1910 Cowes Week Regatta

BRITISH MOTOR BOAT CLUB

The annual London to Cowes race for cabin cruisers, given by this club, was started from Erith on Saturday at 6.15 a.m. The entries were:--

All started, Allegro leading across the line 16sec. after the gun was fired, Major being 20sec. further astern. Iphisaurus stopped between the guns and was 36min. 17sec. late over the line. There was a nice breeze south-east by east drawing westerly at the start, and the sea was very smooth. The course is 175 sea miles. Allegro finished yesterday morning at 6h. 56min. 32sec., winning the British Motor Boat Club’s cup for first boat in. Major finished at 7h. 10min. 8sec., and won the Edge cup on time allowance. Major’s time allowance was 50min. 20sec.

(Transcribed from the Times of London, Aug. 1, 1910, p. 15.)

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MARINE MOTORING

BRITISH MOTOR-BOAT CLUB

The British Motor-Boat Club opened its Cowes Week regatta yesterday with two races for cabin cruisers and one for boats exceeding 12 knots. The courses were laid in Osborne Bar in order to keep the power craft out of the way of the yachts. The water was rather rough for the hydroplanes.

Four boats started in the match for racing boats, namely, Mrs. Edgar Thornton’s Columbine, Mr. Maudsley Brooke’s Baby V, Mr. George Spicer’s Secret, and Lord Howard de Walden’s Dylan. First Dylan, then Secret, and finally Columbine gave up, and Baby V finished alone. Mr. L. M. Waterhouse’s Major finished well ahead of Mr. Kenneth Dry’s Sayonara in both of the races for cabin cruisers, but the allocation of the prizes depends on the ratings, which were not officially known. The Duke of Westminster’s British International Trophy challenger appeared on the course in the afternoon and did a fairly satisfactory trial, though her speed was appreciably less than in a smooth water trial of the previous evening. Another challenger, Mr. Mackay Edgar’s Maple Leaf, was entered to race but did not start.

(Transcribed from the Times of London, Aug. 2, 1910, p. 14.)

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MARINE MOTORING

BRITISH MOTOR BOAT CLUB

The British Motor Boat Club’s regatta at Cowes suffered less from yesterday’s weather than the racing from the Royal Yacht Squadron. This was because the courses set the competing craft were for their greater part eastward, from Old Castle Point, under the lee of the Isle of Wight. The owners of the hydriplanes, however, were evidently afraid to run risks, for no vessel of the type ventured out from Saunders’s yard.

Only Mr. Mawdsey Brooke’s Baby V, and Mr. George Spicer’s Secret appeared in the race for fast craft, and Secret giving up in the first round, Baby V finished alone; her average speed was 25 knots. Secret ailed over in a handicap sweepstake for boats of less than 20 knots. Mr. Kenneth Dry’s Sayonara won a handicap for cabin cruisers from Mr. Waterhouse’s Major, and Major won a handicap for boats of less than 12 knots from Mr. W. N. McClean’s Allegro.

Major was adjudges the winner of both the races in which she took part on Monday.

(Transcribed from the Times of London, Aug. 3, 1910, p. 23.)

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MARINE MOTORING

BRITISH MOTOR-BOAT CLUB

Three motor-boat races under the management of the British Motor-Boat Club were included in the programme of the Royal West Cowes regatta, which took place yesterday.

A handicap for vessels of ten knots and under was won on time allowance by Mr. Waterhouse’s Major. The prize was a sliver challenge cup. A silver cup presented by Mr. Douglas Hall, M.P., was won by Mrs. Edgar Thornton’s well-known hydroplane Columbine in a race for best boats. The course measured about 21 sea miles. Columbine was stopped for nearly 20 minutes, and at the finish was astern of Baby V, but the latter had to allow her 24min. 48sec. Lord Howard de Walden’s Pierrette and Mr. George Sier’s Becket also started in this race, but gave up. A handicap for motor dinghys not exceeding 18ft. over all was won by Mr. A. J. Aldous’s Little Brooke.

The two boats which will represent the Motor Yacht Club in the forthcoming race for the trophy presented by Lord Northcliffe in 1903 for an annual international race for motor-boats were placed on the rail at Southampton yesterday morning for carriage to London, whence they will be shipped to-morrow to New York. The two boats have been built for the Duke of Westminster and Mr. Dan Hanbury respectively, and are both of the hydroplane or skimmer type. The former has a Saunders hull and a 400-h.p. Wolseley engine. The latter has been built by Lake of Hamble, and is fitted with a special Thornycroft engine of 120-h.p.

(Transcribed from the Times of London, Aug. 5, 1910, p. 19.)

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MARINE MOTORING

BRITISH MOTOR BOAT CLUB

The British Motor Boat Club brought its Cowes Week Regattas to a close on Saturday with a race round the Isle of Wight for cabin cruisers.

Four yachts started—namely, Mr. Waterhouse’s Major, Mr. Kinnell Dry’s Seyonara, Mr. McGaskin’s Iffysaurius, and Mr. MacLean’s Allegro. Major finished first and won the Rhinefeld Challenge Cup, Seyonara taking second prize.

MOTOR YACHT CLUB

The Motor Yacht Club held an extra day’s racing on Saturday from the Enchantress at Netley. The water was smooth and in almost ideal condition

The hydroplanes, Sir John Thornycroft’s Miranda IV, Mrs. Edgar Thornton’s Columbine, and Lord Howard de Walden’s Pierrette, sailed an interesting handicap match. Pierrette won and Miranda IV finished second. A tournament handicap, in which these and other fast boats were entered, was won by Mr. E. Manville’s and Commander Cumming’s Comely, which defeated Mr. F. P. Armstrong’s Solace in the final heat by 9sec. Pierrette was beaten in the first round, and Columbine in the second.

(Transcribed from the Times of London, Aug. 8, 1910, p. 14.)

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