Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-11
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CUP DEFEN DER LAUNCHED.
Defiance, One Of the Three ContSndsrs
For honors Fioatsd.

Defiance, One Of the Three Contenders
For honors Fioatsd.
Bath. Ne. May 1.-THE Defiance. one
OF the three yachts which will seek tho
honor of defending Americas cup in
the races against Sir Thomas Lipton's
challenger next fall, will be launched
from her builders yard here today. She
will be launched bow first lntead Of
stern first. as Is customary.
This will be the second Of the three
boats to get into the water. The Reso-
lutte. owned by syndicate Of New
York Yacht Club embers. took her
maiden plunge at Bristol, r. l.. two
weeks ago, while the Vanitie. which Is
being built at Boston for Alexander
Smith Cochran. - on her ways.
The Defiance carries the aspirations
Of fifteen yachtsinen. It 10 called the
Tri-city yacht. since the syndicate OF
owners Is made up OF eight men from
Boston, six from New York. and one
from Philadelphia. George NJ. Pynchon
Of New York, E. Walter Clark Of Phil
adelphia, and Henry Taggard Of Bos-
ton, were the prime movers, altho Mr..
Tasgard is acting as agent for another
Boston yachtsman who does not de-
sire his identity made known. Mr..
Pynchon is the manager and Mr.. Clark
the treasurer of the syndicate.
Other Members are George Lauder,
George D. Barron, James B. Ford, E.
Trowbridge Hall, and Thomas c. Dun
ham. Of New York: Oliver Ames, ]. c.
Cobb, F. c.. Fletcher. Charles Hayden.
F. E. Peabody, Eliot Wadsworth and
E. S. Webster, Of Boston.
of tNarc mot.
ed for his success in turning out rae
ing boats. was selected as designer,
and for the first time in the history of
the Americas cup the state OF Maine
was given an opportunity to regain me
supremacy of the seas once held by
Bath clippers, the contract Of con-
struction Of the Defiance being award
ed TO the Bath Iron Works.
II was decided to make the boat OF
com posite construction. with steel
frames. and a double wooden skin. the
inner of Douglas FIR and the outer Of
Gaboon mahogany. The lead kee! was
run on January 9.
To those unfamiliar with yachts and
yachting the Defiance appears TO difer
but little from her two competitors Tor
cup defending honors. She is dis
tinctly modern yacht, with moderate
ly long body, and overhangs slick big
es, full garboards, and keel which re-
senble the old fin type, but IS con-
siderably thicker. with some 50 tons
of lead on the bottom. She ia longer.
and wider than the Resolute. but her
draught is practically the same.
Little effort will be made to put the
Defiance into condition in either Maine
or Massachusetts waters altho she
NAV have a trial or two OF the mouth
Of the Kennebec or at Maroiehead.
Bringing the yacht to form Will be ac-
com pl!shed in the smooth waters OF up
per Long Island sound, probably on
Mr.. Pynchons summer residence at
Conn, which City Island as
repair base.
Capt. Selah B. Howell OF Highland.
y. J. one OF the ablest shippers on
the coast, will be in charge OF the De-
aance, but Mr.. Pynchon expects to hold
the wheel in the races assisted by Mr..
Clark and other members Of the syn
dictate. The mates and crew were Tor
merly on the sloop lstalena which MT
Pynchon has raced very successfully
for six years, while MI. Clark has re-
engaged some Of the best Of his lroifta
foremost hands.
In the Defiance, Boston yacntsmen
are represented IN cup racing for the
first time since 1898, while 1t Is PM.
adelphia's initial appearance.