New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-20

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moi more than three feet OF It projecting cupboard.
,.rr,os tho forestay OF the topmast when this Is
,.nd,ro And here during light weather. long
sail shaped rather like jibtopsaf. Is carried. AT
present the topnast Is struck bu' inc "onS ''
which II had formerly rested when not housed
were OF a size that told OF stout ana ao'e spar
Some idea Of the way that Vakyres booms
,.,,.a "a w,ndvard during heavy rolling In shape
Ices eaas could be gained by the sight OF her
mainboom guy that was snapped on the way over.
On every vessel the mainboom guy u hea's anu
nowerful because In case the sail attempts ~ Jpe
this affair has 10 take the wnoie weight Inc az
tvrie.s was large enough for an upper lake
schooner.
Her mainmast which is thirty feet shorter than
the racing lower mast. is also fine spar Ana
Il is no stranger here. having now mace 1s thiru
trim across the Atlantic Before being cut down IL
was formerly the racing spar OF Valkyrie H. ana
{, forms part of the material which Is expected
n hiring disaster to this boat because 1t came from
,ha former fated vessel. But when such excellent
sticks as these are lying around the old Morse
traditions are too inconvenient to be respected;
and so far Odin and Thor have received scant re-
spect.
the VOYAGE Valkyre III is in better shape now IMAM
at her launching. for everything has peen tried
that was put into the hull. There is no Meenie,
Meenie! tickle the parson' here. The Naikyr.e
has been weighed In the balance and found full
weight and twenty-seven feet VIDE.
NOT STRAINED. HE SAYS.
In regard to this question OF possible damage
during the voyage. Captain Cranhed was laughing
in his soft, unctuous way-a way mat snaAes III"
from stern TO gudgeon-over the fact that every re-
norter that has come near him so far mas asked
h,,n .rs tho Vakyre strained at a?' The Cap
tain WAS compelled to acknowledge that she was
not though the smile in his eye showed that he
may have thought they would be better pieaseu II
she
He was quite right in what he said Valkyre
TIT u In aseressiveiy good health Seldom has any
vessel entered this bonniest Of all harbors that was
mora partlcularly ft Her hull 10 vision. 10
spite OF her enormous beam there is no sign OF
what is euphonousy termed 'potoeiiy. ohe mas
the centre size all right; but as in the case OF tai
woman. YOU don't notice any abrupt engagements
1t is all symmetrical. The bow lines all SVEN
so gradually that you don notice the WIDTH his
mart of her reminds one much OF the Nigilant on
side view, but as you draw closer you ma that
the full convex lines OF the Vgiiants Do"s are
here absent giving her lees OF that spoon-Ke FORM
OF entrance which is such marked feature OF the
Vieilant The absence Of this rather odd forma-
ton will make valkyrie III splash less water
at bows than the Vgllant. while at the same time
il will provide less lifting power and buoyancy in
the region where these qualities have done good
work In the Gorana and the Nigilant
Is THERE FAULT HERE?
The examination which the writer made OF the
lines underneath her counter was too short to be
satisfactory but the cursory glance. made from a
disadvantageous point Of view, seemed to suggest
that there is perhaps fault in her model here
In the region about opposite her tiller there seems
10 be an unwhlttled-on portion which leaves some
rather unscientific lines and hardness of curve
that do not promise we'll TO the way Val
kyrie III will leave the water. Without wishing
to state the matter badly and without reserve on
so poor an examination, and with all the reticence
that must be present before one sees boat sas'.
it may for the present be limited that there are
curvatures in this region which seem to suggest a
dragging of water and the throwing OF a heavy
swell off the counter.
This. of course. Will not be noticeable In very
light weather. but when the boat is heavily
pressed to reel off thirteen fourteen knot gait
il may be that damaging defect will be exhibited
IN this region MR. Watson might 6e epy 'n aery
comes up. whether a boat wants to put her sail
carrying power in the region, where lumpiness
drags half an ocean after her. While the intention
is 10 put all the above remarks Interestingly and
tentatively II can with confidence be said tnat ,he
after line is the Defender
A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE DEFENDER.
The Defenders strong point or at least one of
them. is that she leaves the water wonderfully
we'll Her comparative narrowness assists in this.
With four feet more beam, the Nalkyrie could
hardly be expected to make as i bs ss bo th
have wor races IN spite or large swell winch
rolled away from their counters counters ., o. ssvor.,
yachts which TO all appearance were made to do
reality ra win ony on the ghest days The reason
that long they were almost straight up
never immersed. and thus did not drag water. But
they were careened TO what ought to
at the lee counter. and that was the end of them.
Narrower boats, with after lines drawn timely out,
Now there is just a suspicion possible that this
will be the case with Nalkyrie III. Her model
most undoubtedly shows enormous power. And
yet. while she has all the appearance OF heavy
weather boat. she may never develop enough power
enough to keep in the company OF Defender the
First-the one and only Defender
but"
As Valtyrie III sat in the water yesterday. her
stubby cruising spars only serving to emphasize
the abilities OF her body. the writer would
be inclined to name her the winning boat. And
this, too after having seen the Defenders best per-
formances But there's something about that
counter that's ma the thing" the Scotch say.
The quick resolution name the winner is sickied
DER with the pale cast OF thought-and the cast
OF that counter-and then Judgment halts
mseS Soa @"H look al not onse perhaps
but what difference inside And here is where
Watson, poss bly,, according TO some Views. got In
his fine work. He built the reckoning that
beam does not count qs not measured IN the cal;
culation OF boats size Tor these interna'ional
races. II the same Idea that made the Vigil
liant beat valkyrie II. when she developed In width
sail carrying power which was only taxed In the
measurement OF sail area. II has for many years
been known that under the present or similar rules
for measurement the beamy boat had an advan-
tage. Beam IS not measured. II is supposed To
be represented In the taxation on the great sail
area which the beam power provided for But IL
was found IN actual practice ihat the taxation on
SAN did not really represent he fun adysn.
tage Of The beamy boat. because only the square
root OF the whole sail area Is considered In the
calculation.
What II called the racing length Of a yacht Is
obtained by adding to the square root Of the sail
~ THAT LUMP in man