The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-08
Shamrock ANDCOLUNB|A.
SOME CHAT ABOUT THE RIVAL
YACHTS.
Dimensions, Materials and Appearance
of the Shamrock-How the Columbia
Skins Across the Oceans Surface.

LONDON, June 27.-It is said on good
authority that the alloy of which the
Shamrock is constructed above the wa
terline is composed of three parts alum
mum and one part nickel. Her deck is
also said the be constructed of sheets
of the same metal, ee-sixteenths OF
an inch thick, thus effecting a savihg~Of
about two-tenths i'm the weight of the
deck alone and stiffening the yachts
hull more effectively than could be ac-
complished with wood.
1t is considered that yesterdays acct
dent proved the strength of the metal,
while the force of the impact was
enough to swing the yacht around
about four points, the only damage
done to her by the scow which collided
with the Shamrock was a dent about
half an inch deep, with no sign of
cracking on the surface of the metal.
The Shamrock S mast was stepped to-
day, and the fitting of her spars and
standing and running gear is proceed
ingly rapidly. The length of her lower
mast is given as LOG feet, her topmast is
said to measure 20 feet, and it is re-
ported her boom is 10 feet long. A
new plate has been inserted in the place
of the one damaged yesterday. The
cup challenger will start for Southamp-
ton today.
With the exception of the Times, the
papers do not indulge in speculation
as to the build of the Shamrock. The
Standard, which estimates her length
at 12S feet and her draught with all
spars and fittings on board, at 1917,
says:
I'm the water she looked light. Her
bow was high, showing she will not
have to carry much weight to bring it
down to the waterline."
| The Times says: The lower part. left
H,,.rr ;e, t1xr hrnr
which lends itsel6 so admirably to roll
! ing into plates, where cost is no object.
SO far as it can be judged during the
very short time the vessels underwa-
ter body was visible, there is no radical
departure with regard to shape.
| NEW YORK, June 27.-This after
noon the try out revealed the fact that
the Columbia in her present condition
is not going to have an easy time with
the old boat when they get together on
| the measured course and with a stiff
| breeze blowing. The yachtsmen and
others, however, need not worry about
| the Columbia's speed. for she is very
fast craft and the tuning that she will
| get between now and October Will GER
tainly make her fit boat to meet the
British challenger Shamrock under
any circumstances This afternoons
skirnlsh was started on equal terms
: with a strong breeze blowing from the
southwest, a fairly smooth sea and no
yachts to bother either boat.
The racers started side by side, the
Defender to the windward about a hun
bred yards away, and after putting out
| to sea for about four miles in a direct
line from Brenton's reef lightship on a
six miles tack and tack the Columbia
gained about twenty seconds, not
| enough to prevent the Defender from
| forcing her about had Captain Rhodes
desired to claim that right. The De-
fender had the right of way on the Col
| umbia, and had she not relinquiShed
thisvto -seH~essfa enriilustrattonsof how
close the two boats were to each other
Captain Rhodes yacht would have met
the Columbia just about amidShipS. A
few second before, however, the Column
bia parted her topsail sheet, and seeing
this, the Defender eased up and the race
was over.
The parting of the topsail sheet on
the Columbia caused tear in the can
vas but the hole was not a very large
one and can be quickly repaired. Both
the Columbia and the Defender will
start for New London tomorrow morn
ing and will undoubtedly race all the
way. After the race today Mr.. Iselln
expressed himself as fully satisfied with
the Columbia, and said he would be
content if she could beat the Defender
five minutes in a thirtymile course
The morning race was more in the CO.
lumbia's favor.
The steady southwest breeze was just
strong enough to heel the boats pref
tily. The racers beat to windward in
a general southwesterly direction for
almost two hours, and travelled ten
miles toward Block Island from Blen-
toms reef, and when she was eased of
for the run back the Columbia was be-
tween two and three minutes in the
lead
At 1890 o'clock the Defender jibbeG
the boom over to starboard. The wine
began to die down abou this time, an(
at / o'clock the helm was put amidship
and the Columbia's great white spin
maker was sent aloft When everything
was ready a pull on the tackle broke
out couple of stops, and wind catch
ing in the canvas spread the enormou!
sail for the first time.
Despite the fact that the breeze haC
fallen off considerably, the Columbia
took jump and travelled along at tel
knots an hour under the great spread o
canvas. The spinnaker was used bu
a few minutes, when orders were givel
to take it in, and it was down and tn,
boom on deck in three minutes and tel
second from the time the order wal
: given. The Defender did not run bacl
to Newport with the Columbia, but re
NAMED outside cruising up and down
AT HARVARD.
William a. Love one of the Homo