. Yachts and yachting; a magazine devoted to the upbuilding of the noble sport of yachting. rt made todrive Dorothy O along at topmost speed. The writer had with him for crew, anenthusiastic amateur, promptly nicknamed Spinnaker. by which name he willbe known hereafter, and an old veteran sailor, a veritable old salt, born at sea on YACHTS AND YACHTING T3: a square-rigger, and who had followed the sea on all kinds of vessels for overfifty years. Though seventy years old, he was still quick and active, and was anever-ending source of amusement with his droll, deep-sea stories and really wittyjo
. Yachts and yachting; a magazine devoted to the upbuilding of the noble sport of yachting. rt made todrive Dorothy O along at topmost speed. The writer had with him for crew, anenthusiastic amateur, promptly nicknamed Spinnaker. by which name he willbe known hereafter, and an old veteran sailor, a veritable old salt, born at sea on YACHTS AND YACHTING T3: a square-rigger, and who had followed the sea on all kinds of vessels for overfifty years. Though seventy years old, he was still quick and active, and was anever-ending source of amusement with his droll, deep-sea stories and really wittyjokes. His name was Bob, and when some inquisitive stranger would ask himhis name, he would usually get for a reply: My name is Bob, neither a thief,rogue, nor a liar. Im an old whale, but I want you to know, Im reel, Im genu-ine, and what I say, I mean! etc., his long stream of eloquence punctuated by-many forceful oaths. He was a true and tried sailor, a splendid rigger and neveridle. He could sew better than most women, and took a pride in keeping the boatalways looking spick and DOROTHY Q. With a fair breeze Dorothy Q tore along, passing Highland Light at half-past seven and the triple lights of Nausett an hour later. Off Nausett Lights wewere startled by suddenlv striking something with our keel with a heavy were about half a mile off-shore and it could not have been a sand-bar, so weconcluded it must have been a sunken wreck. At half-past eleven we passedabreast of Pollock Rip Lightship and quickly doiised our spinnaker, as the windwas now blowing with considerable strength, and we had to alter our course hereand head around the sand-bars off Chatham. A strong, fair tide swept us alongat o-reat speed but kicked up a wicked sea as it met the wind coming from an op-posite direction. Dorothy O sliced her way through the angry waves in splendidstyle, her sharp bow and finely drawn-out stern being well adapted for this kind 134 YACHTS AND YACHTING of sailing. The
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