Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . heBlock Island buoy at 3h., 19m., los., andrunning with only working topsails, balloonjib topsail and main topmast stay-sailfor light kites, she turned the Sow andPigs Light-ship at 6h., 30m. She couldthen just lie her course for the finish,and arrived there at 8h., om., 30s.,having made the 64 miles in yh48m., 30s., beating the record. There was another trial forthe cup over this course August25, the Sappho^ Dreadnoughtand Madgie starting. TheMadgie withdrew when apart of the course had I have said that the Brooklyn YachtClub
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . heBlock Island buoy at 3h., 19m., los., andrunning with only working topsails, balloonjib topsail and main topmast stay-sailfor light kites, she turned the Sow andPigs Light-ship at 6h., 30m. She couldthen just lie her course for the finish,and arrived there at 8h., om., 30s.,having made the 64 miles in yh48m., 30s., beating the record. There was another trial forthe cup over this course August25, the Sappho^ Dreadnoughtand Madgie starting. TheMadgie withdrew when apart of the course had I have said that the Brooklyn YachtClub was about this time coming intosome prominence ; but without the aid ofthe New York it did not make much of ashow, even as late as August, 1871. It hadits cruise at the same time as the New Yorkclub had, and it had a regatta at NewLondon, August 25, 1871. The onlyschooners it could boast were the Made-leine (the flag-ship) and Fleur de Lis, atthat time owned by Mr. John R. Dicker-son, the present owner of the Madeleine;and of its sloops were the Addie, Qui Vive,. been covered, and the other two made thecourse, but not in nine hours. Their timesare worth giving, as showing how close theDi-eadnought, on this occasion, came to theSappho. They were, Sappho, loli., 12m.,OS.; Dreadnought, loh., i8m,, 4s.; a differ-ence of 6m., 4s., in favor of the Sappho onelapsed time, and in a race of that distanceon allowance, she would have won. Kate, Kaiser Milhelm, Maggie B., Sophia,Mary, Reereation, Jennie, Twilight, WestWind, Nettie B., Ada, Nettle, Frolic, Twi-light, Carrie, Khedive, Water Lily, Ah Sin,Haidee, and Annie. Many of these wereyachts belonging to New London. TheMaggie B., at this time, was owned by thecelel)rated Tom Thumb, who was amember of the lUooklyn cliii), and had a 56 THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING. racing crew of Bridgeport fishermen, whomade the Maggie very hard to beat. Theirdiminutive owner was immensely popularwith them. The Sophia, another of these sloops, hada m
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