New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-12
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COMING RACE To COST \ MILLION To
EACH OWNER.
MANNER IN WHICH AMERICAN AND ENGLISH
BUILDERS INITIATE EACH OTnER-WORk
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the game and the rest both English and AmoTi'
can stand In awe OF the costumes OF the pastime.
II is curious study. This race will cost Sir
Thomas Upton more than 100000. II IS minated
To bring his friends 70 1t he has purchased
the new Hcgrsa for f7jO0G-say $4,000 lie IS now
bringing the vessel from Sicily. to remain in com
mission tin after the cruise 20 America I'm Sep
TENDER The expenses Of the Shamrock Will also
be more than 100000 In preparing his new flag
ship. the Corsar, and in paying for the new de-
fender. Commodore Morgan will also spend more
than 100000
$4,000 Both steel spars and wooden ones are
being prepared Steel booms made for the
last race and not used. The Nalkyre III had
steel mast made for her. which was never even
stepped. Second suits OF will he prepared.
at enormous expense simply to have them
hand II required and the further expenses Of dock
age. tugs tenders. preliminary races. sailing mas
ters repairs. crews. tackle and entertainments Will
make leaks for long purses. In bringing across
his friends In such princely vessel rs the fgusa
Sir Thomas will ada dignity TO the occasion Earlier
chanengers have come across by ocean steamer
and joined their yachts here. or like Asbury ana
Sir Richard sutton they have sailed across. but
the new regime opens unlimited possibilities for
magnihcance.
EXCHANGE OF PLANS
Some peculiar exchanges have Of late years been
made I'm the building of oup-defendors. The Val
kyre II came out narrow boat to compete
against the great beam power Of the Nigilant.
whose width about twenty-siX feet, but when
the latter boat getting beat in England in
1894 Nat" IIcreshof who present. liked the
ability OF the yacht that defeated her. and the con-
sequence was that some OF the comparative mar
rowness OF the Britannia went into the next boat
built TO defend the cup from the attack Of Nalkyrie
III. and the aluminium Defender was built with a
water-ne beam as measured by lIobson. OF twenty
two feet. And II curious that. while HERES
hoff copying ,ne weathcrly and active slim
ness Of what then the typical English boat
G. +. Watson. the designer Of the Nalkyrie III
was copying the power Of the American beam and
putting about twenty-six feet into the English cha
lenger.
In some Of the Scottish and Irish clubs. where
the old rule for measurement calculated beam or
cubical contents. the Vigilant was found 10 be no
less than twenty-three tons-a whole. goo1-sZed
yacht-Iarger than the Britannia But in 1895 the
second Dunraven boat gOod-szed yacht big
ger than the slim and much more English-looking
Defender. and the pity Of it was that no one ever
knew what the real power of that splendid Watson
craft was. on racing course did big breeze try
her eathery abilities and the extent of the latent
powers Of that graceful Leviathan. especially in
comparison with those Of the Defender, stll un-
known TO any one. Only the crew OF the Defender
and Lieutenant HobsOn and few more know that
the Defenders hull was not strong enough 10 sup
port the strains OF the mas, in seaway and pitch
ing Only the crew know why on such day she
retired from Of the preliminary contensts with
the Vigilant when the latter boat about 10
weather her What would have happened II the
same still stronger weather had come into the
in spite Of her great speed in light weather Hob
son officially pronounced her hull to he unsafe. and
ment he printed these words speaking Of the
weakness in the region OF the mast
But even with these special dispositions the
provisions do not appear commensurate with the
spread Of the stays. introducing an enormous
thrust Of the mast and crushing force. between
the sides due 20 the enormous spread Of sail and
the great height Of the centre Of pressure. Not
%ppears not im1robSbe hat heavy VIVA par
in the region Of the mast to spring If not to
Give way"
gone back to The old ana valuable American beam,
ana are givns her width at The water iinee Of
say nothing Of a vastly increased general strength
As If to continue the peculiar exchange in the mat
Engsh narrdwness in The de.gn Of the shamrock
ana is producing her with 22-foot width at the
fender THIS was 20 be expected because. although
Fife gave much beam TO the international winner
traditional English SHINES and in this case he is
building to sail in light airs lie paid a visit to
he Offender when he was here. and he knows
that the fastest 9O-fOOtcr for light weather that
ever sailed was just % feet wide. That seemed
Defender was just right ala the Herreshofs maxi.
the Valkyries power in 1886? It looks good deal
that way. Some Of the conditions Of the ygiIant-
! Nalkyre II race are about 70 be repeated IN the
races Of 1893. after a lapse Of six years
TIE PECULIARITIEs OF THE SHAMROCK.
No boats construction was more jeaousy
| guarded than that Of tho Shamrock. and al the
yards OF the Thornycrofts. at Chiswick. the work
men are only permitted to the pieces they per
| sonaly handle. But that the craft Is being
| framed up lar-c numbers Of men understand
the general ideas in the design Some interesting
| facts regarding her dimensions have now leaked
| long over all with d water-ne length Of ~ feet
and water-ne lean OF y feet she approfatches
| more nearly to the true hn-kceI type as lhls is
found in the smaller yachts. than the new defender
hull proper viii SIT much shallower on the water
though the total draught with the fin viii be about
| solid piece OF phosphor bronze. This same metal
! at thickness II three-sixteenths OF an inGh WIZ
plate the lower part Of the null from the Kes! 10
! the water-line, above which she VIII be Plaled
with aluminium TO the ran ne DrI,aI1 Tl' ,h h9
| be more than Sixty tons-abQut ,, IWo-t @ NAY
which has been lately put on the Bristol boat. ana
! baying fine light weather for which he is produc-
Ing a craft that will steal along on the fainiest u
ne inodeI mas nSen % b az Iir aloDig r.
surface while the fin that joins Il TO the deep-down
| ballast Will offer the smallest possible opposiuoh
| 70 the water II is thought that one-tnrd or ne
| usual fin ballast has been abandoned for the eN-
press purpose of allowing the Tin TO be Of extreme
| tbis scncme Tightening UP tho strains the whole
| From the fact that the weight of The entire boat
will be reduced a minimum she will certainly he
a quick starter able to get away on the click Of
hair-trlgger. Through building the upper works or
! aluminium she will save dead weight Of seven
tons as against steel or bronze plated craft of
| the came size when the plating is Of the usual
! thickness But the defenders plating is peculiar
~ thin the gain will probably be less than this. on
| The other hand the Bristol boat will be a much
larger craft and her excess In size Will mean many
| helm in light airs IT, therefore this information
| IS correct 1t will mean that good many condi-
| lions OF the Defender Nalkyrie III races VIII be
repeated with this important difference that the
| light -wea Their cockleshel Will be English
FIN AHEAD FOR THE ATLANTIC CLUB.
| A LARGE STEAMER TO FOLLOW THE ANNUAL
CRUISE WITH WIVES AND GUESTS OF
MEMBERS ABOARD.
The Officers Of The Atlantic Yacht Club have been