The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-07-01
m SHAMROCK III,
NEW CUP DEFENDER.
i. nou1s OF THE YACHT OEsCRIB'
IN BY John r. SPEARS.
o..e Mas Greater Length, More
= o.,n More Sail and Less Depth
Than Previous Defenders

so,lowing facts regarding the
ID' slender of the Americas cup In
:" conditional races to be held on
l ~ Hook in August of this year
pau'' r. Thomas Lipton's latest chai-
III shamrock Ill, have been OBJ
PnS', from the Herreshoff shipyard.
liI n%stoI r. l., where the defender is
nnjIdiug, says John r. Spears, the
w ,ntinc expert, in the New YORK
'~ " .orrce know to be fully trust
tnc and, what is still more impor-
O-'D tGo facts as given will be found
lp noor the impress of truth on the face
.nom for they show very clearly
stho new boat is a legitimate devel-
a .nt Of the previous models de-
-o1 nv Captain Nat Herreshoff, and,
sno may Judge from bare statement
,;uorsions. they indicate a boat
will shows decided increase Of
wi over anything yet built or design
FIR pse in yachting weather.
wo learn, first of all, that the new
o,t has eighty-two frames and that
Sor are spaced twenty inches apart
,ortnr 10 center. On the Suppo-
it,or tbot the stem will be found TWEEN
inches beyond the first frame and
10 taftrail twenty inches abaft the
~ one the new boat will be 13S feet
inches long over all. Now, although
such authoritative statements as
u, have ever come from within the
l0rroshoff ward in regard to either the
onstltption or Columbia, there are
E vcolIent reasons for believing that the
ro o,d boats that competed for the
onors two wears ago were near 132
.ot Ionc We know, in fact, that each
od soventv-seven frames and that the
rames were spaced twenty inches
mart from center to center. Calculat-
no as above. this would make the rae
rs inst 1871 feet inches long over all.
No are therefore assured that the new
NAT is at least six feet longer over all
han the old ones were, and she may
e seven feet longer.
This means, first, that the new boat
in have longer lines under water as
he heels TO the wind, and 1t means,
N. that as she heels there will be
bore ship, so to speak, to resist the
ressure Of the wind. Thus the new
. efender when upright will have a
scing length of not more than ninety
eet on the water, but when the wind
Tvs her over and brings her over
angs into the water her wetted length
BAY increase to 120 and possibly to
Is feet. The wetted length will in
tease rapidly with every degree added
the angle of inclination, and the In
tease of six feet in over all length
beans considerable increase of abil-
h to carry a larger spread of canvas.
also means a considerable increase
her ability to resist the tendency to
bake leeWay.
The next statement of dimensions is
pat the new defender is % feet 6
\ pches broad over all. The Constitu-
On is % feet 212 inches broad, and the
Few boat is therefore three and half
lches wider than the old. The Column
was but 24.17 feet wide, and the
eW defender is therefore a little more
pan foot and a third wider than
Oumbia. She will carry more sail
IAN the narrower ship, and more sail
cans more power to drive the hui
rough the water. In fact, it is fair
presume that the increased length
er all and the increased beam may
laDle the new boat to carry more than
PVOO feet of canvas in her plain sail
eSs, as it has hitherto been rumored
lat she would do.
IS IN the matter Of displacement
Inc shape and area of the under
a'er body of the new ship that she Is
SI interesting. We are told that in
new boat the crew will have to
ak on their hands and knees" when
y 90 into the hold. For, while the
pun from the top of the crown OF
uecK frames to the top of the lead
Il feet Us inches at the point of
'a'eSt depth, so much of that dis
NVe Is occupied by the fin keel above
'ead and by the web of the frames
1--WE the lin that the tween decks
uVe is too low for a man to stand
ect in.
us is a most important departure.
new ship will draw not far from
same amount of water that the old
OOals Cid (the exact draft did not
iHj and yet the floor OF the hull has
u urawn up, so to speak. The depth
~ Tue crown of the upper deck to
ueck below is two feet less than
VI either Of the older boats.
9 The old time designers of the
4'iilllg dish, of whom Captain Phil
"OItn was a leader, be now held in
.O,' LOT no model by which they
.e was ever such skimming dish
a., 1t is not the vindication of the
.iF1h idea of skimming dish mod
"a, interests US chiefly in consider
!. 'nls new defender. The fact is
enIs decrease of depth of hull