The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-30
SHAMROCK GOING HOME.
PUTTING on HER SEA TOGGERl
FOR THE VOYAGE.
Yacht Is = Wonderful Combination
of Strength and LtRhtness, second
Only TO Coiumh ia-DeNices for

NEW YORK. Oct. 29-with her sails
bent and most Of her stores on poaE1 me
yacht Shamrock lies In Erie basin, re2Gy
70 san :5r the Clyde On Tuesday.
Capt Archie Hogarth viii lie IN com
nland with Capt. Hamilton as navigator
and capt. WrInse as caief officer. foFtE-
three OF the crew are 10 sail iii the yacht.
This number in1lud ) Iwo cooks and t"o
stewards. The rest OF the crew viii return
by steamer.
Besides her big cutter which she carries
on Gevits on the port SIDE. Shamrock
NIL have slowed on deck TWO heF'hon
colapsib.e canvas boats. a life prese:Vcr
FOR each man ~ board, and plenty ii lie
tucys handy - tarOy over board y neces-
sary. IN addition 70 the big main tfysall,
with bonnet in il. and The ulizzen. which
nrAiis up against the mast. the yacht IS
10 carry la-Se forestaysau also with a
bonnet IN il. Jib and jto topsail. 4 square
sail and ra1ee. This latter = = Triangular
san Waica sets over The square sail. NO
main boom is 10 be used. bat the mlZleA
shoots out 10 IA small boom
\ long. light spar Of pine, waist Alga 10
man standing on deck, Is shipped at tie
forward cad, IN ile main boom soo>0-.eoh
ana al IN an iron crutrn. This - used
a. life saver. Il VIII SIP = man from
sliding over board TO Reward. when ne
Yacht rolls at sea and IL MIA he pI4NiGcI
with lie hnes y assist The cfe~ in passing
forward auI ait.
II Is the LltEA (-UE8 81 NdNA Gi1S<'4 al ~
sail as much a. possible waen t4~rc - !
breeze, The steam yacht Erin, Which VIII
convoy shamrock NIL low her when
fhrough tn, courtesy Of Capt Hogarth.
an Associated Press representative was
permitted u Inspect the interior o.
shamrock while she W&s being IeItted
Tor tier ocean trip. Excepting perhaps
IL Columbia, such combination or
strength, with ltshtness Of construction.
as exists III the fife yacht, has not been
- e
RlH eted 10 the seventy -nine frames on
each side IF the yacht : q stout steel fore
4Ed-aft g.rder or Dl.se Keel, ami over
head but farther in board under the
deck beams Is lighter steel girder. also
running fore and aft. These upper and
lower grders are connected al Intervals
Of about wenty feet by solid round stan
chious. which slant out board from above
at an angle OF about thirty degrees. Be
tween these stanChtons crossbars have
been placed. bVltcd. at their Junction in
The center, to a square steel plate which
makes the whole rigid This system tx
tends from the fifteenth forward frame,
all the way ait on both sides. There Is
no Skin" In the yacht, all her frames
and plates being visible, except where
temporarily covered for tbs Atlantic pas
sage. Heavy wooden checks have been
lifted between the frames. forward. where
the strain Of pounding VIII come
against the plates IN q seaway. They are
heid In place by long fore and sft plates.
holted down TO the frames and bilse keeis.
Between the floor and the deck beams
overhead there is clear space Of ten
feet. During the races all woodwork, eX-
Cept thu floor. was taken out az the yacht.
Now ~1e * divided into fouV sections An
i'm huikhead has been pat in. making a
water-tight compartment ~ the oyerhang
at the stern. Thu next section, built ot
light pine plank incloses space
about ten feet wide hy tffy feet long.
which j. 70 be the cabin and sleeping
quarters for the captain and navigator
The yacht has such great beam below
that il is necessary to Contine the living
quarters Of the crew II width " about
ten feet to keep things from taking
charge when she labors in a seawav.
Ratings about FOUR feet high ran fore
and aft ~ the sides. in the next section,
where the mess tables and benches are
placed ana where the cooking is done
Forward - this the crews hunks occupy
the remainder ~ the space. The forward
part az the hold IS reached by the hatch
ways and iron ladders.