Her two masts leaned a trifle backward; she carried brigantine, foresail, storm-jib, and standing-jib, and was well rigged for running before the wind; and she seemed capable of brisk speed, which, indeed, she had already proved by gaining several prizes in pilot-boat races.
Zij had een brikzeil, fokkemast, stag- en topzeilen en met den wind achter moest zij wonderen kunnen doen. Inderdaad had zij ook al verscheidene prijzen gewonnen in de wedstrijden tusschen loodsbooten.