The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-11
DEFIANCE SLIDES
into WATER At
BATH TODAY
Second Of Defenders of the
Americas Cup Takes the
Plunge. New Rig Feature.
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Bath. Me. May o. Tho Defiance,
n Of three yacht which will seek
the honor Of defending the America s
cup IN the races gains sir Thomas
Lipton's challenge next fail was
launched from her uuilder'o yard here
at 2 o'clock this Afternoon. she was
launched bow first Instead OF stern
first. az II customaty.
This h. the second Of the three
bonts 10 get into thr water. The Res
olute, owned by "a syndicate of New
York Yacht club members. TOOK her
maiden plunge at Bristol. l.. L.. two.
weeks ago, while Use Vanitie. which
Is being guilt ~ boston tor Alexan-
der smith Cochran. is on her ways.
The Defiance carries the asistra-
tons Of fifteen y3chtsmcn. ~ u.s.
called the t%ri-city yacht. since the
syndicate OF owner is made up of
eight men from Boston. six from New
YORK and one from Philadelphia
George NJ. Pynchou. of Sew York. r..
Walter CLARK OF Philadelphia and
Henry Taggard oi Boston were the
prime movers, although Mr.. Taggard
is acting as agent for another Boston
n 80" I'LL ' AANFN AA"AN 10
Identity made known Mr. Pynchon
rs the manager and Mr.. CLARK the
treasurer Of the syndicate.
The other members are George
Lauder. George u Barron, James u
Ford, T.. Trowbridpe Hall and Thorn
as G. Durham. OF New York: oliver
Ames. j. e. Cobb. j.. G.. Fletcher.
Charles Hayden. + b. Peabody, Eliot
NAHNaau.us d .uN Il d. NNH.Na.. - ~.
ton.
George owen of Newton. Mass,
noted for his uccess in turning out
racing boats. was selected ~ designer
and fot the FIRST time boz the history
of the Americas cup the state of
Maine was given an opportunity to
regain the suurema,y ut the seas once
held by Bath clippers the contract.
of construction Of the Defiance being
awarded to b Bath Iron Works.
II was decided Co make the boat
of composite construction, with steel
frames and a double OGDEN skin. tho.
inner ~ Douglas fr and the outer
Of baboon mahogany The lead keel
was run ON January %
To those unfamiliar with yachts
and yachtings the Defiance appears
To diner but little from her two com
p%etitors Tor u defending honors
She h. "a distinctly modern yacht, with
a moderately LONG body. and over
hangs, slack bilRcs. fun garboards.
and % keel which resembles the old
fin type, but " considerably thicker.
with some 60 toms of lead on the
bottom. She b. longer and wider than
the %Hesolute, but her jraAght is prac-
tically the same
The feature p the Defiance Is in
her RIG The mast Is well forward
Of the center, loo fact about half way
between the center OF the lead and
the bow. She win, therefore. set a
single lower jih, while her mainsail
viii be the largest Of the three boats
Her rig b. also very lofty, and FOR
the races scheduled OH sandy Hook
ia mid-June tho Defiance viii have
To dousc her tupmast ina passing under
the East river ridges at New York
In her passage trO msound TO sea.
The a dimensions Of the Defiance
are withheld for the present but il
has been stated that her general
measurements are approximately ilb
feet over all, as feet on the water
line, 22.6 feet beam, 1913 feet druught
and that she sin carry about g.SO0
square feet cot Danvas. II is expected
she win have t1 allow the Resolute
several minutes In "A thirty-mile race.
Theoretically the Defiance should
point higher and foot faster tina her
rivals, hut In doing SO she viii prob
ably prove Co be a difficult BOAT to
steer.
Little effort VIII be made to put the
Defiance into condition In either
Maine or Massachusetts water. al
though she maf have n trial or two
on the mouth 81 the Kennebec or at
Marblehead. %Hringing the yacht To
form viii be aecomplished in the
smooth waters ~ upper Ions Island
sound. probably on MI. Pyuchon's
summer residence at Greenwich,
Conn, with City Island as repair
base.
Captain Sclah T.. Howell of High
land, y. j., uu. OF the ablcst skip
pers on the coast. will be- in charge
Of the Defiance but MIR pyurhon cx-
poets 10 hold The wheel ~ the races
assisted by Mr Clark and other mem
hcrs Of the syndicate. The mates and
crew were formerly on the sloop lsta-
lena which Mr. Pynchou has raced
very successtuIIs for six years, while
Mr. Clark nae r~r-engnEed some uf the
best Of his lruIita foremost hands
In the Defiance, Boston yachtsmcu
are represented ia cup racing for the
first time sine, 1888. while h be- Phil
adelphia's Initial appearance.
TAKE II an TIME.