The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-26

frames have arrived. They may be of bronze
like the keel plates. More expense, but justi-
fable one. The cardboard and lower streaks of
plating are to be of manganese bronze and the
top sides of aluminium bronze.
The two metals are much alike, except that
manganese bronze has the greater tensile
strength. Both have smoother surface than
the Tobin bronze used on the Vigilant, and by
their greater tensile strength allow the use of
thinner plates and consequently save weight.
Both bronzes are yellow in color. They will
not corrode or foul in salt water, and need no
painting to keep them in shape. The smooth
ness of the boats hull should be even greater
than that of the Vigilant, which gave such an
advantage in light airs.
The deck beams of the boat will be of steel
and the deck of pine with fittings of mahog-
any. She will have no interior fittings as the
entire crew Will be berthed on an attendant
steamer, which will be always at hand to tow
her around and to carry all spare spars, sails
and gear. Again expense is no object.
In model the boat, as has been said, is of the
fin keel type. The hull is shallower than that
OF the Colonia and the keel deeper. The floor
is fatter the bilge harder and the top sides
straighter than in that boat, while the dead
woods are much more cut away forward than
aft. The Colonia's keel is about forty-five feet
long on the bottom. The one on the new boat
is ten feet shorter, besides being curved at
either end. The floor will be carried well for
word and aft, showing a boat fast down the
wind, and she will have "long side to sail on
when she heels, point in which all the old
shippers particularly dote. She will have
great stability, and win not roll out a high
side to windward when she heels All of her
lines will be long, easy and sweeping. When
she is built power and speed should show in
every line. The bronze rudder will be hung on
the stern post, and the post itself will have
more rake than the Colonias. The total dis
placement OF the new boat should not reach
lao tons.
Comparing her with the Colonia as whole
she shows greater power, less body, finer lines,
and better shape all around. She will carry
more sail, make less fuss in going through the
water, and will do something which the
Colonia did not do, hang on properly to wind
ward as compared with the centerboards
Jubilee and Vigilant. With four feet more
draught than the Colonia, the ability of the
new boat to hang on much better to windward
can hardly be questioned.
Above the hull will rise the largest sail plan
ever yet put on an American racing Yacht
The Vigilant's great mast of sixty-nine feet
from deck to hounds will be increased by at
least half a dozen feet, while the main boom
will run to 104 feet. The mast will be set
further forward than on the Vigilant, and the
head sails will be smaller, like the Britishers
iAo sdii urea WILL NC over 1OOO 16eI greater
than the Vigilant's which was 1872 square
fees under the New York rules, and it will take
tremendous strong spars and rigging to keep it
properly aloft
In looking for reason for keel instead of a
centerboard boat being chosen, it is clear that
Herreshof thought he could build much
faster keel than centerboard. In other words.
he did not see how to improve the Vigilant up
to the speed of q keel. In his design he must
ha x-o1n 60
vocates like the new boat, but centerboa,d
men shake their heads and think of the Ailsa.
with no new centerboard being built to meet
her.