The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-18
THE CUP CHALLENGER.
Shamrock III. the Swiftest Yet
Built, Says Spears.
i sCoW MODEL, SURE ENOUGH.

Yachts Ton Sides the Yachting Ex-
pert picks the Reliance 10 win
Races-He says LiDton's Boat Is ga
Dream Of Beauty"
a look at the new cup challenger,
Shamrock III, as she recently lay at
anchor off Tompkinsville, must CON
vince every experienced observer that
the reports Of her dimensions and
the descriptions Of her model printed
In the British yachting periodicals and
cabled to American newspapers We're
mere fairy stories designed to amuse
the American yachtsmen, says John
r. Spears ia the New York World.
For instance, the London sporting
papers assured the sailor men Of the
world that Shamrock III was just .
feet inches wide AS matter Of
fact when the new challenger lay at
anchor, with the Shamrock L a short
distance to north of her to aid the eye
in making estimates, it was plain TO
see that the new ship is not far from
the width Of Che old one
Records give the old Shamrock
width Of % feet 5 inches, and 1t Is
to wager that the new ship is
nearer twenty-five feet wide than she
is to twenty-four.
Another interesting statement hav-
ing source among the scotchmen, Is 70
the effect that "in her design the boat
is distinctly British. The heresy of the
scow has been cast aside"
As a matter Of fact, stern view Of
the new challenger shows better
scow model than Columbia can boast,
and II is at worst as good as that Of
Constitution The breadth of beam on
deck has been carried aft In graceful
lines and the under water lines
brought up to it in exact seow fashion
In fact, the most interesting feature
Of the ship is the stern, because in
that view she looks most dangerous.
The reports chat she leaves the water,
even at high speed, with but tiny
ripple are undoubtedly true.
The difference between Shamrock
III and Shamrock H. is remarkable
in the lines of the stern, for the stern
of Shamrock H. was notably narrow.
AS we all remember, Shamrock IL.
failed lii windward work as compared
with Columbia, even in smooth water,
although IN smooth water she fairly
beat Columbia before the wind.
1t is therefore safe to say that Mr.
Fife took warning and so gave his new
design not only a longer overhang, but
much broader one.
The stories about her speed to wind
ward are no doubt true, and her broad
scow stern is in a great measure what
holds her up to her work
In any other view Of the bow than
that directly abeam it IS plain to see
that it is but modification Of the bow
of Shamrock i. The oyerhang is
longer cit stretches twenty-three or
twenty-four feet over the water), and
the lines have been made as much
! finer as the extra length permitted, but
are otherwise like those Of the older
ship.
A dead-on-end view of the bow sug-
gests the bow of Columbia even more
than a broadside view but the bow Is
nevertheless a refinement of that on
Shamrock |. Another feature Of the
model noticeable in the end-on View Is
slight fiaring in the frames from the
water line up. She is broader on deck
than at the water line by two or three
inches. With these facts In mind a
consideration of bow and stern to-
gether leads to the conclusion that
when heeled to her sailing lines she IS
from six to eight feet longer on the
water than Shamrock II was. And
this shows why she is able to make
superior speed in windward work.
Coming now to a general view Of the
broadside Of the new challenger it
must be said that she is a dream of
beauty. Nothing that ever went afoat
has exceIled her in this respect Co
lumbia has hitherto stood as the Amer
lean type Of grace and beauty, and
Shamrock III must stand as the I'M
surpassed beauty from over the sea.
There is a gentle sheer in her rail-
a just perceptible sweep from stem to
stern. The lines Of the upper part Of
the hull sweep into the water In a
curve that appeals to the eve. But q
closer look at those lines of the over
hangs that dip under water shows that
in one respect this hull is beyond ques-
ton distinctly British. Where they
meet the water the angle is certainly
wider than that made by similar lines
on Reliance, though somewhat sharper
than the one made by Columbia's lines.
She Is deep hulled and has larger dis
placement in proportion to her sail
area than Reliance.
But to leave details to consider once
more the entire model Of the hull, one
would say from an examination q
her as well as FROM her brief record
Of trials with Shamrock I-that here
IS the swiftest challenger yet built,
Whether she is swift enough to take
the cup can be learned only by the
actual races a view of the top sides
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