New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-30
THE SHAMROCK'S TENDER
DAVID BARRIE IN BOSTON TO HASTEN
WORK on THE PLYMOUTH.
THE CHALLENGER TO BE READY FOR HER FIRST
SPINS BY THE TINE SIR THOMAS
Upton ARRIVES.

David Barrie the representative OF Sir Thomas Lip
ton In America left here Monday night for Boston
In order TO hasten the fitting out Of the shamrock
tender the Plymouth which Is 10 be used 10 pro-
vide sleeping quarters for the racing crew Inc
~ per deck Of the vessel Is also being altered and
&c being proyided with saloon and staterooms for
the uso OF Mr. Fife the designer Of the Shamrock.
and for Mr. Ratscy the sailmaker. who has pro
vdcd all tho challonEcr's wings. NJ. 'onneil
yachtsman WI known on the clyde. who comes 20
America with Mossrs. Fife and Ratsey. VIII live
with them the Iy mouth
one OF the suits ~ canvas which arrived here
on the St Paul on Saturday has been delivered at
Erie Basin 10 he bent on tho Shamrock ar once
Twelve bales or sails have been Delivered bur
those which are now to bc bent are NOT IN" ones
with which the Shamrock will meet tho columbia
As EXPLAINED I'm yesterdays Tribune, The spars
now I'm ,so with the exception Of the metap mast
and mainhoom arc not tho spars which VIII pe
raced with finally The bowsprit Of Oregon pine,
the spruce topnast and the gaN now being put In
place Will all be replaced bv the spaTs or aluminium
bronze. which arrived Saturday II Is the IN
tention of Captain Hogarth TO try all these spars
in both light and heavy weather during the mont"
Of trial outside Of Sandy HOOK
The new cluhtopsan spars OF aluminium bronze
havo never been on the Shamrock having come
straight from Woolston Naval Works near SCUM
au,pion. TO New York There IS siil lohS o'up'"p
e,u ward 10 arrive from the same works. when
the last thing 0r4fifN hF iil'' '''
not completed I'm time 10 come over win ''' ''''
srars. These are all cylinders Of aluminium bronze.
made out Of long plates Of this dHoY anu "Pc''.
from a considerable width at inc Fs'o" ~
greatest strain to the smaller enoS' "ne'e '1
strain e slight They are beautifully riveied, ana
arc stronger than wooden spars and much HKht'r.
These VIII all be tested IN turn in the Sandy
Hook trials and anything II at Is going TO break
buckle. splt or weaken. Will have every chance 10
do 60 before the Shamrock enters 10 race for the
cup. e,.,,,-so,, .ro
Shamrock will he fully ready for her first spins IN
American waters. T.
Ae tbo Yacht now rests In the water. she IS
several inches higher out or the water at the 20"
than she Will DO when in full racing um' ana ,N''
gives an opportunity 20 judge more Closely o' 'iV'
forward underbody. This entrance part OF her nun
IS peculiarly nat and shallow. no part OF TINS '"'
has vet been shown indicates any beginning OF
curve down to a keel or fin. In fact the shape OF
me boat both forward and ant ana 49, ~
Known fneasiIreulent OF her interior depth OF huIi
ren and a half feeD, combine 10 support ule su6-
geson that The hull proper Is e1uemey sl,at ~,
The heavy bilges round away quickly under 'n nc
water % q fat floor when may eaAllF Ue iii -
four feet shallower than the Columbia s. SOM
writer's have published the opinion that wheh tae
hull OF the Shamrock is dlSci9Stu IT, ". -, no
drydock she Will be found 10 d!her H'9e ION t %
columbia in general model, but this does h15 ~, ef 70
plain the extreme secrecy or ne uoF - had
Inc present moment. and long AFTER the lnc na's
eiansn5 that would be requisite for the building or
another defender. This secrecy mas pe'i4 -
lOnCed beyond the time which business dlN'i lsn.S
interests would suggest. and II the ShS nvN
disclosed at this late hour an underbody nat ma
no real advantage about II. then Mt fllf MVsiH
have 10 endure a laugh that would he ~oriu WIZ.
IL is thought that Mr.. FIFE Is TOO saeaclohs 10
run this risk and that he really has somethlhs
new in the way OF a 90-fOOtcr 8 nm eel-peInal1
one Ike the I'm keels Of smaller racers But II me
has succeeded IN safely attaching TO n nun /" n,.l1
plato thirteen feet deep that carries one huhot'I
tons Of lead on 20. he has done what no one e,9e
has done and r. not Impossible that IN oIuer
10 protect his method. he has had SIT ihoIuh0
under agreement TO secrete the yachts lo"rr con
structon. II FIFE has done this, there - Dig
money" in It for him. and he has right - pro
ieci from tho scrutiny OF other designers the
process he has adopted.
The racing schooner Quissctta scV1nfy fce1 "a''I
line IS the largest yacht IN American waters on
which there is Dubbed I'm keel thai has almost
the thinncss Of metal plate hn But 10 her ga.
The lead bulb is small. IS also me lii mar ,fl
g. and the strains this are not 70 ne coinpdI 'N
with those he borne 10y the Shamrock n her hh
has been constructed on similar prlnciNe
Tho under water part IS 10y far the most inter
osting n both the Columbia and the shamrock.
This is the part Of the boat on which the Fate o,
the Americas Cup depends. 4 great deal - pfinted
about tho canvas areas ~ the two boats, uut IN
previous international races 10 has been found I'D
mo end that the respective sail areas OF the com
petitors did not differ much. and This year mo
Official measurements may show similar results. 50
that A. may he said with certainty that the real
''husincss' part Of the TWO boats Is their "n"''