The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-30
NEARLY READY TO SAIL
Shamrock Will Soon Be on Her
Way to England.
STRENGTH AND LIGHTNESS
The Irish Boat Is q Marvel OF Naval
Construction-Details OF the Ar
rangements for the
Long Trip.

New York, Oct. 29-With her sails
bent ard most of her stores on board,
the yacht Shamrock lies in Erie basin
ready to sail for the Clyde on Tues
day.
Capt. Archie Hogarth will be in COM
mand, with Captain Hamilton as nav
igator and Captain Wringe as chief Of
ficer. Forty-three of the crew are to
sail in the yacht. This number in
cludes two cooks and two stewards
The rest of the crew will return by
steamer.
Besides her big cutter. which she
carries on davits on the port side, me
Shamrock will have slowed on deck
two Berthon collapsible canvas boats,
life preserver for each man on board
and plenty of life buoys to throw over
board if necessary. In addition to the
big main trysail with a bonnet in it,
and the mizzen, which brails up
against the mast, the yacht is to carry
a large forestaysail, also with bonnet
in it, a jb and jib topsail, square
sail and raffee This latter is a tri-
angular sail which sets over the
square sail. No main boom is to be
used, but the mizzen shoots out to a
small! boom.
A long, tight spar of pine, waist high
to man standing on deck, Is shipped
at the forward end in the main boom
gooseneck, and aft in an iron crutch.
This is used as a life saver. 1t will
stop a man from sliding overheard to
leeward when the yacht rolls at sea,
and it will be provided with life lines
to assist the crew in passing forward
and aft.
1t is the intention of Captain Ho-
garth to sail as much as possible when
there is a breeze. The steam yacht
Erin, which will convoy the Shamrock,
will tow her when there is no wind.
Through the courtesy of Captain Ho-
garth an associated press representa-
tive was permitted to inspect the in
terror of the Shamrock while she was
being refitted for her ocean trip. Ex-
cepting perhaps in the Columbia, such
a combination of strength with light
ness OF construction as exists in the
Fife yacht, has not been seen in a rae
ing yacht in these waters. On each Is
stout steel fore and aft girder or
bilge keels overhead, but farther in
board. under the deck beams. is a
lighter steel girder running fore and
aft. These upper and lower Orders
/ are connected at intervals Of about 20
feet by solid round stanchions which
| slant cupboard from above at an angle
| of about 80 degrees.
Between these stanchions crossbraces
have been placed bolted at their juno
| ton in the center to a square steel
! plate, which makes the whole rigid.
This system extends from the 18th for
| ward frame all the way aft on both
| sides. There is no Skin" in the yacnt,
| all her frames and plates being visit
Bile, except where temporarily covered
for the Atlantic passage. Heavy wood
| en- checks have been fitted between the
| frames forward where the strain OF
pounding" will come against the
| plates in a seaway. They are held in
place by long fore and aft planks bolt.
ed down to the frames and bilge keels
| Between the floor. and the deck
beams overhead there is a clear space
of 10 feet. During the races all wood.
work except the floor was taken out
of the yacht. An iron bulkhead ha:
been put in, making a watertight com
| partment of the overhang at the stern
The next section, built of light pin,
planklng, enetoses space about II
feet wide by rs feet long which is t.
be cabin and sleeping quarters for tn
captain and navigator.
The yacht has such great beam be
low that it is necessary to confine tn
living quarters of the crew to a widtl
OF about 10 feet Ratings about fou
feet high run fore and aft at the side
in the next section, where the mes
tables and benches are placed an
where the cooking is done.
! Forward of this crews hunks occur
the remainder of the space. The for
ward part of the hold is reached b
hatchWays and iron ladders.