New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24
TWO MEN IN A BOAT
SAIL $4,000 MILES
English Grit and Spartan Cour-
age Bring 37-FOOt YaWI Here
from West Australia.
PANDORA SLIPS BY DR.. DOTY
Bringing No Evil, she Will Stay
Month, then Sail for London
end Australia-Crew De
scribe the Voyage.

SCTlDe IHe voyage.
Two men in a boat came quietly into
this harbor shortly before daylight yes
terday after n josrney OF twenty-five
thousand miles. The craft was 81
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 Englishman.
They will he here a month. after which
they will brave the Atlantic for London
and Australia via the Suez Canal
The Pandora. which had been twice
dismasted. ripped and pounded by gales
Of the two great oceans. is perhaps the
first vessel from foreign ports that has
in many years slipped by the Health Of
fcer and gone 70 an anchorage. Sne
same into port under the cover Of night.
but when daylight came she was discov-
cred off South Brooklyn and her owner
was informed he would have 70 go back
to Quarantine and be inspected by DR..
Doty
Captain George Blythe, n navigator. Of
Coventry. England. the Pandora's owner.
had never heard of DR.. Doty. but ne
wanted to keep within the letter Of the
law. so in a trice he weighed anchor
and sailed down to Quarantine n about
eight miles an hour.
The Health Officer passed the little
vawl. and she came back 70 the Brooklyn
shore. anchoring off SD street.
! Captain Blythe went ashore after the
immigration and customs officials had
boarded his little vessel. and left her in
charge Of his companion. Captain Peter
Arapakis. a Greek sailorman who boasts
Of Spartan lineage for twenty-five gene
rations
Arapakis speaks excellent English and
has a fine vocabulary. He has been the
master of Greek vessels in steam and
sail. but is anxious 10 prove that the
world can be seen by any one who Is
brave and clever enough 10 attempt 1t IN
a thirty-seven footer.
The Spartan is a slender man Of about
forty. slightly bald on the forehead but
with long tawny hair that falls almost 10
his shoulders.
He speaks with the directness and as
surance peculiar to Peary. the explorer
and told yesterday why he and Blythe
/ had come here.
Just TO Prove They Could Do It.
"It Is part Of our itinerary he said
I've believe that it is possible to 20
around the world in a sailboat Of this
sort. and after making 22,Oo0 niles sue
cessfully we believe we will he able 70
get back 10 Australia. our starting point
and prove our contention.
when was sixteen years old sailed.
unaccompanied. a 15-foot boat from the
Pireus up the Mediterranean and back
a distance of 800 miles. I had friends
along the coast and made many visits.
I have always had the idea Of making
this round the world trip in a small
packet. and when at Bunbury I chanced
10 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- 10 become his
partner for the world voyage
The tawny Spartan looked at his log
book merely for verihcation Of dates the
greater part Of which ne mad ready on
the tip Of his tongue.
We had some hard times with
weather. and once our vessel turned
turtle. describing a circle. She went over
to port in a gale and righted herself
coming up 10 starboard. All fittings and
movable objects on the floor were piled
no. like ourselves. on the roof Of the
cabin. and we thought the end had come
but she righted herself how I cannot
tell. and weathered the gale, with her
mast and boom gone and her bul"arks
shattered"
The Greek sailorman then told how he
and Captain Blythe had left Bunbury,
West Australia. on May 3, and sketched
briefly the Journey of the Wee Pandora.
we left Runbury for Melbourne, and
got 10 that port on May % After over
hauling our vessel we got away on July
10 for .ydney. arriving there on July l6
at II a. m We put Sydney behind us
o.. August Il at $50 A. m. and headed
for Auckland. ~ T.. and on this run we
had a hard time
Helpless for Three Days.
A heavy gale from the southwest got
us and shattered our port hulwark. We
mt out sea anchor. and this was car
ried away, and just after il went a great
green sea carried away our starboard
bulwarks. We hove To for three days
until the wind died out.
I'VE arrived at Auckland on Septem-
her 4. at 9 p. m. We hung about max
ing repairs until October >. when. at 3
= m We started for Pitcairn Island
. 40 miles 10 the eastward of New Zea-
LAND. We arrived at this place at p. n
on November Il. and remained there for
three DAYS Easter Island LOO miles
o. the eastward. waa our next stopping
mace where We arrived at a. IN. on
December r.
II was here that the Srartans mind
uort back 10 Greece. and he compared
the gigantic statuary OF Easter Island
with the marble masterpieces of Athens.
These islanders" he said. "cut the