Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-30
COMPARISON OF THE THREE
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AMERICAS CUP DEFENDERS
From the Scientific American

tereSung and instructive ID tnaL snow
ing the midship cross sections super
imposed. From this It will be seen
chat "Resolute" has the fullest and
deepest underwater body, with an
easy bilge. steep floor, and full turn
from the floor at the garboards into
the keel. 'Vanitie" shows the least
departure from the yachts built under
the old rule; and. Of the three boats.
her bilge Is harder, her floor flatter,
and she Is more cut away at the gar
boards, where the turn from floor to
keel Is rather sharp Defiance"
shows q cross-section midway between
the two The effect Of these midship
sections Is shown In the other dimen-
sions Of the hulls. Thus "ResoIute"
has much shorter overhangs than the
other two boats. both forward and
aft, as against rs feet in Defiance"
and l19 feet In "Vanitie. Speaking
broadly, II may be said that while the
differences in midship section are not
very great 'vaniter suggests some
thing OF the dissection and "Resolute.
the V-secticn, with the Defiance mid
way between the two There is prob
ably not much difference in the dis
phcement Of the three yachts, which
Is something over one hundred tons.
The Gardner boat, "Yanitie,y with her
bilges shows a more powerful form
than Nat Herreshoff's aResoIute. and
reaching and running. or at any time
with sheets started, she should be the
faster boat In windward work, and
particularly in confused sea. we ia
vor the chances OF .'Resolute. !"
The most interesting feature of diff
ference In the three yachts Is the sail
plan. and IL will come as a matter of
surprise that the Herreshoff boat car
ties Q spread OF sail which is surpris-.
ingly less than that OF the other two
Yachts, the "Resolute'' spreading
6.lSs square feet, and Defiance"
1919 square feet or 1851 square feet.
more than the Herreshoff boat. The
modern tendency to make the rig lofty
and relatively narrow Ii shown in the.
sail plan of each yacht, and this Is
particularly noticeable In Defiance. 2
Resolute' on base line Of 131 feet
has q vertical height from main boom
to toprnost truck OF l25 feet; "vanitie'
on base Of IA feet 6 inches shows q
vertical height of 131 feet whereas
sDefiances on base line OF 1874 feet
s inches has the enormous height of
l46 feet Both "Resolute' and wan.
tie carry double headsails, and the;
division of the base line for the for.
ward and after triangle Is about nor.
nal practice. In Defiance, how
ever. the mast has beers steppsd far
forward and the bulk Of the sail area
8 concentrated in the mainsail. Her
boom has the enormous length for
= 75footer of 80 feet, as against IS
feet in .Vanitie'Sand rs feet In Res
alute. From the forward side Of the
mast TO the end Of the bowsprit of
Defiance IL AZ feet s inches. as
sgainst 81 feet in sResolute," and 81
seet inches IN vanitie." 1t is need
sess to say that Defiance" carries
anly single headsail
The concentration Of so much OF
he sail area in one large mainsail
has been favored by George Owen,
The designer of Defiance In the ex-:
pectation of securing fine weatherly
Qualities In going to windward. The
9retically. Defiance should point
Sigh and foot fast while doing so;
tut as everyone who has handled the
wheel or tiller of yachts rugged in
his fashion knows. she is liable to be
i very difficult boat to steer. The
possession by Defiance of this rig
will lend special interest to the long
Sariae of ffSnfn1fs which will fako
nlace during the present season be.
tween these three boats, to determine
which of them shall be selected to
meet Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock
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