The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01
DEFIANCE MODERATE
IN Size AND POWER
Experts Figure Tri-City Yacht
Smallest Of Trio Making
to Defend Cup.
SAIL SPREAD $3.50, FEET
Belief Inclines to Boat Along
General Dimensions Of
Two DOrellOs.
SAIL SPREAD $3.50, FEET

Defiance, the cup defender building at
the Bath Iron Works for the Tri-City
syndicate. will be vessel OF moderate
size with moderate driving power. This
yacht has been designed by George owen
and among those interested In the yacht
are George NJ Pynchor, who owned and
sailed the Jstalena. and T.. Walter Clark.
who has owned and sailed three yachts
named Irolita. Mr.. Pynchon is TO be the
managing director. George owen has de-
signed several yachts OF the = and p
classes which have been very successful
and his largest yacht was the Dorello H..
owned by George l.. Batchelder. There
were two Dorellos and these two were the
first vessels OF their size to he rugged
without bowsprits. Last year Herreshon
copied this idea In the fifty footers. Its
advantage Is that all the sails are in
board and can be handled from the yachts
deck without sending men out on the bow
spirit. which is always bothersome and
dangerous. particularly when there Is a
good wind and rough Sea.
The Defiance is to be OF composite con-
struction. that is she will have steel frames
and wood planhing. The frames are now
being set UP and very shortly Hodgdon
Bros. OF East Boothbay, who have
built all the owen designed yachts, are to
start work OH the planking Their work
on yachts already built has been excep-
tionally good. This wooden planking Is
to be- double. There will be two layers Of
mahogany so placed that the hull will be
very strong and very tight
Nearly all of the owen designed yachts
have been OF easy form with moderate
sail spreads, and the yacht now building
will be no exception to that rule. The
first Dorello was SIS feet 6 inches over all.
80 feet on the waterHne, IL feet inches
beam and feet inches draught. The
second Dorelio Is 70 feet over all. As feet
o., ha lima aaf trf.h ha m
and 3 feet 8 inches draught The draught
Is fixed arbitrarily by the present rules.
IT must not exceed Is per cent. OF the
load waterline length plus 1.15 feet, so
that the drausht OF a rs footer Ia fixed
at 1875 feet unless the designer Is will
ing to pay a penalty which Is excessive.
When the drauHht exceeds the limit that
excess Is multiplied by three and added 70
the length so that the penalty counts con-
! siderably in figuring the yachts rating
for time allowance.
A careful comparison OF the dimen-
sions Of the two Dorellos show that owen
used the same relative dime sions In the
two yachts. Assuming that his cup de-
/ fender Is an enlarged Dorello. but with
certain notifications Of design and such
improvements as have suggested them
selves through experience with the two
| older yachts. the new cup defender De-
fiance will be IA feet over all, 90 feet 6
! lIlCnes pttIU fflu Id Ieet IicHes
Until the dimensions OF the spar5 are
known little can be figured on the sail
spread Of the Defiance. Two masts have
been made for this yacht at East
Boston and are ready for shipment to
Bath. An idea Of this sail spread. how
ever. may be estimated from the number
Of sailors who have been engaged to
handle the yacht Capt. g. Il. Howell
has signed on twenty-six men and
these were selected with much care. Sew
eral had sailed with Capt. Howell on the
! Istalena and Effort. and their ability Ii
we'll known. Some were selected from
! the crew OF the schooner Irolita. There
probably will be four amateurs on boa rd
the yacht in her races and these. with
Capt. Howell and two mates. will make
thirty-three men. According to tho rae
ing rules. one man is allowed for each
$50 square feet of sail carried. 80 that
with thirty-three men OH board the sail