The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-11
ONE AMERICAN
CUP DEFENDER
TO OBELAUNCHEO
The Defiance, FIRST OF Three
Yachts Which VIII Seek
Honor OF Retaining the
Trophy, Getting in Shape.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Bath Me, May f0-The Defiance,
one of the three yachts which will
seek the honor OF defending the Am
erica's cup III the races against Sir
Thomas Lipton's challenger next fall,
Will be launched from her builders
yard here tomorrow, probably at two
o'clock in the afternoon She Will be
launched bow first instead of stern
first, as is customary.
This will be the second Of the three
boats to get into the water. The Res
olute, owned by a syndicate of New
York Yacht club members, took her
maiden plunge. at Bristol. r. l.. two
weeks ago While the Nanitie. which IS
being built at Boston for Alexander
Smith Cochran, is on her ways.
The Defiance carries the aspirations
of fifteen yachtmen. 1t IS called the
Tri-city yacht, since the syndcat8e e OF
owners IS made up OF eight men from
Boston six from New York, and one
from Philadelphia. George NJ Pyn-
chon of New York, f. Walter Clark OF
Philadelphia, and Henry Taggard OF
Boston were the prime movers, al
though Mr. Taggard is acting as agent
for another Boston yaChtsman who
does not desire his identity made
known Mr.. Pynchon is the manager
and Mt Clark the. treasurer of the
syndicate
The other members are George Lau-
der. George .. Barron, James 3. Ford,
r. TroWbridge Hall and Thomas c.
Duuham Of New York; Oliver -Ames j.
G. Cobb. +. c. Fletcher. tharteS Hay
den, +. i. Peabody, Eliot WadsWorth'
and r s Webster, of Boston.
George owen Of Newton, Mass,
notc,d for his success in turning out
ra cling boats, was selected as design
er, and for the first time in the ms
tory Of the Americas 5 cup the state
Of Maine was given an opportunity 10
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held by Bath clippers, the contract OF
construction of the Defiance beng
awarded to the Bath Iron Works
Ii was decided to make the boat OF
com DOsite construction, with steel
frames. and a double wooden skin, the
Gaboon mahogany. The lead Keel was
run on January 8,
To those unfamiliar with yachts and
Yachting the Defiance appears To dlf-
fer but little from her two competT-
TORS for cup defending hOnOrS. she
is a distinctly modern yacht win
moderately long body. and overnangs
slack bilges, fun SarboardS, and Il keel
which resembles the old Tin type, but
is considerably thicker, with some 90
longer, and wider than the Resolute,
but her draught is practically the
same.
The feature of the Defiance is in her
rig The mast IS we'll forward or the
center. in fact about half way be
tween the center or the lead ana the
bow She will. therefore. set a single
lower iiD, while her main sail viii
he the largest of the three boats. Her
rig is also very lofty. and for the races
scheduled off Sandy Hook in mid
Iune the Defiance will have to douse
her topmast in passing under the East
river bridges at New York in her pas
sage from sound 10 sea. The exact di-
mensions OF the Defiance are with
held for the present but it has been
stated that her general measurements
are approximately 10 feet overall
74q feet on the water line, 226 feet
beam. 1919 feet draught and that she
will carry about 9,&0O square feet of
canvas It is expected she Will have
to allow the ResoIute several minutes
in a 30 mile race. Theoretically the
Defiance should point higher and foot
faster than her rivals, but in doing so
she will probably prove to d 2 diff
cult boat to steer
Little. effort VIII be made to put the
Defiance into condition in either Maine
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