The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-31
TO IMPROVE SLOOP Effort.
winner OF Kings Cup VIII he Ready 10 Meet
All Racing Yachts Next Summer.

+. NJ. Smiths crack sloop Effort. the winner
OF the Kings Cup last summer, Is now winter
ing at City Island and she will be fitted out
early In the season and be ready to meet all
corners again. In her next season she will
be a much better boat than she was in her
first year. improvements are to be made
under the supervision Of Henry J. Gielow,
her designer. which are expected to make her
faster, and she will also have the advantage of
being better known by her captain and those
interested in sailing her. Among other things
she Is to have a hollow boom and maybe a
little more sail. This boom will be just a
little longer than the one she carried last
season. The Effort is to race at jamestown
in the two weeks racing on that port for the
cup given by Sir Thomas Upton. This cup
is for sloops and yawls of classes II, J and X,
and it is probable that the two new Herreshoff
boats of Class X, being built for II. F. Lippitt
and G.. NJ. Pyuchon. will also take part in this
contest which will be the event OF the year
for boats of this size.
The Effort is not only a fast sailing craft
OF good wholesome type. but is well con-
structed and a stanch. seaworthy craft.
Some who saw her racing last year criticised
her and maintained that she was so lightly
built that she would soon fall apart, and
pointed out dents in her plating to show that
1t was too thin. This story Is absolutely
denied by those who have been closely asso-
CldLcu Win lut dtub duu u ChItlul cAdlllud-
ton OF the yacht as she now appears at Jacobs
yard at City Island shows how well constructed
she is. Bronze is a metal that bruises easily
and the slightest indentation always shows,
especially hen a coat OF paint Is put on. As
the builder was late in delivering the Effort,
she was not cemented. but before another
season she will be finished as il was intended
she should be, and not Q mark of the rivet
will be seen on the hull.
Whom she VIVA hau led nut n mOsf cara ftI
examination was made. and It was found that
she had not worked at all. In fact. there was
not a spot in her interior fnishings where the
paint had even cracked, and If the yacht had
worked it would ha We shown on the interior
fnish. Not a single rivet leaked and there
was no corrosion anywhere-in fact, her hull
was dry and dusty inside. She was as sound
when she was hauled out as the day when she.
was launched. The plating was in the same
shape. and in the hardest racing during the
summer the buikhead doors opened and
closed easily, showing that there was no
change in the yachts form even when being
driven hard.
The Effort is % feet 3 inches over all, s5
feet on the waterline, IS feet 0 inches beam
and 10 feet IL inches draft. She IL a keel
boat, built Of bronze. with steel frames. The
Rudder OF this month has a Diet lied account
Of her construction, with plans. 1t says:
pounds to the square foot. The thickness of
the upper strakes Is three-siXteenths Of an
inch and her keel carries thirty-one to ms OF
lead. This lead Is perfectly flat on the bot
tom and is IS feet 8 inches long. At the for
ward end it Is I feet 9 inches high and at the
after end, where the rudder post fits, is 20
inches. It has a fish section s~hape-sharp
forward and bulbs out so that the bulk OF the
lead is well forward: it's widest part is 30
inches and IL " shea thed With bronze plating.
The lead rises in a straight line forward
and takes a quick turn TO q point three feet
beyond the water line and then sweeps up in
an easy curve TO the stem head. This straight
line II carried aft would run to the rudder
post and form the upper part of the lead
keel. The sole plate to which the lead IL
Oolted IL or bronze three-fOurths inch thick
the bolts running through the lead varying
being countersunk at the bottom of the
lead with nuts set up on washers on the top
OF the sole plate. The sole plate il stir ened
by steel angle floors on each frame, and steel
angles run along each side OF the sole plate
TO which the gaTboards are rlveued. The
stem Ia a bronze plate Hanged and 20 this the
plating is riveted. The frames are spaced
sixteen inches on centres and are Of steel
IA by pa by 3-l0 inch thick. The stem above
the water line. that is. the curved portion. is
post and frame. the material being of about
the same composition as what is Known as
gunmetal. The plating il what il known as
n ana out. the sheer strake being out. All
the seams are double chain riveted.
The deck beams space one TO each frame
and are IA by ~ by 3-l8 inch. These are
connected to the frames with "a gusaet plate
at each end; the inboard end or this giisset
plate In Hanged 10 give IL extra strength and
stiffness. Two web frames are in The Sav
Of the mast and another further AFT I'm Wav or
the main runners. At the after end Of the
cabin IA a steel bulkhead stifened with angle
bars, and at the forward end OF the fore
castle n . system OF bracing. while aft IN the