The redrafting of the rules governing the races for the America's Cup, 

 leading to the selection of 12 Meters, gave a stimulus to their development 

 in 1958. Three new 12s were built in the United States to compete with 

 Vim for the right to defend the Cup: Columbia (designed by Sparkman 

 and Stephens), Easterner (designed by C. Raymond Hunt), and Weatherly 

 (designed by Philip L. Rhodes and built by Luders Marine Construction 

 Company). As all yachtsmen know, Columbia was selected in 1958 after 

 a close final struggle with Vim, and then easily beat Sceptre, the English 

 boat. Weatherly was selected for the defense in 1962 and won. 



The following comparisons show how closely the American 12s compare 

 in basic measurements as developed under the rules. It should be remem- 

 bered that the rated sail area is usually considerably less than the actual 

 sail area carried. The following are the Vital Statistics as they were reported 

 in 1958:* 



A new 12, designed by Ted Hood, was built in Marblehead for the 

 1962 Cup trials. She was named the Nefertiti, for a beautiful Egyptian 

 queen. 



Up to the 1958 Cup Races it was estimated that about ninety-five 12 

 Meters had been built in the world under the three International Rules 

 since 1907, of which it was believed that about half were then in some kind 

 of use. With the additional boats being built for the America's Cup Races 

 of 1962, the total now must be close to one hundred, not a bad showing for 

 boats of their size and expense— they are now the big boats of all racing 

 classes and certainly as beautiful as any.t 



210 CLASS 



A later and larger sister of the 110 Class, the 29-foot 210 sloop, also 

 designed by C. Raymond Hunt, first took the water at Marblehead, Massa- 

 chusetts, on May 15, 1945, at the Marblehead Yacht Yard. Racing began in 

 1946. With its pointed bow and stern, well-inboard rig, flat bottom with a 



* Figures are approximate, and not to be taken too literally. 



f Thanks are due to Walter C. Hadley's "Some Twelve Meter History," Yachting, July 1957, 



and T. W. Rowland's "What Is a 12 Meter Sloop," Yachting, September 1958. 



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