The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-28
Upton TALKS OF HIS PLANS
SHAMROCK III. TO he LAUNCHED
IN MARCH OR EARLY IN APRIL.
II Re Tried First on the clyde and Then
the Soiest Against shamrock l.-shan.
rock II. 10 he the Trial Boat In These
Wstess-Work on Yacht Well Advanced.


Sir Thomas Upton has made some Of his
plans public In an interview with repre-
sentative Of the Yachting World. Sir Thomas
was seen Just after he had inspected the
Shamrock Ill. The interview follows:
Every stroke OF work which has been
done upon her," he said. has been under
the personal superintendence OF MIR. Fife.
Mr. John Ward. the mann sine director OF
Messrs. Denny. or OF Mr.. ia ckson.' II seem
to me orrta In that she will be. 80 far as work.
manship goes. Q very much superior boat to
Shamrock ii.
As for the design. I cannot. OF course. give
any details CT that Just at present; but ! may
say that the va chit Il already In shape. ! am
both surprised and conf ldent that We I'm We at
last got the boat we have been aiming at.
Mr.. Fife does not say much-he never does
but know that he shures the opinion Of the
very few competent judges who ha We seen the
frame work of the yacht. That general opin-
ion Is that she looks every inch Cup winner.
There has not so far been any offcisl
statement as to her design. Is II true that
Mr.. GeorRe L. Watson assist"dI"
-Ths responsible designer Of the boat.
replied Sir Thomas. ia Mr.. william Fife.
She 10 his boat The work and the worry
10 his. but II IL quite true that Mr.. Watson
gave some valuable assistance"
1T would be accurate then. to describe
her a. ombodyinR the ideas and experience
OF both our leading designers?"
Absolutely accurate: and feel confident
that the work will be justified in the result
-Has any date for the launch been sug-
ge .,Sa as, az yet O., any arrangements made
"fhe work IL we'll under way. but we
must OF course. delay the launch and races
weather. At present it is our intention
TO have the yacht launched about the end
of March or In the curly days OF April; She
finished "A DrpCtlCnDlp DnfOFe
the date s' 1sd WI Will Willow allow plsn,y Of tine 70
hurry. After the launch we shall allow
about three weeks or month Tor httlng out,
~ad ss ss soo eas
MS to have all these arrangements completed,
but il Is our intention to have the first trials
TO continue the test matches on the So!ent
and on the more omen water OUTSIDE the
Wrnse and MR. Fife Srs bc'h 0" .onden
that they know exactly what the new boat
can do Then both boats will return TO the
1T has been rumored that there will be
no trial races In American waters Is there
any Intention OF abandoning that part OF
None. whatever. We look 70 the trials
~ American wlt,rS to give ", big adyan-
MS 10 make sure that the boat Is brought TO
nropcr racing pitch after refttingih AZ pres
sn Is GSs to have Which wa. snS ss
in America mainly for that .pnrpose. II.
however, 1t should be decided that II Is pre-
ferable to have Shamrock I also across. I
shall have no hesitation in taking her also
1T is unite possible. then. that you might
have fleet Of three Cup racers sailing to-
Rether in American waters before the next
racn?"
You may count ANYTHING possible that
we can accomplish and that promises to bet
ter in any way our chances in the Cup con-
test
The date Of your departure for Amer
ica--"
is not yet fixed. We desire TO make no
arrangements that may fall through, and
there are many things which Qht alter
the date. We shall however, make certain
that We leave early enough 10 give US good
time for all the work We intend to do there
before the contest
And you eNnact to VIM"
cxpect TO leave no stone that might help
us TO win unturned