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Category: SHAMROCK IV
Gallery "Sir Thomas Lipton"On April 22, Captain Turner and twenty-three members of the crew of the yacht Shamrock IV. will sail for New York on board the steamer Lapland.
On June 2, SHAMROCK has had her first trial spin. She had two and a half hours of it in very light to fair breezes on the Sound. Designer and skipper are well pleased with impressive speed of the Yacht.
On June 19, Shamrock IV. showed what she could do, when in competition with her trial horse, the 23-meter Shamrock, she outsailed her in windward work, reaching and running, and, over a course of slightly more than twenty-eight miles, won by a margin of 13 minutes 15 seconds.
On June 22, Shamrock IV wins second trial race by a small margin and fails to make impressive showing. On June 25, Shamrock IV again defeated the Old Shamrock, off Sandy Hook when she covered a 25.4 miles course in 13 minutes and 26 seconds less than the trial horse.
On June 29, once more Shamrock IV. defeated his old and trusty 23-meter Shamrock over a short windward and leeward course but it was not the kind of victory to bring great joy to Sir Thomas and others who are anxious to see him lift the cup.
On July 5, Shamrock IV proved to be the stellar attraction to thousands of vacationists who were in the vicinity of Sandy Hook Bay today. With her full crew aboard and under mainsail, jib, staysail, baby jib topsail, club topsail and eventually her spinnaker, she was put through the most extensive series of manoeuvres undertaken since she has been in American waters.
On July 7, Shamrock IV., Sir Thomas Lipton's Challenger for the America's Cup, and Resolute, the New York Yacht Club's defender of that precious piece of silverware, are now snugly stowed in Morse's Dry Dock at the foot of Fifty-seventh Street, South Brooklyn, ready to be measured. Allowance is 7 minutes 1 second officially announced by the America's Cup Committee one week after operations of measurement, the day before the first race. Lipton's Challenger, because of greater sail area, is forced to make record concession.
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