Dixie II
[1908]
An Interesting Trophy Defender
Designed by Tams, Lemoine & Crane
There is now being built, at the yard of Frank Wood, City Island, New York, a
racing boat to defend the International Trophy against the foreign challengers
for this trophy, which was won in 1907 by Dixie. The new boat is from the
designs by Tams, Lemoine & Crane, of New York, which firm has the honor of
having designed Dixie. The power equipment will be an eight-cylinder
motor of special design, which will develop 200 hp. It is being built at
Bayonne, N.J., by the firm of Crane & Whitman. This motor will turn a single
screw propeller and a speed of 31 miles an hour, or more, is guaranteed by the
designers. The boat is to be delivered in June, and from that time until the
race she will be worked up to the highest state of efficiency.
As will be observed from the accompanying sketch, the hull bears a strong
resemblance to all the racing craft previously designed by this firm, with its
straight sheer, plumb ends and clean, canoe-shaped underbody. The construction
specifications call for a single thickness of mahogany planking, built on the
ribband carvel style, over elm frames, to which the planking is copper riveted
with brass screw fastenings at the ends and keel. The owner's name is withheld
for the present.
(Transcribed from MotorBoat, Feb. 25, 1908, p. 26. )
[Thanks to Greg Calkins for help in preparing this page. —LF]
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There is now being built, at the yard of Frank Wood, City Island, New York, a
racing boat to defend the International Trophy against the foreign challengers
for this trophy, which was won in 1907 by Dixie. The new boat is from the
designs by Tams, Lemoine & Crane, of New York, which firm has the honor of
having designed Dixie. The power equipment will be an eight-cylinder
motor of special design, which will develop 200 hp. It is being built at
Bayonne, N.J., by the firm of Crane & Whitman. This motor will turn a single
screw propeller and a speed of 31 miles an hour, or more, is guaranteed by the
designers. The boat is to be delivered in June, and from that time until the
race she will be worked up to the highest state of efficiency.