The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-05-02

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seven feoi sK inrhst OIL uf ihc face
~ the stem REL ihr load vafef Tine. and
be frame directly under o. haa bees
crowned 80 al Co irt DE riasi ht doeh
In the bury. thus maklnF il, sep adj
dltlunaliy srunK ana rigld. The te'-
,lonal view ri the mid@hlp section is
an improvement on that the Defender.
The greater beam permits ~ a foundcf
turn 10 the bige aud the form Il wider
both al the deck and the water line
han that OF the older craft and shows
a marked tumble home" The shape
possesses more natural stability and.
coupled with the lowering OF the lead
keel. explains how the designer work
Ell to obtain greater power and abill-
~ To carry additional sail.
The line OF the deck shows n trine
less sheer than the Defender and the
les OF the entrance forward OF the
midship section are fuller. making an
easier turn to the frames and a longer
floor on which TO sail when heeled 10
a breeze. and will have a tendency to
sail over the water rather than to
drive through Il. The lines OF the run
have been refined a triiie, but do not
differ materially from those Of the De
fender. Nor is there any marked diff
ference in the breadth of the lead
keels of the two boats. The extreme
width. where the lead met the under
body of the Defender. wac twenty-four
inches. which has been reduced to
twenty -one inches in the new craft,
and the bulb of both is about the same.
nearly three feet. The new boats lead
casting Is nearly two feet deeper than
that OF the old champion and weighs
in the vicinity Of nine;y-fiye tons. or
about ten tons more than the De-
tenders.
| In displacement. Commodore Nor
gans boat will be between six and
seven tons heavier than the Defender.
which. with the new design and var
ious other improvements. will practi-
cally be that much weight as ballast.
A new feature Is a statement that the
new defender will be equipped with a
steel mast as well as other spars. and
the Defender will also have a metal
mast to replace the Oregon pine stick
that she carried in the races of 1895.
The mast for the new boat will be II
thin plates of steel riveted TO longitu-
dinal braces on the inside and will
show the same smooth. cylindrical
surface as did the steel boom and gaff
Of the old Defender. II will be twenty
one inches in diameter at the deck and
will be a great deal lighter and strong
er than the wooden stick OF the old
yacht, which measured about seventy
five inches In circumference at the
deck.
As far as can be discovered, this will
be the first steel mast ever used In a
yacht on this side OF the Atlantic. and
II Is an experiment that will be care
fully watched by all naval architects.
II Is understood. however, that a com.
plete set of wooden spars will be made
in case OF an emergency, but no break
down is anticipated for the reason that
steel spars have received a thorough
test by vessels in the merchant marine
where structural weakness would be
lequally dangerous TO life and property
The spars for the two yachts are being
built at Bristol, and will be braced
with Dubbed steel angles.
A comparison between the known
dimensions of the new defender ans
Sir Thomas Lipton's challenging yacht
Shamrock shows that the American
boat will be feet inches longer over
all, with about the same water line
and two feet more beam than the Guy
hunter. Both will have bronze under.
Clubs representative will have top.
sides Of aluminium and a pine deck
over a bronze sheathing. Little has
been learned Of the latter,s design, al.
though 1t Is known that the yacht Il
well under way.
The building OF the Shamrock by
Thornycroft at his yard on the Thames
has modified TO great degree the con
tempt that marked the comments o.
the English papers relative 10 Sil
Thomas Liptons yacht and grea'
deal Of interest in her Is being shown
IL reports from the other side are to b'
} believed. Will Fife has not received
the greatest opportunity to display hi
ability in the largest class. With TIM
exception OF the Ailsa, which, by tn,
way, Is one OF the fastest OF the fee
under certain conditions, he has no
been represented at all in the lO0-tor
class. He Is, however, the leader II
the forty and twenty tonners, his pro
ducts having won the largest share O
valuable trophies against yachts b,
: Watson and other OF the crackerjacks
J Sir Thomas Upton has determine.
TO spare no money in order 10 max,
the contest next October on,
OF the most popular one
that have ever been sale
for that will-o'-t he-wisp, the Amer
lean cup, and in order to see the race
from the best point OF view has pur
chased the Aegusa, said to be one o
the handsomest steam yachts eve
built on the Clyde.
1 Many other prominent European
yachtsmen will voyage across the At
lantic TO view the races, and severa
OF the most important yachts in Brit
ish waters are expected here, amont
them the new schooner Rainbow an,
another big two-sticker from Watson
board. With the Colonia, QuIssetti
and a few others OF the home feet 1,
commission it Is hardly likely tina
: they viii carry many OF the big tro
! phies back to old Albion.
a RELIC OF THE WAR.
: Many old soldiers now feel the Of