The Wattle Cup was presented to the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club by Percy S . Arnott and was for annual competition in the 21-ft restricted class .
His Excellency Air Vice Marshal Sir Phillip Woolcott-Game , GBE ,
KCB , DSO . Cuuuuu < lu "' 1930-34 .
From 1952 we can find no further reference to the Porsre . r Cup contests . lt will be seen that Tasmania dominated with helmsmen ' Skipper ' Bil ! Ban , Harry Ban and later the second generation and top dinghy sailor Neall ' Sandy ' Ban . Ediss Boye .~. who later became a top Dragon class helmsman , sailed Tassie
Too to victory in Melbourne in 1951 .
A second trophy , the Alben Cup , was first presented in 1921 for one heat of the Forster Cup . It was won eight times by Queensland , seven times by Tasmania and once each by New South Wales . South Australia and West Australia .
Despite all the precautions taken , undesirable design features started to creep in to the class . Although the pioneers had been confident that the boats would be according to plan , later boats were a departure from the original intentions . Weight was a measurement and whilst some owners had their boats weighed dry , the rule cheaters always soaked their boats in salt water before weighing them .
' The first 21-footers were built and equipped for £ 250 , bur after four had been launched at that price the following ones cost more and more , until the price of one of these racers was up to £ 700 , which was out of proportion ( io those days ) for an open , half-decked racer of only 25 ft overall .
The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron co-operated with the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in runniog this class . The following is a list of owners and boats from tl1escduoo and NSW · owned 21-footersfor the ten years to I 930 :
Year L921-22
Added in 1923 Added in 1923-24 Added in 1924-25
Added io 1927-28 Added in 1928- 29
Added in 1928- 29 Added in l929-30
Boat Corella E . O . J . Gumleaf
Boon1erang
Inez Cherry Too Nettle Gym ea Dormy Wa11le E . 0 . J . 11 Leuralla II ( ex Donny ) Clterry O Breeze ( ex Leural / a II ) E . O . J . Ill Awinya Koala ( ex Boomerang )
Pixie n
( exE . O . J .) NSWI NSWD NSW Ill
Owner
Lor <! Fo ~ 1er L . L . Milson J . Alderton F . Albert F . Doran A . H . Davies W . E . Amon R . A . Carter DrG . Craig P . S . Amon
S . M . Dempster & J . L . Milson E . P . Andreas
A . H . Davies J . M . Hordem
J . L . Milson N . Wallis
G . B . Forsyth
L . Vickery
RSYS A . W . Wedderburn
RPAYC
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