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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 6 December 1930, Page 9

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SHAMKOCK V. RETURNS

Bearing unmistakable signs of the b/ittcrhig to which she had boon subjected for the best part of twenty days during her return voyage, across tho Atlantic, Shamrock V., the British challenger for the America Cup, recently reached Southampton Water. Her steering compass was washed overboard when 'the vessel was about twenty-four hours out from Bristol, Jtliodo Island, and extra planking which had been erected for protective purposes was broken, says the "Daily Telegraph." Nevertheless, Captain AVilliam Paul, who waa in charge of the Shamrock, and his crow were in a happy mood. The majority of the crew had sailed in the Enterprise during the cup races. They volunteered to help bring the Shamrock to England, and so get the oportunity of visiting their original homos in Norway and Sweden. Captain Paul said that the men of the} Enterprise had proved themselves good fellows during the trip. "It has not exactly been a pleasure cruise," he said, "and I think all of us aro glad to be in harbour again. Tho weather has been bad. I do not think it could have been more unkind. We struck a very bad patch shortly after wo left America, and one of tho first things that went overboard was tho steering compass. That was a nasty blow, but I managed to rig up a substitute of a sort. Deal planking wo had put up to protect our lifeboats was smashed. The westerly and south-west-erly gales were very strong, and I do not think we had one dry day. But wo managed to gc?t along prett}' well, and at times wo averaged 13J to 14 knots." The passage home occupied nineteen days six hours. Shamrock's arrival passed almost unnoticerl.: She- anchored off Hythe Pier preparatory to proceeding to the Northam yard of Messrs. Camper and Nicholson for'the winter.