Pilot lore; from sail to steam . ally the Rhein slowed down, which was the sure signal forthose on the racing pilot boats that, as yet, the German had nottaken on a pilot and that the prize would fall to one of the threelittle vessels that were racing to her side. On came the three racers, gliding like silvery things over thewaves at times and at others dipping gracefully, yet fearfully, in theAvatery abysses between the mighty seas. Still in the lead, although by less than a dozen yards, the Bate-mans navigator at last raised his hand in the direction of the Rheinsbridge. Up came the left arm
Pilot lore; from sail to steam . ally the Rhein slowed down, which was the sure signal forthose on the racing pilot boats that, as yet, the German had nottaken on a pilot and that the prize would fall to one of the threelittle vessels that were racing to her side. On came the three racers, gliding like silvery things over thewaves at times and at others dipping gracefully, yet fearfully, in theAvatery abysses between the mighty seas. Still in the lead, although by less than a dozen yards, the Bate-mans navigator at last raised his hand in the direction of the Rheinsbridge. Up came the left arm of the Germans captain, with a mo-tion of the hand indicating that the Bateman pilot would be takenon, and the race was over. Real sportsmen, however, were the de-feated crews of the Blunt and Williams. As the two boats woreoff in a graceful semi-circle their crews gave three rousing cheers a?a tribute to the skill and daring that had won a hard fought andfairly-sailed victory. Such was the spirit of the craft. T7 T7 — 67 —. o I o « 2 pq -^ O *e M PILOTS CARRIED ACROSS ORE so ill the old days than now, pilots were often carriedacross the ocean because very severe weather made it impos-sible either to locate the station boats from outgoing shipsor to attempt a transfer. This held good for foreign pilots who werebrought here, having been unable to leave ship when out of a foreignport and so made an involuntary pilgrimage to the United of the Sandy Hook men went abroad without notice orintent this way, the news of their involuntary journey being broughthome by one of their fellows. And, in the old days, that meant along absence from home. Ships took longer to make the round tripand a Sandy Hook pilots absence from his home station, after beingcarried across the Atlantic, often was a matter of six weeks or more. The greater interest on this side of the Atlantic always lay, ofcourse, in the foreign pilot who was carried across on the westwardvoyage out of a Europea
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