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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 20, 1938.

NEW 30 SQ.

METRE

CLASS

First Appearance In British Waters

(By Major B. Heckstall-Smith)

The 30 square metre class, which is of Swedish origin, will make its first appearance in Brit- ish waters this summer.

This class of small international racing yachts, known in Sweden as the Skerry Cruiser type, has been very popular in Scandinavian waters for many years, but it is a novelty in Britain. The name of the class"30 Square Metre” refers to the area of sail carried, which is limited to 30 square metres, or 323 square feet.

The problem which the yacht. designer had to solve in this type of boat in its original form was very attractive. It was precisely the opposite, speaking colloquial- ly, to the old English theory of a racing yacht. The old-time idea of an English racing craft was to agree to build a hull of a certain size or tonnage, say five tons or 30ft length, and then rig the yacht with as much racing sail as she could carry.

Miss Pam Barton, Britain's leading women golfer, in celebrating her 21st birthday gave away all the These pictures rights in her book "A Stroke a Hole". She did this to preserve her amateur status.

Berkhampstead, where she was presented with a giant key were taken to-day at the Ashridge Golf Club. and drove off 21 golf balls in honour of the occasion. The photo shows a group of famous golfers watch- ing Pam driving off the 21 golf balls. Left to right: Mrs. Camlenledge, Mr. Bentley, the German cham pion and ex-English champion, with his wife, Mrs. de Moss, the Austrian champion, W. Laidlaw, the Scottish international, and Henry Cottón." (Copyright by Fox).

very large hall placed beneath a very small area of sail

A six-metre yacht is 23-24ft. water- line length and carries about 450 square feet of sail. The new 30 square metre class may run to 29 feet water-line length with 323 square feet of sail. But while a six-metre yacht is a heavy craft of four tons weight the 30 square metre will displace approximately half

that weight of salt water.

more

SAIL LIKE BIRD'S WING The Bermudian mainsail of the new class of racht is even like a swift flying bird's wing than any sail commonly seen in this

HAPPY VALLEY TROUNCE

KOWLOON GOLF CLUB

BI-ANNUAL

GOLF SERIES

The Bi-Annual Golf, Match between the Happy Valley Section, of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, and the Kowloon Golf Club, was held on Good Friday over the Kowloon City Course and resulted in an overwhelming victory for the visitors by 2234 points to 11.

Detailed scores are as follows:-

Prof. Ljungberg, of Sweden, re. versed this problem. His idea was to agree to a certain size of sail area and then build the fastest possible hull, of any dimensions, size or tonnage, to be driven by it. The old problem was turned topsy-country, because it is very tall and R. Young turvy!

and narrow and the top of the mast J. Rodger

INTERESTING PROBLEM

FOURSOMES

E. T. McMullen & R. G. Parker, 0 A. D. Humphreys &

E. H. Mundy 0 W. S. Elier & T. B. Low

SINGLES

Happy Valley

Kowloon

1

1 T. D. Paton 0

W. A. Stewart 01

G. Milne

0

Happy Valley R. Young & J. Rodger

2

A. L. Eastman

0

-0.

1

J. D. Thomson 0

J. A. R. Selby.&

A. A. Lopes

1

1 14 R L. Moncrieff 0 W. V. Ahem** 1 E. 0. Murphy 0 C. G. Anderson 1 W. Bastin

0

1

W. M. Groves .0

N. J. Booker

0

E. M. Hanion

W. J. Buller

1

T. Henderson

A. Brooksbank (

W. Stoker

is permanently bent into a curve, E. T. McMullen 1 In its original crude form the

with the result that the main sail P. G. Parker 1 Swedish problem was of much in-is shaped like the wing of a swal- A. D. terest and very attractive to scien-

F. C. Berry Humphreys 1 low. tific yacht designers, because a The Skerry cruiser type is cap-H. E Mundy multitude of hull forms of different able of great speed and weather-w. S. Hillier shapes, weights and lengths obvi-liness, but opinion is divided as to TB. Low ously might be tested before it whether the elongated form of hull J. A. R. Selby 0 could be ascertained which type will prove suited to the rough short

G. E. Willerton would sail fastest with 30 square seas of the west channel of the F. E. Booker metres of sail as the maximum al-Solent. One attraction of the new D. Eumphreys 1 lowed.

class is that, although small, every G. T. May in its crude form, however, the boat has a cabin and coach-roof. problem was much more likely to

ASSN. FORMED be attractive to scientists than to

A 30 square metre association has sailers and yacht-owners, because been formed. Mr. C. G. Heywood, in the course of designers' experi- chairman, Mr. George Wansbrough, 62, ments the sportsmen who put down New Broad-street, EC., secretary, and Mr. Tom Thornycroft has been ap- their money to build the yachts pointed representative of the YPA on would assuredly become possessed the committee. Sixteen yachts have a very queer-looking fleet of already been built or are building for sailing machines and freaks.

the class for racing in British waters. The cost of the boats is about £800.

Yachts built, or building, for the new

of

ONLY LIMITED HULL

Waterwitch; Mr. Uffa

To prevent the construction of class are: "freak" craft a number of limitations Mr. G. Wansbrough's were included in the rules of the 30 Capt. C. B. Wilson's Sal; square metre international class. The Fox's (unnamed); Mr. W. Janson's result of the limitations, of course, Avocet; Mr. C. G. Heywood's Cin-que; greatly modifies the original problem. Mr. A. B. B. Harrison's Chrysis, Mr. Only a restricted or limited form of J. D. G. Hendry's Hexan; Messrs. B. hull must now be placed beneath the 30 & R. Preston's Tre-Sang; Hon. J. S. square metres of sail area.

Maclay's Tarpoon; Mr. G. R. Falkiner- English yachtsmen next summer Nuttall's Alilla; Major W. T. Hazell's will be interested, and I am sure Vanja IV; Col H. C. S. and not a little surprised, at the result Richardson's Sea Swallow; Mr. B. M. Rusden and Mr. & Mrs. Dutton For- of the "problem" when they see the shaw's (unnamed); Sir V. Sassoon's new yachts, because they will see a valerie.

Mrs.

SUPER "MARMET" PRAMS

00

From the top of its head to the tread of its tyres-an aristocrat. It takes only a little room to store,

but plenty of room for baby.

ONLY 3 LEFT. SLIGHTLY SCRATCHED.

BARGAIN PRICE 150. EACH

1ST FLOOR

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW

& CO., LTD.

Total 1244

OHOH

41⁄2

G. E. Willerton 2% F. E. Booker & D. Humphreys 2 G. T. May & N. J. Booker 2

iW. J. Buller &

A. Brooksbank 2

102

Total Singles 12

Grand Total -22%

Kowloon

T. D. Paton & W. A. Stewart 0

G. Milze &

A. L. Eastman 231⁄2 F. C. Barry & J. D. Thomson 2 A A. Lopes & R. L. Moncrieff 2 M. V. Ahem &

E. 0. Murphy 0 C. G. Anderson W. Bastin W..M. Groves & E. M. Hanlon 0 T. Henderson & W. Stoker

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