The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-23
READY. TO BUILD
new Defender
.AeTTeshoffs Are Equipped TO Do
the Work Quickly.
AN ORDER LOOKED FOR SOON.
TohIn Bronze VIII Be Used on Hull and
Spars VIII Be Of Steel Bristol Yachts
men Are Erpsctant
AN ORDER LOOKED FOR SOON.

That a new ninety-footer will be built
TO defend the Americas Cup and that
Herreshoff will design, construct and try
her out as he did so successfully with
Vigilant, Defender and Columbia. is GER
tain.
Bristol is full of men anxious 10 keep
the blue ribbon OF the sea-" on this side
OF the ocean. and they are loyal TO the
famous yacht -builIing firm which has
brought fame to the quiet but progress
sive little town.
Some of the men in closest touch with
the Herreshoffs and who will have much
TO do with the successful execution of
Designer Nat Herreshoffs plans, say that
AN order is expected shortly for new
defender. and that work will be started
upon the next cup champion within q
few hours OF the signing of the contract.
PLANNED IN HIS BRAIN.
There is not the Slightest doubt OF the
ability OF the Herreshoffs TO turn out
such yacht. fully equipped for busi-
ness by the middle of next July. The
designing, they believe. has been done.
l. e.. the yacht has been planned out in
the head OF Nat. the wizard, since the
Columbia Shamrock races last year.
All that remains is 10 reduce TO the
scrlblng board the plans now matured In
his wonderful mind and order the mate
rials which will enter into the construc-
tion OF the yacht.
No other firm I'm the country is so well
fitted, they believe, by virtue OF expert
ence and facilities to undertake the task
and 10 none other should IL be COM
mtted at this eleventh hour, IL is con-
tended, save the mind which has con-
ceived practically all the wonderful
yachts of the last decade and moulded
them into cup-defending shape.
Since 1890 the Herreshoffs have gathered
az Bristol some OF the very best talent In
the country ITted for work i'm fast steam
and sailing vessels. They have put thou
sands of dollars into their shops and
brought their facilities for turning out
the most modern and speedy vessels up
10 the highest point OF efficiency.
The time spent on Columbia last year
Is not needed. therefore, for, even better
work on new defender this year.
The cor~act for building Columbia was
signed Sept. rs, 1925. and her keel was
not cast before the middle OF January.
In the mean time the firm was touching
up the old cup champion, Defender.
Hardly anything neeos be- done this year
TO Columbia or Defender TO provide far
better trial horses than Columbia had for
the new cup champion.
A 90-foter is the only style OF yacht
the lIerreshoffs have mad In mind for
some time to meet Sir Thomas Lipton's
newest challenger
AS they went the limit last year with
Columbia, making her length on water
line tie fun 30 feet allowed under the
deed OF gil,, which was. however, tighten
ed few inches by judicious balasting,
they can hardly gain anything in that
direction this time.
OF THE CUTTER TYPE
1t is believed the next cup defender
will be more OF cutter than Columbia
and OF slightly greater draught, giving
even better play to the speed-producing
tumble homes which stood the Ameri-
can yacht In such good stead during the
races last year.
When well heeled TO n strong topsail
breeze, Columbia, with all her deep and
heavy keel. was little better than a
skimming dish, and while steadily eating
up into the wind. was covering space like
a torpedo-boat catcher.
AS Capt. Nat is the only man in the
world who seems to have mastered the
bulbed-dn keel. which was first tried in
"a big yacht by Stewart & Binney, the
Boston yachtsmen who designed the Pill
grim, Il is needless to say that the new
yacht will be of the bulbed-hn keel type.
l.erresho.l knows how to so balance
this keel that no difficulty Is experienced
I'm steering, the fault which caused the
Pilgrim TO go wrong so often as 70 render
her useless as n racer.
steel spars, though costly and even
more liable 10 buckle than the sturdy
Oregon pine which has adorned and as
sisted most cup defenders, proved their
worth in such marked degree last year
that they will undoubtedly be an inn
portant feature of the next cup oe-
fender
Wrinkles" which developed week by
week as the Columbia took shape i'm the
south shop, will undoubtedly be found i'm
the new boat ms Capt Nat is nothing II
not Inventive. and has not been observing
races and racers for years without gath
ogiug valuable lessons therefrom.