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Identifier: outing58newy (find matches)
Title: Outing
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Leisure Sports Travel
Publisher: (New York : Outing Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
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t way of spendingthe half holiday. There is somethingvery attractive, even gay, about the re-union of the fleet around the committeeboat before starting. It is like a bigsocial gathering. Most of the skippersand crews know each other and onenotes on every side a friendly exchangeof greetings, a jolly bandying of quip andrepartee, as the boats cross and re-cross,or move along rail to rail, awaiting theirsignal. And all about are non-racingcraft of every description, often dressedin multicolored flags in honor of theoccasion, that give to the scene a festiveand striking appearance. Not the least charm of racing lies inits uncertainty and ever-changing phases.You may find a bright, sunny day, withsmooth sea and gentle zephyrs, or youmay run into lowering skies, roughwater, a howling gale, and possiblydrenching rain. And while one enjoysthe fair weather it is the battle with theunchained elements, the close proximityof danger that really fascinates. Onelearns to love the sound of the wind
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A START LIKE THIS TAKES NERVE shrieking through the rigging and thefeel of the salty spray cutting the face,as the boat plows along with deckawash, every rope straining to the break-ing point. It is a mans game, then, agame that appeals wonderfully to any-one with a drop of fighting blood in hisveins. Success in triangular racing dependsa great deal on the watchfulness andpromptness in action of skipper and crew.It is often necessary to meet the unex-pected move of a rival on the spur ofthe moment and rapidity in maneuveringis essential. The crew, which is fre-quently composed mainly of corinthians,is an integral part of the racing machineand unless it is well trained and work-ing in perfect harmony, good results can-not be hoped for. I once witnessed crew-work in itsideal form in a race aboard one of theMassachusetts twenty-two-footers andit was a revelation. The men, all ama-teurs, had been sailing together so longthat they did things instinctively, almostunconsciously, and they wen

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