The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-11
A NEW CENTREBOARDER
AN ENGLISH ADMIRAL IA VORS 1Hh
AMERICAN TYPE OF BOATS
To 30 Taken TO Bermnd aud Raced mere
Eastern Yachtsmsn Want the Next Cup
Kace. Sailed on m.rblehsad.

The Vigiant may not have induced
many English yacntsnlen 10 iaVoI 'ns
centreboard type OF yhcht, Dut one u
the most prominent ofhcfrs OF the Ehsi 19
navy Is now having cbntreboard racing
yacht buiit at Halifax, \. 5. rms Oihcer
Is Rear Admiral Sir John HOPKINS, ana
the boat Is being built from designs py
White of Cowes. /,
The new boat Is ~ fSet IN 'ensth, 10
plaLked oI british Columbia ceudf, mas
juniper knees, and Is finished In cana
dian elm. The sail area VIII De very
large, and she can be rugged Doth as d
service boat and as a sloOp. Inc centre
board is made of brass, ana Is worked
with d lover. The new boat Is 70 be
taken TO Bermuda on the cruiser Blake,
and her first race will be for the Bermuda
silver cup.
The hint given by English yachtsmen in
this country that Lord DunraVen IN MS
next challenge will ask that the cup
races next year be sailed OF NeWport or
Marblehead has given Eastern yachts-
men a hope that they may see the CON
tests without coming TO New YORK. Gen.
Paine and j. Malcolm Forbes have each
expressed the opinion that Marblehead
is the best place for the races. Other
Eastern yachtsmen think that Newport
will be agreed upon as compromise.
There are several prominent men in the
New York Yacht Club who favor New
port. They are men who have cottages
there, and they think that contest u
Americas cup OFF Brenton Reet LlSLt-
ship would do much for the social sea-
son at Newport. The Newport and Mar
blehead advocates are likely TO be dis
appointed. 49,. ~,
York Yacht Club that the only place Ior
the cup races is outside Sandy HOOK,
and IL has announced that 1t Will insist
on this, and fight for what II thinks is
right AS long as the cup Is held by the
New York Yacht Club of Sandy HOOK Is
the only place for the contests; IL is NOT
at all likely that il by any chance the
cup should get into the possession or the
Eastern Yacht Club, that club would
agree TO a race of Sandy Hook because
a few New York members wanted IL.
The only objection 10 SANDY HOOK Is
tb,,t IL takes so long to get down there
10 see the start and makes II so late
getting back TO town after the race Is
ever There is just as much open sea
off Sandy Hook as there Is OH MdrHe
are better off Sandy Hook than OFF New
port. The Englshmen think that there
would not be so many excursion boats
at Newport or MaTblehead as at SANDY
Hook They are mistaken in this.
Harry McCalmont VINO is menuoned
as one of the yachtsmen associated win
Lord Dunraven In the construction OF d
new Yacht 10 race for the Ameriea's cup,
will i'm ali probability be seen in these
waiers next year. She is a steel boat
" aho,t 500 tons yacht measurement.
Jiar dinensions are: Length between per-
80, Ainmiers rs feet; breadth, nodded,
Z, feet. depth. moldbulkheads OF Siemens-
Martin steel and Is so constructed as
rasdiiv 10 be converted into a light-armed
cruiser She is named Glralda, ana Is
10 steam 20 knots. ms VIII make her
the fastest steam yacht anoat. Inc Glral-
IA is fitted with twln-screw machinery.
20 a. boilers The machinery consists
Of rvJo sets OF triple-eXpanslon engines,
or ond %riII indicate 900 horse power with
nat,rsI draught. or 600 horse power
with forced draught.
VIZ" Nm Of the special features in the
c,roTSa saws The Badminton Library,
"a ,bat the saloons-consisting OF smok-
as, 100 rnom boudoir, or library, spacious
tiS saloon. and drawing room-are
iii n9 the main deck, where there are
al IL iavatories for cabins and crew,
th3oa eaIleys, and ample pantry and
service spaces. owners sleeping accom-
mediation is below, fore ana aoalt the
machinery space having lhter-communi-
nation an the main deck through the
Satioi The officers and crew are berthed
so,Is's "a and the servants quarters are
az, large bridge or shade deck extends
about 100 feet Of the vessel, on
dlon9 torward is the bridge, and also
WINCH, and wheel houses. The yacht
the me- .ah throughout by electricity. there
Is nsh e,,er 20 incandescent lamps. In
ps sn.ss,on 10 these, there are fitted two
auuleshJiiebts and groups OF electric lights
&c aach mast" The yacht Is at the
iol ~ the builders, the Fairchild Ship
ynSinc and Engineering Company. at
gn,,an GlasgoW.-New York Times.