The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-30
THE SHAMROCK


Making Ready for Her Return-A
Description Of the Trim Little Racer
by Associated Press Representative.
NEW YORK. Oct. 2s.-wlth her sails
bent and most Of her stores on board
the yacht Shamrock lies In Erie basin
ready to sail for the Clyde on Tuesday.
Captain Archie Hogarth viii be in
command with Captain Hamilton as
navigator ana Captain Wrlnge as chief
officer. Forty-three Of the crew are to
sail in the yachs. This number includes
two cooks and two stewards The rest
of the crew will return by steamer
Besides her big cutter, which she car
rIes on. davIts on the port said, the
Shamrock will have slowed on deck,
two Berthen collapslble canvas boats
a. life preserver for each man on board
and plenty Of life buoys handy to throw
overheard If necessary, In addition to
the big main try sail with bonnet in
It and the mlzzen, which brails up
against the mast, the yacht Is to carry
a large fore stay sail also with bonnet
in 1t. A jtb and tib topsall and square
sail and rattle. The latter is a triangu-
lar sail which sets over the square sail.
No main boom is to be used, but the
mizzen sheets out to a small boom. A
long light spar Of pine, waist high to a
man standing on deck, is shipped at
the forward end in the main boom
goose-neck, and aft in an iron crutch.
This is used as life saver. 1t will
stop man from sliding overheard to
leeward when the yacht rolls at sea
and 1t will be well provided with life
lines to assist the crew in passing for
ward and aft. 1t is the intention of
Captain Hogarth to sail as much as
possible when there is a breeze. The
steam yacht Erin. which win convoy
the Shamrock, will tow her when there
is no wind.
Through the courtesy Of Captain Ho-
garth an Associated Press representa-
tive was permitted to inspect the inter
ior Of the Shamrock while she was be-
ing reftted for her ocean trip. Ex-
ceptlng perhaps in the Columbia, such
combination Of strength with light
ness Of construction as exists in the
Fife yacht has not been seen ina racing
yacht in these waters.
Riveted to the seventy-ntne frames
on each side Of the yacht is stout steel
fore and aft girder or bilge keelson.
overhead, but further inboard, under
the deck beams, is a lighter steel CIR
der, also running fore and aft, These
upper and lower glrders are connected
Mt intervals of about twenty feet by
solid round stanchlons which slant out
board from above at an angle OF about
thirty degrees. Between these stan
sIons cross braces have been placed.
bolted at their junction in the center to
a square steel plate. which makes the
whole rigid. This system extends from
the fifteenth forward frame all the way
aft on both sides. There is no Skin"
In the yacht, NIL her frames and plates
being visible except where temporarily
covered for the Atlantic voyage. Heavy
wooden checks have been fitted be-
tween the frames forward where the
strain OF pounding" will come against
the plates in n sea way. They are held
in place by long fore and aft planks
bolted down to the frames and bllge
keeIsons. Between the floor and the
deck beams overhead, there Is clear
space Of ten feet. During the races all
woodwork except the floor was taken
out OF the yacht Now she is divided
Into four sections. An iron bulkhead
has been put in, making IL watertight
compartment OF the overhanglng at
the stern.
The next section. built Of Hight pine
nIanI,ng encIoses a space about ten
feet wide by twenty-five feet long
which Is to he cabin and sleeping
quarters for the captain and navigator.
There Is n door on the starboard side of
the forward bulkhoad Of this temporary
cabin and the companion ladder with
it's steps facing forward comes down IN
the center OF this compartment
The yacht has such great beam below
that ii ia necessary to coniine the llV.
ing quarters Of the crew TO n width of
about ten feet. TO keep things from
taking charge when she labors In n sea
way. RallIngs about four feet high
run fore and aft at the sides in the
next section, where the mess tables and
benches are placed and where the cook
ing ia done. Forward of this the crews
hunks, made Of skeleton gas pipe oc-
cupy the remainder Of the space. The
forward part of the hold Is reached by
hntchWays and iron ladders.