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1931
After Sir Thomas Lipton's death, Shamrock V was sold to Thomas Sopwith who sailed it as a trial horse to familiarise himself with the J Class.
1934 - 1937
Bought by Richard Fairey in 1934, Shamrock raced with English J's and Yankee during the 1935 season. Fairey owned it until 1937.
1937
Shamrock V was sold to the Italian senator and press publisher Mario Crespi, and renamed Sea Song.
1945
M. Montin owned it after the 2nd World war.
1962
Shamrock V was ought by Piero Scanu in 1962, and renamed Quadrifolio.
1970…1980..
The boat was refitted in the 1970s by the Southampton yard of Camper & Nicholsons. It was sold to the Lipton Tea Company, which donated it to the Museum of Yachting in Newport, RI, USA.
1988 - 1989
Shamrock V was restored under the supervision of Elizabeth Meyer in 1988-1989. It was sold to its present owner, a Brazilian yachtsman in 1998.
1999 - 2000
The last Sir Thomas Lipton's J Class was rebuilt at the Pendennis Shipyard, UK. It was in Auckland during the America's Cup races.
2005
Shamrock V is still sailing for charter and regularly racing in the big classic yacht regattas in the Mediterranean and on the Caribbean Sea.
SHAMROCK V
1930
Original Yacht Club: Royal Ulster Yacht Club.
Challenger, defeated in the 14th America's Cup by the defender Enterprise
Original owner: Sir Thomas J. Lipton.
Keel cutter fitted with a centerboard
Universal Rule
Rating: J Class, 76.0. Sail number: none in 1930, and then J K3 in 1931.
Designer: Charles E. Nicholson.
Builder: Camper & Nicholsons, Gosport, England.
Sailmaker: Ratsey and Lapthorn.
Launched: April 14th, 1930.
First skipper: Captain Ernest "Ted" Heard.
Afterguard: Charles E. Nicholson, Captain Paul (navigator), Col. Duncan F.D. Neil, John Nicholson.
Crew: 31.
Data:
Construction -
Type: composite.
Ballast keel: lead.
Frames: steel.
Planking: mahogany.
Deck: pitch pin.
Superstructures: mahogany.
Mast: wood.
Boom: wood
Spinnaker boom: wood.
Centerboard: teak and elm, planked with bronze.
Dimensions -
L.O.A.: 36.52 m.
L.W.L.: 24.68 m.
Beam: 6.04 m.
Draft: 4.52 m.
Displacement: 134 tons.
Wetted surface: 190.6 m2.
Sail area: 700.48 m2
Mast height: 46.63 m.
Boom: 18.94 m.
J.T./pr
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Year of building
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1930 |
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Launched
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14/4/1930 |
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Edition 14(1930)
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Crew
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31 |
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Hull
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Steel |
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Mast
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Wood |
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L.O.A
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36.52 |
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L.W.L
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24.68 |
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Mast
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46.63 |
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Beam
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6.04 |
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Boom
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18.94 |
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Sail Area
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Displacament
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134 |
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Draft
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4.52 |
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Rating
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Ballast
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