Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-07-26

Tenders Puritan, Mayflower and Volunteer.
and whose last candidate for the honor Is
consequently the Cynosure of all eyes in
the yachting world. She has already
beaten the famous old Volunteer in trial
spin and is without doubt very fast
yacht. She was designed by John h. Paine.
son Of General Paine, and does not belong
to any well recognized type Of yacht.
She is a fin keel because She carries most
of her ballast in lead bulb at the bottom
of a fin, and yet at the same time she is
centerboard, for one of these handy and
truly American appliances for holding
boat up TO windward drops through her
hollow fin, while another and smaller one
drops through the keel forward of the fin.
She has been called a ballast fin center
| board" and this name seems to tit her rs
we'll as any
Her performances will be eagerly watch
ed, for yachtsme are anxious TO learn what
place combination OF lin keel and center
board and this attempt TO combine the adj
| vantages of both types will take in Ameri
can yachting. Although General Paine
| doubtless had much to do with designing
| the Jubilee, he gives all the credit 10 his
| son. The Jubilee is So feet long on the
water line, which is about > feet less than
the other cup defenders. Her big fin is
| about 10 feet long on top and a little less
| than 80 ON the bottom. The large center
| board works inside the fin, rs in the usual
| centerboard box, and does not rise above the
keel plate of the hull. 1t is a steel plate of
/ about an inch in thickness and is II feet
| long on the bottom and feet broad. 1t
| weighs something less than three tons.
| The forward ctntcrboarl is also a steel
| plate, but it works up and down through a
i slot in the keel. 1t Is about feet long and
| has drop of or feet. Its function will
be to help the steering Of the boat in light
| airs. Steel is used throughout i'll the con
| struCtiop Of the hull, fin, CcuttrhuartlS and
| rudder, and liEhtueSS has been aimed 1T ev
| erywhCrr. The amount Of lead carried is
from 81 to ~ tons, and all Of it is on the fin.
| The NiEilaut. huilt Ivy the llerre>hutlS
| for the New York syndicate headed Ivy f..
| u. Morgan and C. a. l>elin, is i'll many
| ways the largest and most powerful uf the
| cup defenders. besides hrinE the most eN
| penSiVe one. She j. a cruttrhNari. and her
| principal dimensions are a. follows: Length
| over all. l%' feet. water line length, =
feet. beam. - feet: draft, Il feet In
model she is urrrrsho1 all over and has
the characteristic lines q all the firm :
| recent boats Her oryrblariuSs are IL,
longest Yet put ona racing YACHT. while II
the same time - great combination OF
beam and depth il III = Ioutvr has never
| been attempted
| In construction the boat is a combina,
| tlOn OF SttGl anu lNtth bronze, "niCu l.
unique in the history Of Yacht building
Her ruddcr and crutorhuard arr both ul
Tobin bronze, ~ that below the water lin,
the boat shows n smooth and shining sur
face OF yellow metal that he htrnavly~ Wi
fight shy of. The Nigilant spreads NOR,
sail than her rivals.
The Pilgrim, owned Ivy a syndicate o.
Boston yachtsmen, is a fin keel of the most
radical type and has greater draft of wa
ter than ever before given Il racing yacht
Her principal dimensions are as follows
| Water line So feet; length over all, 40 feet
beam, - feet; draft of hull. . feet; depth o
| fin, Il feet; total draft, - feet. She is bull
of steel, with special regard to lghtncss
and strength, and is very smoothly plated
For ballast the boat carries something les
than 20 tons of lead in "a bulb at the bottom
Of her fin. She floats very high out Of wa
ter now, but promises to come about to he
lines-with spars and Tin in place. Her sal
plan is a little larger than that Of the Vol
unteer and is the smallest of the four cuI
| defenders.