The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-23
THE New DEFENDER.
Everything Indicates She Will Be
Made Of Tobin Bronze.
Enough Of The Metal Now at heueshoff
Works 10 Complete The Yacht

There Is every indication at the Her
reshoff works at Bristol that the tobin
bronze plating now being put on the
underwater body OF the new cup Dr.
fender Will be continued on her top
sides. thus making her plating entirely
OF bronze from keel TO rail.
There is a sufficient amount OF tobin
bronze plating at the works 10 cover
the entire boat. More than "A sufficient
number of bronze plates TO cover the
underwater body are in the hands of
workmen for bending and shaping
which shows that the plating is to be
continued above the water. Taken to-
gether these two things show bronze
boat beyond reasonable doubt.
Coupled with this information comes
an intimation that the Deer isle crew
Of the new boat will have a new job on
their hands. and that Mr.. Iselin prob
ably had a stronger reason for favor
ing the name OF Goldenrod for the new
boat than any which have yet been ad-
Vanced.
The intimation is that the bronze top
sides of the new boat will not be paint
ed, as were the aluminium topsides OF
Defender. but will be left bright and
VIII be polished to the limit of smooth
ness and brilliancy.
This would at once give her dstinc-
tive character. She would be unlike any
other boat in the world She would
glisten i'm the sunlight with almost the
brilliancy OF gold. She could he told be-
yond question from "A painted boat as
far as her hull could be seen. She would
justify her name Goldenrod by look
ing IL as we'll as bearing IL.
10 onn1
why the plan OF polishing instead Of
painting should not be carried out. In
fact. il would be much easier to pilish
than 10 get the paint to stick To the
smooth bronze. The plating and rivet-
ing will be so smooth a job that there
will be no need OF covering anything
with paint for the sake OF looks. while
at the same time the bronze Will not
need paint for protection above the
waterline any more than it needs II
below.
Bronze is used because OF it's smooth
ness and it's freedom from corrosion and
fouling i'm salt water The same quail
ties that commend II for use below the
waterline commend il for use above.
But IL will keep the crew busy In pre-
serving the brightest possible polish.
Nineteen of the bronze plates on the
new boat are in place. and some OF them
are riveted. They cover most or the
boat from the keel upward to the turn
of the frames outward To make the
body of the boat. The plates show the
inward Hanging of the edges as already
described.
This Hanging of the plates does not
strengthen the boat To such an extent
that any bilge stringers or inside brac-
ing can be done away with, but simply
stiffens the plating between the frames.
The work Of putting in the interior
bracing is being pushed. The mast
step is i'm place. and the bracing OF
frames and deck beams near IL shows
that the boat Is TO be especially strong
where the great strain Of the mast
comes.
The step is between frames 2S and 20.
The deck beam on frame 2S is bent for
ward as TO give the mast chance
to go through the deck. This bending
is necessary. since the space between
frames is only 20 inches, while the
steel mast will be 2i inches I'm diameter
and the oregon pine mast %. Deck
beams %. % and 80 show the extra web
plates. 9 inches deep, for greater
strength and stiffness
The steel gaif is nearly completed,
and the steel boom is we'll along. while
some of the plates for the steel mast
have been bent.