Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-08

ing half a gale. Tanya was doing her
best, about eight miles an hour, with
white suds racing past to leeward and
sails well Stacked out heading for Faux
ner's light just ahead. BY o'clock
was chilled through, so went below, rub
| bed down with wood alcohol and rolled
up In blankets, as 1 was getting heavy
cold.
| I had just got into glow when there
was a loud report on deck and a shiver
shook the boat. Almost instantly Harry
showed the slide Luck and shouted, "All
| hands on deck!"
"What's the matterY' shouted Sandy
and I in chorus as we jumped for wet
breeches.
.rThroat halliardsr' came the reply.
That was enough; something had car
ried away. George was UP at the mast
feeling for the halliards when got there.
| whats gone?' I queried.
Here it is" he replied. as he found the
frayed-out end of the halliard.
"Give me the end quick!'' l shouted,
to be heard above the screech OF the
wind.
She was still scudding along under jib.
and the mainsail, like huge. bag, was
pulling hard, too. I Skinned up the mast,
found the throat block all right, hooked
lone leg over the forward strut, and drove
the halliard through the block. Over
4 hauling enough to reach the deck, move
1t down to George; he drove 1t through
that block and sent it back on its own
part. rove the second part and with
the end started to slide across but was
| stopped half way. :.
Hold on!' yelled George; chats all
there is.''
HaIyards SpIiced
aBend something on to it!' I replied as
the spar jumped me about. So he pieceo
. 1t out and 1 came down. George made
!. the end fast, while got my wind. The
. Others had in the meantime started t
. tie in a single reef, so we completed tha'
: and then hoisted the throat again anc
/. went on as before, having lost but little
by the accident.
We went to the northward of Faulkner
1 and skirted the beach all the way nome
Bridgeport was passed at o'clock, witi
! gray windy looking sea and sky and no.
T a sail in sight while nasty driving ligh'
. rain kept us all chilled to the bone. BY
l holding the fryingpan on the stove we
l cooked a good breakfast, coffee and all
> One man steering. another smoking near
/, him, for company's sake, and two below
keeping warm in the blankets was the
way the morning was spent TIL we Were :
} | off New Haven. Sandy then went souno
! asleep after his strenuous life and the
rest of us all stayed on deck. From a
rift In the clouds to the west the SKY
! cleared in a wonderfully short time and
we had the most beautiful kind of a day.
The Oneida passed west away to the lee
ward of us off Eaton's Neck, and the
wind gradually lightened and headed SO
! shaking out full sail we just cleared the
bell and spar of Lloyd's Point and crossed
the line between Oneida and the black
spar buoy at ii :0S a. M, thinking we mus'
be the last boat surely, as all the others
. except Busy Bee were far to windward OF
, us when the shift of wind came.
!, 1t wasn't until next day we learned we
had won in the handicap class. so Little
peter must have found the weather toe
heavy and reefed. Capsicum won out by
: carrying sail, beating Red Rover, Regina,
, Vingt-trois and Vagabond. 1t was
cracking good race-one to encourage real
cruisers and discourage freak racers.