The sun., 1895-05-02
DESCRIBES THE DEFENDER.
@. oLInER IsEIIH TELLS WHAT THE
NEW RACING YACHT rs LIKE.

For the First Time He Declares that She
Is an Out-npd-Out Keel Boat, that Her
Beam Is Loss ana Her Draught More
Than the Coionia's, and that She IL OF
Manganese Bronze and Aluninun-she
Will Have the best Sails Money Can Buy
BRIsToL. II. L. May 1.-C. oliver Iseln broke
the reserve which he has held regarding tho
Defender, this afternoon, to THE SUN corre-
spondent. While Mr.. Iselin was still averse to
going into details about the Defender he talked
freely Of her in general way, and gave many
particulars confirming the impressions and
news concerning her already given In THE SUN.
For tho first time Mr.. Iseln says the Defender
Is an out-and-out keel boat, that her beam is =
little less than the Colona's. and her draught
considerably more, that shr isma,ganese bronze
below the water line and aluminium ABOVE. that
she will have the best suit of sails which money
cnn buy and the skill OF sailmakcrs produce
and that she will practically have four suits of
sails, from which will be selected the ones
which prove best in the preliminary racing.
Mr.. lscin reached Bristol this afternoon on
the :o5 O'Clock train, and was met by n. G.
HerreshoT and driven at once to the works 1t
is said tha. the visit was the result OF message
from Mr.. Herreshoff, but MIR. Iselin when
asked about 1t. said that 1t was simply nec-
Providence was made on the 5:15 o'clock train.
what can tell you about the boat which
you newspaper men do not already know"
asked Mr.. Iselin of The Sun correspondent.
The reporter admitted the force Of the thrust
but explained that many things believed TO be
truo about tho boat lacked official onirmation,
and tina: many details were lacking as well as
the exact dimensions.
Exact dimensions do not care TO give" said
of ballast &C., for it is not yet too late for tho
Valkyrie's people to alter their sail plan in ac-
cordsnce with the power. &c, which those fig-
ures would show our boat to have. Several pa
pers have given supposed dimensions; has THE
Sun done the same2"
When told that the paper had only committed
itself to the approximate dimensions of "a feet
beam and 10 feet draught. MIR. Iselin said:
"Those figures are not far from correct She is
to have little less beam than the Colonia had
at twenty-four feet and considerably moro
draught. She Is not far from 126 feet over all
over tho 90 foot limit"
will she have the auxiliary centreboard for
ward which some Of the papers have predicted Z"
She will not" was the emphatic reply. She
is an out and out keel boat. an Improvement Of
the Colonin model in ways deemed necessary
from past experience.
I'm the matter Of construction" continued
manganese bronze below the water line and Of
aluminium above so far as possible. Details
90 not care 70 give; but ths outline Is sufficient
- The sail plan? That cannot say much
about for obvious reasons, but as to the sails
themselves you can he assured that shall
have the best that can be obtained. The yacht
one OF the Herreshoff's, one OF Wilson of Boston.
would DO well to say who at present. Different
ideas are being work cd out in them and we shall
use tho one under which the boat appears to SO
Yes ySu have been right in \, SAYING That the
The Herreshoff's think 1t is an Improvement,
ss po on
appeared to be excellent ones. and At withont
theory IS sood one and now wo Viii Sec ho%
"One particular suit for practice sail? Not
at all. have been misc uoted II reported as
sTaI ssS = sfs ssaiiy sSs enc " EisS seems best est
the Defender f viii Sc ehosen to defend the cup. @
outcome OF events which is but natural under
the t As ,G the chances % Of sue
fender will Ie be than viriIansP was asked ' "
| from 8 TO minutes"
That Is not great deal IN view OF the Ailsas
No. it is not" replied Mr.. Iselin. with a
smile and look which had volumes of meaning
| in them, but. then. we don't know how fast
Vigilant really was. She was fast enough for Val
kyre. and promises to be faster this year. Tho
Defender should be fast enough for Valkyrie
Speaking Of Xalkyris reminded Mr. Iselin of
II am told" he said. that she is over 20 feet
beam and 8 feet draught. with sail plan OF over
% Is
smooth water, fol, such combination OF beam
and draught would not do much In any other
| conditions. In fact, II such are her dimensions,
| doubt II she can beat the Ailsa in all-uround
work. Possibly they may not get sufficient
see them light it out over here"
| was asked whether or not the Hcrreshoifs hal
agreed: In their contract, not to build another
FIT was this way" he said. after a moments
thought: II simply said 70 them that they
ssa me boat M h syS build
took my order It Was to be the only one. one '''
on boat did not care to add the worry and
friction that q second boat wonla produce. and
times. When Vigilant Coionia. and Navahoe
we're all on hand; shut no one else out. Tho
Herreshoffs could build for any ono they pleased
| but II they accepted my order 1t was to be the
Mr.. Isslin was very glad to hear that tho
Jubilee would be In commission, for 1t was only
| by plenty OF racing that tho new boat could DO
| made to do her best, and the more boats there
were in the racing the closer the racing would
| be.
"when will the Defender be delivered ?" was
! asked.
"You must ask the Herreshofrs." was the
| somewhat Quizzical reply. Tho contract calls
| for delivery juno 10. They are under $1,000
forfeit to deliver the boat before that date.
| day that delivery Is delayed after that date.
| And shall hold them to their contract" was
| his parting shot as he said good day.
PRINCE OF WALES MAI NOT COME,