Flying the blue and white burgee of the Shanghai Yacht club from her mainmast and the White Cross of Denmark over her stern, the little yaw] Shanghai slipped down the Huangpu early Saturday morning, on the first leg of her 16,000 rile voyage, to Copenhagen, with her youthful skipper, Captain Kjaer, at the helm.
It is not every day that so small a craft sails out of the harbour on such a long cruise, and as the Shanghai cast off her lines from the yacht club buoy off Peking Road, the flags of several other yachts near by were dipped in salute; and the owners and crews gave three rousing cheers for the skipper and his friends as the outgoing tide carried the little vessel down stream. These cheers were echoed by the officers and crews of several large liners anchored in. midstream, and more than one vessel sounded three deep blasts of farewell and "God-speed.""
Last Friday morning, a farewell reception wag held on, board the Shanghai which was attended by more than a score of members of the Shanghai yacht club, Capt. T. Mellows, the vice-commodore, precented the felicitations of the club, togethers with letters of introduc tion, to various yacht clubs, where the Shanghai may touch en route to her ultimate destination, as well as a new burgee, the gift of the club members.
Capt. Mellows stated what an important event it was in the annals of navigation, that a 27-ton auxiliary yawl should make a trip three-quarters round the globe, and particularly how proud the Shanghai Yacht club members felt that she carried the club burgee at her masthead. In conclusion he proposed. a toast to Capt. Kjaer and his five compatriots, wishing them a safe journey, and God speed on their travels.
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