New-York tribune., 1901-04-21

pendent line of development. rather than fol-
lowed yachting conventions.
When the yacht is viewed in profile the most
striking feature is the extreme fneness OF her
ends. The overhangs fore and aft are drawn
out TO exceptional length and the waterilne
underneath looks deceptively short Her mn is
or the medium length, probably thirty feet at
the extreme measurement and is finished at
the bottom with pronounced rocker. Without
doubt the chief characteristic of the yachts de-
sign is the manner in which her beam is thrown
right forward. almost into the eyes OF the boat
The forward deck lines carried out full well
into the oyerhang, and the dra wing in does not
start until half way between the mast and the
stern. From about the mast it rms aft in long
easy curve, and goes out into the longest ana
finest counter ever seen cup challenger, the
breadth ~ the taffrail being only about seven
feet.
stem is snubbed off. leaving a small, fiat, tri
angular surface under the bowsprit The form
of the deck with its wide lines forward and
exceptionally fine run has the appearance of
having been suggested by towing experiments.
in Shamrock | the we'll defined stem
carried from under the bowsprt to the top edge
OF the fin but in the boat the stops
short before it reaches the waterne. Under
this the sections of the boat run in perfect semi
circles, and give this part of the hull the exact
shape of the forward end of soup spoon. Some
danger OF forming awkward shoulder might
nave been expected in drawing the wide deck
down to the final lines of the underbody but
the problem appears to have been successfully
met. Every line runs true and sweeping. The
general shape of the bows gives the impression
OF boat which should be able to keep her head
well up no matter how hard she may be pressed.
1t was in this ability to keep her head up that
the Columbia's chief superiority over the first
Shamrock lay. To take the first Shamrock as
standard for comparison. 1t may be said that
the principal of making the yacht sail over
rather than through the water will be pushed
much further in the present yacht. There
none of the fiat sides under the bow or big shoul-
der seen in the Fife boat.
COMPARED TO PREVIOUS CHALLENGER.
When the yacht is viewed end on it is seen
that Mr.. Watson has departed greatly from the
nidshp section adopted by Fife. The new chal-
lenger is immeasurably easier than the previous
boat in the turn of the bige and garboards and
easier even than the Columbia. The fin is mar
row in the section where it joins the hull and
spreads Until it turns in the round of the trough
in which the lead is carried The principle
Of skimming water is in the after end. All
the sections are again in segments of circle.
The total draught from the waterline to the
bottom of the rockered curve of the keel is only
an inch or two over eighteen feet, or two feet
less than the previous challenger.
In the measurement at the extreme beam
there is little difference, though the point of this
measurement falls much further forward in the
Fife boat. In the matter of over all length, the
advantage lies with the new craft by nearly ten
feet.
Summing up. the challenger undoubtedly has
the finest lines ever turned out of the Clyde.
She undoubtedly has a hull that will be easily
driven. Her beam will give her good deal Of
stability But she will probably sail trif1e ten
der, and will be best suited when club topsails
can be carried with dry decks.
Captain Hogarth, who sailed the last chal-
lenser, said to the correspondent of The Asso-
cjated Press: Everything has been done in
the best possible way. / have more confidence
than / ever had before
w. G. Jameson, of Dublin. who sailed the
Prlnce of Wales's cutter Britannia with Can
tain Carter, and who will be Sir Thomas
Lipton's representative board the cup chal-
lenger, said: IF this does not bring back the
cup We might we'll leave it, But shall he
surprised if that is the outcome of our visit to
America"
MI HerreshoT. jr., voiced the opinion of those
Americans present who had knowledge of the re-
cent cup competitors by saying that Shamrock
III embodied all the faults of recent American
QeIenoers' without any visible improvements
he admitted that Mr.. Watson had made some
curious departures from the traditions of yacht
construction, but he doubted their effectiveness
Glasgow.