The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-08-22
;zsm Nassau to New York in
f'O' aCat-Boat.
WRITES EQUIPMENT.
ey ALFRED JOHNSON.

raF MYRTLE EQUIPMENT.
v,rtle's equipment was not all
The HtSSn r have been; for we had no
thst i sNS Lass or barometer, no patent
weather I'D Inc, and no marine glasses
Dg. 10 l5 y ,5a name. There We're an old
Noriay. u tt,rncuDars aboard but Charlie
pair d ~ aImping from the top of the
bega9 @ -be cockpit floor on to them,
ho1s' fsttening out one barrel and
QnP's,sSs atber in such condition that
lssang sogt as useful as stereoscope,
t9s' a.. INIT one image all the way up
nd CAV 10 me, and that was of
tbe .9''. .aefning upon a white coral
Bsida' blue bathing suit under a
strali :. This tall, 1.-THE, graceful
ys-g ". ,are was a thing of beauty,
!oin. zr,.. child born on Columbus
tts r. San Salvador, her flower
Esaa called her "Nassauvia"
cIa5 harlie about her and how
80. ne piano or danced in the
81 loom on Saturday nights.
o." ,Iuinting up one eye until
gu t OF his teeth and looking
b. i.s sun he could "see nothing
DIX ming but a lot O. hunks
-4ss, that looked like ice
-a.nboW.
t-i-- was constant source of
.- certainty. 1t was placed
g- onward of the wheel, and
d the engine, which was
lE OIL. zarette under the cock
2-'. covered by two large
Pa were usually left open,
"a nbustion. When we were
70 ...f north it could be relied
a'".. was then almost a half
~ deviation being by the
I.- uLl-2 point easterly; but
NY aarted from a northerly
VI. most eratically, and after
o' tla1rantal points could not
Y rl.- .. ong runs at all, develop
t...., ietermined semi circular
ia WAYS intended to swing Ship"
.-ia. m hand at eompensatlng it with
'- m. magnetic, and make out
.-..r -4t.t when a proper oppor-
, u, pres, med itself; but the circum-
,,.rr.- --tar seemed to be favorable,
s,a acneI hon before got
a az, teEmining and tabulating
bs q.r51s -rrors and their coefficients
s-5 srfar.igE to adjust them: and l
5nr et lust what they were.
n raa from Jacksonville to
r,,reg,- 2Yy odd miles, when our
sr mes was almost quadrantal
re AZ % .rg ~ miles out of our reckon
irg through unreliability of the COM
ms ra+- re made land and finally
t.r+r,ra- What it was; and we had to
If constantly On the alert for opportuni-
nss .s chaos Up our position regardless
nj la. r-eie was constantly pull
me q, - farther to sea than the course
s,os. '8s- Ut Us.
III s-.e 1.ing again, l should take a
r5 G-rre liquid compass. as the
as compass, and fix it firmly with
f-s.s Pc 1- TOO Of the house away from
ID. rr tarw ard, as Captain Day of
M tuul- Sea Bird" did. However,
" g. a. all right, and when | did
no. -as Just where | was. l felt around
cs.r 5a'li I found out. Fortunate
lgv. N.re =reerlng general northerly
ug- NOS. f the time, on which our
cnfsss 4. be relied upon, within
la.ga gusts Also a very fortunate
lar Mas that from latitude rs deg. 30
n H. ta auuroXimate latitude IS deg.
y rl NJ ami to Beaufort, dis
tmr -aiy of SOC miles, we follow
y-6 r,s- The Agonic line of no varia-
or Eliminated one element of
@a Er0 otherwise must, of course,
haze as aiken off the charts and
uoq lEjad before setting the COM
pas .3 Then, too, on the other
han. .rJHg currents that sweep
It's oasis and shoals, especially after
storm. a gainst which the coast pilot
gl. Ela, warnings, set US off our
WE nat in spite of the best al
3g could make for them.
-H'. $50 should not be lost sight
Gt. at was being taken to New
tt- l4rs, having had two sea-
@7. pes without any attention
Fla her to her engine, hull,
..s.rs rot olr 3ur;no, tho
gs . tropical summers can
n VI 'O'- ''''| " 90
...- present ,..,;+ira 1,,a
hi" yard ''. 81 = C Sitv
Il Inv. Ws4l,s and I m1o ts
III from a Litter from Mr..
b. f,ra n Se1' 'l0'i1 -'i
...,rr m he raadv in t;mo
a.. .r. for the It lIy Of f. INV tllile
r.- ..-r nass,his ~ 70 " r . nay
b.. ......tigrafinn ,bou,ad tba+ i
@-- 4y.ap IN the 's south 'i last
gs Eas ~ vs ~. i badI T0C dru- ,~5'
e The raSnIt hat s5o "a
u .-o. fsaI1as in , adJ;tion r.
4a" ,[ur9 nia M mo- 49, NV, u; IN
c-u .. .a,.t = tbir5 Of 10 boot
wIl. ,.',iit n ,i',,1' VI 'ie Do"'
"lr li.r 5i ist Nv ond
a-7 .. .as,TaIvP fhat ' tbe Vast at
l.4 ..z IN laa ,n'a' hat ole We" nor
n.. .. hat y r map ,,'o' pIat ~ peh.