The Washington herald., 1914-08-24
will NOT RIG
YACHTFOR RACE
Capt. Turner, of Shamrock
", So Announces When
Boat Ties Up at Wharf.
WASH TOWED ON TRIP
Last Leg Of Across the Ocean journey
from Bermuda Was Without
Incident.
WASH TOWED ON TRIP


ere sailed forth into a rivals domain In
prouder manner than Shamrock ". Sir
Thomas Lipton's quadruplicate Amerfca's
Cup challenger. made her entry into New
York this morning. She had good reason
to be proud, for she had not only COM
pleted her long. roundabout voyage across
the Atlantic without even squeezing a BIT
OF putty, but with her convoy. Sir Thomas
Lipton's 2J6-foot steam yacht Erin, she
had not been intercepted by any proving
warship that might have been searching
the seas for a British flag such as fut-
tered from the Erin's taffrail.
After arriving OF Sandy Hook late Sun
da'- night. the Erin and Shamrock were
guided up the bay by Capt. ConIey. one
OF the Old-time Sandy Hook pilots. and
they anchored of Quarantine until
O'Clock this morning. when they went 10
the shipyard Of James Shewan & Sons. at
the foot Of Twenty street. Brook
lyn.
Harbor craft instantly recognized the
challenger with her glistening grass green
topsides. white bootleg. black enamel
bottom and pale green, canvas-covered
deck.
Flew New signal.
The Erin fiew.S Sir Thomas new private
signal at her fOremast peak II is a four
leafed shamrock in a green bOrdsred vel
low flag. At her mainmast was the bur
gee Of the Royal lister Yacht Club,
through which the challenge was sent
Everything afiOat that had a whistle
shrieked a red-bIooded welcome to the
latest seeker Of the blue ribbon prize Of
the sea.
Once in the basin Shamrock was hauled
alongside a dock and the work Of dis
mantling her was begun. She will not be
tried out here this fall after all
She was tOwed about half Of the vay
by the Erin. This was to carry her along
in many Gains that were encountered and
10 avoid the Erins having to lie to where
she might have been picked up by a Ger
man cruiser When Shamrock did sail
she had fair winds a good part Of the
time. and her square sail was used to
advantage. She reeled on twelve knots
in midOCean on three occasions.
The Erin's wireless has a range Of 30
miles during the day and 800 miles az
night. Nearing Bermuda the British
cruiser Suffolk was heard on one hand
and a German cruiser on the other. The
ETins wireless operator figured that the
warships were fifty miles away. or about
loo miles apart.
Critics Don Z Like Her.
Sir Thomas may secure the cup to put
in the locker he has provided for II on
the Erin. and maybe his next Americas
Cup boat will be a defender. but II he
does all experience in the building Of
racing yachts on this side OF the water
will have gone for naught.
Shamrock may be smart. but she was
designed against all purposes Of the
American measurement rules under which
the races will be sailed, and which were
framed by Nat HerTeshon. who built the
Resolute. They were made TO do away
with scows. and penalize them severely
Shamrock has decided scow's ends and
Charles E. Nicholson. her designer. has
dared exceed the quarter beam length.
She undoubtedly has great winvard
qualities. but she does not give promise
of ability to reach or run. She unques-
tionably needs strong wind. Resolute
should outdistanCe her ghosting in light
airs, and might beat her boat for boat
Yet, apparently. Shamrock will have 10
allow her several minutes in thirty miles.
Some even figure she Will have to give
seven minutes, but It probably will be
less than that
One thing is certain. Shamrock " is the
worst freak ever sent after the cup. She
is a weIl-sized scow, and il she were not
fitted with sails and were not afoat one
could hardly believe her to be a boat
She has a hogged hull. with ends lower
than the middle. a cutoff stern with a
plumb transOm. and a bow that first re-
sembled a pigs snout, but which has been
padded and sharpened to make her slip
through seas better and to improve her
rating.
Capt Turner. sailing master Of the
Shamrock. said the voyage from Bermuda
TO this port had been without incident
and that he had not sighted any hostile
war vessels on the way Capt. Turner
said that the Shamrock would not be re-
rigged, but would be hauled out. boxed
up and placed in winter quarters at once.
VIII Not Be Rcftted.
Sailing master and crew were greatly
disappointed because the cup yacht races
would not be sailed this year. They in
sisted that the-Shamrock was IN excellent
shape 10 give a good account Of herself
II is understood that Sir Thomas yacht
Erin. which conveyed the Shamrock. sent
a wireless message today to the German
owned wireless station at Sayville. L. l..
the station for its unwilling as
sistanCe in enabling the Shamrock TO
dodge German war craft. BY picking up
messages intended for German cruisers
the Erin was warned Of their proximity.