Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-05
WHOLE YEAR ON THE SEAS
Two Sailor Men Navigate Small Boat
from Australia TO New
York.

Two men In a boat came quietly into
New York harbor shortly before daylight
on June %, after journey OF 1000 miles
The craft was a thirty-seven-foot yawl
called the Pandora. which left Bunbury,
West Australia, on May 3. 1910. in command
OF two bold navigators. one a Spartan and
the other an Englishrnan. They will be
here month. after which they will brave
the Atlantic Tor Lopd6n and Australia by
lway Of the Suez csRtls
Captain George Blythe a navigator sof
Coventry, England, the Pandora's owner.
went ashore after the immigration and
customs officials had boarded his little
vessel, and left It in charge OF his COM
panion, Captain Peter Arapakis, a Greek
sailorman who boasts of Spartan lineage
for twenty-five generations.
Arapakis speaks excellent English and
has fine vocabulary. He has been the
master OF Greek vessels in steam and sail.
but is anxious to prove that the world can
be seen by any one who is brave and
clever enough to attempt It in a thirty
seven footer.
The Spartan Is slender man OF about
40. slightly bald on the forehead. but with
long tawny hair that falls almost to his
shoulders. -
'It is part of our itinerary" ne said
I'VE believe that IL Is possible to go around
the world in sailhoat of this sort, and
after making 1900 miles successfully we
believe we will be able to get back to
Australia. our starting point. and prove
our contention.
when I was 10 years old sailed, I'M
accompanied, a fifteen-foot boat from the
Piraeus up the Mediterranean and back, a
distance of 1900 miles. 1 had friends along
the coast and made many visits. l have
always had the idea of making this round
the-world trip In a small packet, and when
at Bundury I CHANGED TO meet Captain
Blythe. He had the same notion. In fact.
the Pandora had Just been delivered to
him from the builders. and he invited me
TO become his partner for the world voy-
age"
The tawny Spartan looked at his log
book merely for verification OF dates, the
greater part OF which he had ready on
the tip of his tongue
I'VE had some bard times with weather,
AMI once our vessel turned turtle. describ-
ing circle. 1t went over to port in a
gale and righted itself coming up TO star
board. All fittings and movable objects
on the floor were piled up. like ourselves,
on the roof OF the cabin, and we thought
the end had come; but 1t righted itself,
! how I cannot tell. and weathered the gale,
with its mast and boom gone and it's bull
warks shattered"
Captain Arapakis said that neither he
| nor Captain Blythe give much attention to
the helm in moderate weather.
III we had 10 steer II night and day. -
said the Spartan navigator, "our Journey
would be hard, indeed The Pondora steers
| itself We never touched the wheel from
Ascension island until we got to Cape
Hatteras. The weather was fine, and we
| did not have to bother with the wheel.
Every day about noon when we took our
observation, we looked It over to see that
It was steering on the proper course, and
II II was off bit we made II right
The two bold sailormen made photo
graphs OF their little craft as IL lay Al
anchor in every port they visited. and
these Will be used as proof OF their long
journey.-New York Tribune.