Dec. 24, 1904.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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DRY SALVAGES — OFF CAPE ANN. 
Photo by N. L. Stebbins. 
have struck the sheathing back of the starboard transom. 
Mrs. B. went to sleep on the cabin sheathing while I 
rook a series of naps in the open air on the port side 
(literally) of the cabin house. 
I had no idea how Sassoon would behave when the 
tide flooded, so at the first sign of its doing so, got the 
mainsail as far to port as possible and put all our heavy 
dunnage well up "to windward." The water crept up 
the deck to the coaming, then Sassoon slowly and gently 
began to rise, the water receded, and inch by inch we 
assumed a more perpendicular position. At 10:45 P. M. 
we floated and warped out into the channel. Then I took 
a line and by the light of the moon began towing up the 
harbor. We got hung up again twice for a moment or 
two each time, but the flood lifted us right off, and we 
finally anchored at 11 130 in 9ft. of water. 
Sunday, June 19. — We were up at 4:40, and hurried 
through breakfast. The harbor looked very pretty, but 
we had nothing but black words for it, so cleared at 5 :3s 
in a gentle N.-N.W wind. Once outside we made the 
course S.-S.E., and cleaned up the devastation wrought 
by breakfast and its attendant dirty dishes. The wind 
was very light as we ran down by the Scituate Cliffs (a 
series of four steep bluffs known as "first," "second," etc , 
and numbered from. Scituate toward Brant Reck). We 
gradually shifted our course to S. by E. as we seemed 
to be getting rather far offshore. 
About nine o'clock the wind dropped flat, leaving a 
faint breeze along the beach, so I took the tender and 
beach. This was to leeward of our course, but I looked 
to see the wind shift to its familiar S. W. quarter, which 
it did at 3 :ii, and piped up very stiff. Coming about (we 
were at that time between Indian Hill and Center Hill 
Bluff), we could just lay a course calculated to land us 
at the Barnstable sea buoy. Barnstable is a discourag- 
ing place to approach, as you cannot see the town from 
the water, it being lost among the trees of its single long 
street, and the lighthouse, of white on a long, white sand 
spit, does not show up at all. The sea buoy is two miles 
offshore, and the chart bears this encouraging legend: 
' "Barnstable bar shifting, buoys unreliable." The bar 
has a vast expanse marked one foot while the channel is 
narrow and shoal. 
We finally raised the buoy dead ahead, and leaving it to 
starboard, started a dead beat against a gusty S. W. . 
wind and strong ebb. With my wife forward to look for 
shoal water, and the hand lead going constantly, we 
worked our way in. We found the channel exactly as 
given on the chart — practically a straight line from the 
sea buoy in to Sandy Neck Light, and then curving along 
the back of the neck with a sharp turn around the point. 
There is a black buoy about half-way between the sea 
buoy and the lighthouse, and that, too, was in its correct 
position. We concluded that the chart makers were alto- 
gether too modest. 
It was a hard rub to buck the tide at the hook of the 
point, but after several fruitless tacks we managed to get 
a lay that gave us a lee bow tide, and then our troubles 
were over. We dropped anchor just above the inner black 
spar buoy at 6:45 P. M., fourteen feet of water by the 
lead, tide' two-thirds gone. After getting snugged up, we 
had supper, our fourth meal for the day, and voted 13 
hours and 10 minutes a good day's work. 
Monday, June 20. — A beautiful day, with a light N. W. 
TEN-POUND ISLAND, GLOUCESTER. 
Photo by N. L. Stebbins. 
more sail, until at 9. A. M. we had everything set. Soon 
after this we made out the Marconi tower:, which are 
situated, you know, on the further side of the Cape. Last 
year, in writing of a trip on the Ayaya, I remarked that 
the location of these towers ought to be shown on the 
chart, and lo ! this year they were. If I were a news- 
paper editor, I suppose I would boldly proclaim that it 
was all due to my "exclusive expose." 
SANDY POINT, 
Photo by W. 
cape ann, Thatcher's island. 
Photo by N. L. Stebbins. 
towed Sassoon inshore to get the air, "but when she got 
there the cupboard was bare, and so the poor boat had 
none." It finally came light E. by S. at 10:10, and at 11 
A. M. we were off the Gurnet's twin lights. As we stood 
across for Manomet, the wind hauled ahead until 
we were plugging away with sheets pinned in flat. 
We came up with Manomet Point at 1 :2$ after a slow 
pull against the tide flooding into Plymouth. Once 
around the point we made a long board parallel to the 
KNOCKABOUT FISHERMAN HELEN B. 
Photo by N. L. Stebbins. 
THOMAS. 
wind in the morning, hauling later to S. E., and finally 
settling in the S. W. After spending nearly two hours m 
going over Sassoon with ivory, soap and water while the 
wife cleaned up the cabin and stowed things neatly, we 
started for shore at 9:50. The harbor is long and narrow, 
with wide flats at the edges and an intricate channel 
winding up through a maze of shoals. I should consider 
it very foolish to endeavor to take a keel boat up to the 
town. W r e started on the last of tne ebb and could not 
find a chance to land anywhere until we reached Beak's 
float (the only wharf). It took me just an hour to row 
the i?4 miles against the tide, and it was a hard grind 
all the wav. 
Took the train across the Cape to Hyannisport,. where 
we lunched with relatives, returning by train _ in the 
afternoon. After filling our four-gallon water jug, we 
returned, covering the distance with a fair tide and wind 
in 20 minutes, an agreeable change. 
To prevent swinging around the anchor with the tide, 
and so possibly dragging, I ran out our spare anchor 
straight astern. This afforded an opportunity to keep the 
tender offside in a way I had never before heard _ of, 
namely, by making it fast well out on warp, with a light 
line from her stern to that of Sassoon, so that she could 
be hauled in without touching the warp. The S.W. 
wind blew very fresh during the night, and raised quite 
a chop on the flood. 
' Tuesday, June 21. — Strong S.W. wind and fog, but at 
5 A. M. the sun appeared and began to burn off the fog. 
Rain set in at 6 :30, however, and things looked dismal 
enough. We got under way at 7 (we found it took about 
two hours to get breakfast, clean up, wash down decks, 
restow everything, and make sail). Under double reefed 
mainsail and small jib we ran out of the harbor very 
quickly on the strong ebb tide. Passing out by the sea 
buoy at 7 :23 we made the course N.E. by N.. for the buoy 
off Long Point Light (Provincetown). 
Offshore the wind lightened, and we gradually made 
BARNSTABLE. 
L. Barnard. 
Provincetown water tower was the first landmark we 
raised; then Wood End Light appeared almost directly 
under it. We had the latter abeam at 11 :i4 and rounded 
the Long Point buoy fifteen minutes later. Standing 
across the harbor we found that the wind had freshened 
materially, so that the catboats were all tying in two 
reefs. We anchored in my favorite locality, just north of 
the end of the railroad wharf at 11:45, and had a hard 
time to get the mainsail down, as the peak halliard would 
not render, but the peak vang came to the rescue and 
brought her down. 
The wind was very fresh all day and increased at night- 
fall, so we ran out our 50-pound anchor, though there was 
no absolute need for it. The new steam yacht Visitor 
came in during the afternoon and lay outside of us. 
Wednesday, June 22. — Lay at anchor all day. Squall 
in the afternoon followed by two beautiful rainbows. 
One large fisherman went out just before the squall made 
up. She had a big. main topmast staysail set, and I 
watched her across Long Point to see her take it in, but 
she disappeared in the middle of the squall without start- 
ing a halliard. 
During the evening we had three different squalls on at 
one and the same time; one in the N.W., another in the 
S.W., and the third and worst in the S.E. There was a 
magnificent display of rose-colored lightning. Ran out 
big anchor once more. 
Thursday, June 23. — Up at five in the morning to find a 
strong N.E. wind and wonderfully clear sky. Under way 
at 7:15 with one reef tucked in the mainsail. I confess 
I am a great hand to put in a reef on many occasions 
when other people would not hear of such a thing; but 
I'm out for comfort and not for fast runs. 
We passed Long Point Light at 7:29, and when half- 
• way to Wood End made the course W. 34 N. for the 
; Gurnet whistler, thinking the ebb from the Bay would 
about equalize our leeway. 
Once out from under the land we found the wind, due 
monataka. 
Photo by, N. L. Stebbins, 
