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with three very costly and extreme vessels, “Shamrock I.,” “Shamrock II.” and “Shamrock III.” No. I. and No. III. were designed by W. Fife, and No. II. by G. L. Watson. In 1899 “Shamrock I.” was rather easily defeated by “Columbia.” In 1901 the Americans were not especially successful in building the vessel which they had prepared to defend the cup, and in the trial races the old 1899 yacht “Columbia,” sailed by Captain Charles Barr—a half-brother of the skipper of the Scottish yacht “Thistle”—defeated the new vessel “Constitution,” which had been built for the defence of the trophy for 1901; consequently the New York Yacht Club again selected the “Columbia” to defend the cup against “Shamrock II.” After very close racing the “Columbia”—which was the better handled boat—retained the prize.

The next contest for the cup was in 1903. On this occasion Herreshoff turned out in “Reliance” a wonderful example of a large fin-keeled boat with full pram-bow and light skimming-dish hull. She was of the lightest possible construction (bronze with steel web frames), 90 ft. length L.W.L., 144 ft. length over all, with 16,160 sq. ft. of sail area, 25 ft. 10 in. beam, and a draught of 19 ft. 9 in. “Reliance” was a far more extreme vessel than “Shamrock III.” The latter had a deeper body and a less prammed overhang forward. With the same water-line as “Reliance,” the English yacht had rather over a foot less beam. The chief difference in dimensions, however, was in the sail area; “Shamrock III.” carried 14,337 sq. ft., or 1823 sq. ft. less than “Reliance.” The result was a very easy victory for the “Reliance.”

Races for the America’s Cup

Date. Name. Tonnage. Course. Allows Elapsed
Time.
Corrected
Time.
Wins by








M. S. H. M. S. H. M. S. M. S.
 Aug.  22, 1851  America  170  From Cowes around Isle of Wight (Aurora  10 37  0   10 37  0   18  0 
 Aurora   47  second).  10 55  0  10 55  0
 Aug.   8, 1870  Magic   97.2  N.Y.Y.C. Course (Cambria tenth).   4  7 54   3 58 26  39 12.7 
 Cambria  227.6   4 34 57   4 37 38
 Oct.  16, 1871  Columbia  220  N.Y.Y.C. Course.   6 17 42   6 19 41  27  4
 Livonia  280   6 43  0   6 46 45
 Oct.  18, 1871  Columbia  220  20 miles to windward off Sandy Hook Lightship    3  1 33½    3  7 41¾   10 33¾
 Livonia  280  and return.   3  6 49½   3 18 15½
 Oct.  19, 1871  Livonia  280  N.Y.Y.C. Course (Columbia disabled).   3 53  5   4  2 25  15 10
 Columbia  220   4 12 38   4 17 35
 Oct.  21, 1871  Sappho  310  20 miles to windward off Sandy Hook Lightship   5 33 24   5 36  2  33 21
 Livonia  280  and return.   6  4 38   6  9 23
 Oct.  23, 1871  Sappho  310  N.Y.Y.C. Course.   4 38  5   4 46 17  25 27
 Livonia  280   5  4 41   5 11 44
 Aug.  11, 1876  Madeleine  151.49  N.Y.Y.C. Course.   5 24 55   5 23 54  10 59
 C'tess of Dufferin   138.20   5 34 53   5 34 53
 Aug.  12, 1876  Madeleine  151.49  20 miles to windward off Sandy Hook Lightship   7 19 47   7 18 46  27 14
 C'tess of Dufferin  138.20  and return.   7 46  0   7 46  0
 Nov.   9, 1881  Mischief   79.27  N.Y.Y.C. Course.   4 17  9   4 17  9  28 20¼ 
 Atlanta   84   4 48 24½    4 45 29¼ 
 Nov.  10, 1881  Mischief   79.27  16 miles to leeward from Buoy 5 off Sandy Hook    4 54 53   4 54 53  38 54
 Atlanta   84  and return.   5 36 52   5 33 47
 Sept. 14, 1885   Puritan  140  N.Y.Y.C. Course.   6  6  5   6  6  5  16 19
 Genesta   80  0 28   6 22 52   6 22 24
 Sept. 16, 1885  Puritan  140  20 miles to leeward off Sandy Hook Lightship   5  3 14   5  3 14   1 38
 Genesta   80  and return.  0 38   5  5 20   5  4 52
 Sept.  9, 1886  Mayflower  171.74  N.Y.Y.C. Course.   5 26 41   5 26 41  12  2
 Galatea  171.14  0 38   5 39 21   5 38 43
 Sept. 11, 1886  Mayflower  171.74  20 miles to leeward off Sandy; Hook Lightship   6 49  0   6 49  0  29  9
 Galatea  171.14  and return.  0 39   7 18 48   7 18  9
 Sept. 27, 1887  Volunteer  209.08  N.Y.Y.C. Course.   4 53 18   4 53 18  19 23¾
 Thistle  253.94  0  5   5 12 46¾   5 12 41¾
 Sept. 30, 1887  Volunteer  209.08  20 miles to windward off Scotland Lightship   5 42 56¼   5 42 56¼  11 48¾
 Thistle  253.94  and return.  0  6   5 54 51   5 54 45

Sailing Length.

M. S. H. M. S. H. M. S. M. S.
 Oct.   7, 1893  Vigilant   96.78  15 miles to windward off Scotland Lightship and   4  5 47   4  5 47   5 48
 Valkyrie II.   93.11  return.  1 48   4 13 23   4 11 35
 Oct.   9, 1893  Vigilant   96.78  Course—equilateral triangle—3030 miles.   3 25  1   3 25  1  10 35
 Valkyrie II.   93.11  1 48   3 37 24   3 35 36
 Oct.  13, 1893  Vigilant   96.78  15 miles to windward off Scotland Lightship and   3 24 39   3 24 39   0 40
 Valkyrie II.   93.57*  return.  1 33   3 26 52   3 25 19
 Sept. 7, 1895  Defender  100.36  15 miles to windward off Scotland Lightship and  0 29   5  0 24   4 59 55   8 49
 Valkyrie III.  101.49  return.   5  8 44   5  8 44
 Sept. 10, 1895  Defender  100.36  Course—equilateral triangle—30 miles.  0 29   3 56 25   3 55 56   0 47
 Valkyrie III.  101.49   3 55  9†   3 55  9
 Sept. 12, 1895  Defender  100.36  15 miles to windward and return from Sandy  0 29   4 44 12   4 43 43
 Valkyrie III.  101.49  Hook Lightship.
 Oct.  16, 1899  Columbia  102.135  15 miles E.S.E. from Sandy Hook Lightship and    4 53 53   4 53 53  10  8
 Shamrock  101.092  return—30 miles.  0  6   5  4  7   5  4  1
 Oct.  17, 1899  Columbia  102.135  10 miles triangular from Sandy Hook   3 37  0
 Shamrock  101.092  Lightship—30 miles.  0  6 §
 Oct.  20, 1899  Columbia  102.135  15 miles S. by W. from Sandy Hook Lightship  0 16   3 38 25   3 38  9   6 34
 Shamrock  102.565  and return—30 miles.   3 44 43   3 44 43
 Sept. 28, 1901  Columbia  102.355  15 miles E. by S. from Sandy Hook Lightship  0 43   4 31  7   4 30 24   1 20
 Shamrock II.  103.79  and return—30 miles.   4 31 44   4 31 44
 Oct.   3, 1901 Columbia 102.355  Course—equilateral triangle—30 miles.  0 43   3 13 18   3 12 35   3 35
 Shamrock II.  103.79   3 16 10   3 16 10
 Oct.   4, 1901  Columbia  102.355   15 miles S.S.E. from Sandy Hook Lightship and  0 43   4 33 40   4 32 57   0 41
 Shamrock II.  103.79  return—30 miles.   4 33 38   4 33 38
 Aug.  22, 1903  Reliance  108.41  15 miles to windward and return—30 miles.   3 32 17   3 32 17   7  3
 Shamrock III.  104.37  1 57   3 41 17   3 39 20
 Aug.  25, 1903  Reliance  108.41  Course—equilateral triangle—30 miles.   3 14 54   3 14 54   1 19
 Shamrock III.  104.37  1 57   3 18 10   3 16 12
 Sept.  3, 1903  Reliance  108.39  15 miles to windward and return—30 miles.   4 28  0   4 28  0
 Shamrock III.  104.37  1 57 Did not finish.

* Remeasured.† Disqualified for fouling “Defender.”‡ Withdrew on crossing the line.§ Carried away topmast and withdrew.

 (B. H.-S.)