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Title: One dosent see this every day.....
Post by: Adam on March 06, 2013, 09:55:19 PM

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACTUAL-BOW-SECTION-FROM-SIR-THOMAS-LIPTON-AMERICAS-CUP-J-CLASS-SLOOP-SHAMROCK-/290832726726?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43b6fb3ac6

anyone know who the seller is?

Title: Re: One dosent see this every day.....
Post by: Steve on March 07, 2013, 01:04:19 PM

I wonder how the pricing is determined?

Title: Re: One dosent see this every day.....
Post by: Charles Barclay on March 07, 2013, 05:38:19 PM

Interesting.  I am somewhat suspicious (suppose its the old professor in me).

Stars & Stripes '83?  Designer of Intrepid--Owen Stephens?  Two typo's from an America's Cup enthusiast who owned multiple 12 meters...hmmm.

However, in Ian Dear's Enterprise to Endeavor The J-Class Yachts there is a picture of Quadrifoglio on p. 156, ex-Shamrock V from 1974, and another photo the following page from 1980.  The 1974 photo shows a set of bulwarks installed--this could be from the subsequent restoration completed in '80.   
-Charles

Title: Re: One dosent see this every day.....
Post by: Erick Singleman on April 10, 2013, 04:45:55 PM

I think someone is supposing there might be a Herreshoff nut out there that six grand is less then they spend on cigars and such.  Maybe I should put my old 12 1/2 half- rotten floor timbers on ebay, ha.