Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-25
DEER ISLE SAILORS.
The Crew Selected to Sail the Cup
Defender.


Defender.
Last Thursday morning the Deer Isle
sailor boys who were chosen by Capt.
Hank Half to sail this seasons American
cup defender to win, left for New York.
They are q splendid set of men, represen-
tative Yankees, and will be a credit to
the country and to the State of their
birth. They are as follows:
Rollins Staples, 81 years old, weight
about 40, height feet s.
John II. Staples, 26 years, feet s, 175
pounds.
Samuel Bray, 26 years, feet I, 40
pounds.
George l.. Hardy, 81 years, feet I, 40
pounds.
Henry w. Gray, 80 years, feet 8, 100
pounds.
G. X. Green, % years, feet 9, $50
pounds.
E. c. Haskell, 26 years, 5 feet s, It's
pounds.
Walter Eaton, 10 years, feet 7, 100
pounds.
Chas. II. Scott, 81 years, 5 feet 6, ITO
pounds.
John T. Marshal, 80 years, 5 feet 6, $50
pounds.
William Scott, 36 years, 5 feet Z, 1865
pounds.
y
pounds.
Irving Barbour, % years, 5 feet s, $50
pounds.
Herbert Bray 81 years, 5 feet 8, $50
pounds.
w. w. Horton, 26 years, feet 9, 175
pounds.
Ii. P. Davis, 40 years, s feet 7, 205 pounds.
George Stinson, 81 years, feet 6, 1875
pounds.
George Conant, 36 years, feet Z, $50
pounds.
w. c. Pickering, 80 years, S feet 10, 157
pounds.
r. l.. Fitield, "a years, 5 feet 9, 155
pounds.
John Presley, u years, feet 8, 40
pounds.
James Robbins % years, S feet Z, 1856
pounds.
E. c. Hamblin, 80 years, feet 9, ITO
pounds.
F. B. McCauley, rs years, 5 feet 8, 10
pounds.
Leslie Stinson, % years, 5 feet Z, 100
pounds.
James Butler, 81 years, 5 feet 8, 10
pounds.
Several of these men are masters of YES
sells, Charles II. Scott having been captain
for six years. Horton, both Barbours,
Davis, Marshall, Haskell and Hardy have
been captains OF coasting vessels or OF
yachts. Conant was one Of the crew Of
the "Mayflower" in the cup races OF that
year, and was quartermaster on the "Vol-
unteer." Presley was on the "Mayfower."
Capt Frederick P. Weed, Deer Isle
shipmaster, who aided in the selection,
said to the boys in bidding them good
bye:
II believe you to be the first all Ameri-
can crew that has ever manned a cup de-
fender, and it is not only your native
| town but all the nation that will look to
see you successfully defend this trophy in
| 1896 Some of you have helped defend it
before, and ! am pleased to say that they
| have done it with honor. Do not abuse
| the confidence we place in you. You Will
soon be under the command OF Americas
champion captain and officers. Remem-
Der at all times that your captain and
officers are working for your interest to
show the world that when the time comes
you are the champion tars Of the world.
Go in to work together and win, and when
the time comes we wish to welcome you
home as the champion tars OF the world.
| Good bye"
The main sail of the defender" is to
be 6 800 square feet, top sail 1925 square
feet, two jibs 1890, club top sail 1,S4S,
| spinnaker 7,12S feet, total of 49,, 101
square feet.
| The mast will be 102 feet long, 20 inches
in diameter at foot, and the boom is 1902
feet long and is not followed, nor are any
Of the spars.
The spinnaker is u feet long and 9h
inches thick in the middle. The bow
spirit is a solid log A feet long, 12la inches
at the foot gaff will be 10 feet long, 10
inches thick; the topsail pole 81 feet long,
81 inches thick; the club topsail pole
81 feet long, So inchesthick and the top
mast 61H feet long, 1917 inches thick.
These figures indicate that the new
| boat will be the most powerful ever built
on this side.
The "Ailsa's" mast is IS feet long, boom
hollow, So, gaff 4s, bowsprit 81, and her
| total sail area 1900 feet.