The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-30

ton Team VIII Follow the Defeat
at the Hands of Cornell.
NEW YORK, Oct 29.-With her sails
bent and most of her stores on board,
the yacht Shamrock lies in Erie basin
ready to sail for the Clyde on Tuesday.
Capt. Archie Hogarth will be in COM
mand, with Capt. Hamilton as navigator
and Capt. Wringe as chief officer. For
tY-three of the crew are to sail in the
yacht This number includes two cooks
and two stewards. The rest of the crew
will return by steamer.
Besides her big cutter which she car
ries on davits on the port side, the
Shamrock will have slowed on deck two
Berthon canvas boats, a life preserver
for each man on board and plenty of
life buoys handy to throw overheard
If necessary.
In addition TO the big main trisail with
q bonnet in it, and the mizZen, which
brails up against the mast, the yacht Is
to carry a large forestry sail, also with
a bonnet in 1t. a jib and jib topsail,
square sail and raffe. The latter Is
triangular sail which sets over the
square sail No main boom is to be
used, but the mizzen sheets out to a
small boom.
A long. light spar of pine, waist high
to a man standing on deck, is shipped
at the forward end in the main boom
neck 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 will be pro-
vided with life lines to assist the crew
in passing forward and aft. 1t is the in
tention of Capt. Hogarth to sail as much
as possible when there is q breeze. The
steam yacht Erin, which will accompany
the Shamrock will tow her when there
IS no wind.
Through the courtesy of Capt. Hogarth
an Associated Press representative was
Nermitted to inspect the interior of the
Shamrock while she was being reftted
for her ocean trip. Excepting perhaps
In the Columbia such combination of
strength with lightness of construction
as exists in the Fife yacht has not been
seen in racing yacht in these waters
Rtveted to the seventy-nine frames on
each side Of the yacht IS q stout steel
lore and aft girder or bilge keelson.
Overhead, but farther inboard, under the
deck beams, is a lighter steel girder, also
running fore and aft.
INTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS.
These upper and lower Orders are con-
nected at intervals of about twenty
feet by solid, round stanchions, which
slant cupboard from above at an angle
of about thirty degrees. Between these
stanehions cross braces have been placed,
oolted at their junction in the center to
square steel plate, which makes the
whole rigid. This system extends from
the fifteenth forward frame all the way
ait. There is no forward Skin" on the
yacht all her plates and frames being
visible, except where temporarily covered
for Atlantic passage. Heavy wooden
ehocks have been fitted between the
frames forward where the strain of
pounding will come against the plates
IN seaway. They are held In place by
long fore and aft planks bolted down to
the frames and bilge keelson. Between
the floor and deck beams, overhead. there
is a clear space of ten feet.
During the races all woodwork excent
the floor, was taken out Of the Yacht
Now she Is divided into four sections
An Iron bulkhead has been put In MAX
ing a water tight compartment of the
OVerhang at the stern. The next section
punt OF light pine planking, encloses a
space about ten feet wide by twentv
hYe long, which is 10 be cabin and
sleeping quarters for the captain and
navigator. There is door on the star
board side of the forward bulkhead of
THIS temporary cabin, and the companion
ladder with its steps facing forward,
comes down in the center of this com
partment
The yacht has such great beam below
that it is necessary to confine the living
quarters Of the crew to a width Of about
ten feet to keep things from taking
charge when she labors in seawav,
Ratings about four feet high run fore
and aft at the sides in the next section,
IN which the mess tables and benches are
placed, and where the cooking Is done
Forward Of this the crews hunks. made
OF skeleton gas pipe, occupy the next
space. The forward part of the hold is
connected with hatchways and iron lad