Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-08-02
THE GALATEA IN PonT.
After a Long But Pleasant Voyage
The Fast English Yacht Drops An
ckor In Gloucester HarbOr.

After a Long hut Pleasant Voyage
The Fast Englt.h Yacht Drops An
Choir In Gloucester Harbor.
MARBLEHEAD, Mass, Aug. 1.-The Galatea
was first sighted off Rockport at P. m.
heading for Eastern Point and passed the
mouth of the harbor at $40 p. m.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Aug. 1.-The schoon-
er Addie Winthrop, from the Georges, sailed
along with the Galatea from the Georges
since yesterday and arrived here at $50 p.
m. The Galatea was under two jibs and
mainsail, sailing along easily. The fisher
man made good time with the fast English
yacht. The Galatea came to anchor at 7:20
p. m. and was Immediately boarded by the
United Press representative, who was warmly
greeted by both Lieutenant Hem and his
charming WIFE, The lieutenant is bluff,
hearty Englishman, short and stout, with
bald head encircled by fringe of brown hair
tinged with gray. His complexion is nut
brown from the exposure of his long voyage.
Mrs HEM appeared to be every inch sailor
and seems to take to the as naturally as
her husband. She is short, moderately
plump and her face is as brown as her hus-
bands Her eyes are large and bright, her
nose slightly retrousse and her mouth is OF
moderate proportions. She has an extremely
captivating way of talking and appears
to be in every way a most charming
woman. She was dressed tonight in
pretty sailors suit of blue f annel and her
nut brown hair was partially covered with a
jaunty hat of red. Her hands are small and
her fingers are covered by profusion Of dia-
monds and other precious stones. The Gal
atea dropped anchor at 7:2O and soon after
her arrival committee of the Eastern Yacht
club, consisting of Daniel Appleton, chair
man of the regatta committee, Joseph A.
jackson and another member of the club,
went into the cabin of the Galatea, congratu-
lated Lieutenant Hem on his safe arrival,
welcomed him to these shores and extended
him all the privileges of the Eastern Yacht
club house and its surroundings.
After Mr.. Appleton and his colleagues had
performed this pleasant duy the United
Press reporter was shown into the cabin
and introduced to Lieutenant and
Mrs. Hem. The lieutenant said: "There
is really very little to tell you
about our passage, it was SO uneventful. We
had beautiful weather nearly all the way. In
fact, if a vessel were to make o dozen trips
across the ocean it would not be apt to have
one passage as fine as this one has been. We
left Plymouth on the first of July and have
proceeded leisurely IL light winds and on
smooth sea, arriving at Marblehead tonight,
as you see. We have carried trisail, as
we call it in England-jib and
part of the time jibtopsail If
we had known what weather we
were going to have we might have started
out under full racing rig just as well as not
During the past two days there has been a
deep fog, but it lifted at about 5 o'clock this
afternoon and we sighted Thatche1's Island
If the fog had not lifted we might have run
slap bang into the land for aught I know
Mrs. Hem was enthusiastic over the voy-
age She said: ''The water was so smooth
nearly all the time that one could have
come over in an open boat. We had
rough water only two days. Why, it
was nothing to cruise We had in
the Mediterranean. The weather was de-
lightful. Anybody could have come over in
dingy, could not hes" turning to Lieuten-
ant HEM. The lieutenant in response to a
question as to whether he had pilot on
board said: ''Pilot, no. What did we want
of onea We came in all right and go along
as well without we could wish. " "But
if you had got here at night would you have
come right in?'' 1--WE would have come
bang in just the same. You see we had our
bearings pretty well, didn't wea After we
had been in the fog two days we came out at
Thateher's Island, just the point we were
headed for"