Show AND VALKYRIE the coming race for the america cup between defender and valkyrie III to la remarkable for the compromise of ideas expressed IQ in the models of the two contesting yachts the experience of the vigilant last summer when re Peat heatedly edly beaten by the dated the necessity neo etty of abe b american theory of the off of the centerboard and the idea of a boat with narrow beam anti and deep draft has alpo alo been abandoned la in the valkyrie the result in that the two oo coi i testing tenting yachts this year resemble snob other more closely than any formerly engaged in the race for the coveted prize Accord log to the published the four sloops preceding the defender were noted for their breadth of beam and great sail bail carrying capacity with a marked tendency however toward an buor increased essed draft the eigl lant is to all intents sod and purposes a keel boat when her bar centerboard Is ie hauled up as an she be draws drawn f fourteen arteen feet of water when in that condition and twenty three feet when the board i awn d wn then again she incorporates the bitiah idea of ballasting having baring the weight low on tho th keel each bach of the she british cutters anat I 1 have challenged for the cup cap have bave however borne the customary charac of british yachts great depth or of draft and extreme ot of beam each one if anything looking slenderer than its predecessor on the th challon challenge me list and with heavy weights on the keel furthermore the tog ing yacht has always entered the races biti the same racing spare and canvas used by her bar in her home waters invariably the contrast contra et between her and her bar american adversary as aa to the spread of canvas has been unfavorable toner to her sail carrying capacity capa eity has invariably won the race this year for the first time in the history of the america cup CUD races race he tabe british have built a yacht expressly designed to sail in american waters in the fall weather of the eastern coast the valkyrie III to is unusually broad lap IQ the beam for a british yacht exceeding that of the defender Da fender by four not feet and she has a draft six knobe of that of the defender this gives give her bar the power to carry an area of ean vas unequaled by any british yacht of her inches ever before built |