New-York tribune., 1902-02-17
METEOR VIEWED BY EXPERT.
SHE HAS FAST LINES BUT ABOVE ALL
Is A CRUISER.

Is A CRUISER.
! The first impression one gets on viewing the En-
! peror Williams schooner is that she has i'm
| menSe strength She has lines of a fast boat,
but the absence of some peculiartes Of the modern
| top speed machine inevitably suggests that she
! could have been made faster If high speed had
! been made special item in the order-which it
was not Apart from the question of model, the
vessel viii be of great weight. AS measured
roughly with lead pencil the deck panking
seemed TO be nearly, if not quite, three inches
. thick. and this Of itself means that in a vessel of
100 feet in length. with y feet of beam. she is
carrying pretty good deckoad of timber-not too
much for cruiser of her size, though practically
prohibitive for The Watson designed
schooner Rainbow owned by c. L. Orr Ewing
NJ p. which is five feet shorter the waterline,
carries three inch planking. and in the racing field
suffered a good deal from her weight. Yet the
Emperor's craft is twenty feet longer the water
line than the EndymiOn. the American schooner
which now holds the yacht record for ocean pas
sage. and with her three feet greater beamand one
foot greater draught. she has increased power
that ought to far toward capturing the blue
ribbon Of the Atlantic if she that luck which
all fast ocean passages depend. There are numcr-
GUS smart American schooners which in the mill
pond courses of Newport and Long Island Sound
might steal away from the new Meteor, but II il
should come to drawing out this boats enormous
power for carrying sail in a hard wind and for
straightaway Of three thousand miles, it would
ne dlihcut to name any sailing craft that could
confidently expect to defeat her.
That she will have the canvas to shove her is
SHOWN by the particulars obtained for the first
llme. For broad reaching, when she will be carry
I"s malntopmast staysail and balloon jib together
WIN her largest clubtopsail at the main, she viii
hang up 22,0+9 square feet of sail This is some
thing like eight thousand square feet greater than
the triangular area measured for the calculation Of
ume allowance on the Shamrock and the Columbia.
The lower canvas alone OF the new boat will meas
ure about ten thousand square feet. The main top
san yard viii reach about one hundred and fifty
feet above the surface OF the water and. though
the sail plan put the canvas well on board
she VIII have reach Of about hundred feet
from the end Of the bowsprt the end OF the main
boom. That the main sheet crew will need beef"
Is shown in the measurement of the main BOOM
which is eighty-two feet long. When this main
sail is recfed when it is wet it will be like rceHng
boiler plate.
The chainpatcs are not boltcd in the old way
down the frames but simply fixed by five bolts
to the top strakc Of the outside plating Of the
snip in almost the way as was found on
Shamrock Ia method which caused some com
mcnt until one discovered the enormous strength Of
the metal in the top strake. There are five chain
plates on each side OF each mast. showing that
there will. in all, he twenty shrouds The chain
plates are Of galvanized wrought steel. which
VIII look less rough when painted, and they
will probably take large bronze turnbuckes to set
up the shrouds The steel buwarks are now about
eighteen inches high, over which there will be a
wooden rail Teak is the wood which has been
selected for the deck fittings. skylights. etc. and
away art there is small deCkhousc. or. rather
trunk. which is merely to give hcadroom for the
descent Of the companionway. With these cxcep-
uons the decks have clean sweep from bow 20
stern, with "A moderate sheer that is graceful and
Inside tho vessel It is noticed ,hat the steel
frames Ire sraced at tweniy-one Inches on centres
ana u the forward part OF the overhung. right tu
inr eyes OF the shin. are oil tanks 20 carry the
is a foracastlr for twenty men of the crew Then
comes "A watcrtight steel bulkhead that has no
the, captain and a6ar;nents for two cooks and a
seward. Aft OF these is the galley for the owner
are three tanks sor fresh water CARRYING respec-
In All; The main saloon. running the fan width Of
me snip comes next. over eighteen feet long by
.Esenty-s,yeo w.de-to DE 4tted in gold and white.
Ait 2t This on ne port side are three staterooms
The owners room. measuring about thirteen feet
is on qae starboord side. The companionway here
4-gs ] @ GOV n in,2 m which % IN part OF the
stairs Is woman's cabin. reaching from side to
feet Fidc and the room is thirteen feet lone 70 be
FOR he now a5o .c5 IN i5 j9gfr Work
is hi 4G | and 1e rggdG Pg N gg g, Whe h ng XaGat
every part Of the boat sad his nrm would not SUP
~ Uid b" especially made or selected according -
Wilson & si}eby have the contract for the sails
4i4a . I'D" sL@r measlrements are about as follows
fee foremn- abovd deck r. 'St fe '99ye deck 80
,opinast q feet foretoPmast - feet Inches. moiu
boom, s. feet made of followed Oregon pine; spin
nak"r boom. 81 feet inches The framing OF the
keel is Of the trough kind none Of the lead being
boted on thc outside. but fitted along The keosoU
aud in the bottom Of the I'm. For - Yacht Of her
size the draueht Of water at fifteen feet IL moder-
ate. and she VIII carry about 100 OF lead ball
last having displacomcrt Of @15 tons
In the model the waterliUe which Is l20
somewhat Increased 10y a sort Of outward bulge I'm
tn generally strairh; line Of the cutwatcr leading
from the forefoOt of the fin the hovyS,,rlt
This gives the boat q much better grip forward for
heavy windward work. and the entire front Of the
boat Is AT variance with the high speed models of
the last eleven years having Of the SpoOulilte
outcurvos at the entrance. but, on the contrary.
very marked hollow line whore the forward part
drops into the water. this being distinct. curious
End notable the designing Of former years
in so capable and experienced designer as Cary
Smith II Enthusiastically shows issattSfnction with
what is known the Hcrreshon bpw-at least
for q cruising yacht-and there Is no doubt that
although such a model as the Meteor's will plunge
decper, she will plunge easier. She will have
OF that heavy banging the which has been
one Of the banes Of latter-day racing. The return
o the clipper bow will he viewed with pleasure bv
an lovers of yacht distinguished from the
racing machine. and the evident strength Of this
bow is indeed most pleasing for a change.
GIVES TP MEDICAL JOTPNIJ