The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-08-16
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Voyage of Capt. Grape and His
Wife Across tie Atlantic.

A correspondent Of the London Daily
Nars at Penzance, speaking of the
arrival at that place of Capt. Grape
and his wife, who left New Bedford
on May 2S, in a small boat, says:
"The voyage was commenced on
May 2Sth, when the vessel left New
Bedford, but by stress of weather she
hid to put into Chatham, Mass,
where she stayed until the I'd of
June, when the sails were again
hoisted and the little pigmy left on
her perilous voyage with fair wind.
All went well for three days, the
wind being southwest and the sea
calm. The wind then changed to
southeast, and it came on foggy for
four days, and continued ioggy up to
the time when they reached the
Grand Banks, seventeen days out
Here a most fortunate thing happen
ed for the navigatorS The drogue
which they had brought with them
was found to be of little use because
it was tooIight. While off the banks
they saw keg Aoating, which luck
lily they were able to secure. Capt.
Grape knocked off the iron hoops, and
with canvass made a new droglc
which answered admirably. When
it is considered that at one part Of
the VOYAGE they were obliged to lie
to for nearly three days in Il great
gale ofwind, it will need no effort to
imagine what fortunate acquisition
the new drogue was. After leaving
the banks, where they lay to in Il
gale for fifteen hours, the weather
improved, and they sailed on until
the Dist Of June, when another gale
was encountered. While living to,
the New Bedford spoke the steamer
Batavia, from which assistance was
offered, and the offer was made to
tulSe them ON board, which WITS
pluckily. declined. After this incl
dent they encountered a succession
of gales, the only wonder being that
they survived to tell the story. Du-
ring the voyage, which occupied 40
days, the rudder broke, but happily
there was spare oar on board, which
was used until the first could bo re-
paired. The seas were running
mountain high, and during all that
time, even while lying down to rest,
they had to lie on wet clothes. On
one OCCASION the captain was for 10
hours steering without relief, the
weather being so frightful, and on
another he was IS consecutively at
tending to the droguc. Capt. Grape
says he could not have stood another
Is days; indeed he had not slept for
70 hours when he landed. His aver.
age sleep while coming across was
undeffum hours day. Among the
many extraordinary things connect
ed with the voyage is that it had to
be run by dead rcconing, as the New
Bedford was not equal to chronom.
cter. Only on two occasions cauld
they get their longitude. When
speaking the two vessels Capt. Grape
had intended to make for Falmouth,
but the wind was against it, Capt.
and Mrs. Grape seemed wonderfully
well after the hardships they had un-
dergone, though the Captain has a
bad hand, and when he came on
shore his other hand was firmly
clenched after 20 hours stccring.-
The house they stopped at was in.
yadcd by persons eager to shake
hands with so brave u couple. The
boat was also visited by numbers.
Capt. Grape thinks of going on to
Falmouth, and afterwards to London
and the Paris exposition"
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