The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-06-07
IN AN OPEN ROW BOAT.
a WONDERFUL JOURNEY ACROSS THE ALLAN
TIC THAT Is SOON TO BE UNDERTAKEN.

William A. Andrews, of Cambridge.
port, Mass, will start from Boston, on
June Is, for England in the smallest
boa. that has ever crossed the Atlantic.
The experience will not be new to Mr..
Andrews. Ia 1878 he in company with
his brother, Asa w. Andrews, achieved
world wide fame by sailing in forty five
days, from City Point, Boston, to the
Lizard, England, in the tiny Nautilus,
dory of only fifteen feet keel.
Mr.. Andrews boat, which is now
building at Boston. has the following
dimensions: Length of boat, IA feet
8 inches, width, feet; depth, 2 feet.
The cargo which Mr.. Andrews will
carry includes varied assortment of ar
ticles. The list is as follows: One hun
dred bottles of Apollonaris water, which
will serve double purpose, being used as
ballast; fifteen cans of Boston baked
beans, ten cals of vegetables, four cans
of corned beef, can of condensed milk,
one dozen lemons, one fog horn, ham,
a cake, loaf of bread, matches, knife,
fork and spoons, plates, alcohol lamp,
three lanterns, jug of molasses, Jug
of vinegar, two boxes of sardines, ten
pounds of tobacco, five clay pipes,
hammer. a hatchet, saw, screws, nails,
tacks, life belt, rubber boots, towels, a
blanket, a pillow and bed tick.
The dangers which he will encounter
out side of storms, include whales, ice.
bergs, wreckage and sword fish. The
first of these the whales, he considers
the worst, and when in the Nautilus,
they were constant source of anxiety
fn e HI
ure, they would follow him sometimes
for entire days and nights, putting and
blowing, and not iLfrequentiy diving
under the boat. When doing this they
were so near that Mr.. Andrews could
touch them on the back with his hands.
1t took but very little to alarm them, and
when they were startled, they would
bring their enormous fukes down upon
the water with force sufficient, had it
struck the Nautilus, to smash it into the
smallest kind of kindling wood. At
other times, while running at night, a
sleeping whale would be run into, and
then for a short period there would be
the hvliest kind of time. This trip
Mr.. Andrews will take along a dozen or
SO water proof torpedoes, which explode
on the surface with a report equal to
that of q six FOUNDER. These he til inks
Will cause the big fish to keep away from
him.
Ioebergs can be detec ed by the low
ness Of the temperature in their neighbor-
hood but drifting wreckage, if encounter
ed at night, would do serious damage to,
if not sink the boat. Mr.. Andrews will
not be able to carry lamp after dark
as its CLEAN would be sufficient to attract
every fish for miles around, thus bring
ing him into proximity with some very
| unpleasant customers.
The only danger to be anticipated
from swordtish is that while in playful
mood one of them might take it into bis
| head to lance the boat, in the event of
which her journey would come to sud-
den end.
Mr.. Andrews is a native Of Beverly,
Mass, and is now forty two years old.
He is pianomaker by trade. He is al
so an old soldier, having served four
years and three months during the civil
war with distinction as a color bearer.
and being wounded three times. If he
arrives IN England safely he will return
Immediately with his boat. Mr.. Andrews
will go entirely alone.