The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-15
Shamrock III. Plays Horse With
Shamrock I. and Finishes Six
~. Minutes Ahead.
New Yacht Stands Up Well to Stiff
Breeze in the Beat to
IL 49,: T., Windward. :

race Of. sixteen miles to leeward,. of
Weymouth and beat back, was laid ou
for the Shamrocks yesterday. When the
boats got outside the shelter of the break
water the wind came in hard gusts an6
the yachts seemed to have all they coult
stagger Under and required an occasiona
lum up to case them. The strain fount
a weak spot in the Shamrock HIS pecl
halyard gear. A man was sent aloft ant
on his report the yacht fetched into shell
tered water and anchored. All her. sal
was then: dropped on deck. The Sham
rock I. also anchored and ropped her heac
sails.
The wind subsequently softened and tho
boats were sent off on g. trial spin to lee
ward and return. There was no fornna
start The Shamrock I. led by a length
but the new boat in a few minutes CLOSED
the gap and ran clear ahead. The timings
after a ter-mile run were as foliows
shamrock Ill 2:24 20:
Shamrock ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .2:26 =;
The times at the finish were:
Shamrock LII ...................... :33 :St
onamrock .................. .3:39 a:
1t was shortly after i o'clock when the
boats started. During the first five miles
the challenger outran the older boat about
couple Of minutes and about the same
gap was maintained to the first run
where the tlmings were:
onalnroch .2:26 ~
AS the yachts went about for the bea1
home they met a bigger sea than the chal
lenger had ever previously faced. She
! took 1t smoothly and we'll, however, anc
couple of short tacks sufficed to con.
vince those on board Of her that she coulC
easily outsail the Shamrock l. under these
conditions.
The Shamrock III. then bore away anc
ran back for fresh start. She came
about close on the weather beam of the
Shamrock I. and they started together O,
the windward beat. Neither wind MOI
sea seemed to trouble the challenger. She
sailed fast and high in the wind, making
about quarter Of a mile dead to wind
ward in twenty minutes sailing. Havin,
demonstrated the challenger's superiority
IN both pointing and sailing, Captain
Wiring followed the same tactics as wer.
pursued during the latter half Of lee.
ward run and refrained from pushins
his victory home.
The challenger was sailed off and or
the wind in the most barefaced fashion
beating away at times until the wind wa:
almos; abeam. and luffing at others unit
her head-salls quivered. She probabl,
lost a couple Of minutes in this way, ant
| even then the challenger scored hand
somely beating the Shamrock I. over 81,
| minutes In an hours windward work.
With the mainmast and most of it's rig
slng III place, and the bowsprit alta ched
the bow of the cup defender Reliance ha
settled and she floats now with the boy
! much lower than the after part. Eve
when the main boom is on board, and tn
boat attains her designed balance it
thought that she will still be distinguish
able from the other ninety -footers at
distance by a. dip forward. 1t seems Ger
tain that she has a lower freeboard tha,
the Constitution by at least six inches.
The rlggers are at the work rigging u
double bonstay which is somewhat of a.
innovation in cup defenders.
An extra set Of spars, including the caf
! boom and mast, exact duplication Of tn
ones now aboard is being made for tn
yacht.