Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-13

but q number of sue
@ ces.fnI sweaners
s"eepe's
make tnelr homes on
Cape Cod: also in
Connecticut and along Long Island sound.
These anchor sweenars o,o o, ,o-,.- ~. 90,
and arc pra,,,o,t,,. -. - '@ee''
oquen'iy very successful Vfne-
Saro ana nantucket sounds, which sepa-
rate the two islands of the same names
f1om the mainland. are the r,ost frao,ent-
ed water woys ~, ~, -. -.
90 =. vi Inc eheire coast. ihey
are III general appearance wide rivers, at
.ne west end being Gay Head and the
boundless ocean. while an the eost ORC the
intermiuable sand hars of N.ntucL.t ana
.Monor,.v ~ - enc, anu
on the north Is cape COO, ana
Martha's Vineyard. They are midway be-
tween Boston and New York This ba rbor 10
a noted refuge 4, heavy uoothor ond :, 10
.st,r,..., 80 40 on. e,s "ea.her' anu Is
scriptions anchor here annually, yet it Is
rot especially secure from the influence of
northeast winds ond hoa 49, ~. 80.
az t.r.;,,. .aa... .ss 80 ."e ''eAe
ueep oesion VI property.
In TINS locality the anchor sweepers make
their homes. and in the harbor are moored
the staunch little schooners which are
made use Of in this business. The sands
of Vineyard sound are stuck full of dere-
lict anchors. These lost mud hooks bristle
out OF the bottom. rest buried in the
sand, and it is roughly estimated that there
Is enough unclaimed iron between Gay
IavW ar the o tn1,n ~ ZIP 70 reconstruct
beach sweeps southwest to Nobska light
is one of the best holding grounds in the
sound. But the anchors that persist in
nucntiS ~ o tho ar, are iost Almost as ire
ps ring of n cable The c,rrents ~ VIZ, me
yard sound rush like the sluice of a saw
mill. and with a momentum that has the
weight Of a torrent This condition pre-
pares an annual harvest for the anchor
sweepers. Imagine a heavy northeast gale
coming along the coast with all the fury
of cyclone.
There Is constant danger of being blown
ashore by the parting of a cable and the
strictest watch on the chain and position
Of the vessel is maintained. In an easterly
hound so 70 oOanL % - o ts are STORM
closely to windward, and. therefore. the
shoals are given a wide berth till more
inoaerate weather and favorable slant
and norts son,h o rar sIe way 10 view YORK
during the prevalence of a stifY easteriv
gale. because tine strength of wind and sea
ana condltlons OF atmosphere outside can
no. aeaoiy oe 1orecasted, ana during q
he renuired az The so,,S sI,S ~ Wou i.i
with coasters while a storm 10 roSins anS
If some one does NOT have to sim his
anchor then 1t can be SET down nv The
landsmen that the wind was NOT very
Tbe anoho
o o""".
All anchor cnain or capie Is LAID up IN
sections. Ten fathoms, or sixty feet, from
the eye of the anchor where the cable IA
bent nm ia n sbacLla ~ -, .sas
v,bo+ uLa .o->,..,r - 'o
~ S"pie". ~ Will ooie through
.he open END. The shackle replaces
link The next shackle is twenty fathoms
and so on, at equal distances IN tho and of
the cable The idea is to have a Gable that
can be easily disloca ted in case ~ tronhia
To slip a cable the shackle bolt is knocked
out and the chain runs out of the hawse
pipe, while that portion on the inbnari end
remains in the chain pen. under the fora-
castle deck. Sometimes the cable ia buoyed
and secured later on, but it REQUIRES time
and skill to do it.
IT,. s-.
Outnt'
by the accepted, cut unwritten law of the
sea. the captain who relinquishes an un-
buoyed anchor on the bottom has no r,oro
CLAIM, To r. oftar -. 80 ~ ,a.,... -
~ :. 80 ne raves the iocahty enan
nave 'he s"eepers. Inese anchor sweepers
very much dislike to be styled wreckers,
yet wrecking in an honest manner surely
is the business in which thov o. ,,,o,,oS
s.hooror, - 80. 90 ene"eeu'
,,sa ~ IN tba s,,,oa, smen.y IONS are mace
o,,.st :. 80 tS sMeep,ns business: ana their
ard oood i,ds,rapt esclip.Ion. brains
than oosti, 'Nah, noie requisite
s;na onS r,nnh Z. icy Sonle.,tnes an en-
bnt baa1v taaiioa en- tS ~ me schooner.
nr, &c 49,, M ne olIl IN ORDINARY
in use and 1n onnsiste IS tne most powerful
eacb nth fo.,r sha. VI IVY neavy blocks,
inner h,ocL ;s ,,oaa x. " puIleys. me
and with The otha. h, taS. 70 a rope alo1t'
erai ions. ,veieht o Unoch a,.acneo 10 sew
go n., W.. wsn., one man can develop
10 GtxoJ TT MI s po"er. Tue schooner
aran;nn 49, gnu poae 70 ASSIST ner IN
1,itb craw ~ ,orh. Suoa a', IRON anu
VII VII ere" VI perhaps hve men the little
rs T.. INC smeepiis ,ihe Is mace ready
a whaleboat's tow line and in Tho n,id5 ~
two weights are bent, about ten feet apart.
one emu OF the nne Is fastened to the stern
mt the 49, rtrna .ns o. . ~ taken
boat and puli some distance awaw fron,
the schooner. Then they range the boat so
she will drift with the tide. with the
Welgnted sweep i1ne on bottom Schooner
i've betweau ~ 1870 Iqhai speeu anu me
sand ready 70 catcb op anv nrnisot On 'h ne
If anchor or rock The man IN ,ha s,o nc
~ the hnot hondia. tha s1 nan ~ .ne stern
" and ia erar in raadinese ~ mus sinser.
-, NJ :, o,tohas ~ @ nhst ~ pay I. OUT