Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-07-23

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them cares to show any special good
nature In this respect. However, by
combination OF perseverance, and good
luck / managed to overcome this dlfii.
Guilty, and the result was an unusually
ENJOYABLE and interesting eXcur-
sion. 1t may be taken for an assured
fact that when this first GOODNESS on the
part Of the pilots has been overcome
they arc the very essence OF hospitality.
The visitor is presented with tho free
dom OF the ship. Nothing Is TOO good
for him and no trouble Is too great 10
be undertaken on his account, aud
stranger, even under the best circum-
stances, must be very much 10 the way.
The pilot boats are built very sharp
In the bows so that they cut through
the waves instead OF riding over them,
AZ most vessels do. This Is said to add
TO their speed, but It gives them a very
short. quick motion that is very trying
10 the landsman. "You will get sick on
a pilot boat" was warned, "even II
you have escaped 1t everywhere else"
NV friend was right. | did get sick
several times, but as previous sad eI-
perience had taught ne not 10 struggle
against nausea, / "let things co." and
found my sea legs IN little more than q
day. And In this case had the further
consolation OF knowing that frequently
enyeu a pilot gets sick II be has been on
shore for week or so; Indeed one OF
our own was very uneomfortaole on the
FIRST day OF our cruise.
It would be safe to wager any amount
that a pilot boat can pitch and toss In
more different directions At the same
time than any other craft aaoat Early
one afternoon We returned TO the shelf
ar Of the BreakWater through q cold,
driving rain and anchored at the upper
End. The wind rose rapidly. At 10
o'clock the second anchor was let go,
and the two, Weighing together over
100 pounds, besides the weight OF the
chain, held her securely. though she
pitched q good deal. "The winds
shifted around to moth" said one OF the
nIlots. sand I guess it'll sing Us a cradle
song tonight" And It did. The little
yessel rolled. tossed, pitched, tumoled,
smashed and slammed 10 every eoneeiV-
AHA direction, 10 spite OF the protection
~ the BreskWateF. When We went or
dack the next morning, the wind was
no milder, yet we sailed out from the
Breahwater shortly after o'clock and
before daybreAk were dozen miles 81
sea.
Our boat was Of the average size: IS
fact lonR by 90 feet 8 inches beam, q
keelboat drawing 10 feet Of water. She
was registered At ouly so tons, As the
space taken up by her large cabin IS not
ineludsd in the government measure
ment: II used as q carrying
boat she would have been rated 81 IS
or 90 tons. She carried msiHssll'
foresail and two jibs, and the iockeri
below contained ample staysailS. TO b
used 10 light winds. Close 10 the rail'
on each side OF the forecAstle hatch, llei
a liaht skiff or ''skift," as the pilots pro
nounced ft, large enough TO accommo
date 4 dozen men, II necessary, and
Itght enough TO be easily managed and
swiftly rowed by the four men who com
| ooss the crew. The extra skin. lyinf
on the starbOard quarter, IL turned DOT
tom upwards, and II kept Ia reserTs
The one 10 port rests her keel on era
dies and Is merely dashed fast, ready z
he hoIsted up and dropped alongsid'
AZ 4 moments notice We carried crev
n four men, besides the cook. tile eaoii
how ana the usual complement OF pilots
Such boat twenty years ago. - th'