Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-05-26
LOCAL GIRL IN
AN OCEAN RACE
Mrs. G. ". Robinson, Who Was
Formerly Miss ThOra Lund to
Accompany Her Husband.
SAIL IN A SMALL BOAT. .

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Was Married But Few Weeks Ago
and the Race Is in the Nature OF
Honeymoon-WnI Sail the Gaunt-
let on 65O-NIile Cruise-To Share
the Wheel and Watch With Hus-
band Contest for Upton Cnp.
The New York World this morn
ing published an account of the
cruise about to be undertaken by Mr..
and Mrs. George w. Robinson. Mrs.
Robinson is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Christian Lund, of 61 Smith
street, this city, and was married but
few weeks ago. She is well known
here. The cruise is in the nature OF
honeymoon, and race besides. The
Worlds article is as follows:
The sloop Gauntlet, with Mrs. Tho
ra Lund Robinson at the wheel, will
lift anchor in Gravesend bay at 3 p
m. today and start on the race to Ber-
muda for Sir Thomas Lipton's $500
cup. Mrs. Robinson is the four weeks
bride of George w. Robinson, the
owner of the boat, and she will di-
vide the watch with him on the voy-
age.
1t will be a daring race for each
of the four small yachts that are to
compete, but more so for the Gaunt-
let, because she is the smallest OF
them ALL being only twenty-eight feet
T.
miles. The others in the race are the
sloop Bonnie Kate, forty-four feet
over all; the yawl Tamelane, forty
feet, and the yawl Lila, thirty-nine
feet. All four craft belong to the
Brooklyn Yacht Club.
Trip of Seven or Eight Days.
For seven or eight days at least
these tiny boats will be at the mercy
of wind and wave. They will have to
cross the gulf stream 150 miles on
Hatteras-one of the stormiest spots
on the Atlantic. Experienced yachts
men say it is only an even chanc8
that that the little Gauntlet will not
be wrecked or foundered somewhere
ON the way
Have you no fear?" Mrs. Robin
son was asked yesterday.
Absolutely none.p- she replied,
Strengthening up proudly to her full
height of only five feet. Her blue
eyes sparkled.
''Where George is" she said,
there can be no fear"
Mrs Robinson is only twenty years
old, but ever since childhood she has
been used to boating and swimming.
For several seasons she has sailed an
eighteen-foot knockabout. making
her summer headquarters near AM
boy on the lower bay. Though small,
she is athletic and skilled in handling
craft and is said to be without fear
on the water. Storm or sunshine Is
al the same to her.
Married April IL.
Miss Lund and young Robinson
were wed on April IT, and it is said
she made him promise at the time he
would take her with him on the race
to Bermuda. He promised, of course,
but after the wedding he tried to
dissuade her, pointing out the possi-
BILE dangers of the voyage. She was
obdurate. Her father and mother
both opposed her going, but she won
them over, too.
"There is really no danger" said
Robinson, yesterday, ''and | am sure
we will both have a splendid time.
The Gauntlet, though small, is per-
fectly seaworthy, and was built es-
pecially for ocean racing.
81 will be the captain of this race
and Mrs Robinson will be the mate
and cook We have Ave weeks
provisions and sixty gallons of water
aboard and a stove and chafing
dish. My wife and l will take one
watch together, and the remaining
members of the crew, J. ]. Dunlap,
and H. Higgins, will take the next,
and so we will alternate.
Will Sail Back, Too.
eve expect to reach Bermuda
without mishap in eight days, and
sail right back on the Gauntlet. Co
ing and coming my wife and l VIII
take turns at the wheel.
Capt. Robinson is an experienced
amateur skipper. He was on the
Tamerlane in the Brooklyn yacht
club race last year from Sandy Hook
to Hampton Roads. The year before
he took part in the Marblehead races.
Since his marriage Capt Robinson
and his bride have been living most
of the time aboard the Gauntlet In
Gravesend bay.