The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-03
New Boat VIII Prove
Worthy ANITA. ,onist.
Yachts win Start To-day al
Eleven O'clock.

New York, October s.-Ihe first rece Of
'he international series bstp esn tie
American yaeht CoIum bia and the Brit
sh challenger Shamrock, will he sen.z
tomorrow, weather permitting, over n
ooeTs' miles 20 windward or ies0ard
ana return off SANDY Hook The start as
TO be made at eleven o'clock frnm SANDY
Hook iightship, unisss u pos ponemenl
Is ordered. But no Faos of tne seTiea is
20 be siarted later than 1880 D. M.
One Of be greatest surprises for yachts
men since the arrival of the Shamrock
In these waters was the announcement,
cfnoially made at the Nea York Yacht
club tonignt that the Columbia would
have to allow the Shamrock six and
3l-l00 seconds on thirty mile course.
II was generally Supposed BY yachtsmen
.ho have seen both yachts under sail
and in the dry dock that the shamrock
y reason of her greater sail spread and
apparently larger hull, would have to
give the Columbia something like mln-
are tins allowance c-al The rhigty mile
ooursss which they are to sail. Is ap
pears, however, taat Designer Fife, while
siving the Shamrook larger sail plant
than the Col olumbia has at tue same time
so constructed her hull rs to give her
great freehoard less displacement ami
consequently a shorter water line by al
most two feet.
The Columbia was ths first boat OF the
two TO be measured.
Mr. John Hysiop, the official measurer
Of the New York Yacnt club, arrived at
the navy yard shortly before eight clock
In measuring the length of the spinnak
boom 1t was found that the pole uas
about three inshes longer than the re-
strictions allowed-that is, from the CEN
tire of bowspsit between the jib and jib
top sailst US TO the mast was one-q uarter
OF a foot TOO long Captain Barr With
saw cut two inches from one end and one
inch from the other of the spinnaker
pole.
Then plans we made to measure the
water line and over all lengths of the
1cat This was done and after making .
tiw calculations Mr.. hysloD amour ced
20 Messra. lselin and HerreshoF the re
suit Of Lis measurements. kyldentlY the
Il sure was somewhat less than the man
aging owner desirs1 to sail the Colum bia
on, for dozen men were sent Hsnore In
the tender, and, going to the ttsam ten
der Plymouth, carried over t. the Colum-
bia twenty pigs OF lead. aggresating
about ~ 0 pounds In weight. Previous to
taking tire measurements a lot of dun
age was brought up from the Colum-
bia's cabin and pat several TO n boats
As 1t WAS the intention OF the captain to
clean out from the hull all movenble arti-
Giles.
Mr. Leeds stated that the lead was
placed In the Columbia To make up for
the loss In weight oocisioned by ths re-
moval OF the dunnage, but IL was noticed
tlat when the ballast had been ad ded the
Colnmh sat lower in the waler than
she did before.
Then Mr. Hysop measured her water
line again and tine len tn, 80. 65 feet,
proving sasisfactory to the owners and
designer HeTreshoff, a V shaped mark in
red paint was placed at the water line
on each side Of the hull about midships
AS soon as Mir. lselin announced that tine
measurements had been finished the ere "
took aboard their uunnaRe d several
spare satls, the caisson at the end of the
dry dock was warped on one eide and a
line being p4sesd to the tug Rallsce B.
FLINT the Colum nia was taken in tow for
her mooriugs inside of Sandy Hook.
At seven O'Clock tonight, two of the
regulstlon measurer's certificates. one
showing the Columbia's measurement ts
the other the Shamrock 8, were po sted on
6he bulletin board ON the New York
Yacht clubs house. They read as fol-
laws;
DIMENSIONS.
Length on wafer llne--Columbia, 500
feet; Shamrock, 81 90 feet.
From after end OF main boom to for
ward point of measurements-Colum bin,
l6l 62 feet; Shamrock, Is9. IS feet
From foreSlde Of foremast to forward
noint of recommendations 73 81
feet; Shamrock, 70. 40 feet.
Extreme of spinnaker boom-Colum-
bis. 73.s feet; Shamrock, 40 10 feet.
Main gaif-Columbia, 4.y3 feet; Sham
rock, 67. 81 feet.
Topmast- Columbia (64501-5 cfT),
81 20 feet; Shamrock (5s 06 1-5 off,) 4c. IS
test.
Height uprer side Of main boom 10 ton
sail haiyard hleck--tialumbia, 124.75;
Shamrock, les 2S feet
Square feet of sail area as psr rule
Columbia, 1l4.5i fset; Shamrock, 11G. So
feet
Sailing area as ger ruie-Columbia,
JOE 1885; Shamrock, l01. % feet.
by these figures IL will be Eeen that all