The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-24
CUP YACHTS TO BE- MEASURED.
OFFICIAL FIGURES TO mr. MADE
THIS AFTERNOON.
shamrock Furnished BtEht Up To Her
Rail Much Green Paint Wa, he his
pesued Win -Ceiumbia's Brenze Made
Very Clean steamer Co Follow Racer.

terdaN morning were particularly Etruck
with the sinoothnc-s and btightness % the
bronze plating 81 the Shamrock. II seemed
20 be- ~ smooth ~ a piece 81 glass and II
shono like a minor The men were kept
rubbing the white powder Go and fro over
the surface 81 tho metal. and while rubbing
they could see their own images perfectly
reflected In the plating Tho more seen OF
the Shamrock the more she II admired
Many differ ~ Ia the mcrits Of her model.
This question will be se,tlei in the coming
races. but all agrce that In construction
she IL the mos, beautiful vessel over seen
On these waters. There 10 not a hammer
marx on the plates around tho riveu and
the rive, head have bson -n"othcd of
- thai they are even with the plating
=. copper plating on ~" rudd"r has been
frightened ton and H. very smooth All
the green paint on the top-idcS has been
scraped or and these plates have been
cleaned ~ that they shine just ~ thos-
on the underbody do. Their" waz some
speculation yesterday a. TO whether the
yacht will be left With her topsid'~ bright
1hoee who arr Interested IN the Yacht
would not say. but from vr,ain marks on
the Yacht II looked A. though al th" paint
she would carry would h. "A thin coat ov-r
the plank shear ara thin steel plat. about
= inches In w,dth that nuns around the
edge ~ tine deck II the Yacht sails bur
ni-hcd bright she viii furnish a novel sight
Another thing that makes % 'ook a. though
she would not he painted y that the chain
plates have bern painted green wh"ro
they cover the steel plnt". nut where they
are rtvetsd 20 the brunz" they have h~'en
-over-d witr "a bronze PAINT ~ order TO
make ~" match the plating
Two yeaI- az, when N" Columbia wa
being got ready g. race against shamrock
I. Prof X II Thur-ton OF cornell Nho -
an authority on m"rhanis al engineering
and metals wa asked n u would u" any
benefit ~ the Columbia 20 leave hcr top
sid,~ bright lie said that IN" difference
in resistance b'tw"cu smooth metal a1d
painted surfaces ranged all 'hc way from
5 Ia 81 per cent according Ia IN" character
of the metal and the paint VIII "a" Co
lutnbia he thought That having n"r top.
sides bright would max" q difference uf
half a Uil' Ia a thirty-nn" rae, ami, ~ ai
average speed Of ten mice ar hour, paint
tng the top~ide- would mean 70 loss 81 three
and a half or four minutes II "a learntSi
al the basin that u would take so pounds
81 paint 10 cover the %toI-idH- properly
~ that H. addition 80 he advantage giiut~i
by having them smooth there l. an adii-
tionsl aiva1tag" VA that u ave weight
L. wa though by SOM" that when m"
yacht g't away from %" basin rrn
would h. pm, 30 work 90 scrap" tr' ma Z
ana ~ilAi Nliif'fl NNI'l hlHN saw NFik'NN
al1ft These little things do not count
much by thCm-a,yr~ hut alt grtlrr tI'v
make q great difference and th'y show
hat nothing g. being left uudonc t'ai VII
Improve IN" -pssi of the chat 'uglng yarl'
Several Of 10. h.ad~1ils were .aN'l uH
deck Yesterday morning and Do" -iilmak"r~
got tu work making ~'u" slight rahpg"-
a3d ONcrhauling them \ l,rlhv 20" clnn
! tDpslil Splrs WrrC vaf l~hru and me com
pas wa. boxed 'o THIS vii h. adjusted
| A. tanr1N Il. .ED.lls uftaf tho YACHT EHf
down TO the Hon Snp" to-day u there ~
| time, and II not Tomorrow
sir TnomRs Upton visited the basin In
the morning and had a look at his Yacht
I Sir Thomas has MT vet recovered frOTu
4 the goCiirp, t'at laid him up for several
daN- and j. still very Lame Hc scanned
very plea sd Wit the appearance" " the
Shamrock and chatt"d for som" tina" with
7 Designer Mat-'laud capt sycamore
Capt Charles Barr n 20" Columbia vas
. az he dock iu tire H~ft"r.Jun H. "a"
| down into the basin AMI lupNrd ~ TIE hiigu'
plating very ciu~nly 1Lcr nc went under
. the bow aud fuT ~pmr mi .u''~ stood ava
ga2-i at the yscit frum that "a. r.,
| fore hc lnf' lie du'N De- f"l ia, bronze a.i
7 the smo,thac-- e the metal ~s'tued Ia im
I pres him very muc'
Worh ou the Columbia A. tho Moro
! Iron Work a. the foot - Iit'y-hfth s%tr'-i,
1 South Brooklyn. was rushed all day atd
hN 'igAt tire uud-rbOd. We very smooth
and Il an H." broulr did not shine a.
. fUftu a. ina nI fNN HfUAfIlNH|Ns OH ''H'
metal ~. very Clsau aud smooth ard il"
4 Yacht l.. iu tine shape 20 ra % fur ia" cup
I She nov uas tie obi l..m 20 'l, Defender,
, which va heightened = irW inches ia
4 order 20 ~ he columbia t"d ~u" has 'h"
: -am" main. all -hc used w th" trial races,
and which Capt Par links dud 80 well
/ then hat Their" II ~ reason 60 make any
. chang She hU- other -a4l-. uuf VIII ~"
the one nov bent On for the fri race at
least
Designer George l.. Watson and Capt
sycamore paid a visit to the columbia
yesterday morning Mr. Watson looked
az" Yacht over from al points and seemed
Co think well - her lie has never under
estimated the Columbia and ha. said that
the Shamrook II has a hard talk ahead
% her IN irving 20 beat IN" defender.
Before having iIe dock, Capt sycamore
and Mr. Watson wen" entertained on board
the tender Park CITY and they stood on
the deck ~ tina, vessel and -till gaz'i al
tho Columbia
The two yachts are go be measured this
afternoon A. high tide, which IL hriw's'u
: land O'Clock. the Columbia will lc lowepsi
"A the balsnr- dock and lowed around 10
'he Eric Rasin The Shamrbck viii y"
aioat by ,hgt 'i'ne. and when -h" arrives
tho Columbia vill h. fiuat"i into tho dock
where the Sater j. smooth. and Ng,sur"r
John Hyrlop will put hi- tape over the two
and find Out just what each bnat measures
aud what allowance will hav" 20 u" mad"
The Shamrock has n much larger sail sprfad
than the lumh ana " ha~ been '~'liiihN'i
that she carrie $50 square feet Of canvas
moro Than the american boat " they are
the sane length on IA" water line this viii
mean that the Shamrock will haN" 10 allow
about one minute forty seconds TO the
Columbia over the thirt y-wilr course IL
l. possible, though. that the shamrock II
shorter uu the water i'm" than the Columbia,
and " she j. some of thts eVc'.-- IN sail ~prad
will b. offset After hTing measured tho
yachts will h. towod down to IA" HorSc-
shoe and both will 20 out for a trial spin
tomorrow. the dav lsforc the first race
The men on the shamrock ssem 10 be
students of the Biblr a. VOL as ~ Yachting
On Sunday Dr.. Iced NRckaV preached a
sermon 20 the ShaurocS's CROW on board
the Porto Rico and he text was taken from
Isaiah, aNNiii .2S, which reads
Then thcklingS A." loo~ed. they could
not veil strengthen their mast. they could
no, spread Nv. sail then j. the prev OF a
great spoil dividcd the lame take the prey
d. Mackay declared that this was n
prophecy and In Il he saw victory predicted
Tor the Shamrock He pointed ont that II
vas particularly applicable To- ST. Thomas
Just now NJ he was -'iil lame. IN" doctor
mad a strong argument and his discourse
va~ very much admired