LASHED TO THE MAST
Exciting Atlantic Passage TWO VOYAGERS IN YACHT London, August 3. O. Barber, an Englishman, and A. Walter, an Esthonian, have arrived at Plymouth in a 28ft yacht after what Is claimed to he a record trans-Atlantic passage of 29 days from * Newport, Rhode Island. During the trip the pair lashed themselves to the mast to prevent the huge seas from washing them overboard. They were without a chronometer, and saw no sign of life for a week. A 14-foot shark followed' them for days at a distance of only six inches from the gunwale.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 265, 5 August 1931, Page 9
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98LASHED TO THE MAST Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 265, 5 August 1931, Page 9
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