The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-18

water separating his native land from the
Great Lakes.
on June o. 1895 a couple Of Norwegiana
eft New York 90 an ls-foot c.inker-built
owing boat named the Fox. she was but
p Inches deep and drew only four inches
u water. Built b. her two navleators
OF cedar wood, she achieved the remarka-
DE distinction OF an entirely successful
trans Atlantic passage arriving a. Havre
siNty-two days after the start. Although
IN the main favorable. the passage was
not entirely without incident on July 10.
when Ia mid-Atlantic. the hardy Morse
men were capsized by a heavy sea ana
must surely have persisted had Il not been
FOR the Lfe-bclts continually worn by
them. After some difficulty they succeed
ed IN righung their uny cockle-sheil, oniy
TO ind that the majority u their belong
ings had bene washed out o. her
Providentlnliy. however. they contrivei
to revictual from a passing vessel and
managed 10 row their boat safely into 81
Mary's. sciuy Isles. whence they subse-
quently pulled across to Havre.
Needless TO say perhaps. neither Yankee
nor British enterprise has been backward
IN the achievement OF similar open-boat
records. In lea Sir George Somers. hav-
ing been shipwrecked on the Bermudas
successfully negotiated the homeward pas
sage Ia a ships boat. while the celebrated
voyage OF Lieut.. Bligh and his fellows VIC
tins OF the Bounty mutineers covered The
huge distance Of 5.6ls miles n forty-two
days. Between the years is76-Is perfect
epidemic OF boat-yoyaFing broke out. In
the first mentioned year Alfred Johnson
crossed from Gloucester. Mass. TO Liver
pool. Although capslzed when near TIE
Irish Coast, be managed TO right his TWEEN
ty-foot boat. and revictuaiing frosn pass
ing steamer completed his voyage IN nifty
seven days.
Next the New Bedford crossed from that
city TO Mounts Bay. Cornwall. Ia forty
nine days This vessel was OF the same
dimensions as Johnson's boat. and carried
crew OF two-its Captain and his wife.
Even this achievement. however was
eclipscd by that OF the Nautilus a tiny
fifteen-foot boat. which IN 1875 carried two
men safely from Boston 70 Lands End In
forty-nvs days Another American. OF
Continental extraction. Capt. Adolphus
Freiisch. also made an extraordinary voy-
age Ia 1894.
He started by building his own boat
which carried Ska sails and was schooner
rugged with an American centreboard.
having successfully launched and christ
ened her the Nina. he sailed from Miiwau-
kee 20 New York via the great lakes aud
the Erie Cana. Thcuce he SET out for Eu-
rope.
He arrived a. Queenstown in i've weeks
less day. despite numerous accidents en-
route. He then started a coasung tour
around the British Isles, but eventually
lost his tight little craft OF the Set Ten
coast IN November. 1895 50 much Cor tho
successful passages. Other voyages have
been less fortunate. The celebrated Capt.
Gardiner. who eudeavored 10 cross from
Nova Scotia 10 Falmouth during the early
nineties in his ffteen-foot Flying Ouch
man. has never yet come into mortal port.
and a similar fate overlook The inventor
OF the Nevcrsink.
Many other attempts besides that Of
Christensen have been abandoned owing
TO the privations experienced by their
principals. In iSss the Mar picked up the
Dark Secret midway between Boston ana
Queenstown. just IN time 10 save the lie
Of her navigator. Scotchman named An
drews. a similar fate overlook "a COM
patriot IN June. 1895 who had left New
York FOR the same port a few weeks
previously.