AMERICA CUP
GETTING SHAMROCK READY.
[United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Received this day at 9.40 a.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 14. The preparations of Shamrock V. began at New London on Thursday and are expected to take more than a week. Superfluous fittings will be stripped and the topmast fitted. She came over jury rigged, using 110 of 162 feet mast. Although beset by head winds, she made a 26 days crossing, one day better than her predecessor Shamrock IV.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1930, Page 6
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79AMERICA CUP Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1930, Page 6
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