C . T . Brockhofrs Aomo was fitted with a hollow spar in 1903 . To the best of our knowledge 1his was the fust hollow spar . other than the bamboo spars of the small boats . ever fitted in Auslnllia .
The five 30-ft raters were Commodore Hordem ' s F / eerwi11g , designed by Ftfe of Scotland : S . M . Dempster ' s Petrel and Dr Gordon Craig ' s Hea1 / ter . both built by Logan Bros of New Zealand : Magic . imported from MesSlS Summers and Payne for J . O . Fairfax . and A . W . Crane ' s Cooya . built by Bailey of Auckland , New Zealand . ln 1900 a minute appears of a meeting held on
9 August ' that the Linear System of the English Yacht Racing Association be adopted . Carried unanimously '. The formula . lfl ( L plus B plus 75G plus . 5 VSA ). was introduced to penalise theeictreme type of yacht built during the length und sail area regime . Ahhough 1he so ..: alled spoon bow of the curlier rule was retained , cbere was some modilica · lion of the section . and rigging underwent some changes . Y achLS up to 36 ft LR had pole masts and '' ery short bowsprits .
These raters were low-wooded , deep keelers with short bowsprits und long booms . Oaff rigged with big jackyard topsails , they were fast and wet and afforded excellent racing . A number were racing machines but odlcrs like Pttrel , Cu / w111 / a and
Hemher bad oomforuble cabins to accommodate five pt () ple .
During this period , although t11e 30 · ft ruters were foremost in popularity , the bigger ynchts also had their supporters . Bona . 36 ft LWL . built byC . Baily Jnr of New Zealand for Mr Chinney . and subsequently owned by 11 . Binnie , was a famous flyer in chose days . Rawlt / 11 , 41 ft LR , wa .• another . She wa ~ built in New Zealand by Logan Bros for A . T . Pinar and was later acquired by the Vice-Commodore of the Prince Alfred Yacht Club , C . T . Brockhoff .
These ! WO yachL ' provided exhilarating racing every time they met .
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