New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-08
BUILT on NEW LINES.
RADICAL IDEAS IN A CUP DEFENDER.
GREAT POWER AND SMALL DISPLACEMENT OF
TIE PILGRIM. BEING CONSTRUCTED
IN \ WILMINGTON YARD.
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Boston, Nav Little thus far has been written
about OF the cupdcfcndcrs the Pilgrim the Boston
syndicate boat, designed by stewart and Einney now
being built at the ward Of puscy a jones' Wilmington
Del. \ ut inspection OF Ii I'm In" ward by W. f. Roe
inson enables him to give official bui n"verhe-
JOSS an almost exact description OF her. The prin-
cipal dimensions OF the boat as follows: Length
over all 12O feet water line. So feet beam. 81 feet
draught OF hull. feet depth Of fin. Il feet: total
draught 30 feet These dimensions give her an over
all length Of few feet less than the llcrres-ho boats
The beam OF the NaNahOe and six feet more dAught
than even the Rogers boat. She IS the most radical
departure yet made in American Yacht designing and
If She is successful line for big racing yachts
will have been marked ont. Her great draight, the
greatest put on racing yacht, world alone stamp
her as a remarkable production but when many other
things in the design taken into consideration, II
is not far ont of the way 10 say that the performance
OF no single one Of the cup defence fleet Will be- watched
with more interest by yachsmcn ana yacht designers
on both sides Of the ocean.
In designing the boat. Mcssrs. Stewart and Binney
have evidently sought TO hc greatest poS-ib"
power on the least possible displacement, and so far
as the writer can judge. they have succeeded for the
boat while carrying sail plan considerably larger
than that on the old Volunteer, has many tons less
Displacement and las consequently just much less
weight TO BE- carried through the water.
The object has bcen attained by carrying tn" lead
AT the lowest possible point. and thus taking much
smaller amount of II to give the stability required
when 1t is stated that the new boat will carry less
than 20 tons Of lead In place OF the 81 carried by
the Volunteer and the 20 carried By the Icrr'>hon
boats, the truth Of the proposition Just advanced be-
comes apparent: but the result IS a racing machn"
which will have TO stay In deep water and which Will
be barred from many places accessible 20 the other
three But this is not obstacle which will count
in the races, and 1t Is evident that the Boston
syndicate Is out for the honors OF the cup defence
whatever cost. Racing. and not cruising. conditions
have governed the design. The whole effect Of The
model Is that Of a boat with small and fine under
water body, good side TO sail on when She l. heed
and an exceedingly easy body to drive through the
water. The boat is also one which should be- easy
in s"away. for there Is suspicion Of natncss In
the bow.
a fine model 10 look at the comment Of
one Of the builders, and II may be- said that the
boat is thought exceedingly we'll Of at the Whining
ton yard. ad Is considered 10 be right In the fight.
Her fin will 10 Of steel plate, and viii be- firmly
secured TO the keel by bolts and angle irons. IL viii
not be put at the Wilmington yard. but the boat
will be doched IN NcwYork for the work. The lead
will be- bOlted either side the fin In the usual
way. one marked popularity OF the boats model
Is the carrying OF metal ccntreboard forward Of
the fin 10 the necessary lateral resistance for
ward In windward work This board will BE- about
seven feet long. and will drop In the usual way
In construction the boat Is OF steel throughout with
somewhat heavier frames than some Of the other
boats but with fully rs light plating. Extra strength
Is given where extra strain T. brought. and l" deck
Will b. strapped in the most approved fashion. Tn"
steel plates viii b" treated with muratic acid before
they put and smoothnc,s about equal Ia
Toln bronze Will. II is thought thereby bc obtained
The plating will be- Tapped and not matched. This
form IL easier 10 apply. and also saves weight In
bntt straps. No reduction IN speed j. expected from
the lap plating. for the Hines OF ia" laps follow
closely the lines I'm which tn" wafer will make IT.
way under and around the boat The firm say that
from her shape and the absence Of all hollows. the
boat Will be an easy one TO plate.
As 10 the rig which she will carry II can be said
that. while II Will be- larger than that Of the old
Volunteer, Il Will be the smallest Of the four cup
defenders. The spars are now being made at Inv
lcyS Tie hcad-rig will be- small one" Compar
Ing the Pilgrim with the other big snglc-stickef-. II
will be- found that she has the least displacement
Ocss than 100 tons, the easiest form 10 drive and
the best rig to handle ThO~" who most Inter
cstcd In her and who know much about her. C." no
reason why She should not be- fast and abb" craft.