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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 4, 1939.

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Tank Tests For Racing Yachts

Ski jumping as demonstrated by one of the world's most famous skiers, Hans Nobl. Here he is at Sestriere, Italy, making a striking study for the camera as he does one of his spectacular, leaps. (Copy- right, Fox).

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Plan For British Development

The remarkable victory of the America's Cup defender Ranger over Endeavour II. in 1937 established the importance of tank tests in yacht design.

Although Great Britain has twice as many experimental tanks for testing the resistance of models of ships as any other nation. none is especially equipped for testing the models of sailing yachts.

A private company has now,sults, and applied in the Vickers-Arm- been formed through the initia- strongs tank.

No tests of models of racing yachts tive of Mr. Hugh L. Goodson un-have been carried out in Great Britain der the name of "Yacht Tests since the late George Watson tested Ltd." to enable the experimental the model of Sir Thomas Lipton's tank of Vickers-Armstrongs to Shamrock II, in the year 1901.

The Vickers-Armstrongs tank which be used for yacht-testing pur- Mr. Hugh Goodson and his friends have poses. The new company will now made available to yachtsmen will not be run with a view to making) enable large models to be used, thus a profit, nor will Vickers-Arm- insuring greater accuracy. It will em- and the ploy recording apparatus strongs derive any financial bene-

operators travel with the model, upon fit from the enterprise by mak- a self-propelling carriage so that ad- justments can be made in the course of ing tank available.

the trial run.

The directors of the new company realise that it is essential that all par- ticulars of any design of a racing yacht and the results of the tests should be confidential and transmitted only the owner and designer of the yacht.

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Women's Figure Skating they have been gone that only the

Title Retained

MISS CECILIA COLLEDGE'S

CONFIDENT DISPLAY

(By AIR MAIL)

Thirteen-year-old Miss Daphne Walker achieved something in the British Figure Skating Championships at Wembley that neither the holder of the women's title, Miss Cecilia Colledge, nor the world champion, Miss Megan Taylor, could do. Miss Colledge, on the free skating, retained the lead which she had gained on the compulsory figures to hold a title which has been in her possession since 1935, but Miss Walker was the only skater to secure maximum marks for "execution" from one of the five judges, and her average marks were superior to those of Miss Taylor.

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Miss Colledge, in a dress gold, spun and jumped with superb confidence, and her per-1. formance was beautifully in ac- 2. cord with the music. It was 3. worthy of a champion and deserv-4. ed retention of the title.

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Miss Walker, in a green frock with spangles which gleamed in the arc lights, had previously endeared her- self to the record crowd of close on 1. 10,000 as she did last year. Skim-2.

expressing ming over the ice and with girlish abandon the carefree

ap-14. spirit of childhood, she never peared likely to fall or even to slip. Probably there were slight deficien- 5. cies visible only to the practised eyes of the judges, but the crowd certain- ly saw no faults,

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MEN'S FINAL

(West-

Points

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Graham Sharp over) (holder)

F. Tomlins (Streatham) ...1777.3 T. Austin (Westover) G. S. Yates (Figure Skating

Club)

I. B. Currie (Scottish F.S.C.) D. Silverthorne (Brighton) A. Pryce-Jones (Figure Skat-

ing Club)

R. B. Bayliss (Midlands) B. J. Humby (Streatham)

PAIRS FINAL

Mr. and Mrs. L. H. T. Cliff

(Westover) (holders) R. J. Wilkie and Miss D. B.

Wallis (Westminster)

H. Constantine and Miss Ho-

wells (Manchester)

C. 0. L. Salvesen and Miss J. T. Ivory (East of Scot- land)

H. J. Hatton and Miss B.

Nash (Manchester)

secrecy by arranging, staff of the Vickers-Armstrongs tank will handle the tests

.DESIGNS READY SOON Designs for the special apparatus required for yacht testing are now be- ing prepared and it is hoped they will be ready by the New Year.

NEXT WEEK'S

LEAGUE SOCCER PROGRAMME:

The following is the local soccer programme for next week:

Club ·

The cost of a complete series of tests upon a racing yacht design is expected to be rather less than £100. This in- cludes providing the model which has to be made from the design that the Consider- owner desires to be tested. sequent tests would cost about £50. able modifications of a model and sub- Kowloon

Yacht tank tests in general terms give definite information as to:

(a) Speed under varying strengths

and direction of wind.

(b) Weatherliness; i.c., ability to make good a course to wind- ward.

(c) Angle of heel.

(d) Balance of hull allowing position of mast and sail plan to be de- termined, in addition to the in- which is formation required common to all motor and steam vessels.

Mr. Laurent Giles, the yacht design- er, has recently. visited New York to 1565.7 investigate the work being done at the Stevens Institute of Technology, The 1588.3 members of the New York Yacht Club, 1537.7 who sponsored the tank at this institute .1410.2 where the model of Ranger was tested,

as well as Mr. Olin Stephens, part de- .1353.9 signer of Ranger, and Prof, Davidson. 1310.8 who have been jointly responsible for .1197.6 Ranger's and many other tank tests of yacht design in the United States, ex- tended a most cordial welcome to Mr. Laurent Giles. They enabled him to obtain extensive first-hand knowledge of the scientific technique employed. 53.9

VALUE OF TESTS. In co-operation with Mr. Olin Ste- 50.9 phens the model of the

ocean-racer Maid of Malham, designed by Mr. Giles, 48.7, was tested by Prof. Davidson and a most complete report upon the tests furnished. The value of this informa. 43.9 tion will enable the apparatus estab- lished here to be proved and calibrated 42.9 by direct reference to the American re-

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Miss Taylor gave a somewhat dis- appointing display.

At one point she seemed to slip, and generally she was neither so polished nor so con- fident as Miss Colledge. The rivalry between Miss Colledge and Miss Taylor has lasted for several years, but Miss Taylor showed apprecia- tion of her rival's superiority in this Value Obtainable ! championship when she greeted her

The Finest

with a handshake and a "Well done, From $8.75 set. Cecilia," when Miss Colledge came off the ice.

WOMEN'S FINAL

1. Miss Cecilla Colledge (Lon-

don) (holder)

2. Miss Megan Taylor (Man-

chester)

3. Miss Daphne Walker (Figure

Skating Club)

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SATURDAY First Division

V Eastern

1

(Club, 4 p.m.) Referee: Stedman. Linesmen:-Waldron and Aylwin.

V Middlesex (Kowloon, 4 p.m.) Referee: Ottoway.

Linesmen:-Brothwell and Silva.

ν Navy

Police

(Boundary Road ground, 4 p.m.) Referee:-Clarke.

Linesmen:-Smith and Wyper.

Second Division

R.A.O.C.

ν

Engineers

(Military, 4 p.m.) Referee: Omar.

Club

V Eastern

(Club, 2.30 p.m.) Referee: Havelaar. Kowloon

V Middlesex

(Kowloon, 2.30 p.m.) Referee:-Ip.

Police

น 5th R.A.

(Bounary Road ground, 2.30 p.m.) Referee: Kossick.

Kit Che

V

Third Division “Aƒ

v Royal Scots 30th R.A.

(Sookunpoo, 2.30 p.m.) Referee: Hooper.

South China Electric

(Caroline Hill, 2.30 p.m.) Referee:-Edwards.

Stanley (St. Joseph's, 2.30 p.m.) Referce: Marriott. 5th R.A.

V P.W.D. (Military, 2.30 p.m.) Referee:-Farr.

v R.A.S.C. R.E. (C.)

(Sookunpoo, 4.p.m.) Referee:-Burgess.

Third Division "B"

V R.A.F. Powhattan.

(Caroline Hill, 4 p.m.) Referee:-Mcllgrew, Stonecutters W/S v R.E. (E.) (Chatham Road, 2.30 p.m.) Referee: Gamlin,

A.S.A.

บ Medicals

(Chatham Road, 4 p.m.) Referee: Phillips.

Signals

♥ 24th R.A.

(Prince Edward Road, 2.30 p.m.) Referee: J. Somerville.

SUNDAY, 8TH JANUARY, 1939 First Division

Kwong Wah • v Royal Scots

(Kowloon, 4 p.m.)

Referee: Molyneux..

Linesmen:-Demmee & MacLaughlan

Second Division

South China

v St. Joseph's

(Caroline Hill, 2.30 p.m.)

Referee:-MacCormac.

Kwong Wah

V

Royal Scots

(Kowloon, 2.30p.m.)

Referee:-Finch.

University

Third Division "B"

(Club, 2.30 p.m.)

V Kumaons R.

Referee:-Sze Po Wai.

WEDNESDAY, 11TH JAN., 1939. Third Division "B"

v. University

Air Force

(Kowloon, 2.80. p.m.)

Referee:--Mellgrew,