The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-06
THE NEW CUTJER ITERH4.
All That lie Known About IIer.

The launch of the lvernn tn X place ~ The,
presence of u very large comnany. Ii may Lee
| said that speed has been tue iirst con slucraon
| In the lveTnaS design, anu. in utu"r that nc,
| possible advantage might he lost. the Ncsse
has been built to carry centrehoard and s4s
will be canvased up 10 the last thread Il would
| be deslrabl to give yacht Of her dimensions
for racing round of the hrItlf a, r"gasttS
vessel but has not a large wettcd surface. and.
With fairy zig sail pE an: Il L,ke o to te Nea
TO tell In a blow. The irsx was, a rhen9mcnG
vessel on a reach in a lower sail breeze but tho
probabilities are that the lNrIna VIII STOW IT."
ability of attaining higher rates ni speed ON
ipG flee. while, by tho wIrd-a rCint in Viii
the Irex failed the new boat il likely TO excel.
| psrture in model from the ireA and the more
m2dern Yarana and Nnlkyro. and Rlt3ge her
beer, stinted in eripe olwa'd. and Win Eie";;
depth aft. does not look like ytarei That would
5eauire centreboard to hold her L" windw@rd,
heel OF the lead keel, and the excessive rake a
the sternpost 80 degrees arrests attention.
piece butts in over the tor o. the load hoe.
She is nicely sheered carrying = hold sprius
tremity Of the long counter which Is c1e seiiy
turned in and beautifully light in arrehrHhrt;
n Tine to shs s WhSE s" S
an over. ali length OF about 10 let, hhc show:
Workmanship throuIhout.
Internally the centreboatd fittings have
trunk forward OF he main cabin bulkhead and
mere cupboard on one sidc OF the sIeerar',
The main cabin fittings IRE in carved pine. hh,
the rest III Hungarian ash and American wa
nut -,..,.., ,,.....iou, =, ,,,., ,.osso, ,,,
the measurement o. the srats are as ,oLoMs
Length on water line, 81 ieet; breadth eA-
treme. 10, feet length over all. no feet,
with ccntreboard down, 2l feet an-le OF rake
OF sternpost. 60 degrees weight of lead keel. Il
tons Ii "wt. Length OF mast, deck TO hounds p
feet length of hoWSpTlt aboard % lee. IcnE'I
OF mai boom. II feet: length o. gan. \" ieet"
bdom % wHTRne q
Al feet sail area ABOUT 800 luare leet: rating
by Yacht Racing Association measnremcn.
rs fhe will have IA crew OF seventeen all toll.
A New Challenger Tor the Americ"'- CUR.
Boston May 5.-The following letter sub
stantiates a paragraph which appeared in The
Sun less than a month ago. about new chal-
lenGer for the Americas cup. The statement
was made that Naval Architect Herbert Nynne
fairbrass of Herne Pay. Kent Eng had
received order for such yacht This Is
what Mr.. Fairbrass has to say on the subject
nkENA BAY K4NI Apri! 10, ies"
DIAt sig IdlIy received your wire. hut am bound
not 10 make any disclosures with regard to the pro
k"%$ys5 ths hsvs H5sTsTsS he nsssss.ry P1
o aGa ha my SHs en as We. IL known in
York As he " o'f Srh hsls wee s2ssi irz sGa
The above shows that Both Sir koderick
Cameron and Mr. Chas. H. SWEET, the latter
iormerlyoW ner of the Clara. have signitied their
intention 10 challenge for the cup. In fact at
one time Mr c. H. SWEET had. with a number
Of others. formed a syndicate. and was about
10 challenge when the new deed of slit was
made Both gentlemen are well known In New
York especially Mr.. SWEET, who is also mem
Der Of the New York Yacht Club. and at the
time Of the contemplated challenging he ind
Gated that he would resign mis- membership
from the club. II Mr.. SWEET is Naval Arch.
tect Fairbrass's client, Americans may look for
a 90-footer. He is an Englishman and n mem
Der Of the bar,