The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-18
THE SIX NEW 7O-FOorERs.
Herreshon Is Building n Fleet from One
Design.

One OF the chief attractions in the yachting
world next year will b, the racing Of a feet Of
20 foot racing length sloops These boats are to
b. built from the same design by Herroshon.
They will be the same in every particular when
they leave the Bristol yard and the yachtsmen
who have ordered them will draw lots 10 determine
the ownership After that certain changes may
be made az the owners think III. This class
will bc the most important that has been built
in years and will rank next TO the Cup defenders
size and speed.
For some time thero had been talk among tho
owners of the 80 foo,ers that built by Hero
shoh a few years ago and which have furnished
some rarc sport Of having class Of larger yachts
built The 3O-footcrs wero good enough for an
afternoons sport but were not large enough for
cruising, having cabin Accommodations
They talked first Of ~ foot and then 81 foot
class, but finally decided on a 7O-foot class and
four yachts were at once ordered Tho yachts
men who agreed TO build these boats were ex-
Commodore F. ID Morgan. Harry Payne whitney,
II. q. Hnvemeycr, Jr. and H. r. Duryca The
orders were placcl with Hcueshoh and wor X on
the four began al once. Since then othor yachts
mon have decided TO build in tho class ond two
more yachts have been ordered Others arc
still considering the idea and II IL probable tina,
before the opening Of next season there will DO
six or eight of these boats
They will be raced wherever there Is an oppor-
tunity, In the June rcget.ns they will be In
theso waters, but In July they will go TO Newport
and race in INC Iss,,ass q, 81 me Sewport Racing
the last fcw years In addition 10 the Associa.
tion prizes there will be Individual cups given
the Yacht that wins the most races during tho
season Tho 10 toOtcrs are to bc raced again
and the NG S, Yachting season promises to
are very likely !" build in this class in addition
TO those already mentioned are c. L. Y Robinson.
~ Boston who owns the Kntonah ". X. Wander
bilt .Jr, and August Belmont
Tn, boats are To hc ready for delivery by June
l. They will Nc something like tho Columbia
hut not quite 30 extreme. in model. To build
smNl, Colnmhiss The new boats you'd have lt,h
m bH c drarh Of ali s Yachts rST h
rst class o achonnrrs and the rst class Of Shops
and so to comply. with these rules the draught
cannot he moro than 10 feet unless the owner.
nre willing to he pcnali7cd for the extra draught
Az thcv arc not built for the regular class. how
ever ii is poszihle that Mr.. HcrrcshoG viii ex.
ihr owners want comfortable cruisers that arc
fast md not boats that have everything sacrificed
The lead for the first of the boats that are now
being built has mrn successfully cast and the
frames are being toltrd on and set up The
lead weighed Nifty tons, which In n little more
than half as much rs WAS used on the Columbia
n shap" th", keel Is very much like the Colnm
keel is shor ~ that the boats should he yrry
quick in going about, Tho watrr-linc length
will be 65 feet and the overall length about 85 /
feet.
The ruddcr will he hung on the rudder pos
and VIII rske ~ an angle 81 about ~ degrees
The hosts will hc about II feet beam and
will cary nearly 5000 feet of canvas An idea
Of the progress made in Yacht designing can b,
had by comparing these figures with those Of IN,
MaynoweI. built in 1900. On SO feet water line
vas white the new claHs Of FL feet less wnter-iin,
will carry only 1000 square feet less sal
spread According 10 the rules twenty men vii
ast summer lierrcshoG built a 10 iooter 10,
william q. Gay Of Boston This yacht was Il
have been ready for the cruise of the New YorL
Yacht Club hut work was delayed and IL wa,
long after the cruise before Mr. Gay got his boat
She Inns been named Athene and she will be raced
In the special class with the new boats next yeai
and help To increase the interest In tho sport
There will bc very little difference between the
new hosts and the Athene and the sail spread
will be practically tho same