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By STELLA DEAN RICHARDS
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Hemmed in by the rolling hills of Rappahannock, in an old hay barn, lies the battered relic of a once proud ocean-going sailing yacht. Pigeons cooing high in the oaken rafters overhead have replaced the gulls which once cried as the boat cut through the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and the North Atlantic.
John Cadwalader’s life changed considerably when he left the sea and returned to a life of agriculture near Woodville. The son of a Naval officer, John spent many years of his childhood in and around boats. His interest in boats culminated in the puchase of the 31-foot yacht Altair, which now nestles in a sea of hay, surrounded by assorted carriages, an ancient Case tractor antfvarious farm machines. /
The last ocean-going cruise of the yacht was-Jn 1974, when John decided to spend the montm of September
with tfle spectator [fleet at the America’s Cup races oh Newport, Rhode Island. It never crossed the skipper’s mind that tm* voyage would terminate in a bam in Rappahannock County.
The weather was hot, sticky and windless on the day John left Annapolis on a single-handed sail for Newport, but by evening, the wind was up to gale force, with thunder and lightening rumbling in the distance. The storm was brief and John barely had time for a quick rain shower on deck.
The second day’s voyage was marked by intensely hot weather and a nice spinnaker run 45 miles up the Chesapeake Bay to the Bohemia River where the Altair anchored for the night.
The third day was characterized by a passage through the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and an exciting sail down the Delaware Bay to Cape May harbor. The following day, members of John’s family came
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