The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-16
THE TRIP OF THE RAG USA.
The Account of the Voyage of the
Smallest Graft that ever Crossed the
Ocean.

and foolish, but fortunately successful voyage,
of the little boat "Clty of Ragusa" across the
Atlantic is given in the Boston Herald:
Ninety DAYS ago, tiny boat less than twen-
ty feet in length and carrying two men and q
dog, left Liverpool, England. with the avowed
purpose of crossing the Atlantic to New York.
The bold and hazardous project was the sub
ject of much amazement at the time. but since
then the startling events which have been
transpiring on the scene Of the eventfnl war
in Eirope have absorbed the interest of the
rubllc to such degree that the bold adven-
turers have been to great extent forgotten.
Information has been received Of their where
abouts, however, at several points on the
voyage, from other crafts by which they nave
heen seen, and about nve O'Clock yesterday al
ternoon the tiny craft was signalled approach
ing our harbor. At O'CLOCK tne Collectors
tug started down the harbor and met the ven
turesome mariners at about s o'clock, oppo-
site the lower light, and towed them in.
The boat which has thus accomplished q
VOYAGE 80 hazardous and SO altogether novel
Is named the City of Ragusa, is twenty feet IN
length over all, six feet beam and two feet
eight inches in depth, drawing two feet Of
water: she Is yawl-rigged, and spreads seventy
Yards of canvass; is fitted with two-bladed
Steam propeller, worked by hand, and her
hull is Of wood, the boards being only one-half
an inch in thickness. In this miniature ship
are all the arrangements for cooking, &C., and
the capacity for carrying provisions and water
sufficient for the voyage which has Just been
so successfully terminated. The Grew" con-
sists of two men, John Charles Berkeley; the
commander, and Nicholas Primoraz. These
are the two men who, actuated, as the former
says, by '.mere whim," were Induced to
make this attempt, which few could regard as
ANYTHING but foolhardiness after seeing the
c-aft In which they launched their destlnies
and hung their lives by mere thread. The
former has followed the sea from boyhood,
and has passed an eventful life. He saved two
lives off the coast of Kent on the 2Sth of Sep
medal by the British Humane Society. He Is
an Irishman, and has home in Dublin. His
companion Is an Austrian.
On Thursday, June 2, these daring spirits
launched their frail bark, and, accompanied
only by dog, left Liverpool. In ten days
they put into Queenstown, where they were
obliged to remain four days in order to have
some caulking done on their boat, which was
leaking, and left there on the 18th, having on
board one ton Of ballast and 500 weight o!
Goals. They took the northern route, the same
as taken by the Cambria, the prevailing winds
being westerly, and for the first thirty-fve
days they suffered a great deal, being Kept
wet through continually. They were also un-
able to cook on the first part OF the voyage,
which added to their discomfort, and helped
10 discourage them. After being eighteen
dsys out, they became short Of frewood, with
no means OF getting supply. At this time
they very luckily picked up barrel contain
Ing about four gallons Of tar, which was per-
feet godsend, they using the tar upon the
decks and the barrel for fuel. On the 4th OF
July, they celebrated 1.-The Day Of the Great
Republic drinking the health Of President
Grant In some prime Irish whiskey, with
which they were supplied. Oa the evening Of
that day there was heavy. gale, through
which, however, they rode safely.
On the 18th If August they lost one OF their
crew, the dog, which died OF scurvy. They had
q great deal of heavy weather, but the little
bark bore herself nobiy, and the men them
selves expressed surprise that she rode the
heavr gales 80 s.aunchly. She was leaking all
the way, and the pumps, OF which they have
two, we're kept at work constantly. In the
severe gale Of last Saturday they experienced
the hardest time OF the voTase. b7r suffered
no disaster save the carrying away ofthe 1Igger
boom. The larges. number OF miles made in
one day was 153, which was made in the first
part Of the voy age, and the smalles. eleven
miles. The average speed was four knots an
hour number otves3eis were sposea on the
VOYAGE. among which we're the bark Radcliffe,
on the 25th o., June, bound 20 Q1ebsr; the ship
Maxwell, August 9, and the homsward-bouad
steamer Russia, AUGUST "a. From the frs.
t 40 OF these Ships they :ook IN supplies OF orc
visions and water. Two whales Ter3 7ery
neigt borly off Cape Clear. com,ng near eotu2h
to be touched with the hand and giving :he
rovagers s1me alarm est tnsY snUuld npset
their fra,l ship. Oae Of Mother Carers
Chickeh's' attended them from the tirna She7
left Queenstown til! ,hsJ passed Gs1ffe : BANK.
The men say th,t :hey hal TIE n,ss perfstt
confidence il ths success of their enterprise.
and In the ronghsst gale cnI!a gb "a :;sai. 1'th
the creates: com2osufe. Oily tn iate3ssS 81
the season prevents them from ros1rhIng n,nha
as they came. Their original .a.e1tinn Uis IN
20 direct TO New York, ba: :he7 cJ1c,nIsl &.
put into this p1I., and will GA frnan hsre u, ths
former place. aud WI. remain tais sids III .hs
Atlantic till another sc:nmer.
They were towel 10 Long w.larf ty tts :rp,
and there can be seen this stn ,est Of all .f:s
that ever traversel the broad Athletic.