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...cabled the tea tycoon, received the same day a reply: "Many thanks. . . . Glad to say I am feeling in excellent health and am quite willing to take on Jack Dempsey. . . . Am looking forward with the greatest pleasure to another contest for the famous old mug and am confident the Shamrock will put up a good show...
...made her default, protesting interference. Whirlwind went back to the shipyard to have her mast moved forward a bit, her underbody (hastily finished) scraped and repainted. Whirlwind was hopelessly beaten, Yankee still proved fast off the wind. So far Enterprise seems likeliest to meet Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V, though no trials have yet been sailed in a heavy wind. The formal elimination races come July 7 off Newport, the Cup races begin Sept...
...crews spry and smart, are important as indications of form, but meaningless so far as the America's Cup races are concerned. In August at Newport the elimination races will be held and one boat chosen to sail for the U. S. against Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V. Each yacht costs about $200,000 to build, $150,000 to equip, $200,000 to run for a summer. Already Enterprise has five suits of sails. Sails for all the "J" boats are made at City Island by Ratsey & Lapthorn, Inc. Each boat has a crew...
...June 9?Trial races of Sir Thomas Lipton's America's Cup challenger; Shamrock V v. King George's new Britannia; at Ryde. Cowes and Southampton, England...
...Enterprise, one of the four yachts built to compete for the right to race with Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V: a trial in Long Island Sound with the Resolute, cup defender in 1920, by 10 min., 30 sec. over a 22-mi. course. In a later race, with Harold Vanderbilt sailing her and the Vanitie as an added starter, she won again, this time by eight minutes...