The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-27
LORD DuNEAXrN
c. OLIVER IsELIN.

A third yacht was named Jubilee in
order to catch whatever magic might come
with the Columbian Quadriccntennial wear.
out TINS mascot also proved powcrlcss.
The fourth yachts name began with the
potent V, and in the trial races between
the quartet of would be cup defenders
the swift Nigilant outsaied her rivals and
was selected to meet the challenger Thus
Tar 1t will be seen the letter V is very much
in evidence, but what the result will be
when the two Us clash-when the Irish
Nalliyrie and the Yankee Vigilunt meet in
struggle for the cup--is not at all clear
just now.
The Vigilant is owned by syndicate of
rich New York yachtsmen, the principal
members of which are Commodore Il. d.
Morgan of the New York Yacht club and
=. Oliver lselin, two of the best yachtsmen
In America. Iselin is conducting the af-
fairs of the yacht for the syndicate, the re-
naming members of which are August
and Perry Belmont, Chester w. Chapin.
Adrian Iselin, James NJ Waterbury,
Oliver ii. p. Belmont, Charles r. Flint,
George G. Clark and Harry Astor Carey.
The Vigilant was largely an experiment.
but thus far she has proved happy one
In at least two respects she is unique III
the history of yacht building Her sail
n
yacht OF her size, and she is sheathed with
costly Tobin bronze, as no other yacht has
been. The bronze is much superior to
steel, for it is light, unusually smooth and
hard to foul
On the loadwater line the Vigilant is sc. 10
feet long. Her length over all is 12S feet
beam 20 feet, draft If feet. In type she is a
powerful centerboard sloop and truly rep
resents the Yankee idea us to what n
worlds champion yacht should be. Her
boom is IS feet long, and there are 10 tons
OF ballast OH her Keel to enable her to stand
up under her immense spread of canvns
The Nigiant has thus far cost over SEQ.
0O0, and i'll all probability her owners will
part with 100000 in all before the Ameri
cas- cup races are over. The cup is not at all
pretty and only cost about 500 but since
1901 Ill the neighborhood of 81, 10000 has
been expended by yachtsmen who have
either come after the trophy or built Yachts
to defend it,
ghe Vigilant is handled by Captain Will
liam Hansen and Il large crew of eyperi-
enced sailors Hansen was born i'm BERGEN
Norway, 10 years ago, and for 10 years he
has been sailing crack yachts on this side
of the Atlantic
lie iished with his father while a mere
boy and commenced going TO sea when II
SS'ii" SiN. iitiScl Dt'1di1 NacfltinD y IL
gust, 1870, i'll the schooner Alice The fol-
lowing summer he was in the schooner
Josephine and III 1872 in the schooncrs
Vcsta and Sylvia
From the time the Sachem was launched
Hansen was her master for three seasons.
she was built for racer, and among her
victories are two Goelet cups won in 1857
and lSSS. In 1889 Hansen became master
of the Burgess yacht Quickstep, one of the
fastest schooners in New York waters.
The challenging yacht Vaikyrie is owned
by Lord Dunraven, who has shown patri-
otto desire to win back the Americas cup
for several years past. His yacht has thus
far shown herself ut least the equal if not
the superior of any yacht in English wa
tiers. She has been beaten by the Prince of
Wales Britannia, but she has also defeated
that famous flyer in turn. and honors are
about equal between them
The Valkyric is commanded by Captain
William Cranfeld. an old and experienced
skipper. He las been In, IOrd Dunravan,,