Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-15
t9auruai aa0 Courier.
Saturoay Morning, July 15. 1882.
We Sail the Ocean Blue.


Tine Seavyanhaka's Cruise-The Alba
 tross Leads the Fleet.
 The Seawanhaka Yacht club anchored off the Cove, East Haven, Thursday evening, and left yesterday morning about o'clock
 for Greenport. They will visit New London to-day, Saturday. The yachts left Larch- mont harbor at o'clock. They were the Yolando, Petrel and Vivien. One hour and a half later the large boats were signalled to
 prepare to leave, and at ten o'clock the sig
 nal to start was given. The yachts left thelr
 anchorage as follows: Muriel 1O:O3, Oriva 20, Volante 10. 40 O8, Albatross 10 O4-
 Is, Wave 1004 20, Nakomis 10,O5.O3. The
 tide was the first of the ebb and the favora-
 ble breeze down the Sound caused all hands
 to believe that run of unusual length and
 merit would be made. Such was the case,
 and the Albatross, now practically new and 8
 very handsome vessel, made the distance
 nearly fifty miles, at an average speed of all
 most nine miles an hour. The skimming
 dish Wave, as some of the opponents of that
 type of craft choose to cali her, showed what
 was really in her, and during the days work beat the cutter badly.
 The amateurs are delighted with their first run of the cruise and last night
 were enthusiastic over the prospects for the future. Spinnakers were early set in the
 race, and this piece of canvas pulled the boats along in rare style. At 1O:3O the Oriva, which had rounded too that the com | modors might receive dispatch, had chop ped well astern, and it required much faith in this sty le of craft to feel that she would again reach the front rank. The Nakomis, with her topsail rig, was an attractive feature NoEN loff xyifl ia l on the part of the owners of the latter that ] that there would be plenty of music during 1 the day, but the Alba5ross left her we'll astern
 within an hour, and gradually increased the
 distance, SO that before noon there | were no hopes of the competing
 schooner catching the vice commodore, l The Oriva caught the Muriel at 11h. 5Om, but the Volante consistently headed the flag l ship until the journey was nearly completed | At 1lh. 45m Shippan Point was abeam, the 1 Wave a good leader, next the Albatross, then the Nakomis, after which the Volante, Oriva, l Muriel, and we'll among the advanced guard 1 the little sloop Peri, late the property of 1 Mir. A. J. Cassatt, of Philadelphia, and a craft which he loved before transferring his ! affections to the sloop Volkyr. The Alba 1 tross passed the Wave and assumed the post 1 of honor at half past twelve o'clock. Black | Rock harbor was abeam at half past one, and l by two o'clock the A1batross and Wave
 seemed the only yachts in the squadron. l Miles astern the cutters were fighting for the l supremacy and the result of the tussle was
 that the Oriva slipped past the Volante and
 went through the water surprisingly fast, l though the Wave sailed five feet to her one, l apparently. At 3h. 21m. the Albatross' top l mast staysail taken in. the main boom was jibbed over. the spinnaker sent on deck
 and immediately after the anchor was let go, | about quarter of mile to the eastward of | the red lighthouse. There plenty of 1 time before the second boat reached anchor I age ground, and Mir. T. Arms amused the company on the vice conmodore's craft with
 "reminiscences of his sailor life and learnedly l discussed to interested hearers the meaning l and use of the weather clew garnet.'' The | yachts started and finished as follows: