New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-19
ENGLISH FLEET IN DOCK.
Three !ShamrockS, Erin and Cruizer
at Erie Basin.
CHALLENGER HAS SPEEDY LINES.

Visitors 10 the Erie Basin yeste-day-snd there
were hundreds OF them-found that Sir Thomas
Iptons feet had practically taken possession there
for the big craving dock. known as the Boston
dock, contained his racing yachts Shamrocks and
III: on one the sectional dry docks close by his
steam yacht Erin lay, with new band OF light
green paint at the water line. and a coat OF dark
red covering the plates below il. Ahead OF her.
about one hundred feet with her I'm fenced IN. and
her deck rooted over, the shapely hull % Sham
rock II reared itself. Not than two hundred
yards away. alongside the pier, the big Liver
pool ocean tug Crufzer which the painters
getting ready to go down the Bay next Wednesday
to meet Sir Thomas when he arrives by tina
Oceanic.
Dawn was Just breaking when the big gate OF the
dry dock swung open to admit the two Sham
rocks: the older first, and the newer Fife boat
last AS the water was pumped out OF the dock
the crews OF both yachts worked Ike beavers
scrubbing their huIls below the water line so that
by o'clock, when they were high and dr.. there
was not a speck Of dirt either.
The experts out IN force in the day, and
agreed that the new Shamrock by far ths
most graceful looking yacht that has ever coma
after the Cup. They also declared 10 a man that
her hull is smaller than that OF the Reliance. and
that she is consequently less powerful than the
HerreshoT boat. II cannot be denied. however.
that like the Reliance. there is not hard line IN
her make up. She IS fashioned CT graceful curves
that denote speed. 1t means that she has body
that is easy drive through the water Her centre
and she has nothing OF the scow about her COM
pairing her fin with those OF Shamrock and II.
hers is seen at g glance TO be much shorter. but
bulkier The rudder has more decided rake than
the others, and has larger surface. which should
tend to make her quick IN stays. and also easier
to steer in a strong quarter1ng breeze.
II Fife has borrowed any OF Watson's lines, they
are not visible IN Shamrock III, for she is dis
tinctIy a Fife model and as radical a departure
from the other two Shamrocks the ReIiance Is
from the Columbia and the Constitution. She Is, in
fact a well balanced yacht, and chs is powerful
enough to be speedy IN rough as well as smooth
water In other words, she may be regarded
the most dangerous opponent that has ever been
sent TO Tiff the Americas Cup.
Herbert C. Leeds. Newberry Thorne and William
Butler Duncan, OF the Reliance. were among the
early visitors to the Basin. Others included De-
signer Starting Burgess, OF Boston: Irving Cox
Edwin d. Morgan and Robert Bacon.
Colonel Neill received the following cable message
on Wednesday from Sir Thomas Upton;
Looking forward to-day with great slee az
Thought OF reaching New-York once more and
meeting my friends in America
The Shamrocks are TO stay IN the drydock until
Monday morning. so that the white enamel used on
the hull of the new boat may dry thoroughly The
Erin will be foated either this afternoon or on
Saturday morning
The longest hollow wood spar ever constructed Is
Gently ordered for Shamrock III by Designer Fife
from the Hollow Spar and Boat Company. tt IS
probably a spinnaker boom, and IL is 70 De ready
for the first trial OF the Shamrocks. on June 2.