THE FIFTH SHAMROCK
SIR’ THOMAS LIPTON’S OPTIMISM.
CHALLENGE FOR AMERICA CUP.
(British Official Wireless.) Rugby, May 21.
Sir Thomas Lipton, who in the past 30 years has spent £500,000 in the five yachts he has had built to sail across the Atlantic and challenge in American waters the holder of the America Cup, is confident that Shamrock V. will be successful in the race next September. • Sir Thomas Lipton, who is 80 years old, is highly pleased with the performance of Shamrock V., which won another race at Southend to-day, and he declares that the trials have revealed no weak points in her design.
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Southland Times, Issue 21090, 23 May 1930, Page 7
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104THE FIFTH SHAMROCK Southland Times, Issue 21090, 23 May 1930, Page 7
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