The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-09
The News Of the Sport World.

ecstasy, but time works all things
right.
But it is not the vindieation Of the
American idea of Skimming- dish
model that interests US chiefly in con-
sidering this new defender. The fact
is that this decrease of depth of hull
proper shows cOnclusiyely that she is
than either the Constitution or the
Columbia.
1t will require less power to drive
her through the water, and yet, as al
ready explained, her extra width and
greater overall length should enable
her to carry still more canvas than the
older boats of larger displacement. She
will move more easily, and will yet
have more power to drive her.
1t has been repeatedly said that the
! new lead keel is five feet longer than
that of the Constitution and Columbia.
The exact dimensions of the new lead
keel are:
Length on top, 35 feet.
Length on the bottom of the bulb,
| Is feet 9 inches.
Greatest width on top, 81 inches,
and it tapers both ways to a width of
inches at the end The greatest
width is at the center of the length.
Greatest depth of the keel, feet Z
| inches.
On comparing this lead keel with
| that Of the Columbia columbia and
Constitution had lead keels of the
same SfZe) we find that the new keel
is 51@ feet longer on top where the
new keel is. 81 inches thick Cor wide)
the old lead keel was 56 inches, If the
memory of our informant is not at
fault as to the width of the lead in the
old racers. He had the width Of the
new lead (21 inches) written out from
an exact measurement, but he trusted
to his memory for the width of the old
lead. AS he explained the difference
in the shapes of the lead, he said 1t
was as If the lead of the old keel had
been hammered out until 1t was ~
feet longer than before.
Keel Will Not Add to Weight.
1t has hitherto been calculated that
| the extra length of the new lead would
add, say, five or six tons to the weight
Of lead hitherto carried, but now that
we know that the new keel is thinner
1t is apparent that it weighs no more
than the old one, and it is likely that
it does not weigh SO much by several
tons. Indeed, the fact that the body
of the hull is Of less depth, and has
less displacement, indicates that there
is less in the keel
1t might be granted that, having less
lead in her keel, she will be able to
carry less sail, but it must be remem-
bered that the greater beam and the
greater overall length provide for such
a decided increase of sail that some
lead can be dispensed with and still
she will carry much more canvas than
either of the old boats.
And as to the sail area to be carried
we have certain most significant di-
mension of the new mast. On Satur-
day night the work on the mast was
half done. 1t is being built in sections,
and its diameter is 26 inches, which
is AZ inches greater than the diameter
Of the mast of either the Constitution
or Columbia. What the length of the
mast is to besw do not know, but we
know two other most significant facts.
stiffeners running 1engthwise where
the n1asts of the older racers had but
eight and there is a strengthening
where the masts of Columbia and Con-
stitution had fianges ever seven feet
With the greater diameter, and the
increase in the number of stfffeners
and f1anges, the new mast is not far
from twice as strong as the older
masts-it will stand double the strain
! or pressure from the wind. It is also
| heavier by 20 per cent or more.
Now, the masts of Columbia and
Constitution that were used in their
races were of ample strength for the
canvas they spread. It is, therefore.
absolutely certain that the new mast
with its extra weight has been made
thus doubly strong not through fear
| Of accident, but in order to carry a
very greatly increased area of canvas.