The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-20
READY IN THREE WEEKS
SHAMROCK WILL BE REFITTED
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 Weymouth, England, April 19.-The two shamrocks left here to-day at noon for Southampton. The challenger was lowed by the Erin. Sir Thomas Lipton said to-day that he meant to work day and night to get the yacht refitted i'll time for future trials before sailing for New York. His desire was to avoid postponement Of the races.
 Mir. Ward, Designer Fife and Captain Wringe have had a conference and have promised to put the challenger in racing trim again in three weeks. It will be a big ioh Designer Fife has con- demned the boom, gaff. mast and topsail spars of the yacht and they will all be removed, as will the sails.
 The decision against postponement of the races was reached last night af- ter long consultation and this morning Sir Thomas sent the following cable
 
 the New York Yacht club:
 1T am pleased to inform you that the damage to the Shamrock III will be righted in three or four weeks. There will be no necessity of considering the question of postponement. Please communicate this to your committee and also convey my warmest thanks for their expressions of sympathy"
 Sir Thomas said he saw nothing in the recent accident to lessen the great con- fidence he felt in the Shamrock III. If racing yachts are to be built, he said, there must be some risk If we built 8 vessel as safe as liner we might as well keep her at home for any chance she would have of winning the cup.
 Designer Fife took the same view; he has never appeared so confident as he IS now. w 5... +
 MT. Ward said he was surprised and disappointed at the accident. The screws were the same as those used on the Shamrock II. He explained that every precaution had been taken; over 200 0tents had been made of the fittings and he. had had the utmost confidence in every detail of this equipment.
 The body of Collier has not been re- covered. Sir Thomas has offered a re-. ward for it's recovery. and has made provision for Golfers widow and child.
 The wrecked spars of the challenger were lifted to the. quay to-day, Many sightseers were present to view the wreckage. The shell of the mast is of extraordinary thinness, being S-i6 inch nickel steel. The length of the mast was 155 feet and it's greatest diameter twenty-seven inches: That the metal was very tough is evidenced by the fact that it had bent and rebent in various places without breaking.
 It Is believed that the next trial races will take place on the Clyde in three weeks time.
 Sir Thomas Lipton was interviewed this morning before the departure of the yachts. Describing the accident of last week he said:
 'sWhen the challenger lost her mast she was almost fiat; there were certainly six feet of water over her lee deck. My first impression, when the mast went. was that the boat was sinking. scram- bled LID on deck and found everything gone and the boats out doing rescue work. never saw the seaman Col Her in the water"
 Sir Thomas was bewildered at the suddenness of the accident and said that what immediately followed seemed to him like the confused remembrance of dream.
 Southampton, April 19.-The Sham rock III. has arrived here.