Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . average speed of twentyknots an hour. Anxiously we scanned the dis-tant Narrows to see if there wasany sign of a coming breeze,and as if in answer to the silentejaculations of the assembledmultitude, a dark ripple wasseen to ruflle the glassy surfaceof the bay, and gave promise ofa breeze outside. It was now ten oclock, andthe rivals were daintily pickingtheir way in and out among thewaiting armada, manoeuvring toget a good start as the whistlebade them cross the line. At the warning scream theMayflower stood bravely for the T
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . average speed of twentyknots an hour. Anxiously we scanned the dis-tant Narrows to see if there wasany sign of a coming breeze,and as if in answer to the silentejaculations of the assembledmultitude, a dark ripple wasseen to ruflle the glassy surfaceof the bay, and gave promise ofa breeze outside. It was now ten oclock, andthe rivals were daintily pickingtheir way in and out among thewaiting armada, manoeuvring toget a good start as the whistlebade them cross the line. At the warning scream theMayflower stood bravely for the This was a very smart and seamanlikemanoeuvre, but in my humble opinion itwas an error in judgment, for, had the cut-ter taken the leeward place, with her paceat the time, she could have stood the detri-ment of the blanketing for the short timethey held the starboard tack, and when shewent about, would have compelled to do the same, and so had the May-flower under her lee for the long leg overto Staten , the fact remains that, despite thet. B6 GALATEA. line, carrying her boom to port with club-topsail, staysail and jib set, and breakingout her jib-topsail as she crossed. 0! itwas a beautiful sight, and made everypulse beat quicker, and sent the warmblood tingling through my veins. TheBritish cutter was not a whit behind ; hauling to very sharply, she rushed, withgreat headway, in between the sloop andthe stake boat, and got the weather gauge,blanketing her antagonist, who had to keepoff a trifle in conseauence. Galateas blanketing, the Boston sloop ranaway from under the Englishmans lee, andwhen the latter, owing to her deeperdraught, went about off Bay Ridge, theMayflower stood on for another thirtyseconds and came about well to windward,and had the cutter where she wanted her,and where she kept her till she was abeaten boat. Off Fort Wadsworth, the two boats againtacked, the Mayflower at 11: 13: 30, and thethe cutter a minute later, and stood across THE
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