Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-02-21
A pes,Lou VOYAGE.
GonpA- Andrews Relates His Experience of
Crossing the Ocean I'm a Dory.

- Andrews Relates His Experience of
Crossing the Ocean in n Dcry.
Perhaps few among the audiences
ohat nightly attend the performance
q "A Dark Secret" know hat the Capt.
Andrews who appears during the
3surth act is the plucky sailor who at
1smpted to cross the Atlantic in his
dsry the Dark Secret. A Mail re-
porter had a very interesting conver-
lion with the captain and asked him
1or q brief account of his attempt to
Ross the ocean blue.
"A started" he said, ''in the little
6sry from Point of Pines beach neal
uuton. Monday, June Is. This is the
hsat in which | made my journey.
Y measures, keel ~ feet, beam 5 feet,
aspfh 2 feet. II was built under my
~Eection and supervision. Yes, l
sknxted all alone, not even a dog or
81 on board. When | crossed the
Atlantic in 1878 in the little dory
Nautilus my brother Walter accom-
Duied me. That boat was four feet
tpneer than the Dark Secret. We
aade the voyage in the Nautilus in
6erty-five days from land TO land, but
30 had better weather than | expert
enoed on the last trip.
THE rigging and sail are very sim
pie. had only o sail, what is usu-
ally called q lafeen, OF three cornered
Ail, and the rigging consisted Of just
three pieces OF rope. Yes, the Dark
Secret is an excellent Sea boat. She
behaved beautifully in the terribly
had weather | encountered. | made q
mistake in starting from Boston. The
weather at Georges bank was awful,
and il was a month before | got out OF
the bay and into the northern cur
rent After that l did not have quite
10 hard a time Of IL The longest time
/ went without rest was forty-eight
hours during a gale, aud ] didn't eat
much during that time, either. In
fact, all l did eat during the voyage
was crackers and canned provisions.
j had an alcohol stove with me, but il
became useless after the first day out.
Living on crackers and drinking as
little water as possible evidently didn't
agree with me, for ! weighed POS
pounds the day | started. When
picked up / tipped the beam at 125,
after eatiNg a hearty dinner at that.
"The Norwegian bark Nor picked
me- up about 1 ,555 miles from my
STARTING point Aug. 81, after l had
been just sixty-two days out. was
indeed in a sorry plight. i had lost
my drag, with which / held the boats
nose TO the sea when | turned in, my
oiled clothing was completely worn
out my provisions and water were
running short. and the boat was in
bad condition.
"How did | sleepi / put the craft
10, threw out my drag, and turned in
Tor brief periods only. Ny mattress
got wet during the first gale and was
nos a very comfortable bed, but il did
not keep me from sleeping like a top
when | got a chance. Some nights
The boat drifted back so far that it took
M from one 10 three days 10 make up
LOST ground. During heavy gales l
used oil on the water. You have read
in the good book about putting oil on
the troubled waters Well, IT works
6rsf rate. | LET il trickle out at the rate
of ten drops a minute. II has a won
derful effect in reducing the wave
"What started me on such a tripi
Well, | have always been an enthusi-
~ on boating, and believe that small
boats can be built, il correctly mod
Odd, that will live through storms
that would sink an ocean steamer, and
ny ambition has been TO cross in the
sa1allest boat alone. | think il is q
saistake TO go alone, a one man can
s1Der O. cook while the other is sleep
iSg."-Chicago Mail.