Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-30

launching, all OF them having Ions
passed the stage when any knowledge
by the designers Of the plans of theii
competitors, would come too late &c
have any effect upon the final issue
the Scientific American takes much
pleasure In presenting TO its readers
the first authentic Information regard
Ing the three cup-defending yachts
That 90 much authentic technical In.
formation should be available Tor pub
lication upon a subject In which the
American public Is so vitality inter
ested. is an encouraging sign OF the
times. The old policy Of maintaining
!. profound secrecy. long after It has
ceased TO be necessary. has happily
passed away, and the public II 10 be
congratulated on the more liberal
and sportsmanlike policy which rec
oRnizes the widespread national In.
terest in the struggle for the Amer.
ica'ss cup
New Rule Of Measurement.
The three yachts have been design
ed under the new rule Of measure
Ineht which will govern this years
series Of races This rule was drawn
up with the object of correcting the
defects Of the old rule. Under the
old rule there was tax on waterline
length and sail area and on nothing
else Provided the yacht did not ex.
coed 80 feet on the waterline, the de-
signer might make her as broad, as
deep, and as long on deck as he
pleased: and he was at liberty to give
her as large q sail plan as he wished.
n determining the rating Of the
Yacht. that is. the allowance she must
give to or receive from a competitor,
the waterline length and the sail area
only were taken into consideration.
The greater her water-line length, the
larger her sail area, the greater Wouio
be the allowance which sne naa %
make over sO-mile course % her
competitors. These were the only re-
etflctions. Working under THIS rule,
Il was found that 9 yacht with z
broad, shallow and generally scoW-
shaped hull, with long QRegnangs, car
rylng great mass q ieed e the DOT
tom q oeep keel. sAe aI,ss1 ~ - :
VAST spreee +tlIi pIooueeo lns lesles.
gaent pnesr ~ efsress "e M, -.
ul..pls oLL =, t,pA 80. .o ',s
sHsIss yscnt pni,s sn ,us sn's 49,
~ ~ ~ Is H'. -. IN a : go.
e..l'ne .ee y, - sess LIZ q -. -
es ~. - =. - 81. - ss, -
go -. -, ~, :
49,. =. -, - .s..s ,,,e,, ~,
,,,1o th. s,,5s re f,,rn a. the ear.
1920 frS1 Ne flooI into me heel
&61 ||&r|. and II Wat the boast Of
No. Herrechoff. her leeirner. that the
e17eIiance'' had tke largest sail area in
nronorflon to the wetfed surface of
TIE hull 81 any Yacht that had ever
7heen huilt
~. -.c,,s sac,,t.s hniIt nndar his
,,,. 49, sSe,, rses,,,ness - soan as
-. .....s. ,' '..,..', o,,s- rhe,y
..., -, ~, go * "a, ,,lis ~
$500. !, s,s - shs;, S,ss, go .rast ~
.s,,.sc. 49,, ,,sss,,l :. cr,,ise-e. and
49, - thc.S S,hsch were b,,iit Ear
go - fe,,y ser,es ~ races had "a he
$3.50. go =, sna cold for snnk
s- - --- -. 80 -. -.
Inc chanses instouuSse unusI sns
new rue WeIe - sne ulIse.lol l.,s =.
p1oqucIns 10Y gnolesolns Doas NJ, NJ
laleer u.spie e'1all H. e anse
arai. sWes.er losIn win snelp s .ss
"a Iofm Mnlcn wouiu nsss ne ~
easier motion ~ 8 seaWay enal .ile
oia scoW I0fln, Nnlcn poun a.a ncas'
liy ana was eAtreMeg We. in SONS
70 WlnoWard IN snort sea.
A comparison OF the cross sections
OF the three challengers OF the pres.
ent season shows the modifying ef-
feet Of the new rule. The bilges are
easy, the deadrise OF the floor Is
sleeper and the turn into the keel
ut the garboards Is much fuller than
In the yachts built under the old rule.
Inc new RUE Iayors ols sia ...l,
tnat - 70 say, tne sacne WIN ene -, a. = 8.
er aispiacemeh1 o.ner unnes us,ne
equal, VIII nave the sinailer rAslne
ana the large time allowances. o es,'
slaereo from every point Oh view, ene
cup yachts OF the season 1918 are
mucn aoier ana more SATISFACTORY sec
Doats tnan tnelr pfeoecessofs Oh tne
last Tour or i've contests TOT the cup.