New-York tribune., 1900-08-03
YACHTING.
wRINGE GIVES A NEW VIEW OF THE
DAMAGES TO THE SEVENTIES.

vice-Commodore August Belnont's 7O-footer
Mineola arrived yesterday at the Hawkins yards.
City Island and Immediately hauled out the
ways AS she began to leave the water 1t
that extensive repairs have been made IN
the region where the forward part Of the I'm keel
Joins the upper hull This work has been done by
the Herreshoffs at the Bristol yards since the
breeze off Newport did much damage to these
frau vessels last week. The external repairs con-
sist of the application Of two long and fat steel
bands or traps. on each bow, to prevent the
upper hull lifting away from the forward part of
the fin.
The bands are perhaps twelve ffteen feet long
and six inches wide. Their thickness seems to be
least one-half inch. but the metal Is partly sunk
into the wood. and the exact thickness has to be
guessed at. The long strips bent to the curves
of the vessel. first down the curve from the bilge
then over the thinner portion of the top part OF
the in and then they follow the swell Of the I'm
as 1t descends. The strips slant aft as they de-
scend, following the general sweep Of the yachts
forward contour. They not sunk fatty in the
wood but their forward edges stick out somewhat.
and will catch a good deal OF water as the yacht
sails.
As this same Job has probably been done on the
others of the same feet the evident drawback In
the way of speed will not matter much when ex-
perienced by all alike and it seems to be the optn-
ion of those interested that this sort or external
plastering was the only way Of strengthening the
Yachts in a hurried way and when there was no
time to rip the interiors to ada olagonsls ana
other strengtheners in the inside.
The damage that the boat has received Is still
partIv visible In the hull The planking where the
fin 1c.ns the upper hull shows many white lines
across the green paint where the putty has been
made to show through the working Of the vessel In
tnis region. and it was said by two OF the crew
who were not officers, that one OF the bows was
visiblv twisted higher than the other though this
alleged damage was not discernible to the writer
when the yacht was viewed from the ground under
the bows and ahead Of them.
Captain wringe gives new and different story
from snv vet printed concerning the damage to the
four Yachts in the Newport So far 1t has
been reported that the Yankee was much more
damaged than any Of the others. This, Captain
Wringe says. Is not the case. as the Yankee did
not sail the last round OF the course. which was by
far the heaviest sailing OF the day, and conse-
ouentlv escaped the Furnishing that the Mineola
had to stand when she was forced around the full
course In a not wholly pleasant condition. Ihey
were at the pumps whenever possible. but in spite
all endeayoTs 70 keep her err. clear a 0f ~ Waf5 ss th tns
with the water up TO point midWSy between the
Il seems that the Yankee was beaten by both the
Mineola and the Rainbow when she pulled OUT from
the race. Herman Duryea was asked by Newport
vachtsman why he left the race, and the reply was
that the Yankee had a great deal OF water IN ner.
where the Mineola was?
NO. would not Mr.. Duryea is reported to
CAPTAIN wringe believes that all the vessels OF
IN me tb Yacht CLUB which begins at Glen
Cove on Monday His argument is: We must
have had more damage than the others, and we
are ready start now.
one reason for the weakness shown IN the boat
IA that the mast steps close to the region
ferred 10 where the putty shows the working, and
when seen from the ground underneath the yacht
the enormous strains which here have TO be met
with in the construction can be understood. From
the front OF the fin to the stemhead the boat seems
from this view to be nothing but overhungs and as
She lifts high in a heavy seaway she makes
overhang of the whole of It, Small wonder then,
that this huge snout should work away from the
fin unless extraordinary strength were put into the
Joining OF the two Wringe puts it more tersely:
fShes nothing but a bowsprit from this outward
said he pointing to the part which had been re-
paired.