Evening journal., 1895-05-08
WEDNESDAY,. MAY $. 1895.
the persnasr and Hsr GROW.

The Defender and Hor Grew.
The twenty-six members OF the crew
OF the new cup defender recently
arrived In New York and proceeded to
the dock where the Colonis has been
made ready. AS soon as the crew goes
on board Captain Half will begin to rig
the beat. It will take weak to do this,
and then the Colonia will 20 into dry
dock. When she comes out the active
work OF training win begin.
s-.Ths crew is made up of strong looking
fellows, bronzed by exposure. having
been at sea the greater part Of their
lives, and one or two Of them have been
in shlpwrscks and other mishaps. George
StIrson was on the schooner Jefferson,
which was wrecked on Bakers Island
little over = year ago Gardiner @.
Greene was on the schooner A. L.
Mitchell when she was wrecked at Quick's
Hole, near New London. Captain Half
viii drill them on the Colonia until the
Defender is completed and then they will
be transferred to her for the seasons
yachting.
An order for the second suit OF sails for
the Defender has bsen placed by the
Iselin syndicate with Wilson q silsbee,
OF Boston, who furnished the sails for
the Colonia, Pilgrim, Jubilee and
NAvahoe. This suit will be OF the
ordinary cut, with the cloths of the
mainsail running up and down the sail
parallel with the leech, instead Of across
the sail at right angles to the leech, as In
the suit which the Herreshoffs are now
making.
It was stipulated in the sontract for
building the boat that the Herreshotfs
should furnish one suit and the syndicate
another This did not necessarily mean
that the syndicate did not have faith In
ths new crosscut style OF the Herrsshoffa,
but rather that they desired to test II fully
against . suit Of the ordinary cut. The
suit which Wilson g. silsbse will make will
be OF especially woven duck made from
selected American cotton. The firm has
not yet sxperimented with RanIe cloth,
although 1t has some OF ths material on
the way from abroad All the Hsrrashoff
boats Of this year will have the cross
cut sails
The spsrs for the Defender are being
fashioned by the Boston Spar Company
The mast log has not been touched only
being marked off in chalk every few feet
and the lines for shaving shown. The
boom ia nearly finished 1t will be ready
for shipment any day now. but 1t is said
all will 60 together some time next week.
They will be loaded on fat cars for the
Bristol works.
The mast will be just 1O2 feet long
when finished It will be buried ulns
feet, which shows the depth Of the hull
Of the Defender This line is plainly
marked of, so that even a landsman
might guess at it. The first thing tC
claim attention Is the long boom, and 1
prettier spar was never turned out any
where It is the same length az thu
mast and is beautifully proportioned
It Is 15i inches In diameter at the
thicksst point, and gracefully tapers al
each end. There Is not flaw anywhere
1t Is not hollow, nor are any Of tbs
spars
The spinnaker pole is beauty in ever.
way 1t will be smoothed in few days
and will be the third spar to be fniahsd
The bowsprit is to be shellscksd. Th
apinnaksr is Y feet long 81 inches thic
in the middle. Ths bowsprit is A fee
long and 12t inches at the foot. Th
gan VIII be 81 feet long and Is inchs
thick, unusually strong and stiff TIL
topsAil yard VIII be 81 feet long and 8
inches thick And, last Of all, the top
mast win be 81 2 feet long and 10g inch,
thick
These figures indicate that the ne
boat win be the most powerful ev'
turned out on this side