The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-09-12
1)awaiian Gazettr.
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. u. lsso.
A THRILLING TALE.
Nol,ar uY rur ~pAcutc" fHoN San fRAN
CIsco ~ AUsrEu1N
BY BAENNKp GHroY.

rcadiug accounts, at different times. ~
] NOyaC,'s acrN,ss the Atlantic. | becRn,
somewhat interested in such adventures
and more especially in that ~ Captain
| johnson, tho only man that ever cr,s,e,
the Atlantic alone his heat was lSft kccl
bcam 5lft- and y in dccp finally mad,
l mp my mind 20 make a voyage on tho Ia
I clbc, O. Australia, m ~ small a hoat a.
I thought would h possible b hold pro
l VISIONS enough tOr fivp months Noyage
I Taking advantage ~ what l had rcad VI
l the experience ~ other NcyBgprs, with my
] own, I made 8rranlsvmcuts with Mcssrs
l Burns and hncass. ~ san Francisc,N 1,
] build a boat eNpressly Tor tho vOyaga
l Length " hoat b. hc lSh overall bcan
I 6t frOm the after end ~ the boat kcgl ,
l luchcs tmcaSurlng n toni. 10 W. dcckci
| o,vr having tw5 matches Whcre IN,
/ masts shipped thcrc wvra water tight
| toNg,, so that they could bc Uushipi',d al
| any umc, and no water c,uld gvt into N,
bo0t rhc after compartment was 0boUi
l en- long, with IA hatch IN the cVutrN On
/ zach side I had l,S,kCrS httcd In ooc
I us,d to kccp my scNtSuL e'oks Ne. M
l Che otbcf I Usgj e. kcvp what rroyisiops !
I would ha,c an, a. l had 81 t0kc i,r',,siop.
/ enough tt,'m The tfV compartment ~ las,
/ sls1Ot "a vvoA tbc lN'St was launched ON
] FRIDAY, Aug &,l lSSa ! s,Ntcl b. W0yk
l o. g,t hvr u0jN tor sva az slou Us pOs,lblD
I bDi 10 was thc tIth tv,tory I bol auyth,Dy
UalN fu .oa I tbcp Ur anchor AMI
| sgllcj down the hgN intending to i,t q
] ylyUaucD tr'B the Custom NoUs,, aud
| ,Uil that afternoon, a, tho tdy would oll
/ UlsrUt four o'clock Up o. this tuuc | bad
NOT WNdr known my intentions 60 UUy oUl
/ a few iutimatc tivp,l- a. I Nantg,l o. gvj
! NJ Us quietly as IsSslhlv although a
| gu'JJ many WV ANXIOUS ~ know what
! utyu,lyl b. loWith thv hoat Ny uJa.ou
/ i,u acting ma TIN, N5y Was hrst ~ an b,
/ was getting rather late M tho scNsoU o.
| start oH the GoSst, m a small hoSt 0cyI1y
I laden so I could uot spauo the umc To- ~
! outside thp hsy uu trial up Therefore,
! I lll uot know how the boat would act lu
Ia hyaNy -ya l thought n I had malc
known my Intentions ~ starting uD a
/ NoyUgr 60 Australia and grtuug lJrgr
| crowd o. scv me oh, they might have tho
| p,yg,UIv ~ poVdlug o full account m tho
morning paper ot my return ion urpOr~
or Knitting
The boat was very dccp iu tEg water,
bvug loaded with IA ten gallon casks,
/ Bl.vd with water one hunduad and sixty
[ tive pounds ~ bpad, M fifteen pound I'm
cans ,alr tight two dozen ra0st hvvt lu
I two and half pound cans two dozen
ru0st chicken, IN one pound cans two
DOZEN ruast salmon, IN one pound cans
/ two dozen one pound cans of buuvlc>-
Vig- teet two dozen cans Of peaches
/ two dozen cans Of milk one box contain
ing twenty tive pounds u cubv sugar
one grOe- Of matches packed IN O. half
dozen glass lars one half gallon of alec
hul IN q druggists glass jar -four cans
0t nut oil two and half gallons IN can ,
five gallon can Of kerosene OIL. thuy
pounds Of coffee and two pounds Of tea. In
five tlu cans one bar Of Castillo soap
three pounds Of nails one wooden pump
Eft Of lalfiuch hose, which l used Us %
syphon % I'LL the kcgs, or get water out
" them. one grams, hammer, and hatChet
paper copper tacks ; one pound OF par
atiuc candles two cOmpaSses, barometer
and ,extant patent taft rail log double
barrplled shot gun, powder and shot reyol
yer and cartridges clock and watch .
nine knives, anchor and sea dTsC with
about forty fsthoms Of lin. rope some
spare marine 8mber-lue. and marine
spike navigation books, sheet chart Of
the South Pacific an American Tag
clothing necessary for the voyage two
pounds Of lard pair Of twelve feet oars :
and an umbrella, which ! found very
handy when the wind was light and the
sun strong l managed to find room for
all. after q great deal Of trouble. but had
none 10 spare and. in fact. l was some
what crumped for a place 20 sleep. but
c0usoled myself with the idea If kept my
usual good health. with a hearty appetite.
that there would be room enough IN due
time and 50 there was.
Friday. August 18th noon Went down
90 the boat II was then nearly high water
Started to prepare for going 10 sea quite
q large crowd had gathered on the wharf .
one Of them asked. Where l was bound
for l answered Australia" which
caused quite surprise next was asked,
Ii intended to 70 alone, and when had
determined to start ?" l answered As /
was then ready i would start right away.
and try II alone One Of the crowd
warned me that Friday was an Unlucky
Gay to 20 to sea :" to which l replied
That 1 could not help 1t. as l was ready
for sea. and one day was as good as an
other 10 me" At l pm east of lines, and
sailed from the wharf the crowd gave
me three cheers wishing me q pleasant
VOYAGE. and good luck When l got of
Lime Point. near the entrance 10 the hay,
l could see that 1t was foCgy outside and
not liking the appearance Of the evening
besides l had got q wettInE, as It had
been o little rough IN the bay. and the
water Sulgshed over the boat quite lively.
So / ran INTO q small bay round Lime
Point. and came to anchor for the night.
At $50 pm l furled the sails, and made
everything secure. / then started the
kerosene oil stove, and cooked my first
meal on board the Pacific" After supper
/ went 10 sleep Tor the night
saturday August 18th, $50 am Being
cold and wet and a. the tide in the after
noon would be the highest1 did not intend
to sail TIL afternoon hut. after breakfast
was over. as l saw several small hosts
sailing out. 1 made a start, thinking
might get as far as San Boneta, and come
to anchor till afternoon. Besides It would
give me a chance 10 Try the boat outside
III a heavy sea. beat ont with the ebb
tide and reached Point B0neta. intending
to make one more tack out from the land
and then come to anchor, l sailed out too
far from the point. got caught IN the food
tide. and had to beat against 1t till the
tide ebbed, which was about 3 pm By
that time l was nearly back 10 Fort Point,
the entrance to the hay.
am.-PassInE squalls / hove o. and
went TO sleep. Fearing that / should ho
run down by a passing ship. if not watch
fUl during night. made It rule 10 rest
as soon as possible after daybreak. About
the first question l am usually asked Is. !
how 1 managed TO sleep A. the boat 1
was schooner rugged. having jib, f1rpsail |
and a three cUTnered sail. that |
1 could use for a storm mainsail. o. stud |
ding sail. had a sea drag made Of can |
yass. about 1 feet by SIX feet. fastened to |
d yard or round pole, : feet long. Then /
there were four hines about four fathUms /
.1n- two fastened 70 the yard. the other /
.wO fastened TO the lower corners Of the
,auvasS- the two fastened TO the canvass
eng a little the shortest. / had line
made fast TO the end Of the four ropes.
.boUt -four fathums long When / hove
10. I threw ths drag ovar'--ard- on the
Weather side Of the b Huled down
he jib. lowered the fOresa- Id fastene5
he mainsail and rudder anudships. III
: the boat drifted to leeward. the DR..
would keep her bow to the sea. and the r.
lainsail would tend to steady her. and
eep her heading to windvsri. 30 that. IN
heavy sea. she would lay hove to quite
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