The sun., 1893-10-05

bly, never In the history Of yschting have 90
psSded q bring Gds ssSsoht to tRS ine ID perfect
As no official neasurementsh have been given
We can only give approximate m dimensions e, q
draueht. 1s feet. = In sheer outline the. boa. Is
than the Thistle, but has that long graceful
sweep so much admired in the former chal-
Starting siR from has neS
line Il sweeps down and crosses the water line
ss Tsn it. !, then
the, mast the keel takos sweep downward
n Ard then reverses . until It reaches the lowest
sif feet forward q the water line and HI has 3
the idea of being originally designed trisn-
gular In outline and atterIard dropped three
The midship section is a Very decided de-
parture from Watson's earlier productions.
The The easy easy GilgS and rounded side are gone me
Or more feet of perpendicular keel The water
ct she eStrs%e ends The deep @ ih' line Is Very
full forward: 1t ends at In wide but besuti-
and stafss SS iorvard %h rs @ Sf"
counter is continuation OF the buttock lines
on end boo ns Ks aii IL.
water is like the sheep's clothing to the vol.
- - sugsests , IN no way whata powerful craft
The Vsikyris is Of composite construction.
deck stringer deck beams. and frames being
Of o. steel Across the frames mes and n deck beams
e TSs osieet o the Wooden
plankiinMn q where SO much steel has AS been psed.
as hS Soa E
very tlne. and reflects great credit on the
builders: seldom ha. such handsome work
ant. although she Was made especially ] ii' strong
this boat. like that Of the Queen NAB. shows
the work Of a thoroughly trained naval archi
eek we snt good t tho snds
handsome effect: The deck fittings arc neat
we broad counter ' ufah desS se' M @ er
war; wsrd give ample room to handle sails. The
that OF twelve or thirteen years ago the great.
est I'm thmpT9ye;ment Pr appearing in the blocks and
sa sCHs Th'h the wrf
and band with lngs. to which the shrouds. &c.
are Tbs mast has the
winch The main % sheet @ hIbe aad u tlavsiers siiTs
sssssF nss sn e Tss
and WoSdsp trsstletrses with !hesId sSess
We p down ssf rs iensth The ",0fh ib hssrd
blocks are carried on a band well below the
sf@s 0"rS Se Ssrt S hs sres psas
a @ going A'ents to the
sr tsSs,ss sSow ny
change from the older methods.
The mastsis MAGNIFICENT stick OF Oregon
pine. about p q INCHES at deck and % inches
st ;t,|a ,}aws Of 4 ga The Gaff is very large being
stick, The boom n haDuSomp afick Of 0ra-
EoI pine oo feet %h inches long and i6s inches
The hollow, spar that was discarded was re-
mar6abty ARK h,i handsome n one: and: Il properly
Follow R much s@e
rerior to solid ones: il they fail il is because
club torsail 'p'' spnrs are very well SHAPED. and
should stand as long as 1t is advisable to carry
The, sails that have been set in this country
are all good. They show marked improve
ment over previous practice. They are made
better than ours. Tho mainsail seems entirely
free from the drawn appearance usually seen
the boom. The sail is more American than
any that has been sent over here. The usual
te Ere Ss Te
The lib is a radical departure from ali ali
stead II parallel to them: Lapthorn
sailmakers with hsadeails. This new depart
ure places them still further in the lead. The
feature in looking at the sail plan Is the small
amount OF actual sail compared with the
measurement. The clew oi the lib scarcely
comes to the forestay. The foresail is very
high above the deck. and the mainsail does
not not, MI the spars; several ever feet Of boom and
however. will be very effective.
The American boat has tho advantage in be-
ing in home waters. in having lighter n nd more
rigid spars. very much less weight aloft. larger
sail plan. better surfac and probably better
handling. These advantages are all inde-
pendent OF the model. The Valkyrie is a very
powerful hoat with rig smaller in proportion
Valkyrie should win in moderate weather.
handicapped as she Is. 1t will be q remarkable
thing but we do not expect II.
In heavy weather she should make tho best
showing and il she wins 1t will be under these
conditions. IRVING Cox.