The Washington herald., 1911-07-02

week, during which time the naviga-
tors had chance to inspect the won-
derfui monoliths. From Easter Island
the yawl started for the Falkland Is
lands and her perilous run around the
Horn. The story of the leg OF the voyage
is set forth in the log of the little craft.
1t tells OF constant storms and dangers
met with and passed in safety.
Yavl Turns Turtle.
On January 1s. 1t is recounted In the
log. the Pandora passed Cape Horn.
The wind was then blowing great guns.
and the wind flung spray so high that
It was impossible to see far ahead. The
vessel passed within three and a half
miles Of shore in making the turn. The
object was to steer clear OF any possible
encounter with ice.
I'VE were near the Horn on January
o." said Capt. Arapakis. when death
nearly ended our voyage. A bowling hur-
ricane was kicking up an inferno of a
sea, and the water was coming across
our decks so fast that we appeared to be
submerged. We carried no canvas and
the wheel was lashed. Capt. Blythe and
myself were in the cabin and the hatch
was battened down. Suddenly there came
to US a sound like that of a hundred
guns discharging, as a mighty wave
thunderedi down squarely upon our deck.
1.-THE vessel gave a list, and then in a
second she turned bottom up. The cap
tain and myself. with the instruments
and everything in the cabin not made
fast, went tumbling to the wall and then
to the ceiling. For several sickening
seconds-it seemed to US minutes-the
Pandora hung in that position, and then
her mast snapped and she came reluct-
antly up to even keel again. She had
turned completely over from left to right.
.'I hastened on deck, with my face
bruised and bleeding from several cuts,
as soon as could tear the small hatch
open. The masts were broken. the main
boom splintered. and the dinghy was
washed away. We, lost no time in cut
ting away the broken spars and freeing
the boat We drifted all that night at
the mercy of the seas until the morning,
when the wind changed to south. While
making Hope Harbor we sighted a Nor
wegian whaler, No. 6S7. and she towed
US ten miles into New Island. The Pan
dora was laid up at the New Island whal-
ing station, West Falkland Island, and
there she was repaired without cost to
us, and through the courtesy Of the
whalers."
Good weather to Hatteras.
The Pandora left the Falklands on
March for ST. Helena. She arrived there
without more than passing rough wealth
er. and on April 26 she started again, this
time for Ascension Island. She got to
Ascension Island on May 3. Just a year
after beginning the voyage. Remaining
four days in that haven, she started for
New York The Pandora was favored
with exceptionally good weather to Hat
teras.
Capt Arapakis said that during the
run from Ascension to New York the
wheel was practically untouched. The
hardy mariners did not want for food;
indeed, the Greek navigator said the
greatest hardship of the voyage was
when FIVE days from this port the to-
bacco gave out. The Pandora was well
stocked with both salt and timed meats
and canned vegetables. She carries 800
gallons of water in iron tanks, which
are placed amidships to forward. Her
cooking apparatus is situated down be-
low forward.
Capt. Arapakis estimates the entire run
at 22,0O0 nautical miles. The Pandora
has made an average of 120 miles day.