New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27

Forward" he said, "she is a great deal out
Of water, and / believe this from the fact that
her underbody is greatly exposed to-day Ihere
are white and bronze patches on her underpouy'
but the bronze has been worn through above
the waterne by rubbing against convoy ten
der or moorings Below the waterllne see
clearly that her hull is of bronze. Her top sides
bre painted light green to carry out the idea
Of the color of The shamrock. Her bows spring
but Of the water spoon shaped, and they are
decidedly more abrupt in entry than those OF
my other yacht of her class that | have yet
seen. The way she enters and leaves the water
is not admired by my friends who are well
versed in Yachting She is probably better
heavy weather boat than any other Engllsh
yacht which has been sent over here to compete
for the Cup. She draws about twenty-three feet
and on this account believe that Sir Thomas
Upton, Fife her designer, and all those on the
other side who are interested in her have main
tanned a secrecy which prompted them to put
her in pettcoats when she was launched.
THE experts here are not impressed with her
lres They believe that she is too heavy shout
dered and is likely to raise a heavy sea forward,
and that she will be unable to sail easily. Her
bows are too heavy, and am sure that she will
raise a tremendous sea both fore and aft, which
will retard her progress in race. Personally
it is my opinion that the Americans have the
best ideas about building a yacht The Her
reshoffs proceed on the principle in designing
yacht that it should be built like a fish, taperng
toward the stern
The Shamrock IS long and wide and deep, even
more so than Vdlkyre H. which Lord Dun
raven sent across the ocean in the hope OF being
able To win the Cup from the Defender. The
Shamrock draws twenty-three feet, and her
depth enables her to stand up better and to
carry more sail than the Columbia or a yacht of
lesser draught. one of the best informed au-
thorities, to whose attention this fact called
yesterday, said:
1T must lie borne in mind in connection with
that that the pressure OF water increases with
the square Of the depth. so that every inch that
the Shamrock goes deeper into the water than
her rival brings her to a greater density. For
instance, three feet OF difference in pressure
will require the carrying of far larger area of
canvas TO overcome the increased friction. This
fact Is best illustrated by the experience Of an
ordinary diver He finds that he goes deeper
into the water his progress is stopped by the
increasing density Of the water, and he is unable
TO 90 beyond a certain depth"
One OF the great brawny Scotch sailors Of the
Shamrock was astonished yesterday when he
went up into ElZabeth-st. to get a drink in a
corner saloon, TO hear an Irshman tell Dutch
man that the Shamrock was no Shamrock at
al. The Irishman said:
"Dutchy, be me faith, it is a great thing for
that tay merchant u send over Crane painted
yacht be the Of the Shamrock, with a
bloody Irish flag flying at her masthead. The
flag OF Ireland is an orange harp on Crane
field, ard. be hivins, Dutchy, this Englishman
who is tryn to bamboozle the Irish Of Ameriky
by namin his yacht the Shamrock comes over
here with a bloomn Crane Shamrock on an
orange field. Dutchy, what do you think Of
that?'
"Vot is dot" said "Dutchy'; "he dinks he will
sell his tea by dis. The odder day 1 hear dot
dis man Upton vill ven de races do begin,
paint In big letters on der sails Of der Shamrock
Drink Lipton's tea. "
This reminded one Of the most noted yacht
ing experts in the country Of story relating
to the between the Defender and Val
kyrie III. The yachtsman is Of the leading
members Of the New-YOrk Yacht Club. lie re-
lated the story as follows:
After the Valkyrle had been defeated by the
Defender two three American sailors were
standing on "A pier in the Erie Basin, the
berth Of an English tramp ship The captain
Of the steamship was sitting at the foot Of the
gangWay smoking a pipe. when one Of the
Americans turned to the other and said, Why
it's no wonder that the Defender beat the Val
kyrie'
"'Why" asked his companion.
"'Wel,' said his friend the night before the
Valkyric was taken out of the drydock here
the Americans who were working her
clamped two Of the keel blocks on her bottom.
and in the races they retarded her progress with