The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-07

Il.
as tne wi i;Sbt was sather with the Shamrock II
NJ Ts S mat AGAIN OF Cowes on May 81
in a Kne southeasteriy breeze and smooth
sSs sbsmrnck gained 22 seconds, but the
hobstav Of The Shamrock II. Stacked 30
that she had To be favored At the end Of q
nine.mile beat the Shamrock l. had gained
/ minute a seconds, and running home the
shamroek n reduced this lead BY 10 seconds.
Jmst as The Yachts wers starting for the
next trial the Shamrock IT. lost her mast
and tiara was lots Of time lost while the
Yacht was being re rugged. They met gain
on the CLYDE on July in a light nuky
in the weather position, but in beating down
to Iargs the Shamrock l. weathered her.
and at the mark led by one minute. Under
spinnakers with a much lighter breeze the
Shamrock H. gained . little, but when the
wind freshened the old boat went a way from
her
On July on the Clyde In steady breeze
the Shamrock II. had the weather position,
! but at the end Of q three-mile beat the
Shamrock I. had drawn through the new
Tfbis ' ' was done in twenty-five minutes
sailing.
| On july they had q reach 81 ten miles
| together, In the first five miles the Sham
rock II. gained one minute, then shamrock
anna u Vt ''o WV '"'N'' WV
On july Q in lieht weather they met again.
The Shamrock IL. did the better work
| going to windward, but Shamrock l. held her
They sailed a forty-mile course on July
| II In 4 steady wind and smooth sea. The
| Shamrock II. gained S minutes in seven
mile beat to windward and over the whole
course she led by three minutes. Ihey
reached seven and one-half miles that day
| = ! IN. ro%a ~ TIM n son knots An hour
The ne 1t day they started with the wind
abeam and Shamrock I. pulled away from
the Shamrock H., but when the wind SOL.
ened the challenger gained: At the END OF
| fifteen mile beat to windward the Sham-
rock IT. was leading by 80 seconds. nun
ming before the wind there was no change
in the position, but on the reach the sham
rock IT. gained minutes. Considerable
fault was found with Capt, Wringe for the
He overstood the marks and the experts
said she should have won.
The last trial was sailed on July is in
good sailing breeze at the start, but which
became fiuky before the race ended. Inc
miles and the Shamrock II. gained minute
81 seconds. Then they had a reach OF five
miles and the Shamrock II. gained IA sec
onds. They beat four miles to the next
mark and Shamrock added minute 81
reach Of ten miles and the freshening breeze
greatly favored the Shamrock III. 40 that
she gained minutes 40 seconds. Another
reach OF eight miles followed and the posi-
tions Of the two boats were unchanseo.
souall and tho Shamrock l. picked up very
fast in the stronger wind, so that at the end
of the trial the Shamrock IL. was lea1lhg
by only 1 minute 40 seconds, the older boat
having gained minutes 20 seconds on the
beat. The thirty-fve miles was sailed
by the Shamrock II. in hours minutes
seconds
These figures show that in light weather
and a smooth sea the Shamrock II. was
little faster than the older boat, but Ihe
when the breeze freshened.
In all the trials the two yachts reached
seventy nine miles and the net gain Tor the
Shamrock II. was IA minutes 81 seconds
an average Of II seconds mile. they ran
accurately and the Shamrock Ii. beat the
older boat by minute q seconds, averaging
III seconds a mile. They sailed 81 miles
to windward and the Shamrock l. made
net gain Of minutes % seconds oyer sn nan
In all, the yachts we're timed over l5l miles
and the net gain for Shamrock IL. over
Shamrock I. Tor the entire distance was
10 minutes 20 seconds. an average OF o'3
seconds Q mile.
Yachting men who watched these trials
agree that the only true test o.! these Menus
was the races that were sailed OF Wey-
mouth on May IS. They were out in the
open then and had a steady breeze. me
course was twenty miles in length. OF which
seven were to windward. and the Shamrock
I. beat the new boat by 5 minutes seconds.
Referring to the speed OF the two yachts
the Field says:
when Shamrock !. was buln On the
Thames from Flies lines the papers were
aooded with fragrant reports OF her speed
and eyen though she had never been tried,
there was q current belief that she was one
Of the most perfect racing yachts ever
launched. Then. when it came to the con-
struction Of Shamrock II. on the Clyde,
we were repeatedly assured that Mr.. Wat
sons new boat would turn out flyer long
before she left the stocks. It was also
renorted that her construction was some
| thfnr quite out OF the common.
aReasons for these assertions were freely
| Quoted Had not the builders made eleven
Models, with no less than sixty-four alter
ations. in order to obtain the best form
To drive through the waters? The models
wera ont in WAY and tried in an experimental
tank Surely after such a departure,
Shamrook IL must be the most wonderful
~ vachts The mystery OF her especial
constr,ction was not quite 30 easy to ex-
nlain hut its very secrecy seemed to con-
vince the public that the builders had some
tbino IN their sleeve which would make the
boat far superior to any ordinary racing