Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-05-16
AN ADedTuRER HERE.
A Talk With Capt. Andrews. Fear
lebs Navigator.
He Says He Has Crossed tho Ocean Foul
Times in Small Sail Boats. aud Nnrrate
Some OF HIS Exploits.

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He Says He Gas Crossed tho Ocean -Four
Times in Small Sail Boats, and Narrates
Some OF hts Exploits.
Capt. Andrews recently arrived in this
city with TIE little l4l foot craft In which
he crossed tle Atlantic ocean.
The captain is gennl old fellow and a
pleasant talker. To reporter of TnR
GAZETTE he gave an interesting history OF
his adventures,
According to his own story he has
crossed the Atlantic ocean four times ID
little cockle-shells of 10 feet length and
less and has sailed nearly $4,000 miles III
tiny craft, passing through hundreds OF
exciting adventures and dozens OF hair
breadth escapes.
Strangest of all. he is not seaman by
profession. He followed the trade 81
piano'mnker for many years and claims
70 be navigator OF only ordinary skill.
Ho says he learned all he knows OF nayi.
CATION after one trip across the ocean with
his brother, who is a professional seaman.
The last boat in which he crossed the
ocean is the little l41 foot craft Sapolio.
In il he went alone from Atlantic City to
falos, spain, and he secured over 4,0Ot
Islands.
The captain says he now has in his mind
a trip from Baltimore to England in tiny
aluminium boat. which he aftefward will
place on exhibition. If he successfully &C.
complishes the voyage, at the Baltimore
Centennial Exposition In 1897. He will
likely name his aluminium boat Baltimore
and intends TO carry the flag Of Maryland
to British soil.
SOME OF CAPT. ANDREWS ApvEsTuREs.
The story of the captains adventures,
as given from his own mouth, would fill
big book. In fact. be did write one
while aboard of the Sapolio and afterward
had 1t published.
Twice on the high seas he has spoken
the gallant Johnston liner Queensmore,
which runs between Liverpool and Balti-
more, and which has recently landed two
shipwrecked crews on this side of the
Atlantic, and upon each occasion he says
capt wentworth Moore, now commander
o. the Iemplemore, Of the same line. pro-
vlded him with delicacies anu papers.
Capt. Andrews first went to sen III little
boat called the Nautilus, 10 feet long, which
sailed from Boston to Hayre, France, in
1915, as an exhibit OF the Paris Exposition.
On this trip his brother, Walter, was COM
mandef, and during the As days Of the
voyage Capt. Andrews says he learned all
ne knows OF navigation
Upon reaching Paris he was regarded as
hero and was decorated with medals. He
returned to the United States in a steam
snip and brought his boat with him
his next trip was in the l5.foOt boat
Dark Secret; in which he sailed from
Boston IN 1888 on wager to cross the
ocean IN certain length of time. Az the
end OF ~ days he was only halfway
across, and not having been sighted was
gwen up as lost. His provisions gave out
and he was picked up BY the Nor erian
BARK Nor which brought him and his
boat to New York.
AN ADvESTuRER LOST.
Several years later he left Boston in the
l5'toot boat Mermaid. for the purpose Of
racing across with Capt. Lawlor. who was
also in small boat. His destination or
this trip was Lands End, England. which
he reached in 40 days But Capt. Lawlor 4
supposed to have persisted, for neither ri
nor MS boat have since been heard from
THE sAPoLto's TRIP.
The last adventure was in the oat
country with him. He Construct the
Sapollo himself. after his own6lans,
the design OF which he has had Tented
IN THIS ana several other countries
Inc boat was launched at Atla,ic City.
where II was built, on July 10Th. 1872 and
arrived at Palns, Spain. the Drt from
which Calpmbus sailed on h'voyaee of
disGsaefy, on September 27thfollcwing,
n Tune TO take part in the feavitles held
there in honor of the gree discoverer.
Capt. Andrews says he was oyally enter,
tanned by the government, Jas presented
TO the Queen and was electe member of
the Congress of Americans.t Hgelva. He
returnedsso America by steiner in time to
exhiblHlis boat ut the WCld'Y Fair.
Ever since the fair the aptAin has been
travelling about the county.
In all his voyages h. never carried
chronometer, his only istfnments being
a barometer, quadrant, onJpass and chart.
He never ale warm aehl on one Of his
lonely trips, subsistngeYtirely OIL canned
provisions. He carrieA water in quart
bottles and when he he had to trust
On the last voyage Te boat was capable
OF making 100 miles n good day, but
many u day duringfhe "trip the distance
covered was much xss. The Sapolio is
made of cedar coyeFd with canvas, and Is
very durable.
lii his conversion with the reporter
Capt Andrews SAT he frequently used oil
with excellent rfults on the water. He
learned that evef kind of oil would not
answer the pubose, but by making a
study Of il he discovered the Kind of oil to
use, and he says that with it he never had
any trouble tn quiet the waves on the
most boisterotH sea.
| Capt. Andrews is a mild-mannered,
kindly-faceg man of middle age, and his
conntenance gives evidence of fearless
disposition.
After few days soiourn in this CITY
he proceeded toward Atlantic City over
land, where he will set sail for cruise on