Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . d pleasure. There is probably no better yachtingground than the waters around New Yorkand the coast of New England, as far asthe Bay of Fundy. For 200 miles, with theexception of the run from Watch Hill toCuttyhunk, the waters are protected byoutlying islands. The voyage, then, fromOak Bluffs to Portland is in the open seafor three-fourths of the distance, but fromPortland to Bar Harbor the navigation A good steamer, with a speed of 15to 17 miles an hour, can make this,eastern cruise about as follows. First dayrun to that deli
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . d pleasure. There is probably no better yachtingground than the waters around New Yorkand the coast of New England, as far asthe Bay of Fundy. For 200 miles, with theexception of the run from Watch Hill toCuttyhunk, the waters are protected byoutlying islands. The voyage, then, fromOak Bluffs to Portland is in the open seafor three-fourths of the distance, but fromPortland to Bar Harbor the navigation A good steamer, with a speed of 15to 17 miles an hour, can make this,eastern cruise about as follows. First dayrun to that delightful harbor, New London,no miles ; next day to Newport, 46 miles ;,and after staying a couple of days forthe festivities and hospitalities sure tobe found there, run to Oak Bluffs, about50 miles. A day there will sufficeto see the thousand ornamental cottages,after which, starting at daylight, run toPortland, 190 miles, going through theShoals, and skirting the long, sandy shoreof Cape Cod, passing in turn the variouslife-saving stations and light-houses, and,.. /J^oUGAL!^ ^i^^^=—-1^:^ UTOWANA, OWNED BY W. E. CONNOR, REAR COMMODORE BOSTON YACHT CLUB. again is in inland waters, so that in thecruise of 550 miles the course exposed tothe open sea is not more than 200. While sailing yachts have a troublesomeand difficult navigation through NantucketShoals to reach Cape Cod, steamers can liethe direct course from light ship to light ship,feeling their way along, guided by the bellor fog whistle of the various light vessels,and can navigate with comparative safetyand certainty through the labyrinth of sandbanks, while the sailing yachts, baffled bylight winds, and embarrassed by fogs, haveto anchor or turn back till a favorablechange in the weather. after reaching the end of the promontorymaking a course almost due north, to thefine harbor of Portland. A delightful excursion may be made,while here, to the head of Casco Bay, somethirty nautical miles, running up one avenueof beaut
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