Approaching Departure of Danish Sailors in the 27-Ton Yacht The brisk S. S. E. wind blowing down the Huangpu on Sunday afternoon offered a splendid opportunity for a fina] trial of the little 27 ton yacht Shanghai, which will soon carry five intrepid sportsmen from the Shanghai Yacht Club to Copenhagen harbour, if present plans do not go amiss, With two "tucks" in her mainsail, one in her foresail, and her jib flying free, the little vessel gave a remarkably good account of herself and according to her skipper "handles very sweetly."
The five members of the Shanghai Yacht Club, who intend making the long cruise of some 16,000 miles, are Messrs. P. N. Jensen, H. Kjaer, H. J. Nanman, E. Haugolund and A. Ingwersen, all members of the Great Northern Telegraph Company's cable ship Store Nordiske.
The yachtsmen originally intended to set sail early last Saturday afternoon and take advantage of the outgoing tide, but their departure was postponed by the nonarrival of the new cable ship, which is to take the place of the Store Nordiske, and which was delayed in the Philippines for minor repairs. The new vessel is expected in Shanghai towards the latter part of the week when the five mariners hope to get away.
The course which the Shanghai will take has not yet been definitely determined, except that from here the party wil] proceed to Manila, and from thence, through the Southern Islands of the Phillippine Archipelago, stopping at Zamboanga, Jolo, and Sandakan in Borneo; then onward to India stopping' at Singapore en route. Time is no object to these mariners, who propose remaining in any. one} port as long as they feel so inclined, before proceeding on to the next.
The Shanghai was built in the Yangtszepoo yards by Chinese shipbuilders under the supervision of the present owners. She is 47 feet long and 16 feet beam, with clear decks, and carries a 10 horse-power auxiliary motor. 3
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