All small “loose” parts that have brightwork on them were sanded and received two coats of varnish. Why so early in the process? Simply to get the parts finished, packed and then stored away (and out of our way) – so all spreaders, jumper, cleat box, pig stick etc. are done by now.

We also sanded and varnished the boom and stored it on the spar rack – again: to get it out of the way and off the list.

The sitka spruce cheeks for the mast partner area of the mast were finished, assembled and have the first coats of varnish on them. The spinnaker pole adjustable height mechanism was taken off the mast and we are preparing to install the new system with a spring loaded car.

As I will be traveling this week there will be no update next Monday but we are working over Thanksgiving. By the end of this week we are expecting the delivery of the new halyard sheave boxes and the new spinnaker track and car and will start installation during the Thanksgiving Week. The material for the small cockpit bench and fwd cockpit 45 deg foot rest will come in during that week as well.

The trophy for the Classics 6 metres in the European Championships is an enormous piece of silver called the President’s Cup, which was given by President Woodrow Wilson for a regatta sailed in 6 metres at the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. The trophy was shown in major cities across the country before the big event and originally sat on a California Redwood burl pedestal.

There were only 2 boats in the 1915 6 metre regatta, US 1 Lady Betty (the first USA 6 meter, built in San Francisco in under 30 days just for the event) and Nurdug IV, the current European Champion, which was sent by King Christian X of Denmark.

Nurdug IV won the regatta for Denmark 2- 1 and the trophy went to the Royal Danish Yacht Club (KDY) and stayed there for 70 years until the KDY hosted a world championships for the ILC 40 class, which fell apart a few years later.

Matt Cockburn of the North American 6 Metre Association found the trophy in Italy with the last ILC 40 class winner, who graciously returned it to the KDY, which hosted the 6mR Europeans in 2002. The KDY re-deeded the trophy back to the 6 metres at that event.

There’s poetic justice that the European Championship Trophy is from the USA, especially considering the big role President Wilson played in brokering the peace after WW1. It would be awesome for a USA boat to win it, even more so if the boat came from a San Francisco Yacht Club (St. Francis Yacht Club), whose current setting came about partly as a result of the development of the Marina District for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Lucie’s challenge at the 6 Metre 2012 European Championship – ” California Redwood Burl Challenge” – is to bring back the President’s Cup and re- mount the Trophy on California Redwood Burl

From Matt Cockbur

Hi Matt,

I know that KC 10 Gallant and US 83 Llanoria will be there, since neither boat came back and both are being stored at Kotka Boat Center under Allan Savolainen’s watchful eye. US 51 Totem was making noises and I thought that N 71 Flapper was still over there. The other potential US boat “opportunity” is US 54 Bobkat II, currently in the UK for sale by Doug Peterson. “Bobkat” and “Lucie” were teammates on the 1932 British American team races at Cowes, along with US 56 Jill and US 60 Nancy (also in the UK).

One thing you may not know about the European Championships is that the trophy for the Classics is an enormous piece of silver called the President’s Cup (see attached), which was given by President Woodrow Wilson for a regatta sailed in 6 metres at the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. The trophy was shown in major cities across the country before the big event and originally sat on a California Redwood burl. There were only 2 boats in the regatta, US 1 Lady Betty (the first USA 6 meter, built in San Francisco in under 30 days just for the event) and Nurdug IV, the current European Champion, which was sent by King Christian X of Denmark. Nurdug IV won the thing for Denmark 2- 1 and the trophy went to the Royal Danish Yacht Club (KDY) and stayed there for 70 years until the KDY hosted a world championships for the ILC 40 class which fell apart a few years later. I found the trophy in Italy with the last ILC 40 class winner, who graciously returned it to the KDY, which hosted the 6mR Europeans in 2002. The KDY re-deeded the trophy back to the sixes at the event.

There’s poetic justice that the European Championship trophy is from the USA, especially considering the big role President Wilson played in brokering the peace after WW1. It would be awesome for a USA boat to win it, even more so if the boat came from San Francisco Yacht Club, whose current setting came about partly as a result of the development of the Marina District for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Best regards,

Matt