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...struck the Britannia's vast mainsail. She heeled over and nosed into a grey comber. Right before King George's eyes the wash swept Second Mate Ernest Friend overboard. Sailors threw him a lifebuoy immediately. The ship luffed and signalled for help. Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V heard the cry "Man Overboard" and hove to. But it was too late. Ernest Friend never reached the floating buoy, disappeared. He left behind a widow and four children. King George called off the day's racing and hurried back to the yellow-funneled Victoria & Albert from which...
...because Sir Thomas was "in trade," that his America's Cup racing was considered pure advertising for Lipton's Tea. A few yachtsmen have made the additional point that for all Sir Thomas's racing, he knows nothing about yachting. He has seldom been on a Shamrock in an important race. He leaves everything to his well-paid sailing masters...
Last week, however. Sir Thomas was a member. The Squadron's burgee flew from the Shamrock's truck and from the stern of his steam yacht Erin floated the White Ensign, a flag which only ships of the Royal Navy and yachts of the Royal Squadron may carry. But he did not set foot in the clubhouse last week or step on the sacred lawn. That was his rebuttal for the years that he had been denied membership...
...Shamrock V, Sir Thomas Lipton's famed unsuccessful America's Cup Challenger: a 40-mile race at Cowes, beating King George's Britannia by seven minutes...
...white muslin aprons to be worn under ladies' dresses past U. S. customs officers. Each apron has five pockets, holds five pints. Brother Eldon Trimingham out of hours is a leading Bermuda socialite and yachtsman, was urged by Bermudians as skipper for Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V. In yacht races when Brother Eldon holds the wheel, Brother Kenneth tends the sheet. Smartest town is Tucker's Town, five miles away. Here is the expensive, exclusive Mid-Ocean Club, with the best golf course in the islands. Here are the "cottages" of U. S. tycoons. Largest private...