The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-26

NEW YORK. Feb. 26--Eyherever yachts
men were gathered yesterday the HERES
hon defender was the absorbing topic Of
conversation. After the many coniectures
that have been published concerning the
plans and progress Of Sir Thomas Lsptou's
opponent they were glad 20 have the ru-
mors dissipated by clear and concise
account. when gave internal proof of its
authenticity
The consensus Of opinion was that
Herreshof. judging from mis- plans viii
succeed in turning out a boat capable Of
beating the old Columbia anywhere from
hive 10 ten minutes ~--er the Cup course.
Local designers a . naval architects
naturally feel an interest in the doings Of
their contemporary at Bristol One Of them
remarked.
Any practical workmen could take this
information. MIKE h-S blue prints and go
ahead and buiiC ia boat
Clinton H Crane Of Tams. Lenoine &
Crane, the weI.-kriown firm of designers.
said he thought the new boat would be
much lighter than ne Columbia on ac-
count of HerreshofT's scheme for the
frames and that she should be able 10
carry more sail than her predecessor had
done. He expected to see her lower the
old boats record.
William Gardner the prominent ravaI
architect. of the firm Of Gardner & Cox.
said the plans as published bore out what
he had been able TO gather concerning the
construction of the new boat IN discuss
ing the boat he said.
Herreshof has evidently used what is
commonly known as the longitudinal sys-
TEN OF construction This was used first
in the Great Eastern. bur not TO such an
extreme as he has carried IL. II is also
IN universal use in the double bottoms Of
WaTshipS and large merchantmen The
spacing Of the frames Is determined large
~ By the depth Of water. which deter
mines the outside pressure on the plates
and determines their thickness
1t has been found adyisa Die 10 make
the suaCing between frames greater than
a certain distance apart for a certain sized
vessel. wl-c,Ier il be longitudinal or
transverse. I saw a construction laid out
for q large vessel. in which the ICngi-u-
dinai frames were three fest apart and
the transverse frames sixteen feet apart
theoretically this boat worked out cor
rectly- Little or no weight was saved
with equal strength The object OF he
construction. however. was 10 allow the
builders TO complete the ship win ny
drauHc riveting.
As the transverse frames of the new
defender. according tc the account are
very fart apart unless the longitudinal
frames are much closer together the plat
ing would De liable to indentarion between
each frame after q heavy pounding IN
seaway- For ! pure and simple racing
machine. this construction could possibly
be made a little stronger on the same
weight than the methods generally used.
Fer any other purpose than racing ma
chine il is net practical for the reason
that using a wooden deck this deck would
be practically i.npcssi Die 10 keep tight IN
less the beams were placed fairly close
together
"A steel deck is impractical on a cruis-
,nS yacht. the heat being too great in the
cabins in summer. = frame fifteen inches
deep. or its equivalent. in a smaller boat
than the Cup defender, would interfere
seriously with the aec0Inmofa tious. for II
would be impossible to place them all when
bulEheads come
With beam of tWeutE-sfx feet tWen-
y feet draught and 2 mIdship seet.o OF
the type HerTeshOn has been using for
The last four year he viii certainly get q
very powerful boat C1e capable Of carry
ing q much larger sail spread than Column
bia- There is no doubt that II the figures
given for the Lawson are correct. the New
York Yacht Clubs craft viii be much more
powerful. and can carry much more sail
The Bristol yacht viii probably bs
much longer over all. and If so l expect
10 see her beat her Boston rival Eve or
ten minutes