Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-06-15
BOSTON'S PILGRIM,
Pretty Launch of the Cup Defender
Monday Morning.

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fender designed by Stewart & Binney for
\ Boston syndicate, was launched at the
| shipvard OF the Pusey Il Jones Company
| Monday morning, exactly at lOo'ciock. The
| launch was most successful and extremely |
/ pretty. About 500 spectators were present
and every point OF vantage was occupied.
| The greatest enthusiasm prevailed. \ llag
floated from the deck of the yacht and the
shipping in the harbor was decorated with
bunting
The spectators included officers and
| employees OF the Puscy n Jones Company, |
Mr.. and Mrs. George II, Bullard, George .
\, Stewart. Arthur Binney and Captain
Edward Sherlock Of Boston, w. y.
Robinson of tile Boston GLOBE, and y. K.
Benson George Il. Young and Thomas |
Benson of the Harlan X Hollngsworth |
Company.
People began to arrive at the shipyard a |
few minutes before O'Clock and they |
pleasantly passed an hour inspecting and |
admiring the craft while she was ON the |
ways. To them She presented "A decidedly |
laid and everything 10 be done here had
been accomplished. The arrival of the |
hour of high tide was the only thing |
which prevented the launch occurring
earlier.
1t took only few minutes to free the
vessel from her fastenings ami with an
easy gliding motion She sped into the
ChristIuna just rs she was entering the
stream she was christcned by Mrs. Bullhrd
the mother OF Mr.. Binncy, one of the de
signers who broke bottle Of wing uStr
the boat ; Prov. The yacht took to water
us naturully us d fish would, TO which the
bottom OF the vessels hull bears II strong
resemblance, In the water the craft has Il
decidedly rakish look. Immediately after
being launched the Pilgrim was lowed to "A
wharf and the BOstonianS came ashore,
and soon thereafter started ON their home
| ward iOurupN,
. The Pilgrim is the one cup defender
about which the least is known. She has
Y excited more than the usual interest and
: there is a widespread desire to know what
= she is like, for 1t has been understood that
. her designers had gone TO the extreme III
{ the matter of draught and that CUnSidcra
. tons other than that of speed had little
I place in her design.
I Her principal dimensions are as follows.
u Length over all, 10 feet water line, 81
. feet beam, % feet, draught OF hull . feet;
: depth Of fin, II feet total draught, - feet.
u These dimensions give her an overall
length of Il few feet less han the HERE
e shon boats, the beam of the NayahOe and
six feet more dranght than the Rodgers
boat. She is the most radical departure
yet made in American yacht designing
: and If she u successful Il new line for big
racing yachts will have been marked out
Her great draupht, the greatest over put
on racing yacht, would alone stamp hcf
u as u lNlllhI hhblf llluNHtNlhlls wv WITH
many other things in the design are taken
into consideration it is not far ont of the
, way to say that the performance of no
- single one Of the cup defence tlert Will he
y watched with more interest by yachtsmcn
and yacht designers on both sides of the
Atlantic
In designing the boat NIessrs Stewart
d. aud Binney have evidently sought to
secure the greatest possible power on the
least possible displacement and they un-
dunbtedly have succeeded for the boat,
while carrying sail plan considerably
larger than that on the Old Volunteer, has
many tons less displacement and has con.
i scqnently Just so much less weight to be
carried through the water.
The object has been attained by carry
. ing the lead at the lowest possible point
/ and thus taking d much less amount vi il
3 t. give the stability required. When il is
l. stated that the Pilgrim will carry less thar
10 tons of lead, in place of the ~ carrie
by the Volunteer and the 70 carried by TIN
lterreshuI boats the truth of the prnpusi
tion Just advanced becomes apparent, Du
the result is Il racing machine which vii
nave to stay in deep water and which vii
ter be barred from many places accessible 4
,h. tic three others. But this is not am OBJ
Or. starl" which will count III the races, ana /
rk is evident that the Boston syndicate is Gu
!; for the honor Of cur defence at whateyc
~. cost Racing and not cruising condition
D: have governed the design.
Ia. al IL.
'le, H innatl ny poal SHOWS very 'as!,
Ms, n4shi Section, Moor WIN Coilstde'apI
L. ,tiu rlSc ana Il hniS "illcN IN rs ''th
ne HhrS b0ih forward ana an promise, spec
III AL sorts OF water from me else VIII
wnioh y can ne uflNeh mere ~ not
Ear huliuw III hef lines anywhere ana "a
l. oFefhahsS are SIMPLY EXTENDED enough t
d properly carry ont the bldN.
Z me bilSe IS an easy one and turn
~ cleanlE from thm straight iinur 10 tn
- lArlng tppSldo. me extreme beam ~ ~
boal y at the deck anu the waler-4!l
beam Is more than two lect lass. III
water lines appear almost straight lnfWar
IDS, and are moderately lAll att.
Inc whole chcct oil the model Is that e
5sed boat with small and me IN Ter watt
boiy, q good sldt To san on when rhr
Eetltl ahd an exceedingly easy BODY
IN. drive thrIhGh the water, Inc boN : al
one which shohli he casy IN a sea way, Il
bow
/ Of Her lin wil be Of steel plate and Mil |
0m- nih'E 9t,'nt'i 70 III hctl ny p"t'e ~
EN-. angie IRONS, y VIII mol pc tut on hel
1 to but the holt will he durkcd in iirookly
.cr's y ", for the work. The shalluwnnsa
the hrstlara IN comparison With the n
ON. Of the tin viii not permit Of the vol
the being done ~ tins city. Men sent
we're Bruoklyn by the Pussy N Jones tumptn
ing however, Will do the work. The DWib
He lead VIA hc DGltcd on either SIDE the in
g in tins usual way
zone ono marked pecuarlty af the boat
Ert mulrl IS the carrying at Il metal cent?
MIR, | board forward Of INC lin to secure u
sun necessary lateral resistance forward
+ Ill win ward work. Tits board IL ABOUT