The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-16

Boat ok'"minc { 4 Model, and
Fredicte5 to be d Speedy Vessel.
Shamrock I Wins over the Cup
Challenger at Weymouth.
Bristol r. l.. April I3-The new
cup defender Reliance was launched
late on Saturday afternoon to the
entire satisfaction OF its builders.
owners az tine crew Of % smi-
ling sailOrmcu. who manned its
deck under Captain Charles Barr
The defenders tender. Sunbeam. was
decorated with three great American
ensigns New York Yacht Club bur
gee and no end OF other bunting. w.
b. Leeds steam yacht Mona came
up from Newport. bringing a number
OF guests. Then came the steamship
Satellite. the Constitution tender.
with more guests. At o'clock a door
in the south shed was opened and 200
invited guests fled in.
c. Oliver lsclin. his daughter Miss
Nora Isclin; Captain Nat Herrcehoff.
Colonel Goddard. Woodbury. Kane and
three or four others mounted T. a plat
form built under the bow Of the now
boat Miss lselin CARRIED hammer
decorated with the Iselin colors. and
when the young woman reached the
end of the platform she founs a bottle
of wine hanging close against the stool
plating Miss lselin gave the wine an
uppercut with the hammer. the bottle
burst ard the wine gushe,l ont in n
shower
Il name thee Reliance she said in
a clear voice. and then a winch at the
end OF the shed began TO revoIve and
the car on which the yacht rested roll
ed slowly down into the sea. The
great hull stood up on its fin keel. IN.
supported at either end. and with
nothing 10 brace the keel save the row
OF slender struts that rose on each
side as far as the starboards. A
smoother launching was never seen on
the shores of Narragansett Bav.
Inc first look from whatever tho
point of view was most impressive.
The hull as a whole seemed simplv
enormous. and yet the Furnished
bronze under water body is but a triae
In comparison. The proportion of the
hull under water is the smallest ever
seen in yacht OF that size.
Only glance was needed 10 show
that Hcrreshon when designing tho
Reliance started out with the Con
stitution for a foundation. That is To
say. he took the Constitutions beam
and widoned il out three inches or so
on each side. At the same time he
drew mp the bottom of the frames SO
that they should form a floor more
nearly approaching the horizontal and
heightened the hull to perhaps IA
feet. Thus the hull IS ut once wider.
shallower and longer. BY superior
framing the hull is at once stronger
and lighter. The deck of the new
boat is neareC the water than the Con
stitution's by three inches.
The bow comes TO a wedge. but the
wedge is not more than half as deop
as that OF the Constitution. cross sec
ton of the bow in the wake OF the
painted line is exactly like the cross
section Of well-shaped tea saucer.
There is no wedge shape at all to the
frame there
IL was the common opinion OF the
sharps that the new boat would be a
flyer in broad reach and down wind.
blow high or blow low. In windward
work in smooth sea all agree that
1t should exceed the older boats. In
a stim wind and lump sea some think
1t will pound so much as to be retard-
ed, but l believe that It will slide over
the waves as a toboggan slides down
a well-iced hill. At any rate. she Is
nearer the ideal American skimming
dish than any cup boat ever built-a
centre bOarder with the centre board
fixed apd loaded with lead-and there
is not a lump or a line to offend the
eye in all its outlines.