New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-09
YACHTING.
THE BOAT THAT WILL BEAT THE DE-
FENDER
MIR. MORGAN SAID TO BE AvERsE TO WINNING
WITH 4 FREAK YACHT.
TO WINNING

MR. MORGAN SAID TO BE AvERsE TO WINNING
WITH FREAK YACHT.
The men whose business 1t is to study facts ana
probabilities in the yachting world are coming into
line with the views that were first expressed III
these columns in regard to the points IN which the
new defender may be expected to surpass the Ola
one in speed. When the new boat was hrst uhuer-
taken 1t said that an advance In speed misn'
be looked for in the narrowing OF the keel II was
shown that the lowest bulb portion OF the De
tenders keel was much wider. measured through
from side to side than il should be made. and that
any cutting off in this region where the pressu'e'
and densities Of the water are much greater imam
at the surface, must be attended with Valuape re-
suits So far as the proceedings In the Brlstoi
yards can be watched and guessed at, there seem
to be reasons TO suppose that the Herreshons are
intending reductions of this kind. II the old De-
tenders keel was say. at a guess. thirty inches
through the speed gain TO be made by only having
to push half or a third OF that width through the
water may reasonably be expected to be huse'
And when the water to be forced apart Is AT
depth Of say eighteen feet. the cutting off OF only
Ten or fifteen inches seems to hold certain success
for the boat that does Apparently not more
than sixty tons OF lead have been taken into the
yards since the casting of the bulb was prepared
for and It will not be surprising II less than hity
tons goes into the casting
In fact IL lis almost a certainty that the Herre-
shOffs intend 10 make an eAcnahbe VI 'iiH NUM-
for In choosing bronze nickel steel or both. Tor
the building and plating Of the upper null they
know perfectly well that they adding an extra
dead weight TO the boat OF at least ten tons. as
compared with the Defenders, which mad these
portions built OF aluminium. They have them
selves admitted that the aluminium Defender saved
zen tons over the steel Colonia and 1t is now al
most beyond a peradventure that the new boat
will be built Of steel bronze, they are forced 10
seek n gain I'm another region namely, In the Keel
. Another thing that goes to suggest that some
such alterations as the above will be made Is mat
the floor of the new boat will probably be good
deal fatter than the Defenders. The phenomenal
success OF the Cartoon Is not TO be ignored even
II rival designers produced her This boat that mas
46-foot overall length to 25-toot wa wa
length and only twelve inches draught OF VIZ w.,
shared honors with the Dominion In oeins t'l'
wonders of the year, and 1t cannot be expectsui
that the lessons taught in the smaller classes VIII
be lost when it has been proved that THESE eN
tremcly shallow craft can get away from any tniiis
that Is not almost wholly on the surface, 10y thlS
it is not meant that 9Ofoot Cartoon VIII be pro
duced but something that Will be much nearer 10
the Cartoon than is the Defender =. +. -..
While considering the new defending craft IL may
be well TO remember that Commodore j. flerpont
Morgan, who is paying for TINS BOAT IL tePol,i "
have been DESTROYS OF having yacht that VIII DC
able to 90 across and race In England aiter nei
cup contests. The yacht that Is mere uesvIip,S
comes TO the Cartoon. And that may not be WHAT
Mr. Morgan wants. There can be no doubt lnat
the iieireshons know the kind OF BOAT 'hat VIII
beat the Defender In the sluggish KIND OF mil
pond racing that IS usual of Sandy HOOK, OUT II
does not follow that that is the kind OF yacht Or
rather machine which Mr.. Morgan has ordered or
viii accept Beyond all question. the Herreshons
can retain the cup with freak such as flle SoIu
not dare to send men In for the passase, OF we
ocean out there has been 80 much TAX on TINS SUD-
iect that il may be doubted that Mr. Morgan
wants strictly local affair of this Kind