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beach toward Long Branch. While watching a steam 
launch, called the Jersey Lily, pursuing her way into 
the South Shrewsbury River, and noting her course, 
we observed our yacht coming around the Highlands 
out of the North Shrewsbury. Without waiting for her 
to arrive we got into the boat and rowed up the river 
until we met her. As soon as we were on board the 
course was changed, and we started into the south 
branch of the river. Passing through the drawbridge, 
we kept on for a short distance, and then turned sharply 
to the right. The wind was blowing a rattling breeze 
now, and we were making good time. Before us lay 
Pleasure Bay, but we could see but one or two sails 
on the whole expanse of water. Any but a very light 
draft boat is liable to come to grief here, as the bay is 
very shoal, with but a narrow channel winding through 
the middle of it. We were attended with exceptionally 
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"A Try at the Bluefish." 
good fortune, for although we stirred up the mud sev- 
eral times, only once did we reallj' get aground, and 
then for a few minutes, getting clear by a good lot of 
shoving. 
About 2 o'clock we anchored at Pleasure Bay landing, 
close to another drawbridge, and but two miles from 
Long Branch. We would have liked to go to the above- 
named place, but the river is not navigable much further 
although a steamer runs through for about a mile be- 
yond this place. It was here that the doctor left us; his 
head, which he concluded had become slightly affected 
by the sun, troubled him to such an extent that he 
■packed up, and when the steamer came through from 
Long Branch he boarded her for New York. We stayed 
here until 5 o'clock, and then departed for Highland 
Beach, which we reached a little after dark, and an- 
chored inside the bridge. 
We spent part of the night on shore, and when we 
came on board it was with the intention of getting under 
way for Sheepshead Bay in the morning. It was cloudy 
when we awoke, and a raw sort of a wind was whistling 
in from the southwest. 
Once outside the Horseshoe we got the full benefit 
of the breeze, and Monaitipee began to jump into the 
sea at a great rate. When near the Government dock 
inside the Hook a sudden squall struck her, and she 
w"ent down until the water came pouring into the cock- 
pit; but she got her feet again and shot away like a 
bird. The wind held good until we were well off the 
point of Sandy Hook, when it fell to a light topsail 
breeze. So up went the topsail, and we kept on past 
the Dry Romer and other shoals until well over. Then 
for a while the wind died out completely, and left us 
rolling and tossing about, a plaything for the waves. 
For nearly an hour this continued, when, catcbing a 
light puff, we were enabled to get inside of Dry Bar, 
wdiere the water was smooth, which I have no doubt 
was an agreeable change to Mr. R.'s friend. Running 
up Dead Horse Channel to Richard's Point, we cast 
anchor. While I got dinner ready the rest of the crew 
got out their lines and began fishing, and in about a 
half hour quite a lot of flukes and blackfish had been 
landed into the box used for their reception. 
This fish box of ours is built under the seat in the 
after end of the cockpit, the seat forming a cover, which 
is hinged and can be quickly opened. A pipe leads 
from the box out under the overhang. It can always 
be kept clean by dashing water into it, which inmiedi- 
ately runs out through the hole. We consider this box 
a valuable feature of our craft, as we do considerable 
fishing in a small way. 
After the repast had been partaken of, sail was got 
up, and we ran over to a sandhill on the west point of 
Barren Island and went in swimming. We stayed here 
until 5 o'clock, when it began to rain and blow from 
the sea; so we started up the bay. Before we reached 
our anchorage it was blowing a two-reef breeze, but 
unwilling to stop to reduce sail for so short a distance, 
we held on and came up with lee deck under to the 
cabin windows, the water sometimes slopping over into 
the cockpit. Short work was made of the last half 
mile, and we rounded up at our buoy amid a rattling 
of blocks and a terrific slatting of canvas. 
Our principal reason for getting back on Friday was 
that our passengers might have a try at the bluefish 
in Rockaway Inlet and vicinity; so next morning about 
3 o'clock we ran down just outside the inlet and tried 
still-fishing for a short time, using spearing or white 
bait, but only taking a few small snappers. We got up 
sail and steered for a school that we observed jumping 
not far off, throwing out the squids in the meantime. 
Having very good headway, we dashed right into the 
animated mass of fish, and immediately began hauling 
in; none weighed over 2lbs., as the large fish do not 
come in around this place. However, quantity made up 
for lack of quality, if the small bluefish can" be called 
mferior to the large; and when we wound up the lines 
on our way home the fish box was well filled. 
We landed at Point Breeze and had dinner. Here we 
were met by our regular cook, who arrived in a small 
boat just in time to see us filling our pipes after the 
feast. 
During the winter that folloAved extensive alterations 
were made in Monaitipee, and when she made her debut 
in the spring of 1889 one would scarcely have recognized 
her as the same craft. The centerboard and trunk had 
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been taken out, the slot in the keel filled in, and an iron 
keel bolted on outside. The after overhang was length- 
ened, a new deck laid, and a new cabin trunk and all 
interior arrangements added. A larger sail plan neces- 
sitated new spars, rigging, etc. The idea of changing 
Single Blessedness. 
her to a keel boat had been discussed between us for a 
long time, and it was w'ith some trepidation that we un- 
dertook to make the alteration. 
The cook shook his head sorrowfully as he saw the 
centerboard ripped out. 
"I am afraid we are making a big mistake," said he. 
But it was not a mistake. Our main object in doing 
this was to get more stability, and at the same time 
better cabin accommodations, and we got both. She 
was a better boat in every way afterward. - 
Well, why should I continue this yarn further? If 
I undertook to relate all the incidents of our boating 
career, more space would be required than Forest and 
Stream would be willing to allow, and I fear the reader 
may have already become wearied. We are sometimes 
very apt to think our experiences as interesting to 
others as to ourselves. The succeeding cruises on Long 
Island Sound have already been described in these col- 
umns. 
Two years after Monaitipee was transformed I severed 
m^' connections with her and signed articles for a voy- 
age through life with a new mate. She proved to be 
almost as fond of the water as myself, so I built an 
i8ft. cabin cat, and for three years we plowed the deep 
together. Torn from her mooring one night in a se- 
vere storm, she was almost completely destroyed, along 
with a dozen other boats. It was near the end of the 
season, and I hauled her up, and the following winter 
sold her. 
I rejoined Monaitipee, but shortly after our cook sur- 
rendered himself to the allurements of matrimony, and 
practically deserted the ship. His yachting career has 
since been confined to the reading of this department of 
the Forest and Stream, The captain built himself 
a small knockabout, and became so enamored of it that 
I soon found it next to impossible to muster a crew to- 
gether, and Monaitipee consequently spent most of her 
time at her moorings, the result being that in the spring 
of 1895 we sold her to a member of the Brooklyn Y. 
C. — and I guess she is there yet. 
I immediately made the drawings for another boat, 
and three months later launched the Athlete, a boat 
of the knockabout type, 17ft. over all, I2j4ft. waterline 
and 6ft. beam. 
Plum Beach has undergone great changes during the 
past few years. Where there were once only two shan- 
ties there are now some twenty odd, and in summer 
months it appears quite a village. 
On the site of the old "Clam Chowder Hotel" a new 
building has been erected, and the captain of Monaitipee 
sits on the piazza, lazih' smoking his pipe, and occa- 
sionally takes a spin in his little Nina. For a companion 
he has a friend who bears the name of Friend, and 
who has the record of being the oldest inhabitant. They 
live happily together, and the captain sometimes ob- 
serves, when some of us drop in to partake of their 
bachelor hospitality: 
"See what you fellows might be enjoying if vou had 
only had sense enough to stay single." 
A. M. Lockhart. 
SPRAY. 
