The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-13

answer was aGive her some more board" and she gos
II, AZ ms she vas bobbing up and down an nasty see
Bishops Rock deg s, true point twenty miles Oh.
steering were kept the light trihe on the Ice
strong norhery SET outside the ebb ,de $50 breeze
fresh, and we making but little headway having
reduced the distance IN . nine knot breeze IN
two and half hours, about eight miles, and only ON
Of fine boat being tied up with everything
hard Hat an when II she had had the benefit OF essed
OF the tde s:35, came up out OF the cabin, she
was pounding the chopped seas pretty hard, and was
sn me hs e .Od su aeu
frightened, answered IL was impossible In twelve
f.thoms OF water He appeared very uneasy, and one
navigator trying 70 lose this vesse This OF course,
was pleasant at time wanted every man to DO man.
going nowhere, and sw. wind coming, could
not abrd 10 stand in 100 Close II was getting misty,
wind ordered the boat lacked for about an hesr.
All hands called and marched an TO haul the main boom
70 windward Another nav dodge for me to witness.
going faster asern than had her 90 ahead for Tho
past three hours "Hanl an again; ease the main
sheet" Tried IL again by the wind-not the other
sde-aud after seventeen minutes used up gos
safely about and stood sW BY 8. for hour and ten
head 70 The eastward rs soon a possible weahsr very
thick Did not see the light again. ~ TO strong
breeze boat going fast a double s ssefed shs m.3sAi
squaresaii but Captain Dayton would not set u oss
half knots faster made the b0at steer much better.
as she had at time from Now York steered 90 badly
Y the start bore oyW aisse g %ales , Sicd s'
CHRISTMAS, p. M-Strong Sw. breeze and cloudy, or
fine boat doing her best under the circumsances and
determination set the squaresaiL We must teSre-
fore bear it, as few hours will decide race
$50 p M-Quite dark Made PHI Of Portland, aud
when near the SHAMELESS sent up rockets and hurDed
VIII ito lights. pilot came near US Stopped for him
some me and as his boat had got adrt concluded 70
go object in taking pilot being 70 learn either
0f thor In RAJ nm M
Catharne's light $50 the Needles from the mast
head ENE pilot boat near us, and as the anxiety was
him tnat the Henrietta had gone in few hours before
The pilot in charge, went below 10 Join Lorillard and
say, awhy, that's ST. Cathar mes light" jumped ON
deck, and. 10 and behold, the beggar !, l had
run for it instead Of the Needles Ns mgns
and while were getting up TO them the Fieetwing
popped in making the last instead Of the second.
and when we made the Needles she was five miles
astern OF us We managed pass the Needles at IL 40
A. NJ instead OF 900 p. NJ Thus ends this passage
after passage OF fourteen days six hours and forty
four minutes 10 the N edles Ran up Cowes arrived
an anchor al $40 A. NJ at daylight saw the Hen-
retta and Fleelwng In the course OF the aay com
Scilly few minutes before :, bearing by 8, there
fore he to eeward OF US with the WIND SE 70 SEs
and got into Bishops rock by running ms boat IN NOS
beg to say to all losers by the vesta that had very
short notice before the Tuesday Of sailing and during
that time busted arranging my own personal Affairs
and given to understand that everything would Dc
in complete order; and as Mr. Lorilard had arranged
for Captain Dayton 70 take command, Oct Thorn both
in the cabin Of the Vesta the 7th December where
Captain DAYTON gave Mr.. Lorilard his word that he
would take advice In reference 70 the management
The result shows as am confident that VIC had the
same driving that the Henrietta had as officers We
would have beaten our time fully twenty hours. am
very confident the boat Is equal 70 it, and must pro-
nOunce her Of the elegant vessels ever saw at
sra il not the best Never from the start did see the
least danger from wind or water, and would be mort
happy 70 try thing again against any boat In
yacht squadron, for think she Is equal TO It.
The abstract Of the whole affair amounts 70 thiss-
That the captain and his officers most inefcien;
men, the crew first class set Of men; and no doubt
that the Of proper superintendent 70 ht the
sci for sea caused much disorder the start, from
which time up 20 the moment tho eredischarge0
/ saw neither order discipline nor drivei and bad We
had the oicers fs for the work confident of her
success and would havs saved fAar amount Of pride
which believe have most justly eaSued shpmas
ter and write this log in fuf thinking Il duty owe
marks that have been uads Very pereetfuly ycars,