Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

| ing organization of Charlotte and by the
challengers beginning July 20 of Toronto
or the three boats on the defending side,
| Rochester, designed by William Gardner of
Manhattan and built by William Miller of
| Charlotte. is picked by the most conserva-
/ tive Rochester yachtsmen to win the trial
series. The Gardner creation Is owned by
| a syndicate of members of the defending
| club, headed by Thomas p. Prftchard, and
has been in the water only few days.
Iroquois, designed by Charles F. HERE
| shon and built at Lawley's South Boston
shops, Is the second club craft She is
| owned by a syndicate of which Frank T.
Christie is the head and was shipped to
| the lakes from Boston on a flatcar. Recent
| reports from Rochester say that there is
something radically wrong with Iroquois.
| She does not float within many inches OF
| her designed waterline forward, and 1t Is
feared additional ballast will effect her
promised speed
The other Rochester Yacht Club boat Is
| Kee Lox III. designed and built by c. ]. and
| w. P. Pembroke. brother amateurs of some
| reputation. Kee Lox II is longer than the
other two boats. The Gardner creation is
| SO feet the Herreshoff boat foot shorter
| while Kee Lox II measures 55 feet over all
| Like the others, she is designed to a load
| water line of 30 feet. She has beam of
10 feet to one of 10 feet inches on Roch-
| ester and 3 inches less on Iroquois. Kee
Lox II has the longest kind of any. it being
| feet and weighing four tons. The over
| hangs are greater than on the other two
| creations Her frames are of oak, the
| plankng of Oregon pine and the cabin of
| mahogany.
Rochester holds the type for which Gard
! ner has of late years become famous. She
| has oak frames with a system of strength
| ening iron work and steel straps and
| should keep her shape perfectly. The
| plankng Is of Oregon pine and the deck
is of pine, caulked and filled The cabin
| house is of mahogany with a mandolin top
| rounded forward, making a strong combi-
| nation. Rail, matches, etc. are of mahog-
any. Wilson & Slsby of Boston are to
| make the sails, and she will carry every
| inch of $50 square feet allowed. The
| blocks, rigging and spars have all been
| selected without regard to cost. The boat
| has an overhang forward of IL feet and
one aft OF IL feet. A very short bowsprit
is used.
Aside from the fact that Iroquos does
not float on her waterline, she is consid
cred by those who have seen her to be
likely craft. She has a long clean run,
easy entrance and straight lines. The
frames are of selected oak planking of
cedar. copper fastened; the deck of white
pine laid straight, with a mahogany cabin
Side-paneed in glass.
The trio of boats built by the challengers
is bit further along than that of the de-
tenders. For the lines of two of the boats
the Royal Canadians went across the wa
ter. Temeraire from the board of William
Fife, is owned by Frederick Nichols, while
Zoraya designed by Alfred Mylne, is the
property of James Worts. Both creations
were built by Capt. Andrews at OakVille.
In trials under sail against the former cup
boats, Beaver and Invader. of much lighter
displacement and construction, the Fife
creation showed surprising form, while the
Mylne boat did not do so well.
SibbiCk of COWdS designed Invader. Both
she and Temeraire have about the same
driving power-1 $50 square feet of sail.
Invader has only half the weight to drive
and her model has been proven one of the
most slippery things ever seen on the great
lakes. Temeraire is of much greater bulk,
with good accommodations, and yet of so
fine model that she succeeded in beating
Invader (the successful challenger of 19oD
by several boat lengths in the recent I'M
promptu trial
Naniwa Japanese word for water bios
som), the other challenging craft, was de-
signed and built by William Johnson of
Hamilton Ont for j. H. Fernside. 1t was
originally intended to name her Hamilton
II, but the foreign and more phonetic word
was substituted just before the launching
last week. Zoraya is 4S feet over all,
feet inches beam and Z feet draught. She
is feet shorter than Temeraire and car
ries 300 more pounds of lead in her keel.
She Is chunkier boat, with more lateral
plane and has a narrow, lofty rig in COM
parison with the Fife creation, whose main
sail Is more squareheaded. Both are can
vased to the limit of 1850 square feet.
For the trials, which begin on July %.
the Royal Canadian Yacht Club has put up
81, 800 in prize money, the three new cred
lions only being eligible. Other events on
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, how
ever will give the old cup creations. Bea-
yer and Invader, a chance at the newcom-
ers Great interest is being manifested on
both sides of Lake Ontario regarding the
races and the series off Charlotte in Au-
gust is expected to be the greatest ever
held for the cup.