New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-12
FLEET CUP DEFENDERS.
FOUR OF THEM TO BE rL.oATED THIS WEEK.
DIFFERENT TYPES REPRESENTED BY THE
COLoNIA, PILGRIM. THE MORGAN AND


THE PAINE BOATS.
Boston, June II (Special.-Four yachts buit TO
defend the Americas Cup will have been launched
within the present week. The Coona Is already
ahoat at Bristol the Pilgrim will be launched Mon
day at Wilmington. Del; the Morgan syndicate
boat will be launched Wednesday al Bristol, ana
the Paine boat will be launched at Lawley's the last
OF the week The boats. with the exception OF tae
Morgan craft. are built OF steel with keel. frames
ana plating Of that metal. Four distinct types OF
boats are represented in the cup-defencc feet The
ccntreboard Colona stands the representative oil
the ont andout keel type Of boat and in model Is an
enlarged Wasp with such changes as the designers
OF that successful 4jfootcr thought would conducc
10 speed and seawOrthiness She + powerful craft
with large proportion Of her seventy and odd tons
Of lead boltcd outside her steel keel. and hence
hung at tho lowest possible point. The Morgan boat
stands for the type Of the bcamy centreboard, with
considerable outside lead hung low down. which
has proved successful In the last three contests for
the Americas Cup Her extreme beam. three feet
more than that Of the Volunteer. and her lead being
some three feet lower promises the biggest sail
plan IN the feet and 1t will undoubtedly prove Il"
be so. The Pilgrim is radical hn-kcel, and In her
design throws all considerations but that OF speed
to one SIDE and goes boldly In for the extreme
draught allowed by the deed OF gift and the consc
quent lesschlng CT the weight OF lead necessary to
will carry less than twenty tons Of lead and will be
by far the highest displacement boat Of the quartet.
She Will also carry the smallest sail plan, with n
main boom Of about 81 feet and small head-rlr.
Her designers believe in a boat for which ex-
rcmely large rig Is not necessity to gain the
requisite driving power.
Unique and In class by herself so far type Is
concerned. IS the Paine boat. With the shallow hull
OF the nnkccls she carries the fin below It to =
moderate deDth. I'm prOporiiDn her Size. The
hull has draught OF four feet six inches, and the fin
Is nine feet deep giving total dranght ~ thirteen
feet six inches. or just about what Lawley can
haul out I'm this type Of boat his big railway.
At the bottom of the fin thirty five tons Of lead
Will he carried. and this gives The boat less power
but at the time less displacement and
smaller body 10 drive through the water Il an the
IIorrcshof models. But keel boat 81 only thirteen
feet six inches In draught coud hardly he supposed TO
hold up IN wndward with a ccntreboard OF twenty
feet or with her board down. The I'm Is mad
hollow In the centre and a centrcboari * put I'm
with drop about equal to the depth Of The Gn giving
n possible draught OF twenty feet And here is
where tho chief popularity Of the boat Is found
n she IS successful. another advance in yacht d"
signing Will DO recorded Forward Of the fin she
has Small ccnrcboard TO give stcadlncss I'm steer
ing Her RIG VIII De- much nearer that o! tho
lerrcshoT boats than was at first thought possible
Her main boom Will 10 nearer nirctyfve than ninety
feet. and she will have liberal head rig n sae
carries this sail properly She VII be hard customer
for the others to tackle
In spars sail, and rigging. far as liShtness ard
strength concerned. the boats will be very much
par. though each Win differ In detail. Eooms
will lie hollow on all four. while on the Paine boat
and the Pilgrim hollow gafs. topmnsts and spin
maker and cluhopsaIl pole, will Dc In order. In
shippers they VIII Lave the best tho country pro
duccs and the races will be tests Of the and
ability Of the who hold the wheels, yell as
Of the speed Of the boats themselves.