The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-20

| COVy.
Date Course 1i Wind 10 Miles Womb
ssn psfm aGGi h fas2%s &C. g. s sss:
Aug. 8. New London to
| Greenport Fresh. 80. t:o1.
Aug. o. areenport to
... - >Newport Light as. 22;2S.
Wind Haven. Strong. 81. II4.
Aug IL. yind Haven to o.,
Aug. IL. New Bedford
.rc N 10 Newport ysry light. 22N 1920
Aug Is. Newport. Very light. 81 II. i s:Sa.
| Not few people. he continued. have pro-
| fessed to believe that a measurement OF the
| yachts would show that the Colum bias victor
| les would in three or four cases be wiped out
| by time allowance. This time allowance ques-
| ton has been bugaboo to many experts.
| They have not stopped to do any figuring. but
| simply assuming that the Columbia. on
| account Of her increased sail area. would have
| to allow many minutes to the old boat they
| have reached the conclusion that four minute
victory for the Columbia is really defeat for
her on time allowance. A very close estimate
can be made Of tho racing lengths OF tho boats.
however. and I'll guarantee that my figures will
not be far out Of the way when Mr.. Hyslop gets
| his tape measure to work
Everyone knows the racing length OF the
Defender. 1t Is. according to the New York
| Yacht CLUBS book. 1O0.36 feet. We all know.
| too. that she is SS.5 feet on the water line.
| These were the figures In 1895 and have not
been materially changed rince then. Now, fol-
| lowing the regular formula, multiply her rae
| ing length by two subtract her water line length
| from the total. and we have in round figures
H.. The square OF lip is 12.544. which repre-
| sents the Defenders sail area. We turn now
| to the Columbia. tbs generally understood
that the new boat Is a trife larger on the
| water line than the Defender. but 1t
is reasonable to presume that Designer Herre.
| shoff In planning the Columbia would want to
| be on the safe side OF the cup race laws. which
| limits the water line to 30 feet. 80 we will as
sumo that he built the boat to register 80. 5 feet
| on the water line. This is shaving 1t pretty
| close and only allows him q inches leeway. but
| with that the Columbia is q foot longer than
| the Defender.
| The new boat OF course. has larger sail
area than the 95 champion. Just how much
| it is. no one knows. But suppose 1t is 10 per
| cent. or 10 per cent: we will figure 1t both
| ways and you can take your choice Starting
first on the 10 per cent. basis. We find that tho
Columbia's sail area Is 1888 square feet OF
| canvas. The square root OF 1898 Is nearly
l17.5. Add her water line length. So.5 feet.
| divide the total by two reversing the process
| by which We found the Defenders soil area.
| and we have 1888 feet which represents tho
| Coumbia's racing length We now refer to
| table OF time allowances printed In the New
| York Yacht Clubs book. ana we sec that tho
| Defenders allowance for one nautical mile. In
| seconds and decimals. 10 1922. while the
| Coumbia's Is 22S5. The difference. 3.37.
| represents what the Columbia will have to
| allow tho Defender each mile. Over the Cup
course OF thirty miles 1t figures Just l minute
| and Al seconds
| Assuming the new boat has 10 per cont.
greater sail area than the old boat this would
| show l4.425 square feet OF canvas. Taking this
| as basis.we md the Columbia to have racing
length OF 1O4S3. Referring again to tho table
| oftme allowance. we find the Defender is enti.
tied to 50S secondsa mile. or minutes so 2-5
| seconds for thirty miles. Briefly speaking. II
the Columbia carries 10 per cent more sail
| than the Defender she allows to the old boat
| minute and Al seconds. while II her sail area 10
Is per cent. greater she allows to her min
utes and 1929 seconds Applying these hg-
ures to the results ofthe trials. 1t will be seen
that the new boat has won every contest with
the exception Of the run OF Aug. 10. from
| Newport to Vineyard Haven.
| Another thing must be taken into consider
| alton by those VINO think the Column oia Is NOS
| tes's "efe maui ""'o INC no" ooas eafiiou
| her heavy Oregon pine mast, her steel spar
| having been broken during q race OF Newport
| - A. oa,,o,, roaan ho,r oId IT'S. a.
| steel mast improves the boat.Was clearly shown
| that day When the accident occurred.
| ,ho ,olur,hio mn. landing the Do,ondar
| INC N''uuoi" ""o 'e"us "o Do'onuo'
eled less than half tho distance Of the
| l.