Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-06-26
SHAMROCK IN DRY DOCK
Features of Lipton's New Yacht
Described by an Expert.
AN AMAZON, BUT LOOKS A VENUS.

John n. Spears Says That the ChaI-
lenger Docked shows That Her He
markable Beauty Hides the Fact
That She Is Fighter--Contrast
Clearly shown with Model of Re-
liance.
Both Shamrock III. and Shamrock |.
were docked at the Robins yard, Erie
basin, In Brooklyn, the other morning,
and because Shamrock III. was stand
Ing well braced on the ground near
the dock visitors had the extraordinary
satisfaction of seeing three challengers
at once-a regular flock of British
yachts all out of the water together,
says John II. Spears In the New York
World.
Naturally there was an early gather
Ing of the favored yachtsmen who had
Invitations to visit the dockyard
Among the men of note as designers
were John Hyslop, Henry J. Gielow
and Irving Cox of New York and W.
s. Burgess of Boston
The most striking and important fea-
ture of the hull is that the largest or
fullest section is several feet forward
Of the middle section. Shamrock Is
was well aft. Looking still farther aft,
II was seen that the lines run into
remarkably thin and fiat overhang.
Her lean quarters are In marked CON
trast with those of Shamrock l., and
the entire hull is in marked contrast
because the center of buoyancy is so
much farther forward.
With all her low bilges the challenger
has remarkable dead rise-that is, the
cross section at the middle of the ship
shows deep V shape below the curves
where the top sides turn into the under
water body.
A broadside view of this considerable
dead rise caused many spectators to say
that she was there modelled after the
Columbia, but view from forward
shows that where Columbia's frames
are straight from the turn of the bilge
to the hollow of the cardboard the
frames of Shamrock III. are curved.
With the curve of the bilge and the hol-
low of the cardboard each is long s.
Therefore where Columbia when heel
ed sails on fiat floor Shamrock Ill. in
similar circumstances sails on round
ed floor.
On looking at the fin one saw that
the curve of the stem into the fin was
much longer than that in either of the
other Shamrocks. 1t is shorter on the
foot, think, than that of Reliance and
longer at the hull, while the area of
possibly little larger.
A notable peculiarly of the fin Is in
the fact that the heel of 1t goes down
In the water nearly two feet farther
than the toe Another interesting fea-
ture Of the fin Is the enormous bulk of
lead at the forward end, and it is very
blunt, where that of the other two
challengers was made wedge shaped
to part the water readily. The bottom
of the lead is fiat. 1t is fin that
should let her turn quickly in stays,
but one would expect 1t to lift as the
rounded hull heels over.
1t Is certain that Shamrock Ill. has
large displacement, She is just what
her builders said of her in this respect.
She is decidedly a wholesome" model.
With her great dead rise and her
large bulk under water she is the exact
opposite Of the Reliance. The yachts
men Of the world are to be congratu-
lated, for now we shall see whether
large displacement with small wetted
surface or small displacement with
large wetted surface is better In the
search for the ideal racer model.
1t must not be supposed, however,
that Shamrock III. is a typical British
cutter or knife blade model. Her beam
becomes more apparent when she Is
out Of water, and several good judges
estimated it at 25 feet inches.
After seeing so much of the model as
was In view from the brim of the
dock, one readily believes that Sham
rock III. is fast In windward work and
that she will not be worried greatly by
head sea.
Every one will agree with Captain
Robert Wringe when he said. Even
If we don't win the cup we still have
a beautiful ship" She is beautiful.
One must say that the grace of her
outlines conceals, to great degree, her
power.
The sharps were shy when asked
for opinions, but Designer John Hys-
lop, for years measurer for the New
York Yacht club, said:
"She looks like an easy boat to drive.
She doesn't show the power she evil
IDENTIFY possesses. She has very diff
ferent section from anything they have
brought out before. Just see the con-
vexity of her form forward. She has
great strength forward, and there IS
10 liability of pounding in seaway.
There is nothing to kill her speed She
is boat that will heel very easily, but
when she dcas she will sail on very
long floor. She is wonderfully mod
eled boat, absolutely fair and beauti-
fully finished"