The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-21
DIMENSIONS OF vALKYRIE.
Widest Beam of Any Cup Challenger.
Figures for Experts.
From the New York Times.

from the New York llIneS.
The Valkyrie III. is the beamiest keel
boat that has ever been built, either to
defend or challenge for the Americas
cup, and she is also the most powerful one.
She is also a foot wider than the widest
centerboarder ever built TO defend the
cup. The Valkyrie's draught is Is feet 6
inches. The extreme beam is between the
water line and deck. At the latter point
the frame begins to tumble to the deck,
where Valkyrie III. measures 26 feet 6
inches. The midsection has round, full.
easy side to it, with a beam Of q feet, two
feet above the water line. It measures &c
feet at the water line. From this point the
line is brought down. giving an easy curve
yet powerful shape to the bilge. The lines
then takes on a little dead rise, and run
down into the garboards in an easy curve,
and then down almost perpendicular for
eight feet to the bottom of the lead keel.
The lead keel on the top is wider than on
the Defender, and is three feet in the wild
est part Of the bulb. 1t is deep aft, and
rises with rake of eight degrees from
horizontal
The Valkyrie has a sort of ballast fin
midship section. The midsection is one of
the most powerful ever put on a cup chal-
lenger or defender. 1t is a section showing
great stability of form, a section which.
while, easy, offers great resistance to
heeling.
The top Of the lead keel on the Valkyrie
measures 30 feet inches, and she has an
area to her lateral plane of S61.S7 square
feet. She has about 15S tons displacement.
Nalkyrie's power has been utilized TO the
best advantage. She will stand up and
her bilge will form an elbow when she is
n HptMan will praUpnf her Gapofnor
off to leeward.
The beam dimensions of the Valkyrie at
20 feet aft of the stemhead are lila feet; at
40 feet aft, 202 feet; at go feet aft, 25.6 feet;
at so feet aft, 26 feet, and at 100 feet aft
"A feet inches. The stern is nearly clip
teal in shape.
The overall length of the Valkyrie is
129 feet. Her forward overhang measures
is feet, and her after overhang p feet
inches. From the end of the water line aft
to where the rudder post enters the boat
1t is 10 feet Her least freeboard is feet
inches. The lead keel at the fnidship Sec
ton on top is 3 feet inches, and its depth
here is 5 feet 6 inches. 1t weighs about 50
tons The draught Of the Valkyrie at the
midsection is II feet inches, and her ex-
IRENE draught is IS feet inches. At a
point q feet forward Of the after end of
the load water line is the place Of the
greatest draught.
The approximate sail plan of the Valkyrie
shows a mainsan of over 1000 square
feet, with total area of working sails not
far from 1,5O0 square feet, which is just
about 1000 square feet in her favor This
additional sail area gives the Valkyrie
more sail to each foot of wetted surface,
lateral plane, and to each ton of displace-
ment.
The spar dimensions of valkyrie are:
Boom, JOS feet; mast lover deck, 1O2 feet;
gait GO feet; topmast, 81 feet; bowsprit out
boards, 20 feet; hoist of mainsail, 81 feet.
The boom, gaff and topmast are hollow.
Her mast is stepped q feet aft the face Of
the stem on the load water line.
The Valkyrie Is built of wood composite
construction steel frames, with the latter
material for stringers, etc. She is flush
planked, A patent covering has been put
on over her planking. Her bulwarks are
set in from the outside plank shear edge
by over a foot at the midsection. and from
this point aft, especially in the quarters,
the bulwarks are kept in. This will pre-
vent tons of solid water being held on deck,
and will also stop the pulling of the bull
warks and the rail through the water when
the lee decks are washed.
These are the concise figures Of the
yacht. Displacement in tons, 15S; dsplace-
ment in tons for each foot of water line
length LIS; area of lateral plane, S6l.3
square feet center of lateral resistance
from face of stem, 80 feet 8 inches; center
of bouyancy from face of stem, 40 feet 8
inches; center of bouyancy aft center load
line, feet inches; center OF lateral re-
sstance aft center load line, feet inches;
wetted surface, $500 square feet; sail area
to each foot of wetted surface, Ala square
feet; sail area to each foot of lateral
plane, 1892 square feet; area load water
plane; 1858 square feet area midship Sec
ton, 1S5 square feet; coefficient Of mid
ship section, 20; coeficient of displace-
ment. 1873 tons; per inch of immersion,
3.6S; metacenter above center of buoyancy,
lin feet) 1886; draught, 1876 feet; extreme
beam, q feet: water line length, 80 feet;
length over all, 1913 feet; construction Of
hull, composite; sail area, working sails,
LOGO square feet.