Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-15
L.C. Y. {. C0LORS
IN OCEAN RECORD
Arrival Of Motor Boat at Queens
town after Eventful Voyage
Of 81 Days.

cOIorS OF tne Lake Champlain yacht
club. the American motor boat Detroit
arrived iere last evening. When
sighted at seven o'clock from the in
ward bound Cunar1 steamship Caronia
she was laying over to weather
strong wind, but to all appearances all
was we'll aboard after her long voy
age. The Detroit was mere speck
on the Atlantic. She was exchanging
greetings on all sides 1t was learned
later that the Detroit made the Irish
coast at eight o'clock yesterday morn
ing after rough passage of 81 days
and 16 hours from Nantucket.
East of the 45th meridian she
experienced continual bad weather.
strong southeast winds ami high seas.
She had absolutely no trouble with
the Scripps engine and stopped only
once from water in the gasoline fuel
Herconsumption was 80 gallons lay
About 200 gallons remained In the
tanks. The cost for fuel ana lubrica-
ton was about four cents mile.
The boat was very uncomfortable
and terrible roller The water In
the tanks spoiled and she had no wat
er for the rest OF the passage. The
amateur crew. Moreton and Earl. be-
haved splenii1ly All hands were
very tired, hut in good health Cap
tain Day said
1--WE have solved the fuel problem,
showing that the projected race from
New York to Paris Is perfectly feasible.
I hope to start It next summer. Motor
boating is all hard work. There Is no
pleasure like sailing. The Detroit is the
pioneer OF the thousands of vessels that
within a few years will cross the western
ocean driven by internal combustion en-
gines.'
CREW BARELY ABLE TO WALK.
The Detroit was loudly cheered on ar
irving in the outer harbor at Queenstown.
Captain Day and the crew responded en-
Enthusiastically. Irish fishermen plotted the
| vessel to the inner harbor, and along the
shore front the people cheered Wildly.
| The chairman of the Queenstown urban
council. with others. met Captain Day
on landing and rendered a hearty well
come to the captain and crew. Accom-
panied by cheering crowds they went to
the Rob Roy Hotel They were scarcely
able to walk owing to their long con-
finement on board.
| Captain Holman Of the American train
ing ship Adams joined in the congratu.
lations
The log of the Detroit was as follows
summarizes:
left July 16. covered A miles; July IT,
i65 miles; July 10. 17G miles; July 90. 1G;
miles; very squally; hove to July 81. 2.
miles; July %. stopped the engine. 4;
miles; July 90. sea anchors out: July 90
| ,,,tlo I,,1,,
July 25 1902 miles, head sea; July 20, IN
miles, good weather; July q. 1876 miles
July 2s 1o5 miles; July 20. 40 miles, bad
weather, heavy rain. hard to steer; July
30. hove to part day. los miles; July 81
u miles; August /. l4O miles; August 2
60 miles. ballast shifting; August 3. Is.
miles; August 4. 1856 miles; August 5, IA
miles; August 8, half speed, sQually. 9
mills only. barometer falling; August I
saw land at nine o'clock. cheers, passe,
Old Head five o'clock in the evening
The adventurous voyage undertaken
by Captain Thomas Fleming Day O.
New York, In the 35-foot motor boa
Detroit. which started from Detroit
Mich, and travelled by way Of the Fri,
canal to New Rochelle. whence 1t con
tinued Its voyage across the Atlanti,
with the Intention Of proceeding to st
Petersburg, was undertaken for tn,
purpose OF exactly determining Ia
amount OF fuel necessary to be carrie
for motor boat race across the At
lantic, The boat is owned by Commo
dore w. f. Scripps OF the Detroit Mo
tor Boat club and Is to be delrvers,
to purchaser in ST. Petersburg
, Captain Day has with him crey
!, of four men ami carries provisions 70
ninety days. The length of the voy
age is about 1000 miles. The boa
had 1900 gallons Of gasoline on boa I'd
and during the voyage smoking wa
prohibited, as we'll as the lighting O
matches. the cooking being done o,
, n stove especially contrived by Cap
tain Day
Z The voyage followed the customar
steamship route.
. The last previous motor boat record 10
a trip across the Atlantic was made b
the Ariel Abbott Low. which crossed |
Is days in 1904
The first power boat to cross tn
Atlantic was the Standard, built by Levi
: Nixon. She was delivered in Russia fo
the navy
The only problem heretofore confrontin
those who desired to cross the Atlantic
a motor boat was that OF fuel capacit,
The Detroit has demonstrated the pract
cability OF this.