The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-06
ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB.
Annual Cruise to the East
ward.
FROM GLEN COVE TO MORRIS COVE
The Sloop Orion Leads the
Fleet.


IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
New HAVEN, Conn.,. August 8, 1873
sunday evening at Glon Cove was passed pretty
much as was the day, quietly but very enJoyaoiy'
At sunset flags were hauled down and the protecting
lights were hung In the tore rigging The night
closed randy IL was calm, stil night, lighted
by moon. and made very agreeable socially
by the timely pieasantries and amusements Of
the yachtsmen From time tO time some excellent
choral singing resounded over the waters. AT hrst
the vocal music had the complexion Of the religious
observances in the morning, but later it went down
through regular gradatons, passing through "Ths
sweet By and By'' stage, and at last verging into
nvelier tunes. Some instrumental music was also
contributed and rssounded very sweetly over
the still waters OF ,he harbor All these things
are proper incidents Of summer yachting and SO
CLAIM their record, well the rough gales that
now and again pipe through the rigging compel
reefed sails and send rails deep under water Fleet
Captain Arnold had gone round through the lest
early in the evening and had issued the Commodorss
orders for It's guidance during the following
day. These provided that preparatory gun
would be fired from the nag ship Triton
az early as halfpast i've A. NJ; that
second would be fred halt hour later and that on
the discharge Of third gum i've minutes alterward,
under sail ana start All this meant sturning inn
sarIy-,rurning in" being the proper rendering of
going to bed, phrase quite righteous aud proper
when you on land, but esteemed lubberly when
you GO yachting The result was that everybody was
mfortably bunked long before midnight, and that
solemn silence reRned Glen Cove through the small
hours OF the morning
BEGINNING THE CRUISE.
It duh streak OF dawn that reused the earlier
he me frOm m lei
and when they looked out It a leadsn, unprom-
Using sky that seemed hold plenty OF rain, but not
breath OF wind. The clouds heavy and lowering,
ana menaced the prospects OF the fleet with their
sombre inortia. The winds, too. were all
laid at rest In their cavefns. except a
little flaw that up spasmodically from
cast southeast, and then died away into
the mcres languor tho lido being about halt ebb,
knew that it would - least drft us out into tho
Sound and therefore there was no thought of post
ponng our departure. A. half.past Ave O'Clock, ac-
cordingly, the first gun fired, and at all the
fleet burs. into the activity OF preparation
Anchor chains were hove short, sa'ls, ex-
thing was made ready There Is undoubtedly
something of challenge and menace among certain
yachts that supposed 70 DO pnted against each
other First OF ali The Orion develops her intention
doing como brisk work should the opportunity oc-
cur by setting superb club topsai, without crease
or told the slender spar Of which stands almost
as high above tho toPm.st as the ,opmsss stands
good deal higher up the harbor heaves ner anchor up
ana drifts down with the tide until abe is right
look on admiringIy and whistle for wiud. There ~
little delay IN nrng The second md third guns
one OF the larger yachts Of the fleet, which is
quite ready 10 start AT longth at 6:46 A. N. the
c cisan makes merry music and the esSoes
Of tho departing guns rsverbsrate grandly
mornns Head sails arc run up with samiraoIe ex
psdition, and most oil the yachts paying OIL 10 port
| drift out upon tho slumbsrous tide. Three Of The
| llerb oat the and ar
earlier to have q start on their long journey-ths lat
ter. an open boat. s"'nS on a. the nrss break OF dawn
It Is a very pretty sight 70 many yachts
der SAIL although is DO but drift and although the
| skes be lowering. The Vesta gives ~ parting gun
az we glide out, and the compliment IL acknowledged
BY the flagship: rhs Orion Is ever prompt TO get
ton. Her large balloon J,e is run up and boomed
out, ana she thus larry wooss whatever little
sstcncc Of q challenger, follows close after her, and
then come the, Intrepid, shela, NimouS Dolphin,
and Peerless Tho sleeps all carry club topsails,
| and In the dull dead air move quicker than the
wsSs arc sag under MIrHIs o ;a What
| matter Of drifting nelpessy and hopecssly. Onc
paSsd ocean and reject. The sn,io with scorn Our
ships aud our ocean have not even touch Of color,
for Ieaden sea gives back the reflex OF leaden SKY
painted ship al least stationary; some OF us,
on the contrary, have struck on strange mchods oil
rstresrade progression. They look back 20 Chm
on the :do; they may NOT bo coaxsd into s,esrsss-
jOed to port and now to ssarboard; head sails are
run up and hauled down, aud huge ssaysails
SION. Li.ts puts Of VIM como in here and
| there, now iavorins one yacht and now
ous There Is no pos.lb,lly 50 iorscastps the
| permanence of the wind from any quarter Some be-
along. IN by the soushsrn sors others
think will from the northeast aud
| n mi ttO q cal IN Ou fn0
| TIE YAcHrsnEx ENCOURAGED
Al length The Dol pun, more luckily than the rost,
catches Oreexo from the southern shore and, spssd
ing along the beach with scuppers nearly immersed,
| gets q long lead OF the iect Whine tue others
| almost standing still. About nine o'clock light
breeze comes up IRON the soutbsouthssst
less than three minuics, and We are again almost
motsoniess BY tins time tho Peerless and VISION
gradually working out into this SQUAD IN search OF
breeze that seems to GOT IRON The northeast with
some promise OF permsncnce. They catch H. too and
gain oug lead OF the other schoonsrs
although stil bsnina shs sloops Dolphin aud ORION,
which, star ding along tho southern shore, are sepa
sound Bat the asy Is raoialy Improving ana the
wind frcshcns and blows with greater equally. The
S ann he
lights up tho Drond expAnss Of water with
70 ~, gs' na1. oh .Sor. ~.
less and Vision 40 ABOUT On the port tack, tho
Agnes and Trnon following. and tho o,nsr yscnis
Agnes tails into dui places and encounters q
head tido by standing too far shore,
and Is thrown milo behind In consequences
Mean while the Orion crseps up upon and passes
tho Dolphin leads the nect, the position Of the
yachts before reaching Essou's Neck being as fol-
Iows:-Orion, Dolphin, NimDus Peerless, Vision. In.
trcpio, fhistts, sneia. Triton and HOPE. Win tue
eshenng breeze the Triton sails up from her modest
place, goes by the Vtsion, anu crossing tscks with
Tue Peerless, passes just under her stern Then
GOES INTO stays again and both the sams
Jack; the Peerless going of With extra slant 0i
wind takes encs more commanding LEAD Of The
schoonors.
| A rura mtEx
| There IN hardly any tuft her change aaatu until