The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-08-29
INLAND YACHTING.

INLAND / IAUHllNG.
IY.CoHno56RE BfBWe4sH's CgUIsE
IN TIE DELAWARI CANAL.
Dsvn The Delaware to William Penn's
First Landing Place.
aTell me something about your yacht
i ing csIise,. Commodore" " said reporter
to ex-Commodore w. H. Dilworth, Of the
New jersey Yacht Club. The Commo-
dore has lately returned from cruise
made in his yacht, the Dare Devil,
through the Delaware and Raritan Canal
and dow4s the Delaware river. The
Commodoje, q hjddle-aeed man Of fine
physique, bis fce brqyn with the tan Of
outdoor exposure, looked the picture of
health; and, in that off-hand, genial man
ner which is common to those only who,
while journeying through this checkered
life. ''live by the way" replied cheerfully
to the reporters request, with pleasure
ifyou think it would interest the TEL
eoram. Take seat. l left the anchorage
OF the New Jersey club house at eight
q. m., On July llth. with my three sons
as . crew. Ny business, you know, is
very confining Ill the year round, and i
think that more or less outdoor exercise
Is needed by every man to preserve his
health, and in my own case I know that
as pleasurable exercise yachting agrees
with me. ...
"My yacht is 2sx12x3, sloop rigged,
with . large cockpit, and fitted her for
this trip expressly to live-cook, eat,
drink and Sleep-on board Of her during
my absence from home. Iprovided her
with indiarubber beds that could be in
fiated to sleep upon, but would stow COM
pactly when not in use. The seats Of the
cockpit fitted to turn up all around 30
as to make room, and ! had tent made
of No. 8 duck that could secure to the
boom and stop down at its sides to eye
ibolts screwed in the coaming of the cock
pit. Besides this my awning, made to
cover the boat from mast to taffrail. I
could put over all when it rained, which
made the protection against the weather
as perfect as it could be. We were dry
always. I had, too, and oil stove with
which wecould cook for six men. This
was fitted in . metal case, one side of
which could be let down and the top
served as a seat when it was not in use.
"The wind was light when we started
and we sailed down outside Of Staten
Island. of Red Bank light in the after
noon terrific squall came up and /
anchored there: ] saw, while lying at
anchor there, something / never saw be-
fore-a waterspout. It made up, appar-
entity, in large creek and was, l think,
forty feet high with diameter Of ten
feet, which decreased very fast as it
travelled down toward us. 1t was seetb-
ing and foaming at the top in form like
palm tree, boiling in fact, and it passed
within hundred yards Of us. Had it
hit us our cruise would probably have
ended right there. At nine p. M, we
made New Brunswick and entered the
Delaware and Raritan Canal for our tour
through to the Delaware of forty-three
miles. We were towed by four mules
and the expense for towage was, 81; for
tolls, $22S. 1t took us eighteen hours to |
go through, part Of which was, Of course,
in the night. The average towing time
is sixteen hours, and those going through
should time their trip so as to have day
light all the time, as I did on my return.
It is much more pleasant.
'aThe canal is about sixty feet wide,
and the scenery along its banks is en-
chanting. The country there is in high
state of cultivation, vegetables, corn, ETC.,
growing luxuriantiy. We met many |
crafts on our way of all descriptions, and
the journey through was anything but |
monctonous. Next day, with a light
wind, we started down the Delaware
river, for Philadelphia, thirty-eig,it miles. |
We saw all types of river craft on the
river and some few yachts lying at
anchor. We passed Beverley, Bristol
and Burlington, at which places there are
some handsome residences, and the
scenery along the shores on both sides Of
the river is highly romantic Below
Philadelphia, and in strong head tide
with light wind, I tried to work an
eddy of Petty's Island, and l touched
our centreboard on the mud strained it |
little, perhaps, but met with no other
mishap, and finally arrived at the head
quarters of tie Quaker City Yacht Club,
behind Windmill Island, on the Camden
side. I was shown much attention by
! th Quaker City yachtsmen, some fifty Of
whom came aboard of the Dare Devil,
the next day. They admired my yacht
model, for they have nothing there OF
her size 60 sharp. Their open boats are
all about twenty feet long, their cabin
,sloops about thity-eight to forty-five
feet on the keel, some being very pretty
crafts. saw several old New York
yachts there. We stayed there until
Tuesday (arrived on Saturday, and then
Z started down the river for our destina-
tion-Fort Penn.
"Below Philadelphia the navigation is
sdil6eult, as between it and League Is
Hand there are many ugly sand hars.
Half way between Chester and Marcus
: Hook . storm came up and dropped
..killick;' igging my tent and coverings
and rode the storm out. I always take
such things-wind, rain, etc.-at anchor.
It His i'm my opinion, genuine yachting
tsdtes. When it moderated we made
sail asA worked down thesr river on our
way 70 Ranns Grove. The tide was run
ming agazst the wind, and there was a
nasty chop. Pann's Grove is pretty
place opposite Wilmington, Delaware,
and is pleasure resort. 1t has some of
the most beautifh willow trees in the
country and the shade afforded is delight
fui. It claims to be, also, the first place
where the great Quaker landed. Here
we rcplenished our stores-ice. soda,
lemons, etc, and resumed our voyage.