Evening star., 1932-06-30
BY ]. EDWARD CROWLEY.

Epecial Dispatch TO The Star.
HORTA. Azores June 80 (NANA)
Our little 36-foot sloop, the Ochito,
with my wife and me and a boy as Of
ficers, crew and passengers slipped into
Horta Harbor yesterday, % days out
from Bermuda
In that voyage we covered more
than 1900 land miles look easy The
end. those 2,C00 miles locke easy The
effects of what little bad usage We got
will all be eliminated by a nights
sleep and a hot bath. But how pleas
ant it is to see the green fields outside
our portfolio!
We have been fortunate in Our
weather. We have not had to battle
every mile as we did last Fall when
we sailed this same little ship from
New England to Bermuda
OF course. during our passage from
Bermuda we have had to sample all
kinds of weather, but it did not blow
a whole gale at any time For three
days. however, the wind was strong
enough to make sailing practically i'm
possible. On two days, with the wind
blowing from the East and rain pour
ing down. We hove to, using sea
anchors. We occupied our idle time by
resting and reading quite comfortably
below. During these days the Ochito
drifted back about 25 miles.
Water Spouts Cause Anxiety.
When the wind was westerly the
Ochito sailed along nicely, under a
f1atted jumbo sail, making mileage for
us. while again We rested. On both oc-
casions the seas were steep and we were
getting some water on deck But the
Ochito rode easily and we knew there
was nothing to fear. We merely had to
wait until the wind moderated. Un-
doubtedly the most anxious time we had
was when We were lying dead idle on
CLASSY smooth sea one calm evening,
physically very comfortable mentally
much disturbed by numerous water
spouts and spout-bearing clouds moving
all about us.
Sometimes spouts amount to nothing
more than strong gusts of wind that
will damage cnly sails But other times
they have sufficient force to destroy
beat instantly, carrying up green water
in a column as high as a city block is
long.
This time none came nearer to us
than quarter mile. Under the laws of
probability we should not have bothered
about them, but gone to sleep until the
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gives quite a different feeling from
working against the seas and winds. We
didn't enjoy those two or three hours.
On board we lived comfortably, keep
Ing fairly regular hours, though We were
little short on sleep.
As We were leaving Bermuda boy
who had been very helpful t. us while
We were there, and who like us, is
afflicted with restless feet, pleaded to
be taken along He said he could be
ready in IS minutes and could work.
So We took him.
This lad helped with the heavy work.
But to keep a true course, especially
in the usual quartering seas, Mrs.
Crowley or had to keep the wheel mcst
OF the time Our deck hand found it
almost impossible to concentrate on the
compass, feeling evidently that just to
steer was enough and that the direc-
ton he took was m-re or less i'm
material 1t didn't co any good for
Mrs Crowley to tell him terrible tales
of sailors strayed in the doldrums or
unable to find land for months.
The eight-hour stretch at night
which I took as my chief watch was
the most trying and only really ur-
comfortable work I had, especially as
we we're threatened by or overtaken by
heavy squalls many nights. 1t was
necessary to keep wary weather eye SO