St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-12
AQUATIC.
Quick Voyage by the Genesta.

cable dispatch. dated at Portsmouth
gives the following account of the rapid re-
turn voyage twenty days and ten hours,
and safe arrival of the British yacht &C.
nesta, which was beaten by the Puritan in
the race for the American cup:
The little Genesta, whose arrival wa,
caDied to you yesterday. saucily anchored
WITHIN cables length of that huge old hulk,
LORD Nelson's flag ship. the Victory. When
boarded her this morning she looked as
triil ana tight as though the voyage of 3, 800
miles which she had just done in nineteen
days and nineteen hours were a dream of a
few stitches A coat of paint will make her
as fresh as when she left England. Capt.
Saunders, the navigator who brought her
over. left for New York to-day. He is de-
llghted with the yacht and declares that he
would never have believed that a vessel cf
her size could behave so well. He seems to
regard his perilouS trip as mere chiId's play.
He says that, though he has sailed across
the Atlantic thirty or forty times, he never
shipped so little water.
Capt. Carter and Mr.. Beaver Webb were
having bad quarter of an hour with
the custom-house officers when [ stepped on
deck.
What sort of a journey had you?n
said l.
"A capital one," replied Capt. Carter,
opening his log; "a wonderfully quick run
over. Nobody injured except the mate. who
hurt his foot badly when he was lowering
the trysail. We weighed anchor at 2:55 D.
M, Oct. s. After we passed Sandy Hook
we had rainy squalls and head sea. At
p. IN. we lowered the foresail and let her 20
easy, heading east-soutbeast. By noon.
oct. % we had made SO miles. but the
weather moderating the next day we put on
10y more" From this point forward the
Genesta
HAD A TOUGH BATTLE.
The morning of Oct II, when about $50
miles out, the topsail haIyards chafed
through. Capt. Saunders took in the sail
and found the gaff-halyard block split. A
nasty beam sea was running, but by noon
another 212 miles was added to the record.
though it still blew hard, and every man
had to keep his weather eyes open. This
splendid record was eclipsed the two fol-
lowing days, when the cutter made respect
lively 23S and 240 miles.
Il never knew yacht of her size to do
such run" remarked Mr. Webb at this
point Oct. IA the weather was so ugly
that the captain hove to. Much time was
now lost in lacking. The record of Oct. 16
was only rs miles, but fairer weather
followed, and the Genesta again made
good Roadway. Oct 20 she had the
bad luck to break the neck of the trysaiI
gait, and the crew was obliged to lower the
sail and rig jurymast till the evening,
when the crew got up the sail again and
doomed out the spinnaker. Stormy squalls
and high seas continued almost uninter-
ruptedly after this. but the gallant yacht
SKINNED along like duck" said Capt.
Carter, after doing nine or ten knots an
hour. The Genesta now passed several
vessels.
''At a quarter to II o'clock Tuesday
morning." said Capt Carter, 1--WE sighted
the Lizard. The same evening we made
the start light on the port bow We passed
the Needles at Z a. m. yesterday. Three
hours later we brought up safe and sound
in the harbor."
''What about the racer" said I.
cit was fair race" replied Capt. Carter.
''The Puritan is the quicker boat, but
this is the better. 1 would not run another
match over the same course, thou gh."
just then the captain appeared to get
restless. 'sFm sorry to hurry you,'' said he,
but the tide won't watt
A few minutes later the Genesta glided
slowly out of Portsmouth harbor To-
morrow she will reach Wivenhoe, Essex,
where she will lie up for the winter.