Year: 1873

Arrival of the Fleet at New Haven


Whistling for Wind in the sound-OR


for New London.


New HAVEN, Con-, August s, 1873.


The reception given last evening at Laurelton
House to the members of the Atlantic Club was
very pleasant and the yachtsmen kept up dancing
long after supper, returning on board in the early
hours. Mr.. Cozzens could not have done more to
amuse his guests The preparatory signal gun was
fred shortly after eight O'Clock from on board the
nagship Edward Vice Commodore Monsel and
few minutes afterwards the fleet got
under way for New Haven. There
was fresh working breeze from the
northeast and the tide was on the dash OF the
iiood. The yachts got away pretty well together
on the starboard tack, heading up to fetch out OF
the bay. The NimDus was the nrst to weigh her
anchor, followed shortly afterwards by the Alert,
Aron, Agnes and Edward, the Triton and Nellie G.
The latter was again in bad luck she parted her
throat halyards, and the rest OF the 1eet got q
good start before she got the damage repaired.
The Alert, with the Nimbus about a couple OF
hundred yards to leeward, both under jib
and mansail and towing their boats, started
on the lead. The Agnes was following
after the Nimbus, and the Orion with club topsail
SET ia, anu a. ooat on deck came dancing along IN tne
wake OF the Alert, as II determined to wipe out
yesterdays defeat. The wind was very puffy, and
finally the big sloop caught black gust that came
sweeping oil the wooded shores OF Lloyd's Neck,
ana clawng up through the wake OF the Alert,
took her wind and shot away ahead. The little
Nimbus doing very well, and fetched out OF the
harbor without tack, while the Agnes had to
make short board to the eastward. The Triton
was holding good wind, and hugged right along
the loet in company with the Nellie G. under can
Neck the % Orion % Stella and Ninus 'St stayed to the
eastward, with view OF huggng the Long Island
shore. The Alert, followed by the Agnes and Tri-
ton, stood on toward shippen Point, followed by
the Edward and Nellie G. couple of miles asrern.


The Orion stood on until OF Huntington HarbOr,
and then stood for the Connecticut shore. Shortly
after ten O'Clock the Alert was on Shppen, fol-
lowed by the Triton and Agnes. The wind now


ghtened and shifted about all the way from
northeast to southeast. The Agnes parted
company with the Triton and on The port tack
stood over for Eaton's Neck 1t was rather doubt
iu for a short time which way the wind held but
presently 1t became apparent that Long Island
shore was the place to be, as the wind was GER
tainly hauling more to the southwark. The Alert
was doing well, making tack and tack with the
Triton along the Connecticut shore The Stella ap-
peared to be doing well with the Orion, and the Nim-
bus was mile astern OF them. The wind soon
became battling. and for short time the Alert ap
peared to be doing the best OF the neet and was
laying well up along the Connecticut shore with q
southeast breeze. Her luck, however did not last
her long, as she finally reached spot where the
winds, contending Tor supremacy, were battling
over the right OF way, and as neither had the
strength to make the other give way state
OF calm ensued, being rather disagreea-
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meanwhile the Orion, Stella, Triton, Agnes and
Nimbus were holding tolerably good breeze on
Long Island shore. Shortly after four p. M. the
breeze appeared to set in pretty steady from the
southeast, and the Orion, Stella Triton, Agnes and
Nimbus came over from the south shore and tried
their luck IN Che middle of the Sound.


The Alert was still in the dOldrums with the Ed
ward and Undine short distanc OF. The wind kept
light and variable, shifting about from south to
east The feet were then becalmed for three
hours, with the exception OF the Agnes which had
streak Of wind from the SOUTH sending her along
pretty fast. The Nimbus followed next with the
Triton and Stella close behind. The Nellie was
also doing well and the Alert in shore. There was
hardly breath OF wind. About halfpast seven
stiff breeze from the south had come sweep
ing across the sound and brought the fleet to
Morris Cove in handsome style. They arrived as
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