Five yachts went to the '930 am. on Sunday morning when he Ind Jeg of the Shanghai Yacht Club Challenge Cup was salled. Some particularly fine times were register-fed in a strong wind although there was a Scotch mist hanging over the river for the greater part.of the day and sheots of Tain beat down relentlessly during the race.
Soon after the start Valerie broke her main halyard, and as she did not race, went ahead in the have a spare, had to pull out of the
to Kiaojow, followed closely by Seagull with Mignon not far Behind. Viking,.owever, was eft well in the rear." On the reach down the Astrea channel, Mignon with liber new sult of sails,' which seem more suitable {6r a typhoon than ordinary weather and with balloon {ib set, picked up well on the leaders.
Rough water was encountered at Woosung but once out in the Yangtze, although it was blowing pretty hard, the water was smoother os the tide was just on the turn. Nobody risked -gybe round the Quarantine, which was taken to Starboard from where It was a run back ta the "Pipe Line," all yachts completing the first half of the race in record time due to the tremendous tide which was running and the high wind,
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