Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20
SHAMROCK, Il AFLOAT
New Cup Challenger Successfully
Launched at Dumbarton.
CHRISTENED BY LADY DUFFERIN
Sir Thomas Upton Present at the
Ceremony.
POINTS OF THE RACER

DUMBARTON, April 2o.-Shamrock II
was successfully launched today at Dennys
yards in the presence of a good crowd of
invited guests. newspaper men and en-
ployes. Lady Dufferin christened the new
challenger, which looked spick and span In
it's coat of white paint, trimmed with green.
while the manganese bottom of the new
boat shone like a mirror.
Lord and Lady Dufferin Sir Thomas Lip
ton and others who came from Glasgow on
a special train stood upon a raised plat
form decorated with union jacks. the stars
and stripes and the Irish flag and with
Venetian masts In green and white, which
were the prevailing colors.
Throughout the weather could not have
been better The sun shone brightly and
overcoats had been discarded. The en-
ployes of the Dennys had holiday, and, in
fact all Dumbarton was en- fete to see
Lady Dufferin break the bottle. over the
curously snub-nosed bow of the new boat.
British experts are very confident about
the new boat, and think her the best that
ever challenged for the cup
But if you don't win" said the corre-
spondent of the Associated Press to Sir
Thomas Upton. will You try it AGAIN."
Il expect next year to build defender,
not challenger, was the diplomatic
swer.
In this connection the manager Of Den
nys yard said:
When Mr.: James Gordon Bennett saw
the Shamrock II here a few weeks ago he
said: Well, if she wins l am prepared to
build challenger
The Lines of Shamrock H.
At Has am. today Sir Thomas Upton
personally conducted the correspondent of
the Associated Press over and under the
Shamrock III. This minute inspection con-
firmed the description of the cup challenger
cabled to the Associated Press last night.
She is built to general type, but en-
bodies such novelties as prove her designer
pursued an Independent line of development
rather than followed yachting conventions.
When the yacht is viewed in profile the
most striking feature is the extreme fine
ness of her ends The overhangs fore and
art are drawn out to exceptional length,
and the Waterline underneath looks decept-
lively short. Her fin is Of the medium
length, probably thirty feet at the extreme
measurement, and Is finished at the bottom
with pronounced rocker. Without doubt
the chief characteristic of the Yachts de-
sign is the manner in which her beam is
thrown right forward. almost into the ewes
of the boat. The forward deck lines are
earned out full well into the overhang, and
the drawing in does not start until half
way between the mast and the stern From
about the mast it runs aft in a long curve
and goes out into the longest and finest
counter ever seen on a cup CHALLENGER the
breadth at the taft rail being only about
seven feet
The deck, with its wide lines forward
and exceptionally fine run, has the appear
ance of having been suggested nv lowing
experiments. In the Shamrock l the we'll
dellned stem was carried from under the
boWsprlt to the top edge of the fin but
IN the new boat the stem stops short be-
fore it reaches the waterline Under this
the sections of the boat run in perfect semi
circles and give this part of the hull the
exact shape of the forward end Of a soup
spoon. Some danger of forming an awk-
ward shoulder might have been expected
in drawing the wide deck down to the final
lines of the underbody. But the problem
appears to have been successfully met
Every line runs true. The general shape
of the bows gives the impression of a boa,
which should be able to keep her head
well up, no matter how hard she may be
pressed.
Compared With Shamrock 1.
1t was in this ability to keep her head
up that the Columbia's chief superiority
over the first Shamrock lay. To take the
first Shamrock as a standard for compari-
son 1t may be said that the principle of
making the yacht sail over rather than
through the water will be pushed very
much further in the present yacht There
is none Of the fat sides under the bow
or big shoulder seen in the Fife boat
When the yacht is viewed end on it is
seen that Mr.: Watson has departed greatly
from the midship section adopted 10y Fife,
The new challenger is immeas,,rably
easier than the previous boat in the ;urn of
the biSe and garboards, and easier even
than Columbia. The fin is narrow in the
section where it Joins the hull, and spreads
until it turns In the round of the trough in
which the lead is carried. The same p1in-
ciple of skimming water is seen in the
after end. All the sections are again in
segments of a circle.
The total draught from the water line to
the bottom of the rockered curve Of the
Keel is only an inch or two over eighteen
feet, or two feet less than the prcyioIs
challenger
In the measurement at the extreme beam
there is little difference. though the point
of this measurement falls much further
forward ir the Fife boat
TO THE FRASER RIVER CorErDx