Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . rv(c(. S. Co2?^ti( Sl-C)(ll- KANNV. 48 rilE HISTORY OF AMERICAN .SCHOONER magic win her own cup. Having thus arrangedfor plenty of sport on the return, the clubwent on to the eastward, sailing first toNew Bedford ; and I presume that the en-trance of the fleet into that old whalingport will never be forgotten by those whowitnessed it ; the Dau7itless and Cambriacoming in nearly side by side, before afresh breeze, carrying square foresails andfore top-sails, water-sails and ring-tail even,until they rounded to at the
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . rv(c(. S. Co2?^ti( Sl-C)(ll- KANNV. 48 rilE HISTORY OF AMERICAN .SCHOONER magic win her own cup. Having thus arrangedfor plenty of sport on the return, the clubwent on to the eastward, sailing first toNew Bedford ; and I presume that the en-trance of the fleet into that old whalingport will never be forgotten by those whowitnessed it ; the Dau7itless and Cambriacoming in nearly side by side, before afresh breeze, carrying square foresails andfore top-sails, water-sails and ring-tail even,until they rounded to at the anchorage,and then letting everything come downby the run. At Oak Bluffs, Marthas Vineyard, whichwas the next stopping place, the fleet was caught in a north-east gale, which came onsuddenly in the night, and a few of theyachts were blown ashore. The rest, andamong them the Cambria, succeeded in get-ting under way, and made a harbor at Ed-gartown. After the return of the f!eet to Newport,the first of the series of arranged racesnoted above, namely, that for the BennettCup, was sailed September 8, with a freshbreeze, south-east, the sta
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