The Republican journal., 1911-09-28
ships With One-Man
Crews.


ae eo'r or five men, his choice of
i puNnreulean labor must be still
n.fSatbomable. Although there
u', ,nany such self-appointed mar
y .s , New England coasting fleet,
w means uncommon to encounter
" ,,srious snug harbors alongshore,
y marvel of it is their visits are
u p' as free from disaster as their
5I mined sister craft.
n'' pIsrkpr j. Hall of Duxbury,
T. ,,alnrralIy recognized as the king
sesyjgators, will tell you that a
ony a nuisance aboard this
II, ,.r g schooner Angler, and
''''t has no use whatever for such
,.s,nnranee of his decks. Year in
a ar ant he has coasted singlehand-
''' Calais to New York, rarely
" accident worth recording, but
!, rrm schooner always deeply
u, nth amber, coal, brick, oyster
o W any other freight which bust
, "a otfer. Captain Parker has
rfooe vessel, the Robert P. King Of
VI ,3rei and nineteen tons and bids
'l D1.Iast the Angler, which, al
same ffty-seven years old, is as
ssinseIf is veritable marvel of
4. " 5eyelopment, as might be in
& ham the fact that he habitually
ss,s and anchors without help.
, allowed the sea since the age of
:, Tsptain Hall also has the dis
# never having sailed other
master Of his own vessels. He
naturally enough by his distrust
VS. tor some years ago murder
~ Of negroes treacherously at
I'm. as lis vessel lay at anchor in
, Island harbor. They took his
money which he had just receiv-
Mt him for dead, but not be-
Iat iestroyed one assassin's in
r cart ; things and used up the
fearful v.
~ wars ago Captain Hall took
mssf wife, who has accompan-
mi .ag of his voyages. With
ml.-g and that of two beautiful
tsb1.7s. he considers that the
has d very generous complement,
sls ca ed upon to apologize for
, La..yr occasionally. ''There's
Us a5Jsrl' ne says, "but one of
woman, and the other two's
rer,s lone navigator has had his
s However. Some time ago,
,anrrs TO the westward with a
lgnttg, he got caught off the
\ furious norther, and tried to
Portland harbor. The gale, how
.ag DIE angler offshore repeated
ta.. attempts to make it, as
Portsmouth and Salem harbors.
7aN reached Vineyard Haven,
2Hau aaving stood a trick at the
rl.H would have knocked out"
r:@ary men.
winters ago the Angler dragged
III gale at Woods Hole, and her
Z mss-r, scornfully rejecting as
t from Il revenue cutter, succeed
5Nlag her aioat himself. This
task only served to keep his
il. Tor inasmuch as he often
aai ltscbarges the Angler, of
he Jvas every timber-head, he
IS regarded it as simple one.
Angler usually winters in Nan
,sroor. and her captain 'keeps
nd IN by going fishing in the
Ton schooner Mizpah, recent
1nn oJ his. Both vessels are al
-sp'endent in fresh paint, and the
schooner, with brilliant red pen
# marvellous length whipping in
&c from each topmast and with
srf5. specimen of Captain Halls
0sh AS an artist embelllshlng her
stsr7 IS known as we'll as her
~ along the coast. In moder-
arcar She may be expected to
Il he freeze, in addition to the
DIVERS fore and maintopsail,
anil ba.loonjib, and the way the
Die craft can walk" away with
a-i IF abeam often makes the
masters of some of the big yachts
tEt, lght-ton schooner Myrtle
supposed to carry two or three
east, hat Capt. Daniel Davis of
Sinai Ing Island, has a kingdom
.e.. and has only to obey his own
liz a.-J has the art of making
Z. III. lasting trade at his finger
-Ma!1g much to be desired in the
sian7 sound trade, he took his
% Laysapeake Bay, where she
Al engaged for several years past.
2 10 avoid pilot dues in the bay,
caused the Myrtle Camp to hail
aIlmcre, and she is now as much
E there as myriad other white
plngleS, bug-eyes and coasters
Gus sorts.
amp IS Of interest in another d.
Tor she IS of fresh-water origin.
pllit at ManitoWoc, Wisconsin,
ana When first brought on to the
IS wei as for some time after
vas rlgged as a topsail schooner,
rig Is now, under the American
obsolete.
aci that he has reached his three
Ears and ten does not deter Cap
@1ase Of the sixty-ton schooner
oyer OF Southwest Harbor from
ing his vessel alone. The New
va. +, Is, originally the Boxer, and was
,E,e1.S, Maine, in 1915, and re-
Ellsworth in 1888. In spite of
> Sic Is spared the labor of work.
pumps. The New Boxer is en-
}lig lumber from Bangor
ID Peoobscot Bay.
q .''At ago the schooner Hiram
w. Quit IN 1919 at Biddeford, and
''s-'eh TONS register, was sailed
y a1 captain, Charles Greenlaw,
1L9fr Of trips. What is more,
=, .aaen round dreaded Cape Cod
...'sf 10 Providence. On the re-
tes'1f she nearly met disaster
..5ylth, where she was caught
'''F7 Ii a gale, and after being
as abandoned. The Hiram,
H., AI-aou8h she belonged to the
+' would butt three times at
. .. .aTn 90 round it," had good
..e She rode out the storm,
\ 1tLarWarl hro,1rht nnfol,r into