The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-11
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Arrival Of the Brooklyn Yacht Club Fleet at New
London-How tho Yachts Behaved Under
Stiff Breeze-Departurs Of the
Fleet for Newport To-Day.
On BOARD YACHT MADELEINE,

NEW LONDON Conn.,. Sept. 10, 1872.
Want OF wind, drifting in Q calm, &C., have been
the general complaints OF the yacht captains; but
the Clerk OF the Weather has at last listened to
these suppiants, and to-day they had all they
wanted Several OF the yachts. including the sloops
Mary, Kate and Sophia, LEFT the neet this morning
and started for the West; so, consequently, the
meeting OF captains at seven A. M. was rather
SHINY attended. A despatch from Mr. Richard
Lopez, Jr., was read at the meeting stating that
ball would be given this evening in honor OF the
Brooklyn Yacht Club, at stonngton The captains
then decided unanimously to steer for that port,
and were delighted at the chance Of an escape
from visiting that dreary anchorage opposite
the Pequot House. The starting gun was fred
at eight A. NJ, and the little Nettie B. started of,
followed by the Alice. Asten, Eddie and Fleur de
Lis In quick succession The Madeleine came next,
leading the Magic, which brought up the rear.
After clearing the beacon west Of the Lighthouse
on Morris Cove Point the fleet found they had got
ALL THE WIND THEY WANTED,
coming right down the Sound from the east-nOrth-
east and with q nasty chop which kept them jump
ing. The tide was running ebb. After running
about mile on the port tack the Nettie b. turned
round and started back for New Haven, and was
followed soon afterwards by the schooner Eddie
The chop sea did not agree very well with their
constitutions, as they were q tribe too short to
make Roadway against 1t. The Madeleine under
iull main and fore SAIL staysail and jiD soon lay
down to her work and passed to windward OF the
Fleur de Lis The Alice had gone In stays with the
Asten and both were standing inshOre. The Magic,
under these lower sails, was also doing well and
following the Madeleine. The Asten was making
good weather inshore. The breeze kept freshen-
ing and the fleet had soon all they wanted The
Fleur de Lis went on the starboard tack at 10 :O5
followed by the Magic about mile and q half. on
her weather quarter the Madeleine stayed at 10,
and stood towards the north shore. The breeze
was
STILL FREsBENINa,
and at halfpast eleven the Madeleine stood to the
southwark When about three miles due east
OF Falconer's Island the Magic tackled In her wake,
some few minutes later followed by the Fleur de
Lis The Alice ana Asten still kept huggng the
north shore, and the former did not appear to be
hauled round to east by south, heading or the
yachts on the port tack, but giving them good
long leg on the next tack. The sun peeped out for
few minutes forty soG past ' s%sss
the Madeleine stood again to the north.
ne Long s1' lsand sefe The ooxs3
some three or four miles behind, reefed down; the
Fleur de LIS was away to leeward OF the Magic,
under her lower sails. The Alice and Asten were
away out Of sight on the north shore. About four
P. NJ the Madeleine arrived OF Plumb Island and
there lay to, awaiting the arrival Of the Magic and
others The Magic arrived at 40 and the feur de
Lis at rs. 1t was then decided to anchor In New
London, as the Commodore was afraid that the
fore dark, and he wished to keep the fleet together
The Madeleine let 60 her anchor at the mouth Of
the harbor at 7:l0 followed shortly afterwards by
the Magic and Fleur de Lis. The Alice arrived
morning. The Asten put back or Brantford to New
Haven.