYTON'S GROUND PROBLEM

Leyton F.C., whose ground at Os- borne-road is to be taken over by A week of racing off the Eastern Clapton Orient at the end of the Yacht Club, at Marblehead, home season, may return to one of their port of Rainbow and Yankee, is former grounds-the Hare and planned for August 28 to Septem- Hounds, or the police

ground. Mr. ber 3, and will probably wind up George Smith, the hon. secretary, the season for the big boats in states that negotiations with the America.

owners have been started.

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