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Through the kindness of the yachting editor 
of the Boston Globe, Winfield M. Thompson,. 
1 am able to retire discreetly into the background 
this week and present the impressions of Mr. 
Otto Protzen on American yachting and the 
causes for our successes in the Roosevelt cup 
races. Herr Protzen was the skipper of 
Wannsee, and his impressions, as reproduced 
here, were first published in Wassersports, the 
leading nautical German periodical: 
“Beginning his article with the statement that 
the Greman yachtsmen had been warned against 
Uncle Sam. who had been pictured to them as 
‘a foxy old dollar-chaser without inspiration or 
sympathy for ideal values,’ Mr. Protzen says 
that they found out as soon as they arrived here 
that they had been entirely misled. 
“He enthusiastically describes the hearty re¬ 
ception and cordial greetings that were ex¬ 
tended to him on his arrival at Boston, and the 
dramatic farewell tendered him by the yachtsmen- 
at Marblehead, when ‘from every window we 
saw German flags, handkerchiefs, hats, parasols, 
waved at us,’ and says that while he was at first 
skeptical of the exuberant expressions of the 
Americans he soon found that behind it all was 
‘an unselfish friendship, an honest pleasure in 
greeting one. and a warm-heartedness such as 
I have never found in any other part of the 
world.’ 
“Such an ovation, he says, in the old world 
would be tendered only ‘to beloved princes.’ 
This expression of good fellowship was not be¬ 
cause America was victorious. 
“ ‘They did not exult because we were de¬ 
feated; for on the day of the regatta when 
Wannsee, on which I was sailing, came in first, 
the ear-spliting ovation that greeted me. from 
the steamboat whistles and the yachtsmen, was- 
even greater than that given their own yachts.’ 
“ ‘The races at Marblehead have proven to ns 
that our boats, under certain conditions, are 
equal, and even superior, to the Americans; but 
in all kinds of weather the American sails are 
better. Although they have been used in Ger¬ 
many without success, it was because we did 
not know how to handle them. This is not to 
be regarded as a reproach on our own sails. 
It was after seeing our sails used at Marble¬ 
head that our theory of flat, sails proved to us 
that they are antique, that it is also decidedly 
difficult for us to cut a sail which has the flow 
in the right place. That accounts for our failure 
when we gave our sails flow. 
“ ‘The Germans’ boats are superior in strength 
and workmanship,’ he says. ‘One could see that 
at a glance, and it was admitted by the Ameri¬ 
can boat builders themselves. 
“ ‘As the reduction of the skin friction was 
considered important on the side of the Ger¬ 
mans, our boats on a smooth sea in light breezes 
were especially good, and would have beaten 
the Americans if we had had the right sails. 
The only win of the Wannsee was achieved 
under these difficulties. 
“ ‘In a stiff breeze with a heavy sea our boats 
lacked reserve power and sufficient length in 
the overhangs.. 
“ ‘The American boats were carelessly builf, 
as far as planking was concerned, and in some 
cases over the limit, with the exception of Yim, 
which looks as if she could win many more 
races. Wannsee and Gluckauf averaged one- 
eighth inch too thick in the planking and deck, 
and the cookpits were too small. Wannsee was 
handicapped by being a fresh-water boat. The 
heaviness of our rigging was the subject of 
smiles.’ 
“Commenting on yachting in America. Mr. 
Protzen says: 
“ ‘The Americans have become masters in this 
sport because of the vast amount of money they 
have at their command, the necessary time that 
they give to the sport, and because of the honest 
interest they take in it. Their theories are 
proved by their practice. 
“ ‘In America they build fifteen to twenty 
boats exactly after the same designs in one- 
design classes, and the best skippers sail in 
them. They have a club race every Saturday in 
every club. In these races can they study the 
