Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09

| aerodynamic form of courve at all
| times, being regulated according to
breeze by plotted curves laid out on
the boom by means Of the pins.
But 1t is below decks that the great
est change is shown from former cur
sloops. Except for bins and tubs fol
storage of sails and gear, the water
tanks and other facilities required by
the agreement of the 1890 match. En-
| terprise at first appearance seems al
! most q workshop with her winches
drums, blocks and pulleys used for
leads.
Crew Mostly Below.
With a professional crew of 20-odd
hands, less than q third are to be seer
on deck when the Enterprise Is racing
Everything Of halyards and sheets pos
sible Is handled below decks at the
winches, and this includes the prevention
backstays and the forestays.
What has this all cost? Something
between half and three quarters Of 8
million dollars for each of the cup de-
tense aspirantS. This includes con-
struction cost, spars, rigging, sails. pro-
fessional crews of more than 20 men
with officers for five months; the ten
ders, for each sloop, had to have living
and sleeping quarters for the men, Q
towing boat, and q dispatch boat.
The challenger, Shamrock ", Is the
fifth attempt Of Sir Thomas Upton to
lift the cup.
Charles e. Nicholson, head of Camper
g. Nicholson, Ltd, of Gosport, England
has won place as the leading English
designer Of racing yachts. Shamrock
v. like her predecessor, Shamrock w
was built under his immediate eye and
is his own work In every respect. For
the first time ever in an American cur
match both challenger and defen 1sr
are built to classification and with
scantling restrictions.
Shamrock v has overall length nf
1l0 feet 10 inches, almost foot shorter
than Enterprise, and with watcrline
length . foot or so greater; her over
hangs are shorter than any Of the
American class ~" boats. This has
given her stem much like the bow OF
the Resolute. The high minimum free
board amidships Of nearly feet &
inches induced by the freeboard proyi-
sion Of the American rating rule has
naturally resulted In o nat sheer; but
this fiatness Is relieved to q slight ex.
tent by the contour of the foot rail
This foot rail. flush with the yacht.
three inches amidships to six inche:
at the stem head. The topsides arr
painted the special Upton green.
She's Composite Craft.
She is Of composite construction;
wooden planking over steel framing
Her keel Is of elm, the stem, sternpoSi
and counter timbers are Of teak, anc
the planking Of mahogany and the
centerboard. This Is Of the dagger.
plate type, but stream LINED and com.
poSitely built. 1t Is constructed of teak
lead-weighted and bronze-plated. The
rudder blade Is of mahogany with Q
bronze stem. The sheer strake in way
Of the mast Is increased in depth to Z
feet inches to take the lower palm,
of the chain plates, as the sloop is fittec
with steel channel plates about IL
inches wide to give added spread te
the lower rigging.
Though Shamrock has wooden, hol'
low mast, 1t Is unlike In construction
any carried by the American sloops. i
Is In two parts, the upper fitting int
. cap at the head Of the lower mast
The complete stick is about 100 fee
in length, measuring about 153 feet
| above deck.
Although the agreement for the 1885,
match between the Royal Ulster Yach
Club. as challenging club, and the New
York Yacht Club only required watel
tanks and toilet facilities as interior
| fittings, Shamrock v has accommoda
tons below decks such as none of tn,
American cup boats carries. Thes,
consist Of q saloon, two staterooms, {
bathroom. the captains cabin, and san
itary arrangements.
In two ways Shamrock v differ,
much from the defender. In the mrs
place she will be sailed by professional
Capt Heard. as were all Sir Thomas
| previous challengers, with the excep
ton of the Shamrock w. She is no
| equipped with q single winch. depend
ing entirely upon manpower of thu
crew of 81 sailors for all the hoistinI
and trimming of sails.