New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-11
THE RAINBOW LAUNCHED.
SHE rs SAID TO BE THE LAH1Eoi
SCHOONER YACHT AFLOAT.
HEP SAT-. AREA EXCEEDS THAT OF THE GERMAN
EMPERoRs CUTTER-To TAKE PART
IN THE EUROPEAN RACES.

rMpERoR's CUTTER-To TAKE PART
IN THE EUROPEAN RACES.
At the wer-known shpyards Of the Hendersons'
Of Patrick Scotland the launch Of the big schooner
Ra,nbow has at last taken place. iachtsmen IN
all nar,s OF the world have been waiting TO get
some particulars in regard TO this craft which 10
said 10 be the largest schooner yacht that mas ever
been built and is certainly the largest In existence
al the present time. She has been constructed on
the order OF Charles l.. Orr-Ewing. VI. T. for Ayr
Burghs and from the designs Of George l.. wat
son Though fitted out as cruiser the Rainbow
will enter the principal handicap races. Her sa-
loon and staterooms are now being ht'ed up
hxurfously and her masts splendid Sticks OF
Oregon pine.
Her dimensions are given as follows; Length
over ALL les feet; on the load water line. lis feet
Her overhangs fore and aft will be about equal
being at each end slightly over % feet Her beam
IL % feet and her daught l. feet. She is not as
deep In the water Waison's Valkyrie III or
Herreshon's Defender, and her stem comes down
to her keelson with the gentlest OF curves. On
a side view IT is remarked that there is no hollow
in the forefoot the front Of the boat sopng grad
uaily In an unbroken curve from the ste1nhead 10
the fore end of the keel and the lead continues
the curve In an easy sweep. The rake OF the
s,ernpost Is not so exaggera ted as In some OF the
Henderson cracks, but above water d long ana
shapely counter runs out. She is framed entlreiy
of steel angles. the material OF which they are
rolled being the special composition tnat Is turned
out for the construction Of fast torpedoo boat ue-
stroyers The skeleton frame. as seen before the
thanking went on showed that complete and
complicated system OF crossties and straps mad
been introduced al all points where exceptiohal
strain was likely to come The underoody Is
planked with elm two inches thick. and the top
sides Of mahogany of the same thickness Her
lead keel weighs los tons. the largest casting ever
koi, al aafli
modern shape. fuller for@ard than ait
The measurement, of her spars is interesting IN
He mainmast from deck TO hounds is 80 feet; the
mainbooin % feet sa6out ne same lens,m As ta
OF IT will overhang her tafrail: mainsan, d feet
maintopsai yard. 81 feet main jackyard ~ lee,
20 feet Ito sheav-,: foreboom: 30 feet: foregaii "
feet foreopss yard -, 20 ee5 9 }2S rh fopn
mast to the end OF the bowsprit measures about
The following figures have just been gathered as
70 the area OF her sail plan. which VII sNceed
the spread Of the German Emperor cutter Meteor
is large. her rating may not exceed that oil inc
Britannia she Is moi toe excess IN u, me nm fac
cass ranes generally about fyecish ths or as in
against cutters In this boats mansai alone there
tonsau viii have an area Of 1880 square feet. The
areas OF the foresail and foreopsaii will ne ls,s
and GO square feet respectively while the sails
emboaled In the foretriangIe will figure w 10 3il1
square feet Therefore the cumulative area OF the
sais mentioned will be l2i9s square feet not TO
speak OF the extra balloon and other canvas when
,s not in this reckoning. ~ , 49,,
Captain Carter. for long time skipper Of the
Prince OF Wales's Britannia. VIII take charS" 81
the new vessel. though, owing 10 his present "
health Captain JOY will be in charge for month
..,. D..
The fitting out Will take place In Gourock Bay
where tho new boat will take her preliminary can
iers and she will then SO south Tor the racing
English yachtsmen are hoping mat the puildng OF
~ patrbo,y and I'M, purchase ~ the Yampa from
America will redirect the interest of m" Yachting
public 10 schooner racing. which In IN" lhSt -"
poars has bsen ccl,nsed Nv tho hg cutters and by
The fashion that turned toward large steam yachts