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Show I V r I ," VO.I .tfOIJfl 7 ' VI Ki.I CHIT ON ICE ffRn water: "., ,x" - 'UiftKTUtw'JV) ". I... l.1lH, Jl' r-. i e.i i- ii iUI I .Tij-ui Great Sbtith Bay '"SiooWt I'Handy.. Winter :Gt!ftV-,Goav,' I j,- ,r tiuw ' 'i Ait 'CT'I-JKyiyitfj .'ii ..wM.i J.w:i.i: T ' M ... binatum ofi Bpatiaqd.jeyqped ,1,,,.,,., '''''t'bciilKedstetVift'Ik'Vex Speedy; jj1oJim.h,'jI 4lkJ lit ).) a j -it ji'j omy!fsrrv!iinooaMivoiijiiniio7oiijf)iia'. oV'ffi?trl,yeitfi,1tn dViiU" 1Biiy,Jn'ic6dicr" l-'h'as1',b'eh"h8sfn,, Its! '"w4yItb'Jth'e''fron't 'R'ccWltl'lwMt -Wi blgd freVyfDfiaiUreWtttfifot'i'e&tAere i.wadhId)n.'itootlta plntenamonliUei i.necoenlze'dusaiUnEljaoa loo; skimm ng ::.;rft.9,f1Ltng.lUlBp)l.ni. ti JnWoq tiu I ijloaombllng asralnlaturoWhalQ babk.J homo In. or on either ana having sue-1 sue-1 tfe'ss'fuW .wta'thered' thV Wdlclflo' W lid' opponeiits, 'difring ' a' ll ionfc4 licrlofl f probation',-'It scorn's ttf have come to stay. I i ' rij Groat, climatic changes have been' wrought alongi this coast la recent 'blttaa.'i' JTHe' shal)o'Wrb,ow'lls flrttly a.y fltftlftM WateVi'icatf ilyiirttiliasilacrpss -tlierQhtJdr.vThot 8p,ddi;of . tlio jbdatllH" Iretonltd iIttiiowJatJOy,nthosadi)B'r Jll.ilRfl;Iet,q Mw HtefcetofiBh.flAf- d WrtifryifiJft)Ww Hvn5fl dIHlfut .Insronu of n shodk fliero-ls a gentle gliulngyMglT'vbmmlfthe siallow bow tit1 'Hhtf "icbWslnbWu . ifchVl!be'tnVl,'llH'aB4n8taV,tlfeicrafilB kfealW sUlmming" Jve 'thW'lcVrtO This hUdrnatloni; of Hc and f-watoh marks i ttheltrlpiacrbsB tho bay Bevon-jmllos ffrpm Patchpgue to the, pnterr beach is accomplished in about flfioonj minutes k I 4 Crossing. an Ice Floe. ' ' u ' , . ! -years and 'tho old-fas h'lorie'd wlritora which tho' oldest Inhabitants retnemi oerj provall no longer along 'the south i Bidei of Long 'Island. In .those days iitho, Oreat South Bay wasi frozen, from" shore to ; shore so.. that It resembled a great .shimmering mirror. At. times' tho ico was, so thick 0,nd safe that trot-i ting matches were .held on Ilk, smooth eurfaco. ' . But within the last thirty years fih$i wlntera)havjs;.great.lyj;pj5dfttfd. (Ico boating became a dangerous pastlrric. It' rarely hnpponod. that' tho ibay was' frozen-over, evenly andtaho holes) and broad ,, stretch w v 0X1; opmi'j.wateiTn I e-.countered; e-.countered; here .and, .thre; .Juado tjiOj ('port, tremplyhazardoHfft'jwyiqu Reckoning th'e grea'pat;ch(cs,J,6't,4hln,, tohdttion-thos"relcgdtea.hb- id'e Wit1 '- tWe' pkst Oh 'the "dr'bat1 Bouttf'tiay;! 1U ' i Jll i J ,ii 11 ( J )")'." I'l u "Jflj) r 'h When, the winds fall ithe boats: are, rowed through tjie water, with joare, hauled on to tho I90 floe by r,means of tho ice scoop and aro then poled across. They are abB6lutcly safe, so' the' element of danger' Is eliminated." i The runners i underfldath each 'boat are; sixl feet! long,; tapering wUh,both bow an(J.stqim..i,They wroflrsphod wl 8teel,,- but it.iwas, iftuna;, hat, thils atyloot shoo,, cut Uirougfy, ,tnq., loft' ('lCo(l greatljr, retadlhK',thb apee'' ci the' boat. Then somebody tried pras's shoes, and -the softer' metai'was' found to glide over the spongy ''ice1 Scarce-t)y, Scarce-t)y, leaving a;itra , oa'P nO ' . t. th ,t,waiiaaHeA(wUh ft JIlS only, bt llj -was 1 opn. j f oundhat 'a .mainsail added ,to, speed' ."vflthqul en-1 vjangerlng thn; ifflfclency, or' safety, of "trio 'craft 'Baymeh''w.ho ban 'steer a Ballboafby'slmply1 manipulating1 ceiv, talu Balls;' tave no thought abduf pr ii '1 iir n i (( ..i tin ' ' o i i ja 4 0,11 xjltiia f vi ipuj; jiU XwhcuK i k.ii i' a l -J ll '' ii evtlu, -. 'R I i "is of , :oTl-if)jfn -ti MjLdJlLijJflni&l " !, j3is W? vit aj'.T-CTi.'Ajiiil ' 'U-'' H'j"aT'inJ oiJifififflloefni ,v T .". 01 !' !" '. id Jn n'Jq"jV v I vlM ) .00 J)os jAliinO & ? M oifJ ,.-;M"ln!llifi ."''I .-, 1' -i R . Fleet on an lee Floe. ) !tn-ivtrcnn-X i.!IV .iY l'. while its modest rival, the scooter, began-to work its wajifinlo tho estimation esti-mation of tho tbaymen.r; Beginning ;lts,' career as a "Barnegat hneak?'boati": which ).wu.i' sailed I'throogh-'Bopeh' i stretches- of) water;i;!po'leVIlr'nrr'3 fee floes andiwasuequippebrrffdi'? 'Vacq, spoed -of a t mile i In two" minute's thra t hasemergedthell lulMedge0 rfcooter, ..wlthi malnsatll'amI'JJIb,,:Ssi fotancTfkhul! f or.'.water rad twoi' runne'rs,PIxt,f oil' long, to carry the boat skimming ovef r,tbailcC )ttfJ'Mrju: uJininO j,; oj Seen froxDtthei'lahofe.vi.a.flecfloC "scooters" skimming .oyecJCft JQek andFSuclclnB- foto and saillng'dver prjen ;rt4fiM;.Wi',watewtllthelrrwhlte, .jalUandwhitejrhulls, looks not un, "like 'sj otot hligji iHAgu,llB.iln jhpLt cbckpt'i;w'lth head ii ehotilders albpoj Tlslble pl$ tho pinaster 'of tho boat guiding tho cratt,bj'a skilful inantpu- latlon of tho jlbT'whilo ho brlngsjiber about, by lcanjng his vf eight toward tho bow and keeps heroft by, simply r:ieanlhfr'htsVelGht pn'thotorn. J j j) SThb, boats jofenly 'intended lo ciarry 'one 'man, owing to tnoillmltcd spaco lujthio 'cockpit,1 but each of tho scoot- i'ers 'will really carry two men with eaao and safety. j'j Equipped'" with a pair of ;oark;'a short Ico pike and a .long combination Ico pole and; scoop the captain of tho: scooter. ,is. ready f for' a Jrip jacrbssjHlid bay. JWitii; his,.. ;sunercargo safoly seated In ' tho forward part m ;tho cockpit, tho captain starts hlsfscoptbr off the Inclined side of an Ico fla'o, Something after the fashion ii I a ksmall boy giving his sled a startflo tkko what Is known to the Juverjllo sporting Vorld as a "bolly-whopp'e-rl "' With a running start ho springs opijlo utho..bAcU..ofuhlaCxaft A(L.tlejBco6er io. jS -' n'lTiiifi niTiiTTiinnii'iiiiwnMiiirili? I a two-mlnuto clip and at full speed plunges Into an open reach of water jVjdlng jtnoscpoter, wn.(a .rudder, 'bo Jier "caplain. simply, sltk )n the.cockplt' 'h'oldin'k k'roHb dttacHe'a,tqUe,Jib'?and' wlthl'thfs ho dtVccWhis1 arapnlbious! craff'taueh after 'the"style of i'man driving a spirited horse. Tho' Craft' ,stlbrpughtjtot ajstop, o the.f ce flo.e: 'The fc,ait,'tnen"foun'ds'up"lik!o 'a iwo-yearibltfWcol't, iwo-yearibltfWcol't, ttie baptafn' Jumps,bu1 'placekJh'ls'1lce'ipWk-oiJi)ri'e1ith",ih''e,vrnn-nem and the scooter Is atnanth'oV,. 1 "7.Whllfl ) hot) lormlngij anpart ion t thjt, equipment furnished to the llfeiiskvr lpg stations by the government.. every, sUbU'along tfib'16'nteVfbeach,'nfas dot1 k .n-wwin. nr.cvi jii ?.nu ,iiai'iUJi . f .-z DuiiKiiW.l o&iflmM-i'i.iII ' JHsOSSPWBSSrtijBBBMMii (LwiqsqiaaJijn'l III IHlu'Xl ' io m t v9SI TTPnNlwBBBBBBBBBSESSSSSBSfti sl Km . y --ssUbJBP''!' 'is"1' " ,,.. , . Showing the Inside Construction of the Boat ' L fJI ,j I iilff tl "Jl r-'w '114 i ' Pri.'jtwjq coolers M ' PTAYfAtiHPOPt; miTi?' TOiFWi.K.., ,.iii ten ' |
