The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-12
DEFENDER YACHT
 ID BE LAUNCHED
THE DEFIANCE WILL LEAVE THE WAYS AND TAKE THE WATER
 ON TUESDAY, MAY 12.
Is One of Three Boats Built for Trial From Which to Select Defender of the Cup.

ono of the three yachts which will seek thc honor of defending thc Ani- cri.a's cup in the races against Sir Thomas Iipton's challenger next falL will be launched from her builders yard here today, probably at two o'clock in the afternoon. She will b" launched bow first instead of stern first as is customary
 This will he the second the threa boats to get into the water. The Reeolutc, owned by a syndicate of New York Yacht Club members, took her maiden plunge at Bristol, R. L. two weeks ago while the Vanite. which is being built at Boston for Alexander Smith Cochran, is on her ways.
 The Defiance carries the aspirations of dftcon yachtsmen If is called tho Tricty yacht. since the syndicate of owners is made up of cieht mel from Boston six from New York. and ono from Philadelphia George NJ. Pyn- chon of New York F. Walter Clark of Philadelphia, and Henry TaeearG 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. Pyachon is the manager and Mir. Clark the treasurer of the syndicate
 The other members are George Lauder. George D. Barron, James B. Ford. E Trowhridge Hal, and Thom as C. Durham. of New York; Oliver Ames. J. c. Cobb F. C. Fletcher Charles Hayden, F. c. Peabody Eliot Wadsworth, and E. s. Webster of Bos- ton.
 George Owen of Newton, Mass noted for his success in turning ont racing boats, was selected as design CT, and for the first time in the his tory of the Americas cup the state Of Maine was given an opportunity to regain the supremacy of the seas once hold by Bath clippers tho contract of construction of the Defiance being awarded to the Bath Iron Works
 It was decided to make the boat of composite construction, with steel frames. and d double wooden sl,in the inner of Douglas fir and the outer ot Gaboon mahogaay The lead kee was run on January
 To those unfamiliar with yachts and yachting the Defiance appears to differ but little from her two compet itors for cup defending honors She is distinctly modern yacht, with a moderately long body and ovorhanes slack bilgos, full earboards, aad kee' which resembles the old fin type but is considerably thicker with some 60 tons of lead on the bottom. She is lougcr, and wider than the Resolute, but her draught is practically the same
 The feature of the Defiance is in her rig. The mast is well forward of the center in fact about hclt way between the center of the lead and the bow. She will, therefore, set a single lower iib, while her main sail vii he the largest of the three boats Her rig is also very lofty and for the races scheduled off Sandy Hook i1 mid.Iunc the Defiance will have to iouse her topmast in passing under the East river bridges at New York in her passage from sound to sea. The exact dimensions of the Defiance are withheld for the present but it has btl,s [ a ments are approximately ll5 feet over all 7i9 feet on the water line, 22.G feet beam l3.9 feet daught and that she vii carry about $500 square feet of canvas. 1t is expected she will have to allow the Resolute several minutes in a 90 mile race. Theoretic- ally tho Defiance should point higher and foot faster than her rivals, bu, in doing so she vii probably prove to be difficult boat to steer
 Little effort will be made to put the Defiance into condition in either Maine or Massachusetts waters al though she may have a trial or two off the mouth of the Kennebec or al Marblohcad. Bringing the yacht to form will be accomplished ia the smooth waters of upper Long Island sound. probably off MT. Pynchon summer residence al Greenwich Conn. with City Island, as repair base.
 Capt. selah B Howell of Highland N. J.. one of the ablest shippers on the coast, will be in charge of thf | lDenance. but Mir Pynchon expects tt hold the wheel in the races assisted by MT. Clark and other members oi the syndicate The mates and crew were formerly on the sloop lstalena which Mir. Pynchon has raced very
 successfully for six years, while MT Clark has re-engaged some of th' best of his Trolta foremast hands.
 Tn the Defiance, Boston yachtsmel are represented in cup racing for th' first time since 1893, while it is |