four
in the afternoon
The crew took it in at once , the yard being lowered to enable them to do so . The captain of the yacht ordered the engineer to reduce his speed to the ordinary rate , though the sail was not furled . Between the steam and the wind the Blanchita ran ahead of the Delhi . The sheet was slacked off as far as it could be without permitting the sail to shake , and the two craft kept well together the rest of the day , passing Great Natuna Island at four in the afternoon . The captain took the sun at noon , and worked up the position of the boat . The run from the mouth of the Sarawak at that time was two hundred and four sea miles . The routine of daily duty on board of the Blanchita has been given ; and after the race in the China Sea had proved that she could run away from the Delhi , there was no further excitement on the voyage .