The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-23

success attend the yacht now under
.,rstructon for Mr.. Thomas w. Law
,c this interest will give way 10
5urrfsht enthusiasm.
yr Cr1wninshieId's tidy offices at
,s4 Hub are hourly visited by anna
.sors who effusively approve of the
ines of the boat, and the jingle Of his
.ssphona bell requires an extra hand
"a answer the queries of the curious.
The designer is popular. He has pro-
iuc,d small boats that have been fast
and a fishing vessel OF moderate size
bat showed great speed. From boats
4 9Th. twenty one and twenty five foot
i ,1ockabOut class, however, to that of
a nlnety-fOOt water line cutter is a gi-
,srtic stride, but it has been courage
i msly taken. In one bound as it were.
4 'rowninshield has placed himself tenn
,orarily alongside of Herreshoff, Wat
4 IN and Fife, but to keep that place
viii depend upon good luck.
1 B0stOuians, those in the confidence
i # the owner and designer of the boai.
i ay that she viii start in the trial
4 aces to be arranged by the New York
i Yacht club TO select the cup defender
4 They maintain that everything neces-
4 ary to comply with the conditions re-
/ 1uired to do this will be satisfactorily
4 attended to. The boat is being butt,
4 and we shall start in the trials" is the
/ rather emphatic way in which the mat
4 Ter is put.
The boat can only start in the Off
4 il trials in one way. She must be
4 represented by a member of the New
4 York Yacht Club, who shall have 4
4 financial interest i'm her. OF the adj
,isory board standing behind the own
4 IT and the designer, only one is on the
/ New York Yacht Club membership list
That is Mr.. Charles II. w. Foster, who
/ vas elected in May, 1891 and now has
The small steam yacht HannieI, al
.h0ugh he has owned racing craft. The
Boston boat, it is said will stand in his
| mime i'm order to meet the Columbia
and the new Herreshoff creation, anu
not in that of Thomas w. Lawson.
It is the old story repeated or the
Boston craft Pilgrim. which the late
R. Suydam Palmer, New York Yacht
ing club, became financially interested
IN that she might start in the trial
races Of 1893.
Though Mr. Foster may thus be
prominently identified with the Law
son boat, ne will not be consulted with
i regard to her tuning up to any extent.
The chief of the amateurs who VIII be
/ consulted and whose suggestions are
i ~
1 IS Mr. Charles F. Adams. He will ai6
4 the good Boston cause" as it is term
/ ed, to the extent of his ability, but his
position will not in any way be an off,
i cal one Boston says Mr.. Adams
stands at the head of American anna
tours. No one will attempt to dispute
BOstOn's claim to supremacy in this
wise. but 1t is not on record that Mr..
Adams has done much big cutter rae
i ing in recent years.
The cup challenging yacht. the
Shamrock II, is being built behind bar
red doors so far as practicable. Such
is also the case with the Herreshoff
4 boat. and such would have been the
case with the Boston craft if Mr..
Crowninshield could have found place
TO build where secrecy would have
1 been secured, but that was impossible.
The boat had to be built in the open,
/ L at all, and doing the best ne could
i under the circumstances in getting her
4 started, he Is now ready to tell folks
] all about the craft save in the mat
/ ter of her correct sail plan, and about
a torpedo boat rudder which is TO have
4 trial
j Mr. Crowninshield has made a trac-,
! ing for the Herald of the boats sheer
4 plan and amidship section, and also or
her half breadth of deck and load wa
4 ter line, to which he has affixed his
4 hey are reproduced here.
Captain Nat" HerreShoff started his
4 new cup yacht with the determination
4 10 produce a faster all-round boat than
the Columbia. Mr.. Crowninshield be-
gan MS task with the same purpose in
1 VeH-the production of boat that
vas To be better than the Columbia
The Bristol designer necessarily had
The details of the champion of 1899 at
4 bis fingers ends when he commenced
Al 10 work on his plans. The Boston de-
ii Agner on the contrary was cropping
II 10 the dark. one had invaluable data
4 md great experience to aid him, while
he other was reduced 10 absolute
II guessing, and had no experience in the
Il held which he had entered
III 4 sporting man under the circum-
stances would say that Captain Nat
III ought to be d big favorite. and that his
IA Ooat should beat the other without
trouble But the planning Of success
III Vi racing craft is not an exact science,
4 and lt may be that Mr.. Crownlnshield
4 mas become the best guesser of the new
IA The lawson boat is a great scow
IA Nth Oh fin keel Her overhangs are
II org ner overall length is far greater
nan any previous cup defender her
5i.Ses are hard, and she has long,
IA lar tuor. The boat will have steel
'"t'N ana bronze pldlIlS. MS pa /
"A As "lli be So thick that il seems to be
vel understood by those interested
mat She viii be fifteen per cent heavier
nan the new Herreshoff craft. a boat
1lean per cent heavier in hull and
uaparatively lighter in ballast, as
WhnE that the displacement OF bokl
y.d.S is similar, will require decld-
81 form for natural stability to over
one her loss of artificial stability.
with great driving power, or sail
pan. such little differences are hoped
~ De- reduced to a minimum. The
lawson boat will have, it is said, seven
'", or so more hoist than the Column
VA, and a boom five or six feet longer
hrr base line naively remarks the
,'Ston designer will not be much
-'re than what the Columbia's was
WI We shall have a great deal of can
vas IN the air"
Lead pigs for the keel viii go inside
pockets. and molten lead will bt
~'4ed to make it compact. Expert
rms viii be made in this particular
- her trim as desired is obtained
"S method of securing the proper
-"jHt Of ballast does away WITT
-uCh calculation. but II Is not the up
'aia method of advanced naval ar.
I@etS, while it is bothersome anC
as satisfactory in the end.
Ngel stringers and steel ties will b'
- Tor the deck. and a solid stee
- lifted around the mast. but two
IuS OF the deck area will be Of alum
c,n covered with canvas.
VI MS ship Mr.. Crowninshield hopes
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