AMERICA'S CUP RACE.
SHAMROCK SAILS WELL.
PREPARATION FOR VOYAGE
British Wirele?s. RUGBY, Mny 20. Sir Thomas Upton's yacht Shamrock V., challenger for tho America's Cup, won her third successive victory to-day. Sho finished first in a race from Harwich to Southend. Shamrock V. will leave for America about tho middle of July, and will go via tho Azores. She will be accompanied by a convoy, the Erin, which will carry a big supply of oil, which will be freely used in bad weather. Experts anticipate that tho yacht will ride, tho sea well. She will have a crew of 22 men, and will carry ono month's rations of food and fresh water.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20570, 22 May 1930, Page 11
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112AMERICA'S CUP RACE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20570, 22 May 1930, Page 11
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