| Show K S Li Lii I I IH i t Cost of an Americas Amelie s e 1 fr r Cup Defender f fY I YA Y A C H TING TIN A G r rI i 2 Effect of Steel Construe e I lion tion l lon on Racing Hoeing Craft ic f J H H H H HH O HH I tWI Joi 1 i G I i U 0 J Q I 0 oO HO 0 i 0 0 N the opinion of many lIany well Inform Informed ed yachtsmen the extreme limit I In III the tho building of cup defenders linn has been ranched Noth Nothing NothIng ing of a u Rood good sized shed fortune will to construct a II cup con cart along flit tho g that have bast oom oa ne Into during the last latt decade d and tho the when whon ll It Is to call n a holt halt seems Beems to huo hase arrived Various Var luus statements that coming ye years re will 11 wit pi i Jells radical I In cup racing lacing have been beell made and It Is la l lavery very vcr probable that Constitution Con m and ami Shamrock II 11 will b be the lost last la t M 90 O to lo compete for Cor the coveted trophy troph Tim Timo advantages 8 of or matches between imal maller r craft will swill be he readily s seen Hen n The fhe sport aport would thus thUR be he Je established d on a n 1 moro amore sensible basis baHia tend and a n much healthier I tone would result i Contrary to popular belief beller the hull of oC the thu modern cup cUll defender does not con constitute on the most moat expensive part of or tho the boat Spars soils and gear goar are the them m features that now snake make the yachtsmen dive deep Into their pockets The Time clothes that s the laY lath supply practically unlimited opportunities tar for torI cn h disbursement and the oost 00 lit of or orI I equipment the tho structural ac tic account nci I i count to the rear The Tho Th o limit of oC speed possibilities a d too it r has hal probably been heen reached True frue Nat NatIli Ili Herreshoff hat halo shown ability lo to build year ear after titter year eu boats bonta considerably fast IlIst faster er than their th lr hut aside from variation In hull huhl nod keel Unco n a nes vessels es els depends on the rela relation f tion of 01 sail nail area to resistance and ami do de designers signers have attained a n point In the off orT of or weight that will permit of ot no further Indiscretions While wooden woolen spars will never again take tho place of 01 the made up mant most with boon boom and gait gaff of or steel there Is b sure to bo he n 1 re return return 1 a turn to more inure stability of or thorough neis nes ne s In the forming of or these metal spar In Iii the tho mishaps to Defender Co Cu Columbia r lumbia Shamrock II It and an Constitution the mast roast however Was In no WilY way tho limo origin of or tho the trouble The fault lault lay i ix i with either a whisker a n weather spreader or some part of ot the time wire stand tand standIng standing Ing rigging usually u n or a n top topmast 1 must mast slay A stay May Is a n form Corm of or guy or brace and aud It Is quite natural for tor or n a metal met nl al mast meat to buckle bucklo bu kle or double up lip when Its H support gives placing Increased strain on the tho spar Motul Motu masts at nt meet best are aro but hut huge putty blowers stood tool on end except that they arc uro made of or steel instead of ot tin nod are 1 il Ti Inside with braces and es Should the cup CUll be won iron this year by t t Shamrock II Jr which la 18 very unlikely l the chances are that America would challenge with aeD 90 footer tooter Just to show John Bull Dull that It Is In possible to 10 bent him himat himat himat at his own genre came In the event of tho the ther Constitution winning It Is IA now fully tully r decided by those who ought to know that the next challenge for tho the cup CUll r whether from tram England J Franco France ranc or Ger Oer Germany Ol many mallY will bo ho Je made In behalf of a n 50 60 footer Tho Time cup then theu of ot a certainty certainly would be In danger for experts like Wall Nall Fife and Georgo Ceorge Watson Walson arc without superiors In building 1 yachts of ot small dimensions Amery A nl rh t cans canA have In fact luet often orten been heen surprised I that the Britons did not throw down l the time dell de for a moderate mo sized craft When Boston DORton defended the time cup wi withe with the and Volunteer the tM cost was as ln insignificant compared comparet com with existing exl conditions There were many man reasons reasone for lor this In n the first Irs 4 place Designer Edward I Burgess dill did no not know tho rho value of ot his kin R an r f his hl t fees rees were most democratic In him 4 son lion with tho the demands of ot the time Herr shafts horts for designing n a defender hut But then Umen Burgens simply drew tho lino plan Ilona white while the time not only design but hut build turn out the time rigging am R and nIl make Inako most of ot time the th frocks frock that go 10 to adorn dorn tho th queens of ot the water sealer I The Tho cast rost of 01 Constitution from rom keel kee keeto to truck IB Is II live times us nil much an as Gen Oen oral had to upend spend In turning ou out the Mayflower The Th general once staled that the Mayflower Involved nn an ot ex expenditure p of or from to Those Tho Those c were the days dayn tin of ot wooden hUlls bulb strongly l braced copper lolls bolts and locust locus t tt tF t r e I II II The expensive aluminium To Tobin bin bronze and nickel frames hare ha made most of the time difference III In cost CORt Time The replacing of the lime wooden woollen mast wit with the steel affair has hns also alia added addell to th the tho expense but Lul the time Innovation rids rills n a yes ves ve lei gel of at least two tons In III weight am and andI I Ii that means much when a yacht In la wall wo down own under a beam wind plugging a wity uy at th lime waves wu es Time rh Mayflower and Puritan p I VMS WIlli noted too for Its standing rigging if ul manila rope ropo Instead of or the costly CJ wire gear ar of today Mayflower met the PuritAn Priscilla and Awl Atlantic In the blot trIll I rasa rac I Th The totter latter was we built entire entirely ly y of ot wood weal her hor ter keel Heel stem stein and stern poet being of or white whit oak ask her frames s of or oak ink and null and her ker planking of ot pin pine liar Her WM was u a 1 splendid MIlI stick of or Oregon pine 1 19 itches Indian In diameter her lter bowsprit being of the same fame wood woodIe Ie 10 C inches In III diameter was tho l of steel craft for tor or cup purposes And Ind naturally wn was note morn expensive than her III r predecessors 1 A Cary Cory Smith designed and she he win built by hy Harlan fl worth north of or Wilmington Del I She time to be lie a remarkably swift boat In light airs air Irs besting the Puritan under those thole I conditions A comparison of or the spars of former and nd modern mo 60 90 footers will prove Inter sting eating ell wooden lower mast muni was van 7 78 75 feet high the Urn topmast nl of ot otwood wood 48 IS feet main boom boors 71 feet feill For ton tans of ballast wera sufficient to o make heritable her stable and seaworthy Con C n millions topmast measures 61 01 feet In length and she carries 37 97 tons of or lead heath leadIn In n her keel curries carries a lower mast t 10 lOS feel reet long loni while her hel main boons loom Is b almost as IU large larKe lag Ing ng time the fact that had hod a n hull of steel eel her h r total co cot col was hut limit The of or h ltd JuI f wooden spars mind hempen lempen may b be readily elated During the th period between 1850 and prices In lu yacht acid building material took look n a decided Jump In n the latter year the is Vigilant na built at al n a cost of ot IU 00 and aid the tho seine same yens year the Pilgrim Co loom onla and Jubilee which were used In Inthe inthe the 10 trial races rne lI cost co t on an M 60 0 When maintenance Is added to the Initial expense time tho total becomes enor ellor lous Take the for lor example While actual building consumed about I yet to 10 thoroughly lit tit her h r ns IS n it 1 shill fur for time the Defender toted ft Ii total outlay of or Of 01 this was used to procure four suits of ot evils cost 2000 towing lowing a alike 1 alike like sum Bum hurrying material for con Call construction another tender for lor the themen men amen days at HO 60 50 a n day a n total of wages Woes food and clothes for tor the therow row crow for Cor four months mouths and bonus far or limo tho men When hen CI 65 C men are n nA at nt present rr rp rc un l to operate n a cup racer the cost co t tor of or their services constitutes con n a most moat Im Important Important Item sailors of the proper type get gel M U 4 a II day da For each win winning ning ting race they receive r ehe a bounty of 5 a anan 1 nan moan Many persons will doubtless be surprised to lo learn that more than three threescore threescore score sailors Bailors are necessary on n a cup CliP yacht acht It does not appear strange however when whon It Is known that there are aro usually four lour quartermasters a manfor man manfor for fOI the two men for the sail looker and ancl hands honta at such points as ns star lar starboard board masthead runner starboard stay staysail sail Rail sheet et starboard Jib topsail sheet assistant on topmast backstay spinnaker ker backstay main boom starboard lift capstan starboard Jib sheet tackle mill and port f sheet tackle The Time famous sloop loop Volunteer of or cost 1 OOOO She was Willi owned by Charles CharlesJ J Paine Paino of Boston and carried n a huge hug steel cen Captain C Hank flank lint Huff now nol skipper of or Thomas W V 11 Independence Ind sailed annel the Volunteer and 1 by hy handily 1 defeating the tho Thistle tle In con comm iterative races ort oft handy Bandy Hook Book shed halted 11 his claim to tu If I time tile Americas cup CUll deed di did l not require re require require quire the challenger challinger to tu cross crost cro t the oc n non on op her own bottom It Is believed that lL I u m I tho the limit of ot Instability would he be ex cx extended tended to lu boats of or the eggshell variety which could be shipped In and be put Iut together to at nt the time scene of ot time the matches The Tho lue of or stability Is U however n a peculiar one olle When the tho t well elt known yacht Alisa Ailsa was at nt the height of or her success In her races against the then Prince of ot Wales Vales Britannia n a yachting expert made the tho following statement Atlantic storms are art moro more to be trust trusted trusted ed than Lloyds surveyors In placing vetoes on Y builds nod and Mr Wat Watson son Ron his has no doubt been gaining experience M ns to the time requirements for safely crossing lh the Atlantic AliEns once enC teems Kema to prove that to go one more moro Is Impossible Laid over to the skylight ns nil she ahe was WU recently In the Mediterranean Is quite different from I being tumbled over In nn an Atlantic squall sf all with the sea doing nil all It can to burst bUNt the hull away from tram the attenuated ed tin keel Even the Old bIll Valkyrie had hall to 10 be run oft off 0 the time wind when the cor correct correct correct thing timing was to lure luff up That Thal our modern racing yacht Is not nota a u seagoing vessel Is 19 becoming moro more evident ev evident e eIdent ident Unless certain restraints are In elated Isted on challengers will no longer lonKer be beable beable able to te reach New York o k op their own bottoms unless as 19 n II Insist Insisted ed Thistle luau had done they tile come conic round by tho the coast Since the foregoing was saki AURA has made n a successful voyage across the pond arriving In perfect condition m t t ta ti a i t tt t Y p m c She appeared In several of or the recent regattas intha In tho fast east It was also claim claimed ed cd that Vigilant could not withstand an ocean Voyage but she Rhe did and not nota a 1 single bolt boll or rivet head was strained E H n I r t i it ii t s r i f p 11 f t fI 4 a r t J r ti of rr rrt lot lott r r M 1 y i t f t tS S 1 I L t t i r rt t T I I xA R Rr r r rr I r THE HALF RATER ASTHORE UNDER A STAGGERING PRESS OF CANVAS |
