New-York tribune., 1895-08-18
CROWDS WATCH THE BIG YACHTS
THE DEFENDER AND THE v1GILANr lo D''
FLOATED THIS MORNING.

THE DEFENDER AND THE vIGILANr To DE-
FIIoArED THIS MORNING.
The interest in the fate of the great yach's'
the Defender and the Vigilant now In drydooN.
seeued TO be increased yesterday, and cro""s Va
people took advantage Of the opportunity Oh se'"o
them as they lay the ways together. IL wa
dec,dedIv what might be called Peoples DAY
vesterdav for there were few prominent yachtshie'
present but the throng Of sghtseeers was la
greater than IN the previous day. probably on ao
count Of the Saturday half holiday Ihere VIZ.
many women present. too. and they seemed u .""
fully as much interes. in the proceedings ana -
criticise the build OF the rivals. fully as wisely as
did many OF their escorts One American was
present who has lust returned from Paris win
French bride The bride looked over the DefenneI
as carefully the most critical expert couu' anu
then exclaimed "C'est epatant' The Gamer"
operators were even more In evidence thah OH III
day. =,
The painters at work on the Nigha"' an
day. bu; they had stopped polishing her bronze
bottom at an early hour; the old cup deiehue' .
bottom seemed easier to put in frst-cass shape ina"
does the Defenders The polishing OF the ~
tenders lower portions went on without ln'erin's
sion until nearly O'Clock. 1t was not until aino'
o'clock that much progress seemed to nave oeei
made toward getting properly the coat OF tne
new aluminium mixture on her port side Even
after the last application OF this composition '"e
Defenders sides did not present the neat c'ea"'
cear-cut look Of the Vigants AS one expert
remarked. the matter of painting the Defender ooes
not cut any figure with the members OF the sshu.-
cate. Provided only that the new boat beats al
kyrie III the syndicate will be satisfied TO see he
Defenders white side turn to the dull blue that inc
white paint assumes on the aluminium grouho IN
short time Indeed. II the Defender can only oe
feat the English boat It would be matter Oh
small moment to them II the aluminium sides the"i-
selves warped out OF shape. corroded and disap-
peared altogether. Talk may, and or course
the fact that boat must II she vents to win the
cup first the Atlantic. Is something these
champion yachts are little more than racing ma
china. ss~e
Mr. Iselin about the Boston dock all the morn
ing yesterday, but left the boat In the hahds oi
Captain Hank" Haf in the afternoon and went 10
New-Rochelle. Mr. Leeds and Colonel Kane went
off with him.
OF course no one was allowed board the De-
fender after Mr.. Iselin's departure any more thah
before he went away. but the crowd OF VISITORS
that focked 10 the dock at little after oclooA
seemed to be more at home, to feel more at tnelt
ease when they knew that the watchfu master & oa
the vessel was away for at least time. There was
no let-up in the work that was hurried forward
with the view TO getting the Defender noateu py i
this morning II poss BILE The starboard spreader
to be more substantial than the old one which was vas
time TO find out any and all OF the boats defects
1t is one thing to have steering gear go "rpas' p
tce races In saii-spreadng trips. and quite an
have less important dcclueHt my
pen wien the Defender Is in an actual race Win
boat like Vakyre III for the Americas Cup.
Another detail Of the work on the Defender yes
terday the tightening up OF her starpoaru tuIh
buck,es. OF course there were hundred minor
things be attended 10. and they were rapldiy pu.
in If small thing such little instrument 10
a violin, needs frequent changes ana tunlhss UP 10
make perform properly, how much more need mas
a large ana important piece OF mechanism nhe d
yacht of frequent looking over and al:eratlons.
When the spectators had tired little ol taxing III
the Defenders perfections they turned 10 the nis
liant Ii takes expert almost TO tell the diler.
ence between the two despite the fact that one p3a'
IS a centrebOard and the other hn-keel TIE De
fender has much the more racehorse-like construc-
ton of ne .wo , l., .Ao
await the Defenders arrival 1t was decided towtrn
< o'clock that the Defender will leave the dock
about O'clock this morning and be towed by the
Wallace b Flint TO New Rochelle one reason OF
This il is supposed Is changes In her san
plan that Mr Iselin still desires 10 make 1t is
we'll known that he has another suit OF sails fof
the Defender still in the sail loft in his stables al
New-Rochelle The water will be pumped into the
dock beginning at o'clock this morning. and the
Defender will be at NewRochele, If there is no fos
or other delay By noon As soon as the Defender
comes out of the drydock the Vigant VIII also leave
il but II is not certain yet If the Nigilant VIII go 20
Eay Ridge or down the Horseshoe one ausury
Of luck for the old boat furnished yesterday
hv a small goat that climbed down the sides OF the
drvdock and feasted rubbish and refuse near tne
Vigant but could not be induced TO go over near
tha Dafa