Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-06-20
rAors AMOUR IN DEPENDENCE.


The Independence ia the most radical
departure from existing boats that
has been built for the cup races this
year, says the Boston Herald. She is
the longest boat ever built for this 90.
foot class and 10 very considerable
longer on deck than either the Consti-
tuition or the Shamrock III. Mr..
Crowninshield has Rons in this way
more to the acow type than either OF
the other designers, and his boat Ia.
therefore, more Vt mn experiment, and
her performance alone will toll whether
her designer has hit the mark or not.
While the Constitution shows Ia her
lines beautiful curves and great ease
OF form, the Independence is more OF
the 'bruten type, with hard bilges
and fat floor that should give great
power, Her principal Dimensions are
| as follows: Length over all, lao feet.
| lOh inches; basing her waterline at 90
feet it will actually be something less
than that. She has 81 feet S inches of
forward oyerhang, the longest amount
ever given TO sailing yacht and %
| feet 8 inches OF after orefhapg; her ex.
treme beam Is "a feet and there is
about 81 inches Of fare IN the topsides
from the waterline to tho deck. The
extreme drangbt ia 20 feet although she
vii not be as deep as that until more
ballast has been piRced IN her,
When down to her design lines abb
will have G. feet II inches freeboard al
the stem feet inches aft with 4 fee.
as the least figure just aft OF amids
ships. At the forward end OF thu
waterline her beam on deck is IS feet
while at the after end IL ~ is feet {
| inches taperipg to II feet 8 inches Al
the stern.
| This area Of her lateral plane Is 772. {
feet, her VOTED surface 10 20, 9l3. 8 feet
the area OF the mieship section IT.,
feet and the area Of the load waterlin,
plane It'll. 5 feet. When launched ah,
had aboard about 65 tons OF hallast auS
not over 10 tons more is supposed to b,
needed to get her in TRIM.
Her rig Is very large the prinoipa
Dimensions being ss follows: Th
luain boom ls 105 feet inches; gait
So feet 2 inches; bowsprit outhoard, 2
feet 3 inches; spinnaker pole, 76 fset
the mainsaii will have a hoiat of q
feet 7 inches, leech Of l37 fest and are
OF I905 fest; forestaysnil has an area o
l,492 feet and the lib 1908 feet; th
, total area OF the lower sails is 10, 81
feet, The working .getftopsail will adj
, 1880 feet to this total, while with tn
cluhtopsaii set she will have /, 922 fee
/. more. Her total sail area figured a
= IA, Sa4 square feet. 5-
; From the top of her tcpsail poie I
the water will be about Il feet. Eve
with her topsail down, but with be
topmast on end, she could not pas
) under the Brooklyn Bridge IN th
: centre of the span at low tide. Fror
the bottom Of the keel of the Inc eper
) denos to the wind yhne on her cluotor
3 sail pole will be only "a feet less ths
the height of Bunker Hill monument,
= The Indepen hence Is built almoi
entirely of metal Her frames an
, braces are all steel, while the bow an
stern are bronze castings, Up to be
top sides she is plated with Tobi
bronze; above that seel is used, viii
her deck is part steel and part alum
Z mum, the whole deck being covered wit
= heavy canvass 10 give her crew bett,
footing. Her mast is huilt up OF stee
!. while her other Bpars are wood. an
Q hollow.
/ She has no inside tttings, and Is
typical modern racing machine. wit
o but two .uses--the first to race In b,
n special 90 foot waterline class and ii
it second TO serve. eventually, the purpol
!. LOT tho Junk dealer. -ss....