The morning call., 1893-10-06
the boat. when launched. was christened
the Viiglaut

The boat. when launched. was christened
the Viiglaut.
Boston also caught the cup-defendlng
fever, and little later it was announced
that General Paine and his son. John b..
would build a racer. The result was the
Jubilee. Other Bostonians took hand
aud there was built the fin-keel Pilgrim.
So within nine months after Lord Dun
ravens challenge had been received four
boats were designed and built to defend
the America cup; two at New YORK and
two at Boston.
All four boats were completed early this
season, and were entered for the different
races at New York and Newport. A sum-
mary of these races shows:
VIgilant-Eight starts; five frsts, one second
one disabled, one did not finish.
Jubilee-Six starts; four seconds, one third,
one did not flush.
C0onia--Six starts; two firsts, three thirds,
one did not finish.
Pilgrim-Three starts; one second. two dis
abled.
Thus the Vigilant made the best show
ing early in the season. The trial races
between the four would-be cup-defenders.
accounts of which have recently appeared
10 the newspapers. also resulted in her
winning, so she was selected by the New
York Yacht Club to meet the Valkyrie and
defend the America cup.
The Vigiant's length over all is 124 feet
water line sc feet 8 inches. beam 26 feet,
draught IA feet, displacement about 40
tons. The boat is widest at the deck.
from where it sweeps down easily about a
q ho yrr
more quickly, sho wing very faint bilge.
1t runs almost in straight line for some
distance. then curves gently into the gar
boards; from here down il drops in a
straight line to the keel. The run aft is
very fine under water, but very full on the
quarters. The overhang at the end is cir
cular, the buttock lines are all convex, and
rise with an easy sweep to the end Of the
connter.
The additional cost Of the bronze bottom
of the Vigilant is said to have been S5O00
She carries thirty men and is commanded
by Captain William Hansen. Every man
on board is an American. though the ma
1ority are OF Morse extraction. As the
cup-defender stands she represents the
perfection of American yacht-bnilding,
not line being borrowed from the other
side of the ocean.
The Valkyrie was secretly built on the
Clyde. and took part In several races in
England. In all of which she was success
full. She sailed from Southampton August
q and arrived in New York September %.
The Valkyrie is compromise between a
keel boat and a centerboard. Some of her
lines are adopted from those followed by
American yacht builders. while others are
purely British. She is S6.S2 feet on the
water line. 120 feet over all. % feet beam,
has sail-spread of 10.207 feet and accord
ing to yacht-racing rules measures 147.70
tons. She has draught of about 16 feet.
Her lead. which weighs in the neighbor-
hood of seventy-tive tons. is carried we'll
forward with a gradual rise, while aft she
is finely tapered in the way of fin down
to the keel, giving her tremendous grip.
The spar and sail plans are very large. her
boom being over ninety feet long. The
mast is stepped we'll forward. and all of her
propelling power lies in the mainsail. Her
bowsprit only projects outboard about six
teen feet.