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...back into the wind to Brenton's Reef. Majestically the high-rigged contenders sailed up to the line, broke out their ballooners and the race was on. Enterprise led off, steadily increased her lead to 50 yd. An hour later Captain Heard, taking advantage of a favorable blow, sailed up bow to bow with the defender. Then Enterprise had the luck, drew away again. Shamrock V had crowded on too much canvas, was falling farther astern. Down two lanes of destroyers and pleasure craft following in the wake, the two stately yachts sailed...
...South Caribbean struck and nearly demolished the tiny island of Dominica in the British Leeward Islands. It was moving northwest, very slowly. Next day its centre was reported 100 mi. southwest of Porto Rico. On the second day it was right under Santo Domingo and almost stationary. Would it blow itself out at sea? Would it turn south toward Panama? Would it strike...
...about and goes through the maneuver over again. He speaks quietly to the crew and addresses his sailing master as "Mr." He sails a boat hard and cleverly on the wind and has a reputation as a windjammer, one who would "set a circus-tent on deck in a blow if he could find a pole to put it on." To the brain busy behind his square, high forehead, prodding out through his pince-nez, the U. S. looks as the course signals go up on the committee boat in answer to a southwest September wind and the two sloops...
...pile of paper handkerchiefs which he stuffed into one pocket, also pocketing a large hand mirror. Round his neck he hung a placard of a Japanese schoolboy with running nose. In brilliant ideographs down the side ran the legend: THIS PICTURE SHOULD NOT BE A SIGNBOARD FOR JAPAN. BLOW YOUR NOSE. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE LAUGHED AT BY FOREIGNERS. Humbly Reporter Okuyama followed the nose crusader...
...Norway and of Alfred Nobel. His balloon, an elaborate affair, measured 97 ft. from the top of the bag (wt. 1½ tons) to the bottom of the two-decked basket. It was rigged with drag ropes and sails, by which Andree was confident the prevailing south winds would blow it over the Pole, 700 mi. away...