New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-19
GOOD WINDWARD WORK.
rur SHAMROCK MAKES Ga. KNOTS AN
HOUR on \ TACK1NG COURSE.
-,,s FROM SANDY HOOK WATCHED Ry
THOSE FOLLOWING THE CHALLENGER
An INTERESTING PROBLEM FOR
YACHTSMEN

An INTERESTING PROBLEM FOR
YACHTsMEN
,r,,, some people assert is 'bunhead luck"
.,..d The challenger Shamrock yesterday "A
a-ishsd her days test al the Scotland
,t,,+ship she ran on a bit. dropping her head
80 and prepared 70 gybe when a tower Of
..,er suddenly rose near her. and then came the
-, - one Of the big Sandy Hook guns The
...,uss,on IN the air shook the windows Of the
80 rug the Jack Dykman and the Shamrock
- lot her mainboorl come over and hauled OF
- the eastward as fast as she knew how.
s,- Thomas Upton said something the other
..v which was not intended FOR publication. H
g asked why ne did not bring over Val
sr-,. III as trial horse for the Shamrock. He
-.,,,erod IN reply that there were TOO many
49, Guns around Sandy Hook" or course. It was
NV SAD in fun. but SIR Thomas little thought
:. .hs moment how dangerous the big guns
..,,nd Sandy Hook might prove to be in regard
:. HE own friendly argosies.
,urnhe- % shots fell afterward. and Mr..
,o.,.4lsor. who was a newspaper correspon-
a.. ~ Santiago and other bombsrded ports in
-. ista cuban var said. as he saw the pro-
titles hitting the water and the clouds u
.-.o,s rise on the land. That's just the way the
- looked % rne-water flying and the clouds
=. smoke SIR Thomas Upton had no idea that
g. coming OF this friendly visit 70 America he
,sssbout - come 40 near experiencing war as
ns seer
Sir Thomas was near the Shamrock IN the
.ssr Yacht Erin. which. luckily, had turned
.oza-d the homeward course before getting in
the line - guufre. He standing on thu
s-idrs vrar sfte-ward spoken by the newspaper
vr but no di1 not make any complaints about
10 er,7rerv practice The Scotland Lightship Is
,s-s4 ~ r7u- miles from the proving grounds,
.,s number n other projectiles struck in the
s,r1A nAizhbo-hood before the press tug got
sway
On he- rial test yesterday the Shamrock did
NJ satisfy most ~ the spectators that she
sonE ~ handle the big trophy. No travelling
r-s-4 worked BY manual power has ever been
b-ough. over that able 70 lift the cup"
which exceeds all Newton's laws IN gravitating
inward one clubs premises. II Sir Thomas Is
going 70 get away with this trophy 1t will he
through a ~ that Is backbreaking. That was
he way e looked yesterday
The Shamrock never sailed within eight points
Al tav She had calm water and breeze that
vas made for delightful sailing, but she never
looked VI 20 four points on the one tack from
star, n finish She was sent OUT over a wind
beating 20 the outer mark. Her sheets were
IA, out and her main boom was square amid
sh.ps ard she really seemed 20 be doing her
best. hut she never pointed as well as the
Columbia The American defending craft can
sal a, four points from the wind. and can reach
what she looks at. and. If high pointing means
everything she has got the challenger beaten
{, w.ndvard work before she starts.
should ne safd here that high pointing
does not always mean everything In a race. The
Shamrock Is not tarmed as C-anfeld damned
ustTo Valkyries She Is sailed with a rap full
II she gets a gait that keeps a twelve knot
~ ,~etty busy IN following her different tacks.
his not going 10 De said a. once that this
por pointing means a poor chance OF win
-nE The Shamrock did her thirty miles IN
yretty good time considering the ughtness %
he wind at times. She beat 152 knots dead
wvindvard in 2.1530 and that Is mighty good
beating no matter how you point The question
IS 20, what people are accustomed 90 think
about the best windward work but what is IN
.act the fastest passage 70 a wntVard mark
Il therefore remains 10 be seen whether the
Columbia can beat this performance while
pointing In any way she likes.
Tha Shamrock was being lowed out from
Sandy Hook 20 the neighborhood - Scotland
lghtsnip when the press tug arrived from New
York &. 10 ~ a n The challenger then had
Only hs- nainsail set This was the large one
with tha cross cut cloths The gaf being used
vss no. the one that broke last week. but
another shorter one which had been heightened
a. Robins shipy ard at the Erie basin. Since
being used W 'ts Enlightened condition IL has
beer hack % the shipyard 70 he strengthened,
and his was done hy placing long angle iron
along rs top attached % the gaf by stee bands.
There was NJ sign 81 give in this spar and Il
dli rs work all right
The lower mast. which was until now painted
wood -o'0-. has been scraped. except on the
masthead. and me lower part o, the shaft Is
showing re white metal clean.
she So, a smaller clubtoQsaH than me one
Used ats'v. and cast of the tovline from the
Upton Jug Lawrence a. II 90 a m. BY this
tine the steam Yacht Erin. which had been
over az ne Atlantic Highlands caught UP with
me yacht ard the steam launch was lowered
non tn davits % take Owe some Of her party.
Ra'sey. F.fe Cornell and one other left the
Erin TO- ne Shamrock in the launch at 11:3o
PEGINN1NG THE zIGzAG
soon as,ervara the Upton Tug Lawrence
s's-ted from, The Scotland Lightship on a course
t''=en miles dead 70 windward. which a. that
the lsr southeast ~ east. or half east. and a.
N5l3 ?" ne Erin wh.stled the preparatory sig
aal she took hey place at about the usual
distance :-om he Scotland Lightship to form
re crossing Inc FOR the Yacht The Shamrock
i1sn broke our nov foressi and came around on
he s,2rtos-a tack near the ughtship after
having received the FIVE minute signal The
I've minutes expired and she crossed almost
once - las rod amt he
sase's .!'te fatter and then went Of on the
pr tack. heading south a quarter east.
She soor went about into the starboard ak.
aod IN this Hanpuvre she took just sixteen
seconds from fi.. 10 full When she got light