The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-06-22
;,oI1fSTfR TO ICELAND IN IA DAYS
Vail of Sch. Ada M. Hall Made New
y Record in Ocean Sailing.

attracted much attention in
srer
ms in no other spot in this coun-
50 large a number of the people
atA such intelligence and COM
erl the reports from the racers
4 p more definite idea of the
and difficulties of the under
a1ryiug capacity and quick pas
ave been the theme of converse
gJug these men who have gone
o She seas in the clipper schoon-
ape Ann for many years, and it
--sting to listen to the reminis-
If DARING and prowess in this di-
by the farthest voyage the Glou-
herman makes is to Iceland for
and the passage is made at a
the spring when it is accompa-
The greatest danger from the
gales and the thick ice fields
rlove down from the Arctic cir
fields as far as the eye
rlI Not a few fine vessels and
rows have fallen victims to
l3ting mountains of ice or have
under III one of the violent
tountered at sea.
ickest passage ever made from
FRI to Iceland was made a dozen
by Capt. Patrick Vail in the
Ada NJ Hall, who covered the
U il days, and the remarkable
Il 1t was that the Hall was con-
s. 10 means a flyer or swift
H. MAS by some denominated a
-'JW-going craft, which dem
mat these long ocean races
ways to the swift and fine
iii had fitted for his long voy-
waters of the midnight sun,
JeJng tied alongside a wharf
cove, ner sails half-hoisted,
tug. Finally the toWboat
ing along and Captain Vail,
.l oe away, hailed it. But the
# tie boat steamed away, cal
that he was going down the
ter the schooner LandSeer,
VAS also bound on an Iceland
Iul would get him when he
liL being impatient to get off,
apt Michael Keefe, the we'll
4t.ilter, who was standing on
-9 pass a line around the stern
sci to Benefits wharf SO that
warp out.
Thomas Hodge, the owner of
advised Capt. Vail to wait
toWboat came back, as it
a difficult matter to get the
If the cove.
MT work this vessel out of the
tle outer harbor l IN not fit to
-I I'm going to work her out
going to beat that fellow
q the Landseer) just the same
-d Capt. Vail,
y eefe, who was on the wharf,
Im morning Globe.
lie seventh morning of April, b"
lr. keefe, and here is the Globe.
b run the mail and deliver that
D. attest news to the first person
nd"
10 it." said Capt. Vail, and he
. the quickest time ever accom-
from this port.
tale properly dressed up and
ted might pass for a story of
dtsy Vail Ran the Mail to Ice
There were thrilling situations
ntime strategy enough in it to
the most exacting demand for
nture.
Capt. Vail got his craft out of
q and was proceeding by Ten
sland, under his own sail, the
ing the Landseer came up with
d with a short toot signalled
board the latter vessel to cast
tow line, and the race of 2600
as ON.
NO vessels kept close together
et days, under moderate con-
reaching the Grand Banks at
Of the third day. Then a severe
-st gale, approaching almost to
ne force, set in. 1t struck the
-sels, which had gone on neck
k to that time, with terrific
few miles OF SO Capt. Vail saw
ldseer hove to to fight out the
with wind and sea. Being keen
tiOus to reach Iceland first. he
sail reduced to the whole fore
ping her off before the wind. 1t
dring chance anG many another
would have hove his craft to.
E SO Capt. Vail. For fully 900
! the teeth of this bowling gale
his craft on. He caught a little
aring the day, but by night re-
on deck to keep an eye out for
thing movable on deck, dories
had been dashed doubly secure.
it ploughed through the seas at
rate, burying her head and sub
all forward with tons of water
$, but every ropeyarn held and
gave way. The cook forward
orecastle during that time had
me great acrobatic work in pre-
The meals, and eating with any
t was almost out of the question.
mugups" were the rule. The
were battened down and the
i0nways forward hauled close
prevent the forecastle from be-
merged with the water which
KEN aboard and seethed across
Ike a miniature Niagara.
is way he kept her off before it
,ontherly course for four or five
It'll he was about 900 miles from
and Banks, somewhere to the
ard of the Irish coast. Probably
'ter craft had never made pas
der more wicked conditions.
! this distance had been run off
= suddenly shifted to the south
oderating a trihe. This was a
nd for Iceland and the vessel
hauled on her course.
set, the wind coming over the
and the stanch craft bowIed
With the wings of the Arctic
If course, a sharp lookout had
4pt for ice and again Capt. Vail
med his nightly vigil, peering
traces of icphpruS and H0as