The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-29
llPTONS TALK OF SHAMROCK Il.

Coming in by the Hook today 1t was
rather foggy and 1t made me feel quite
at home. I am here for work now and
from now until the races shall devote all
my time to getting the yacht into racing
shape. There is lots of work to be done
and am glad to hear that Captain Sy-
camore has things all ready to begin
work at once. The Shamrock win go
out for sail whenever possible and
the more sailing she gets the better she
will be-"
How much faster do you think the
new yacht is over the old Shamrock, Sir
Thomas?" asked the Sun man.
In her two last races which were
sailed over a course 35 miles in length
she beat the old boat by nine minutes
in fair sailing breeze II to II
knots strength"
DO you think that the old boat was
sailing faster this year than she did
when she met the Columbia in the cup
races?"
There is no doubt about that at ALL
The Shamrock I. is a much faster boat
this year. but even in her improved
trim do not think that she Is as fast
as the Columbia. l think that the Sham
rock Is fast enough to give a hard race
to the Constitution or Columbia. and
if did not think I had a chance to win
would not have crossed the ocean.
hope that the coming series of races
will be as pleasant as the last were and
that nothing will be done to endanger
the good feeling that exists between the
yachtsmen of the two countries"
1.-The Shamrock was built for the
weather conditions that prevail off
CO olxp' IL 80 ,1De
| Of the New York Yacht club. She is a
| good boat in light weather and she is
| good boat in blow. Blow high OF
| blow low, she sails equally WELL"
George L. Watson, the designer of the
| Shamrock II. and who also designed the
| two Valkyries and the Thistle, said he
did not see what he could say. 'The
yacht talks for me-" he said. 1--WE have
| done the pest we can and will try te
make her a winner
| won't you say something about the
| boat?"
| We'll, she's sharp at both ends ant
| is a bad thing in the way of a racing
| machine. She was built to race under {
| tonnage rule that prevails here and {
bad rule at that, think. I really don
! know how she compares in rating will
the Constitution and have paid yer,
| little attention to that boat, having beef
| busy with the challenger. We have lot
Of work to do getting the Shamrock II
i ready and will have to hustle to be II
shape when the first race is started"
Mr.. Watson was very much please'
to hear that the Shamrock had been yer.
much admired by yacht designers, AM
builders, who had seen her in the dr..
dock and was also pleased to hear tina
her underbody had FURNISHED up as wei
as it did after having been SO lon
IN the water. The yacht Is built of i'm
madium which is bronze. but whe
asked the peculiar properties Of tina
metal Mr.. Watson said he knew nothin
about it except that 1t seemed to an
swer for lightly constructed yachts an
that was all he wanted to know.
The Hon. Charles Russell, a son Q
Lord Charles Russell Of Killowen, lat
lord chief Justice Of England. was i
the party. He was glad to be here agai
and thought that the Shamrock had
very good chance to win the cup th
time and he hoped that the Irish yachts
men would have a chance to entertai
the American yachtsmen next year.