The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-12
LINES OF THE NEW BOAT
It is Modelled Somewhat Like
 the Independence.
pete With It for the Honor of Defending the Americas
 Historic Cup.

ican eagle at its bow. the cup defender Reliance was launched at the Herreshofi Works just before sundown today.
 Five hundred persons stood beside the glistening body of the yacht when. al 5:31. Miss Cora Iselin, daughter of Oliver Iselin, owner of the boat, broke. with the blow of a silver hammer. the traditional bottle of champagne. saying. at the same time. T christen thee Reliance. and may God bless thee."
 Laurel wreaths and punches of pinks, tied with red and blue ribbon. the racing colors of Mir Iselin. were festooned for ward and aft As she slowly drew out of the slip, the American ensign was raised at the stern with Mir. Iselin's private signal amidships and the colors of the New York Yacht Club at the bow. Three thousand persons in steam yachts, row boats. on the two piers and in the street behind the ships. greeted the initial plunge of the Reliance with lusty cheers, while a bugler on a torpedo boat played the Star Spangied Ban ner."
 Lines of the Reliance. Among the yachts anchored of the works was the Constitution, the unsuc- cessful candidate for cup honors two years ago. and this year destined to be one of the keenest rivals against the Re- liance. ,}
 The Constitution was sally bedecked with daxs, and.l as the Reliance lay for q few minutes alonEsids its older com panion. some comparison of the lines of the two boats could be made. It was seen that the bow of the Reliance turns out of the water more sharply; that its stern is lower and fiatter and that 1t has trifie less free board The new boat. however. was soon hauled back into the dock, where it will be rigged. It is ex- pected 1t will have It's trial spin in about ten days, when it will have a thorough trying out with the Constitution and Co., lumbia in a series of races in Long Island Sound. Should it prove superior to it's two rivals. the Reliance will meet Sham rock III in the first of the cup races Au- gust 2.
 Reliance Is a decided departure on the part of Herreshoff from his other cup defenders. and is an excellent example of the American type of hat-foored, fin- keeled boats. It is not such an extreme skimming keeled dish as was Independ- ence. but it nevertheless resembles the Crowninshield boat more than 1t does any of its predecessors built here.
 Its lines are easy with few hard places and a graceful sweeping curve from the bilges into the garboards. The stern Is fiat so that it will leave but little wake, while its bow. although not so broad and fiat as that of Independence, Is still much different from the bow of either the Con- stitution or Columbia. Reliance has A long keel, but owing to its good beam, does not carry so much lead in the bulk as the other cup defenders. Its bow to- ward the end is sharp. while its taffraii measures scarcely 8 feet. The greatest beam is we'll up in the shoulder and is carried aft many feet.
 Its Strongest Point.
 At the water line, forward, the boat is curved like the inside of a saucer. It fs believed that its strongest point of sail ing will be with started sheets in a com paratively smooth sea. Reliance Is also likely to go fast down the wind. the long keel holding the boat we'll on its course. The bI oad floor of Reliance probably will cause 1t to pound considerably, especially in Iumpy sea.
 The boat, however, with its easy lines and its tremendous sail spread of over 15,oOO square feet. will have tremendous speed.
 The tender of Reliance, the Sunbeam, was moored alongside the south pier, and Mir. 1selin. with several of his yachting friends kept 'open house on board all day.
 The christening party came ashore from the Sunbeam just before b:sO o'clock. and at once mounted the little staging which ran out towards the star board bow of the yacht. Suspended by wire from the side of the boat was a quart bottle of American champagne. around the neck Of which MT. Iselin's colors hung. Miss Iselin. who was gowned in dark blue velvet and wore a picture hat. was accompanied by her fa- ther and Newbury Thorne, Captain Woodbury Kane. Col. William Goddard, Mir. Iselin's father-in-law. and her sis ter. Miss Fanny Iselin. Tn the mean time, N. G. Herreshoff, Captain Barr, who will command the boat. and a dozen of the sailors. had mounted to the deck At 5:n p. m. there came three rings of bell. and immediately the boat began to move. As soon as the yacht was fairly started, Miss Iselin smashed the bottle of champagne with a silver hammer at the same time naming the yacht
 There was cheering and a general dash for pieces of broken bottle as souvenirs. while the foaming wine. after drenchine the boats bow. splashed on the floor be- low. It took just ten minutes to launch Reliance.