. Races for the America's cup . ie deadwood cut away. Iney maintain that ahn-keel boat of. tlie size of the Jubilee or Pilgrimcan be constructed, the life of which will be justas long as that of a keel or centreboard boat ofthe same size. That part of the yachting world which onceloved the skimming dish and gave up their idolreluctantly are in favor of the type representedby the Vigilant. Not that there is anything ofthe skimming dish about her, for she has adraught which would preclude that, but there idea of power carried to its fullest extent andof beam as a help to the carrying of t
. Races for the America's cup . ie deadwood cut away. Iney maintain that ahn-keel boat of. tlie size of the Jubilee or Pilgrimcan be constructed, the life of which will be justas long as that of a keel or centreboard boat ofthe same size. That part of the yachting world which onceloved the skimming dish and gave up their idolreluctantly are in favor of the type representedby the Vigilant. Not that there is anything ofthe skimming dish about her, for she has adraught which would preclude that, but there idea of power carried to its fullest extent andof beam as a help to the carrying of the greatsails. Then, above all, she has a centreboard. The Colonia represents a conservative develop-ment of ideas, based on the great success of theWasp and Gloriana. She has a large followingof those who do not believe in extreme power butin fineness of lines as a means of speed. Theidea of power, however, is not wanting in any ofthe cup defenders, and reports from the other sideshow that the .English designers have been run-. CCXLON1A. ning to power to a degree hitherto unprecedentedning to power to a degree^ hitherto unprece-dented over there. It is a good thing thatthis year the defence of the cup was not leftentirely to Boston. The building of two boats byNew-York yachtsmen and of two by Boston yachts-men to compete for the honor of defending the cuphas encouraged a spirit of friendly rivalry be-tween the two cities which cannot but result inthe advancement of yachts, for the more rivalrythe more races, and the more races the betteryachts. For the last three times the cup has beensailed for Boston has defended it, and it isworthy of note that of the four cup defenders thisyear all were designed and three were built inNew-England. It is not probable that New-Yorkwill rest until the scientific centre of yacht-building and designing is restored to her. Itwent East when Burgess appeared, and Herreshoffkeeps it there. The dimensions given here of the cup defendersare only appr
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