Document No 3511: Difference In the Sail Plans of the Columbia and Defender

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AUTEUR : The Sun

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EDITION : 1899

DATE : 05 Jun 1899

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The dimensions of the Columbia and her spars are:
Length over all, 131 feet 6 inches; load water line, 89 feet 6 inches; beam, 24 feet; draught, 20 feet; mast, 107 feet 6 inches; deck to hounds, 77 feet; boom, 109 feet 8 inches; gaff, 70 feet; bowsprit, 88 feet; topmast, 64 feet; spinnaker boom, 73 feet; sail area, about 13,600 square feet.

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BATEAUX : COLUMBIA DEFENDER
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Library of Congress 789 1306 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1899-06-05/ed-1/seq-5/