The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-28

q Greater Spread of Sail Than the
Defender, Columbia - Fine Points
Are Shown to ADVANTAGE.
NEW YORK, Sept. I'll The Shamrock
was today safely dry-docked at Erie ba-
sin. Every precaution was taken to pre-
vent mfshap to the big cutter and twenty
minutes after she was warped into DO
sition over the twelve blocks at the bot
tom Of the dock her keel was resting Sc
curely in place. There was no attempt to
hide the lines of the yacht from view.
The yard is open to the public from morn
ing until night, and hundreds of yachts
men stood for hours while the water was
being pumped out, that they might get
a look at the under-body and keel Of the
challenger 1t was too late in the day
for secrecy, and so the 'clouts' and pet
ucCats that prevented the people from
seeing the Shamrock when she was
launched in England early this summer,
and later when she was locked at the
Erie basin, shortly after reaching this
country, We're not used. Everyone had
a fine look at the craft.
The Shamrock lay alongside the partly
burned steamer Buckaros all night, and
early this morning her crew was put to
work scraping off the green paint that
covered her topsides, exposing the true
metal underneath. Just what metal these
two upper streaks of plates are compos-
ed of is a secret, but it looks much like
a composition of aluminium and nickel,
very light, and at the SINE time very
r. ie, OhaI hot ba
Shamrock will not have her upper body
repainted, for fear it may retard her
speed. Capt. Wringe, when asked about
the matter, said he did not know about
the paint but if any was put on it would
be the true Irish green. At the time
the Shamrock's keel touched the blocks
there was about tWenty-one feet of water
from the blocks to the surface, which
makes her draught about the same fig
ures, or an inch or two less The crew
was at once put to work In two squads,
sCrubbing the hull with brushes.
POWERFUL CRAFT.
The Shamrock is a powerful craft, with
her greatest beam about three masthead
runners fastened to the deck. The under
body, which is Of bronze, was covered
with a sort of slime, which came OFF read
lily with vigorous application OF GAIT
water and brushes, leaving the plates
shining and smooth. When the hull and
keel were fully exposed, there were eX
nressions of disappointment on all sides.
The EXPERTS expected to see something
new. and a radical departure from the old
tvpe of British cutter. The shamrock
can he described as a vessel with Brit
ANNA body and a Defender fin and lead,
including the latter's rocker keel, out
with a greater draught than either. There
is nothing particularly handsome about
The cutters lines except that they are
all curves. there being no straight ones
except from the TURN u 'il0 = 0 " ~ 49,
to the lead.
In comparison with the Columbia the
Shamrock is fuller bodied, especially amid
ships has about foot more beam ana
draft about ten inches greater. Here
overhangs are shorter, so that the lllles
of her hull are not so we'll carried out
as in the Columbia, and being short in
crease the look of bulkiness. Then she
&c higher sided than the cup defender.
Che has a rocker keel, like Defender
tbo+ &c her lead keel Is rounded up like
fho+ of the IS champion, but a little more
~ +be low than the latter. Her lead
1Too1 is about as thick as Columbia S, put
aot nearly so deep. From four and a
boIf To five feet is fair estimate, Whlle
Inc CID defenders is ABOUT elSht lee''
irbe lead on the keel weighs ABOUT NJ
+aan tons less than the Columbia s. or
oho11t eiehty tons, but as 1t IS ABOUT hVe
feet yonger than the latter s, or ABOUT
+birtv-three feet, and not nearly SO deep
rI1ts the ballast lower and, therefore.
l ir;ros TIE Shamrock fully as much If not
greater stability
GREAT SPREAD OF SAIL.
The Shamrock carries more sail than
+ba Columbia, as her mast is stepped
oho,,t two feet further aft giving mere
, rraore head sail while the main sail is
a1eo larger than the cup defenders. The
sharnrock's amidships sections are con-
tinmons curves from the deck lines to
Tho turn of the cardboard. Her b1lge
hardens greatly at the quarter just OPP
noeite to the Columbia's, and gives one
The impression that it will retard her
nrcgress in sailing. Amidships the Co
inmbia has a line almost straight from
the bilge to cardboard, giving her flatter
floor. while the Shamrock Is full and
round.
When the lead keel was exposed it was
found to be unlike the Columbias in that
it is unprotected by bronze. 1t is paint