The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-23
YACHTING CRUISE.
Arrival Of the Fleet Of tho Brooklyn Yacht
Club at New London Delightful Sail
from West Haven-The Regatta
and Subsequent Trip
TO Stonington.

meet dispersed IN different directions. Aarge mum.
Der OF the sloops went up to New Haven and two
or three remained on West Haven. keeping CON-
pany with the four schooners. About nine p. M.
there was grand display OF fireworks on Shore
which was afterward returned by the schooners
Madeleine, Clio and Fleur de Lis. Shortly before
seven O'Clock this morning, the Madeleine and
Clio weighed anchor and ran over to Moons Cove,
where the feet were to rendezvous at eight A. M.
Several OF the soops had already arrived, and the
Addie and Kaiser came shortly afterward, arriving
lew seconds after the schooner F1eur de Lis.
The Gema evidently had misgivings about the
wind as she started nearly half an hour before
orders At III. Sim.
THE PREPARATORY GUN
was fred nom tho flag ship, and fifteen minutes
later another gun ordered the yachts to start and
make the best Of their way to New London. The
Mary and Addie, with their booms to starboard,
were about the first to take advantage Of the light
northerly breeze, and they were soon OF, creeping
up towards the red buoy marking the channel.
There was hardly enough Dir to give the boats
steerage way but they succeeded In making
little Roadway. The Maggie b. and Emma T. came
next. the former taking the inside channel,
manGuvre that was soon followed by
the rest of the fleet. The soops
Lena, Kaiser, Kate and Undine were the
next to get away, followed shortly afterwards by
the schooners Clio and Madeleine. The sloop Com
modore started slightly ahead Of the Clio. and the
schooner Feur de Lis brought up the rear. The
little Sophia got very bad start, as she was only
about half way between New Haven and Morris
Cove when the starting gun was fired. AS the
their booms and stood to the eastward. In the
meantime the T1dsl Wave and the sloops came up
from West Haven and joined the feet The breeze
was gradually dying away, and 1t looked as II we
should soon be becalmed altogether. The hind
most sloops gradually drew up on the others and
ALL IN A BUNCH TOGETHER
The Commodore stood little more to the south.
ward and the Clio followed In her wake. The Tidal
Wave lay to or the buoy, waiting for the Madeleine
and Flelr de Lis to come up. and Tor few minutes
saw some vessels on the Long Island shore, with
y southwesterly breeze, and presently the little
over towards us. The Qui:Vive, heading the feet,
was the first to catch II, and her big club topsall
ang out she was W ,n soon 4 G;nttng through the
Kate, Maggie b, Kaiser and Mary came next,
shore. catching the breeze and hauling over to
Madeleine lidal Wave and Fiear De Lis We're the
next to fee, the wind, and they got pretty even
ss See % has s
lively and buoyant In the water. benent probably
resulting nom some alterations that were made In
the Fall. As the Clio got down to her work she
began to trot pretty fast, and was not long getting
through the little cluster OF sloops the rear and
and Xdd ae " '''''OA' WV" VIC N".'' mary
THE OUT WYE WAS STILL LEADING
those tnat started togetler and the stern OF the
ing more visible every minute. Tho Undine was
following after the Qul vive, and the Commodore
the Undine. The Clio soon watzed by the Kate,
Addie and Mary and followed alter the Commo-
spread out over the Sound. and the Madeleine had
gained slightly on the Tidal Wave. The Clio began
20 20 GTcw up sh graGua on the and
to windward, but the Jersey boat hauling
quickly up. Sam Greenwood played one Of his
of the Commodore's boom with his flying jibDoOm,
shot by to leeward after the Undine. Coming up
Genia, Out vive Undne, Clio, Commodore Addie
and Kate went outside, while the sl0ops took the
INSIDE channel followed r Sg ne scnoaners Tidal
outside corner and was coming up fast on the
sloops. The Clio presently passed to windward Of
Of the Meet. She was
SAILING LIKE RACE HORSE,
and with little more wind would have rather aston
ished the clever ones that pr0pnesed she was
failure. Alter passing the Falkner Islands the
Commodore commenced gaming on the Undine
the Qui vlye, Undine and the Jersey boat. The
breeze had now steadied down. and the yachts
Commodore presently passed the Undine and Out
vive and took second place, following after the
UnSns presently ae3 u Tying to 1 pass the
mot care to be passed 50 the pair had private
Light on the Long Island shore, aud leaving the
rest Of the neet. After abont twenty minutes
ward and then the Qui vive bore away on her
course followed by the former. The Feur de LIS
appeared to be holding Ing her own very well with
which was gradually creeping through the Sloops
on the inside course The breeze now began to
to nave little the best Of it, as the TidSi Wave
and Fleur de Lis mad q good stiff breeze and were
coming up last on the leading boats. Alter passing
the nghtsnip OF Saybfook the Tidal Wave hauled
up little and came out into the sound, following
the Tidal Wave and both were leading the Made
leine, showing that the inside coarse was, on this
still led the neet with the Commodore about half
mile astern. The undine and Qul we, haTing
down before the wind. with tner balloon ibs doomed
out TO starboard and trying to make up what
they had lost in the dispute on the windward osi-
tighten up and at one A. NJ. the Commodore ciept
up slowly on the Clio, her immense spread Of CAD.
vSe also Improved her "a gait, ana Closing up on the
Undine passed her and followed after the I1daI
wave, which by this time had walked through tne
IN THE WAKE OF THE COMMODORE an.
The Feur De Lis was st doing WELL Leading sit me
Qui vive, closely followed by the Undne ana
Kaiser. AS. tine yachts neared New Lon Lon
avon a%av s ana S Seecce Gradually creeping
up passed the Lghtship ahead OF the Clio, y. 10:
The Tidal Wave came next, and iunea ~ S
wind before she came abreast OF the LignsSmps
and about twelve minutes alter me enc nI1 ~ 1S
gun The Oui Viye led the Scoops, followed ~ INC
Addie and Kate leading tine KAISER and Undlne ~
about nall minute. The Maggie s 81 cs anS E nSn
IT ,o,iowsI Win the Sophia bringing up the rear.
The eu arryed short distance sss se sss Of
the Madeleine and about nnuse ser 'nS or-
mo the arrival OF the rest or the fleet, and at 2:26
the 6apship Madeleine took the lead and
WV THE sovApRON STARTED FOR NEW LONDON,
sailing wing and wing before the wind. The squad
ron came int the barbor in good order, led BY tho
Madeleine with the Clio close on her quarter DR..
Mott saIuted the Meet as they passed Ms residence,
and the yachts returned the compliment.
The fleet anchored on the Pequot House. To-
morrow there will he grand regatta, and on
Thursday the cet VIII leave LOT Stonington. There