The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-20
SHAMROCK AT 1T AGAIN.
SAILS OYER a TRIANGULAR COURSE
"a rs MILES LONG.


II Takes Her Hours, 4 Minutes and 10
Seconds TO Complete the Journey-Wtnd
| Conditions Not OF the Best-A Change Of
Club Topsails without stopping the Boat.
The shnmrock's trial yesterday was over
triangular course. ten miles to windward. then
| ten miles and half OF broad reaching with
balloon jlb topsails. and then four and a half
miles with the wind just abaft the beam. She
| made the distance In hours, 4 minutes and
10 seconds. At the start the wind was blow
ing about six knots an hour It got lighter
during the beat. and the club topsail the yacht
| had up was lowered and another, a larger one.
set In It's place. 1t took the crew twelve
minutes to change sails and the Sham rock was
kept going all the time the work was being
done. The wind freshened at the windward
mark and TO the finish it'blew about ten knots
| an hour. There was lazy roll coming in
| from the south east and In going to wlndward
| the challenger dipped into the water frequently
| and the wind Was spilled out OF her sails.
Considering the force OF the wind tho yacht
did very we'll. She pointed high and footed as
fast as could be reasonably expected. She was
not jammed on the wind as close as she might
have been. and whom reaching on the second
leg the balloon lib topsail was taken in about
hve minutes before the lightship was reached.
The rest OF the reach was made under main
| sail. club topsail and forestaysail. The cross
cut mainsail does not At so we'll as whom FIRST
bent on. There were some wrinkles at the
clew and throat yesterday. When the wind
filledit these wrinkles disappeared, butt looks
as though the sail is stretching too much.
Ratsey does not like those cross-cut sails be-
cause they stretch badly and 1t is probable that
another sail will soon be tried.
The Shamrock was towed out shortly after
10 O'Clock BY the tug James A. Lawrence. The
hnt tad h.
medium sized club topsail on the wooden
spars. At 1O:45 o'clock it was sent aloft and
soon set to the satisfaction OF Capt. Hogarth.
The jib and forestoysal were In stops. and at
l1:0b o'clock the tow line wasiIcast of. the lib
Proken out end under her own sail the yacht
Ratssy were put on board Of her. The wind at
blowing about nvs knots an hour. There was
promise, however. that It would freshen. and
the Would have all the wsd t ma
II was decided on the Erin to give tho yacht
could be made. DR.. Mckay acted as the
REGATTA Committee. and figuring that the wind
leg Of the triangle ten miles to the south. This
vas 70 be beat. Then she was to go to the
i0S mies and them 70 tRe Scotland
bShtt sa sSIrss ws:s BY south ~ mes
oas toos. sTsn on Soaad
the Erin was the preliminary signal. The
aaSS sms started out to log the course. The
Scotland LiGhtship and had a baby lis topsail
In stops ready to break out
o ivy minutes 70 Sss to a.. ns
the Shamrosks crew trimmed sheets fiat and
stood for the line on the .tsrbesr boar t tScE The The
starting sigma was at II 40 o'clock. and about
tho line az the vndward end atSS
Ing the lightness OF the wind she moved
instead Of fresheninR was lighter
he Iss was wrinkle and
elew Of the mai sail disappeared as soon as the
wind Allied 4. There were two small battens
| ones in pockets on the leach OF the forestry
sail. Capt HoGarth held the starboard tack
sieper Fife walked ali over tn. deck H't Of the
yacht and carefully examined the rigging.
h. had D1 pull on the il
bis satisfaction he had the mainsheet trimmed
IN AL e little lie, M more: u.,. .n.,.m,. =.
hall point to the south ard and then got 6 back
to the southeast again. Some attention was
| leeward side. When listed little moro she
| II was decided to take in the m edium sized
CLUB topsail and set larger one, Two sailors
lowered to the deck and the Other one sent e up.
| The crew worked well In handling these sails.
ana IL TOOK lust twelve minutes to get one
The new sail had not been tried before. 1t
ntted well: and was as large as the one torn
tyenty,one feet beyond the end OF the gaff.
which T. a little more than siIty-ssven feet
40 O'Clock and then tackled for the marx. A
| Ilttle shit OF wind to the southard gave her a
baby lib topsail was taken in and a balloon
sSpssd se It. its PLACE The sha@ToSE
i her Sh0NtS. broke har balloon iib
ana WIN tas wind on he SsarSoara quarter quarter
! hour. SO minutes and 20 seconds. which was
outer marx the wind freshened and soon blew
about ten knots an hour On the reach
showed some Of her best SPEED. The o% press
tug had to be let out to keep pace with hor. The
up S atsT M R HGa e.
srssssiaGyi Several small fishing boats we're
trimmed in a little and tho yacht bore of her
course IN order to clear them.,
teen minutes later the balloon iib topsaii was
IN rn The challenger was some
fs Tie 0n{ esost e.: fs St
Ss Ss III tSpsa re WIG" SsS'f hs 10
, ss TIT and the t were broken
outer mark to the Sandy Hook Lightship the
| 40 seconds. The distance was ten miles and a
half From the Sandy Hook Lightship to
~ knots, She carried a big lib topsail made
| OF union silk. 1t drew we'll. and the hsadsails
| covered every inch OF space in the forward tri-
| enRle; The yacht crossed the finishing line at
| 2:44:l5, having made the last leg in % min
utes and Is seconds. 1850
| After the trial the Shamrock was lowed into
| the Horseshoe and made snug for the night
II the weather 10 fine this morning she will 20
| out again.
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