Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-02
ETHELwYNN A LITTLE BEAUTY.
Americas Baby Defender Well Able
to Cope With Spruce ~.

Americas Baby Defender Well Able
to Cope With Spruce ".
The baby defender Ethelwynn, which will
represent this country in series of races
for the Seawanhaka International challenge
cup for small yachts. inpresses yachts
men very favorably, says the New York
World. All agree that Ethelwynn Is a we'll
built boat, a remarkably fast sailer in light
wind and dangerous opponent in an or
dinarily stiff breeze. Running before the
wind or beating to windWard. she is equally
strong. !
1t happened that in selecting Ethelwynn
as the boat best adapted ito meet the En-
glish invader Spruce ". the Seawanhaha
race committee also selected the best Look
ing Of the fleet of fifteen-f ooters that tried
for the honor. None Of the other yachts
have the graceful lines, that distinguish the
baby defender. She is an all-around
beauty.
Her Construction.
Her construction Is considered well-nigh
perfect. She Is what is known as a double
skinned craft. Her inside planktng is of
white cedar to the thickness of an eighth
Of an inch, her outside planking being of
one-quarter-inch Spanish cedar or mahog-
any rubbed down to three-sxteenths of an
inch. Between the two plankings is layer
of union silk, covered with two coats of
| white lead paint. In general dimensions
she is 146 at load water line, and her
length over all Is 23.4 Her beam at water
line is feet inches. and at the deck 8
| feet. The deck Is planked with white cedar
three-sixteenths Of an inch i'll thickness
| covered with white canvas, painted a ma
hogany color and rubbed down. The bulk
heads at each end are water-tight and the
cockpit IS non-sinkable.
Her centerboard is of the dagger variety,
modelled after an idea of Linton Hope the
English yacht designer. When down the
nf hn hoo ,.J t.
Is Is inches at the widest part, and tapers
down to point at the lower edge. The
front side Is very nearly straight. The
board Is OF bronze, covered with a coating
OF manganese. All in all, the board Is one
of the strongest points about the American
midget.
Her Rigging.
Ethelwynn is well provided for in rig
girg. Her mainsail is leg O. mutton I'M
provement on the English yard rig. The
hoist Is all on the mast. She has 1875 square
feet of mainsail and 35 square feet of main
jib. She carries three other jibs and d
large spinnaker. The light sails are all
made of Union silk. The throat and jlb
halyards are of bronze wire down to the
double Jig at deck The shrouds are of the
same material. one eighth inch in diameter.
Ethelwynn rig was copied after the
Scarecrow. desigred by w. p. Stephens for
c. j. Stevens.
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Ethelwyrn. Mr.. Stephens did not design
her until July, Cornelius j. Field, for whom
she was built, having conferred with the
designer upon the matter at the Larch-
mont Independence day regatta.
Ethelwynns first race was sailed at the
American regatta on August TO- and she
was victorious in her class She defeated
Trilby, a noted half rater, by Ii minutes
and the Huntington Brothers staunch lit
| tie Question by 40 minutes. AT the Hugue-
| not regatta, August IL, Ethelwynn did not
do anything, owing to the misfit of her
| sails. At the Riverside regatta, August -,
| from the 2l-footers. winning from them on
actual time In a beat to wlndward. Au-
| gust "a, at the Horseshoe Harbor Yacht
] Club regatta, the baby defender capsized.
| The wind was very heavy on this occasion.
Fitted with a new suit of sails. Ethelwynn
| entered the trial races and won all three.
Coming of Spruce ".
Yacht Club, which winsbe represented in
| the contest for the international trophy
offered by the Seawanhaka-Corint
Yacht Club by Mr.. ,. Arthur Brands
Spruce ", says that all arrangements
have been made for tie seontest and that
everything passed ,offssfu the friendliest
| manner. He said that's the committee of
the Minima Yacht Club fan sh tn the con
was an ardent yachtsman, and was full of
hope for success. Mr.. ,spicer declined to
express an opinion as to the relative
chances of the British and American rep
resentatives. but. at the same time, was
| confident that his American opponents
would concede to Mr.. Brand fair play and
all the justice that could be conceded to
| him in English waters
Mr.. Brand sailed for New York Saturday
| on the steamer Fulda from Southamptol 1.
| He will bring his boat with him.
| A Big Catch of Pickere1.
| MIR. z. Preston Sheaey has just returned
! from a months trip to the Thousand
| Islands and points on the ST. Lawrence
river. While at the islands. party of
| four, of which Mr.. Shealey was one, caught
the largest number of pickerel that has
| been brought into Alexandra bay this sea-
| son. The party was in charge of two skill
| full river oarsmen Dan Massey and Edward
D:ngman. and under their guidance caught.
i on August ~, sxty-one pickerel. the large st
weighing six poundss and the average
weight being about three pounds. Most OF
the ash were taken among The Canadian
| islands