The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-02-25

THE COMING CUP DEFENDER.

After great deal of conjecture
and guesswork, and few facts, re-
garding the new sloop which the
Atlantic Yacht Club of New York
has ordered built to defend the
Americas cup next summer, the
following particulars of the craft
have been given out for publication:
The new vessel will be 80 feet |
inch long over all, and S3 feet 8
inches long on the load water line.
She will have an extreme beam of
% feet inches, Il depth of II feet
3 inches, and her extreme draught
will be 8 feet 10 inches with her
ccntrcboard up. One peculiarly of
her model is that her extreme
draught is about one-fourth of the
length of keel forward of her stern
post, her draft feet abaft the stem
being feet > inches, and at her
keel 8 feet inches. With her cen
treboard down. she will draw 20
feet 6 inches of water. The over
hang forward is II inches; aft it is
10 feet 6 inches. The rake of the
sternpost is 3 inches to the foot.
Her least free board is 3 feet 3
inches: height of rail forward, lG
inches; amidships, 10 inches; aft, z
inches. She will carry 80 tons of
lead on her bottom and II tons in
side. The lead on the outside is to
be moulded on to conform to the
shape of the hull, and that within
cast to fit between the frames, as
usual.
The build of the backbone of the
new vessel is peculiar. Amidships
there will be double keel made of
white oak tmbers, "a inches square,
and from 30 to 80 feet long. Pro-
iecting from between these, forward
and aft to the ends of the vessel,
and securely scarfed to the double
keel, will be two timbers, II inches
wide by "a deep, which are called
the keelsons. Under these keelsons
and the double keel will be placed
the white oak keel proper, which
will be moulded to coincide with
the V shaped bottom of the hull.
But about 80 feet aft of the step of
the stem, instead of continuing the
oak underkeel, the lead will be
moulded on. The lead begins just
abreast of the pintal on which the
centreboard swings, and continues
aft on both sides of the centreboard
well, and will continue aft about 80
feet.
The forward end of the lead is
about 4I feet aft of the step of the
mast. The lead will be bolted to
the big keel timbers through and
through with diagonal l. and pinch
bolts, four to each bent. AS the
butt of the forward keel extends aft
between the big keel timbers to the
forward end of the centreboard box
the mast will have a very substan
tial foothold.
The stem will be made of white
oak, ska inches large, and thu
stern post will be SXlO inches. Thu
frames will be made double, o
white oak below the water line ant
hacmatack above, each frame bein!
1Ox5 at the heel. They will b.
placed &c inches apart from centr
to centre. They will be mOrtise'
into the keel and further strength
ened at the joint by iron floors tina
will he two inches thick at the angle
The ends of the floors will turn u
abreast the centreboard box, an
will be bolted to its lower plank
The garboards and plank will b
21-inch Oregon pine, and the vale
3-inch white oak, tapering to 2! 9
the ends. The bilge strakes will b
3x6-inch Georgia pine. The ceilin
between bilge strakes will be Zinc
Oregon pine.
The beams that support the mas
will be made 6x12 inches, the par
ners being the full depth of I'll
beams and kneed and bolted throug
and through.
The designer has determined thu
the frame shall not be strained b
any amount of carrying on in heav
weather. To make the chain plate
to which the shrouds are set u
amply secure, they will be let int
the frames and riveted to diagon;
iron straps.
The centreboard trunk, or DO,
will be made Of Georgia pine, an
built clear up to the deck beams,
which it will be notched. I'll
centreboard will be made of fiv
inch white oak, bolted together wit
ls-inch iron bolts. 1t will have
knfe-edged bottom, faced wi
wrought iron.
The cabin will be foored al
divided up with white pine, but Il
hatch coamings and companion-w'
will be made of mahogany. Il
forecastle will be fitted for ere
of n;,.bt man lint tbot ie, Of nnnrc