. Yachts and yachting; a magazine devoted to the upbuilding of the noble sport of yachting. irely run-ning and reaching. As we sailed back to the yacht club we suddenly espied a greatmany watermelons bobbing up and down in the water, and before long all hands YACHTS AND YACHTING 145 on the various boats were busy trying- to scoopi in the elusive melons out of thechoppy waves. We learned that a schooner loaded with watermelons had beensunk by a steamer the night before and the cargo had been left to the mercy of thewaves. One of the boats captured as many as eighteen melons. They were notinjure
. Yachts and yachting; a magazine devoted to the upbuilding of the noble sport of yachting. irely run-ning and reaching. As we sailed back to the yacht club we suddenly espied a greatmany watermelons bobbing up and down in the water, and before long all hands YACHTS AND YACHTING 145 on the various boats were busy trying- to scoopi in the elusive melons out of thechoppy waves. We learned that a schooner loaded with watermelons had beensunk by a steamer the night before and the cargo had been left to the mercy of thewaves. One of the boats captured as many as eighteen melons. They were notinjured in any way by the salt water, and proved very refreshing to the tiredcrews. The next day no race was held, and we spent another day at the Exposi-tion, visiting the splendid Army and Navy Buildings and many others which wehad not visited before. A race had been scheduled for this day, Saturday, forChesapeake Bay bugeyes of 45-foot water-line length and over, but there were noentries, as the oyster season had opened the day before, and all the bugeyes hadgone out to the oyster HAMPTON ROADS YACHT CLUB HOUSE where we were royally entertained. Sunday an unexpected treat awaited us. Commodore T. E. Ferguson ofthe Hampton Roads Y. C. had secured permission from the Government to takeail the racing crews on a trip up the James River to Jamestown Island on thelittle guuboat which had served as judges boat for the races. About ten oclockin the morning we started up the beautiful river along which three hundred yearsago passed the first band of English settlers on this continent. It was very in-teresting to pass over this historic route, and compare our trip with that of thebrave little band of Englishmen, ^\■ho, surrounded by hordes of hostile Indians,passed over unknown shoals and finally reached in safety the little wooded islandnow known as Jamestown Island, where they made their first settlement. Theisland proved most interesting to us, not only because of its histori
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