New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-08
WHoWILLDEFEND THECUPs
THE VIEWS OF BURGESS, THE DESIGNER
TALE OF BUILDING NEW YACHT FOR TEE

rA1,K OF BUILDING NEW YACHT FOR TEE
p,pposE-wHAr THE ENGLISH WANT
rr,o diecussion over tho defence OF the Americas
Gun AGAINST Lord Dunraven's cutter Vakyrle is waxing
hotter AZ the days go by In the clubs yesterday the
vsebtsnen who had fulfilled their devotional duties in
IN. morning spent tho afternoon In talking over the
srb,cct now foremost in their minds. 1t Is acknowl-
dred generally now that Designer Burgess left here
after Fridays meeting Of the New-York Yacht Club
with the conviction that the eventual decision would be
10 build a new yacht for the purpose Of meeting
the English oontreboard cutter. The tendency which
has made itself conspicuous in the form OF the modern
fcrty- footer viii undoubtedly have significant In
huence upon the lines Of the defender, II ono is built.
and the strange result is anticipated that English
centreboard craft will be met by an American keel
boat At any rate 1t is said to DO the intention Of
Designer Burgess he Is called upon to produce new
yacht, and Il no is not limited TO its lines to make
tho creation the plan Of the deep-draught
forty Hooters than the older type OF the sRmming
dish.
In conversation at tho New-York Yacht Club, after
the meeting, Mr.. Burgess is reported to have ex-
pressed himself to this effect a do not think II
advisable to depart too greatly from the type Of the
challenger. In O strong wind, the wlde-beam low
draught centreboard boat has proven her superiority,
but in light breeEes with choppy sea, the narrow
boat has an advantage especially II she is furnished
with a centrcbosrd a movable Keel. should
suppose that compromise sloOp with moro oean thah
tho valkyre, but less than the Shamrock Katrina
or Tltana, would be the best yacht To sail against
tho DunraVen cutter. The draught would DO greater
than that of tho present seventy-fooiers. but the
yacht would have bilge than tho Valkyrie, and
in section tho keel would appear more tapering.
This would give sufficiently good plano for lateral
resistance, even without a centrobosrd boat of
this kind would combine tho virtues Of both kinds
Of yacht. This opinion is the result OF practical
rafhe
portion OF SIX times the beam for the length has been
found fault on account Of the cramped quarters
for the crew, and the fact thaC sIch a craft VIII
not sal: upright AS wldor one The shallow
cramped for room, and Is not good sea- boat Tho
Valkyie's proportion OF beam to length IS ID. /
think yacht of length about three and one half
times the beam. and designed as l have suggested,
would be the best all around boat for oil courses ana
Mr. burgess has busted himself with the lines of
such yacht as he ayors, and also with the plans for
seventy foot ce1trob9srd sloop. 4 number Of the
municaton with friends in England, and recent letter
mailed a few days after the challenge gives some
OF tho letter has seen the cutter on tho stocks at
Southampton and finds In her lines plenty OF argl-
ment in favor of the new yacht, He declares that
the sailors Of the Thistle complained OF tho trouble
experienced against head sea, account Of her
width Of beam Tho CORES pondent thinks that the
Valkyre Will not he troubled this way, because she
Is narrower The strange part OF Il IS, however, that
the proportion OF beam 20 length Is the same IN tho
Va!kyfe 10 was In the Thistle. The general opinion
abroad seems to he that on an outside course tho
Velkyre could stand her own agans, the Volunteer.
yschtsmcn dccry the scheme OF sailing the big cham
pion sloop against Tho new cutter bcc1us" the results
would not DO satisfactory, whatever they BE-
lhey arc, therefore divided among two preferences.
The majority want the Americans 10 SAIL d u pical
centreoosd sloop or at least ono OF the vessels now
rest desire against the embodiment Of this years
American racing clements as they have been developed
since the Thistle encounter. None wants a race
between tho VallCyrle aud Volunteer.