The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-22
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der a borrowed suit of canvas; a make
shift, in fact, which would scarcely af-
ford the cutter an opportunity to snow
her worth. What she will do with her
own special sails, remains to be seen 1t
Will be remarked, in passing, that the
famous London sail makers, Ratsey q
Lapthorne, supply the sails. Ratsey IL
will be remembered, was asked to mt out
the Defender of last year, and he refused
with a burst of patriotic enthusiasm that
seemed very funny to Americans. he
was also the first man who limited TO
Dunraven that the Defenders crew might
be juggling with shifting ballast, and 1t
was his inuendoes that started the noble
Dunraven ON his unfortunate series OF
protests and recriminations One thing,
at least, is certain. Fife never built
bad boat, and he is not likely to have
made failure of Canada.
AS for Pocket he is not so we'll known
a quantity as a boat builder, Still, ne IS
by no means a tyro. He was for nine
years in the employ of the Herreshoffs,
and was recognized by them as the best
man in their employ. He has had the ad-
vantage of careful study of all the record
breakers put out by his famous employ
ers, and is a graduate of the Danish Royal
Naval academy at Copenhagen. He is re-
cogniZed as a naval architect ana en-
gineer of the highest grade. He may,
therefore, be expected to produce some
thing equal, if not, indeed, superior to
anything that the Herreshoffs have yet
built.
The Canada has been built with an eye
to speed only. She does not possess the
comforts of a cruiser, either in appoint
ments or room. Every ounce of super
fluous weight has been dispensed with,
and cabin room has been ruthlessly sacrl-
feed to gain the desired point of speed.
While not a distinct fn-keel, she carries
eight tons of lead on her keel, which has
been cast very broad on the bottom, so as
to place the center of gravity as low as
possible. The lead is attached by wood and
steel bolts instead of the steel plate
usually used in this style of construction.
The boat proper, from the water-line,
amidship to the steel straps across the
keel frames, only draws three feet
while the balance Of her eight feet
draught is made up of the dead wood and
lead. The designer expects this to ma
terially decrease her time in stays This
naturally reduces the head room below
decks, giving her only four. feet, six in
ches clear, IN the cabin. The boat is
planked with one and one-siXteenths
white oak. A novel method of caulking
is used. T-shaped depressions were
grooyed into the center of the planklng-
These were then filed with cotton. The
edges were brought together and fastened
to the frames. When the boat reached
the water, the swell of the wood brought
the shaped depressons back to place, the
surfaces of cotton were pressed against
each other with great force, and a per-
fectly water-tight joint was effected.
While outside the surface is so smooth
and the edges of the planking so close to-
gether, that even before painting and
launching hardly a place could be found
where the point of a knife could be in
serted between the planks She is pain
ted up to the water-line with a white
enamel paint imported from England,
which gives a surface like the top of a
piano. This is the same paint that was
used on the last Valkyrie, and is known
as Japanese enamel. The iron work for
her deck, bowsprit, chance, boom ends,
masthead, deck crossroads, scales for top
col o1.dc nd hrr1I ic roa o~fa ion,
of lightness, strength and finish. Her
boom and top-mast are hollow and as
light as possible, to stand the strain that
will be put upon them. Peak, throat and
other haliards will be of soft and plant
wire, such as is now commonly used on big
yachts They will run over small galva1l
lied steel blocks with brass sheaves. The
masthead is eight feet long, and a strut
is fitted to the foreside of the mast below
the hounds, serving the double purpose of
counteracting the great strain of the
peak haliards, and giving a fair head to
the jib haliards. a dolphin striker will be
fitted to give drift to the bob-stay.
The design and construction of the boat
demonstrate that the Canadians are out
for the purse and honors in this race if
it is possible to secure them. The boat
will be useless after the races are finish
ed 1t is a question whether she will prove
a heavy weather boat In ordinary Aug
uSt weather she should make a good show
ing, and it looks as though the Vencedor
race. The Canada's frames were made in
Scotland, but the actual work of construc-
ton was done al Oakville near TOron-
to. Above the water line she is painted
black, livened by a gold streak from her
taffrail to the whiskers. On the star
board bow is painted the coat of arms of
Canada in natural colors, while the port
bow bears the likeness of the Royal Cam
adam Yacht clubs burgee.
Vencedor is a true type of fin-keel and
also carries eight tons of lead below the
water. She is modelled after the style of
the Defender, and those who have an OPP
portunity for comparing her lines with
those of the Canada, say that she is
superior in the matter of wetted surfaces
and has much cleaner run. All who
have seen the Canada agree that Fife has
not adopted the latest ideas in cutting
away the underbody, and that the Can
adam boat will have more water to move
from her as she sails than will the Amer1-
can boat.
Vencedor VIII have the same beautiful
mahogany finish that was so much adj
mired on the Defender. Her name is
Spanish for Conquerer, and it is the hope
of every good American that she will not
belle her proud title.
w H. PORTER.
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