Klassiske Linjer nr 10 1999 - Klassisk Treseiler Klubb

15-metres racing in 1913.From left: PAULA, GAUNTLET, SONYA, and a little piece of MARISKA.
Photo: courtesy Andrew McMeekin who found the big original photo in northern France.
War, Italian and German boats
competed against France; by
1922 the trophy had been won
7 times by England, 5 times by
France, once by Italy and once
by Germany. My source for this
MOSQUITO. Note her pioneer
Bermudan rig.
section, KNS Jubilee Book
1933, does not give further
details about the sizes of the
boats or names as the «Coupe»
evolved over the years. Any
further information from our
ECYU contacts in these countries
would be gratefully received.
The story of the Norwegian
challenge in the «Coupe» must
now wait a bit, as I will chronologically
progress to Europe
ADORNA in
France as NOREG.
Week 1913. The first notice
about the event appears in
SEILAS January 1913, when
KNS receives an invitation to
take part from «Societe des
Regattes du Havre». The IYRU
has decided the event will be
held in French waters 25-26
July after the local annual
regatta taking place 20 - 24
July. The Societe suggests to the
Norwegians that they could fit
in these dates before going
onto Cowes Week. They also
hope the foreign guests can
arrive in time for the local
races first.
In the early spring, SEILAS next
cites the German yachting
magazine WASSERSPORT,
providing KNS members with a
fair amount of gossip about all
the magnificent money prizes
which have been offered by
various private individuals,
such as Baron Edmund de
Rothschild and the Marquis of
Cussy, and various bodies such
as «the cafe proprietors of
Havre» and especially the Yacht
Club de France and Societe du
Havre. According to the
Wassersport reporter, hotel
prices in Le Havre have been
raised to an extortionate level
for the duration of the events,
whereas at Deauville, to be the
scene of the final day’s racing,
the local authorieties are
providing a banquet and giving
more prizes; furthermore, the
owner of Deauville’s Casino
and a neighbouring hotel are
giving special rates to the yacht
owners! Finally, there is mention
of the King Edward VII
trophy, which originally was
presented for a passage race
on handicap between Cowes
and St Malo. It is now in the
hands of the Societe du Havre,
is open to yachts over 30 tons,
and will be run between Cowes
and Havre on 18 July.
Nearer the time, there is a
notice in SEILAS that this
passage race will now take
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