Arizona republican., 1901-05-17
ADVENTUROUS WEDDING TRIP.
Couple Toured Through Stormy Arctic
 Sea in Small Sloop.


 Sea in Small Sloop.
 The celebrated voyage around the world by Capt Josiah Slocum in his 40-f0ot sloop Dauntless has been matched by the wedding trip of Ray Ovaett a lad of 19. Single handed Ovaett sailed an 1S-foot s,oop from Se- attle to Seward City, which is near Ju- neau, Alaska. Then he put about and beat his way home again, arriving here tess than week ago. Capt. Slocum sailed with fully provisioned and thoroughly equipped boat. Roy Ovaett had scanty supplies. $1O in money. not stitch of spare canvas nor foot of extra spars and young wife to care for. That. in brief. is the story. Told in detail the narrative would make a book
 Ovaett is a modest young man. with clear eyes and frank smile. His wife is a beautiful young woman. She was Meg Goodell before her marriage and the long months at sea have only ad- ded to her charm of face.
 The young couple were married early in last July and a few days later the husband went to Frank Faber who owns the Brighton boat house, and rented a sloop named the Ultra. He told Fa Der he was going for wedding trip. and the sloop was provisioned for two weeks cruise.
 The Ultra left port on the 2Sth of last July. Three weeks later F'aber recelv- ed a letter from Allard Bay, in which Ovaett announced that he was going to take his wife to Alaska, and that he was not coming back.
 From the day of the departure the Ultra was not spoken by any craft. She disappeared as completely as if she had sunk to the bottom of the Pa ciflc. And that in time is what people came to believe was her fate. Mrs. Ovaett, prior to her marriage, had lived with her grandmother Mrs. Goodell, in little cottage close by the water front. Mrs. Goodell gave up her grandchild as dead, and young Ovaetts family mourned for him as one lost to them forever.
 A week ago the Ultra sailed jauntily up the bay and anchored off the Brigh- ton boathouse. Many things happened during the long voyage to Alaska. There were storms and head winds. Once they lived for two days on hand full of clans On another occasion the Ultra staggered along in the teeth of gale until her trysail was parted and for thirty-nine hours this boy stood at the tlller holding her head close to the wind. Had the Ultra fallen off she would have upset.
 Sitting in his cozy home recently Ovaett told of his wonderful cruise along the shore of the north Pacific to Seward, Alaska. After working his ! way out into the ocean from Puget sound he took what Is known as the in- ner pass to Alaska That he was not wrecked dozen times is due to vigil lance and the numerous sheltered hooks i along the irregular passage. His two weeks provisions were made to cover a much longer period by the practice of economy and the addition of fish and deer meat. Ovaett had no trouble in obtaining plenty of fish and when the meat larder ran low he re- sorted to the old-fashioned plan of "jacking" for deer. There are many places along the coast even now where deer may be Killed with comparative | ease. Ovaett had a gun with him, and owing to the necessity of making each shot count, got good results. The sloop touched at Allard bay, from which point Mrs. Ovaett was sent home by steamer, while Ovaett sailed home | without assistance.