The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-15
LAST CUP DEFENDER
OF THREE LAUNCHED
Vanitie Takes Her Maiden Dip
at Neponset Just After
Sun Quits Clouds.
SPONSOR EIGHT YEARS OLD
Tiny Dolly Bowen Prominent
Figure-COchran's Yacht
Biggest Of Trio.

and last Of the cup yachts built to repei
the Invasion OF sir Thomas Upton with
the Shamrock w. took. her maiden plunge
into salt water this afternoon. A thou
sand or more yachting enthusiasts
gathered at Lawley's yard at Neponset,
where the yacht has been built. to look
critically at the new cup defender ano
to watch her baptism.
All agreed that II looks count. she ~
already The defender OF the famous OLD
trophy and that the Americas cup is safe
In her hands. Alex Smith Cochran, tJr
whom the yacht has been built his sister.
Mrs. Il. S. Bowen, his niece. Miss Dolly
Bowen. an eight-year-old miss who stood
sponsor for the Naait.c Mss i..eorora
Sears ard X. +. Perkins formed tbs
christening party
The yacht stood IL the shed where she
has grown. resting easily 4: cradle
Her bronze hull glistened In the light and
she looked Ike vessel OF god. Except
for marks OF red paint at the stem and
stern and on each side. which Indicate
the line OF fiota,ion. there was no, a
mark on the hull. which was topped by a
small wooden rail. The plating has been
taken about eight inches above the deck
and with the rail makes liberal bu,-
wark, different from the other two yachts,
which are flush.
The plating Is a beautiful piece OF work.
smooth and even. The upper plates are
rs, of an inch thick and the lower plates
i5-6i The thinnest plating Is less than
an eighth OF an inch and with metal as
thin as that Il is a delicate Job 10 rivet to
frames The rIvets are counter sunk and
smoothed of fusn " IN the plates There
are seven.y-eight frames spaced eighteen
Inches on centres. and In addition there
are seven web frames TIE construction
he A -J Ia No
finest ne ever had seen. and ne declared
The yacht n wonder in every way
tn" hu! = well strapped and braced
but Gardner has NOT waS'ed a pound OF
weight anywhere and neither has he gone
20 the Other extreme and teopardized
safety BY having materials and parts too
Light The bow is a graceful one and
from the water line there is sllrat curve
IN tire forefoot unit, Il nelrs the lead,
where me curve becomes more defined.
II was gloomy and cloudy al, the morn
ing In Boston. hut just before the launch
Ing ceremony the clouds rolled away and
the sun shore out bright and warm This
was taken as good omen
The Nanitie IS the handsomes, mode,
William Gardner ever has designed. and
~ without question the pret,iest of the
three cup defenders. model OF this
yacht was presented 10 the New York
Yacht Club two weeks ago by Mr..
cochran anu mas bttN "A SUBJECT OF com
versatIon with all the experts. amateur
and professional. and nearly all seem to
agree that the Vanitie on form. model and
construction should he the fastest of the
trio. Here to-day tho experts were OF the
same opinion. Whether she will u. able
10 concrdc IA lot Of time To- the Eesolu'e
under all conditions only the racing vii
SNOW. Many think she viii do th,s unless
the Resolu,e = sail j. enlarged, and u this
is done the alluwanc, will be reduced
The Nauitic j. swectly turned boat
with long. lean ends. graceful sheer. ful
sections but with AN easy big, ana fui
cardboard and good floor TO sail on. Sht
H. tho Longest OF the three On deck. he
length from stem TO covering board benz
/ llS feet, three feet more than the Ded-
anCe and ten feet more than the Eeso'
| lutte. The water line length Of each de
| fender Is q few inches under seventy
! five feet and the draught under the rule u
! limited to l3 feet . inches without IN,
/ centreboard The Nanities extreme bean
/ is 90 feet inches. This il sixteen iuch"'
more than the beam of the Resolute an'
; about two inches less than the Defiance
/ Although the models az the three feul
ers are very different each will displac'
very nearly to lo6 tong and the Nauti'
is the largest being perhaps 1000 pound
more than tn. Defiance. The Nanitiel
| lead keel weighs slxty-two tons. II Il
- feet long ON the bottom and IS on IN
top II Is less than feet deep at tn
heel and 4 feet inches deep at tn
! forward end. II Is longer on the zoo
/ than that OF the Defiance by at least nv
feet and consequently the lead IL carrie
much lower than ON the owen des'gnet
yacht and she should carry her big sal
spread much more easily.
Designer Gardner has 7'orked out
very different sail plan from that on Tia
Defiance. II il lonser on the base an
not nearly as lofty The mast il built o
chrome vanadium steel Il measures 10
feet from end to end and OF this six Zee
is In the step. so that from deck 10 cap
is 10. feet \ wooden topmast. which Wi
house in the lower mast extends thirty
four feet further toward the Sky, r.aKin
the total height from dock to truck l.:
feet. This is sixteen feet less than tn
mast on the Defiance. TIE Nanitit'
boom is so feet long and her San - fe'
The bowsprit extends thirteen feet out
board. From the forward side OF IN
mast to the CANNON irons on the bow
spirit Ii - feet, and with the 10 feet GU,
board Of the bowsprit. makes the has
line OF the forward triangle 81 feet an
the measurement OF the line from the Il
OF the bowsprit to the end OF the boo.
1913 feet This line ON the Defiance meas
urcs only 1875 feet. The total sail are
will be little more than 5000 squaT
feet
The Vartle Is to be taken from Law
ley's to city Island, y, y, next week. \
soon AS the mast has been stayed properl
the cup yacht her tendcr, the city
stamford, and all her spars rigging az
sails will be towed around tn" cape, an
some time next week she VIII be undo