Chapter I: Front Matter

A YEAR IN A YAWL

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BOOKS BY
RUSSELL DOUBLEDAY

A GUNNER ABOARD THE YANKEE
CATTLE RANCH TO COLLEGE
A YEAR IN A YAWL

The True Adventure Series

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A YEAR IN A YAWL

A TRUE TALE OF THE
ADVENTURES OF FOUR BOYS
IN A THIRTY-FOOT YAWL

BY
RUSSELL DOUBLEDAY

FROM THE LOG OF
CAPT. RANSOM

NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.
1906

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Copyright, 1901, by
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.

OCTOBER, 1901.

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CONTENTS

I. The Launching of the Scheme
II. The Launching of the Boat
III. Outward Bound
IV. An Adventure in St. Louis
V. A Perilous Situation
VI. An Arctic Adventure
VII. Sailing with Frozen Rigging
VIII. An Icy Storm off “Sunny” Baton Rouge
IX. On Salt Water at Last
X. Riding a Monster Turtle
XI. Lost on Captive Island
XII. Fighting a Man-eating Shark
XIII. A Thrilling Fourth of July Celebration
XIV. A Race with a Gale
XV. Captured by “Liberty”
XVI. From New York to Albany
XVII. Along the “Raging Canal”
XVIII. In the Grip of Iron and Stone
XIX. A Stormy Night on a Sinking Pile-Driver
XX. Homeward Bound

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“We are Under Way at Last”

“... the Boat was Launched”

“Saw the Great Cakes of Ice go Racing by”

Taking Soundings.—“... Frank Shouted, ‘Three Fathoms!’”

Fish they Caught in the Gulf of Mexico

On the Gulf Coast.—“Graceful Palms and Sturdy Live Oaks”

“The Moon Broke from the Clouds and Silvered the Crescent Sea”

John Gomez’s Cabin.—“A ... Cottage Thatched with Palm Branches”

“Old Cape Florida Lighthouse”

“The Tall, Straight Shaft of the Cape Fear Light”

Chesapeake Bay

Beaufort, North Carolina.—Poplar Trees Bent Over by the Wind

A “Bugeye.”—“Flew by Like the Shadow of a Swiftly Moving Cloud”

On the “Raging Canal.”—“‘Step Lively’ Once More Got Going”

Swaying on the Halliards.—“The Sails were Hoisted”

“Looking for Port Stanley”

“The ‘Gazelle’ Raced with the Flying Spray into Port”

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NOTE.

Acknowledgments are due to Mr. Thos. A. Hine, Mr.
Clinton P. Townsend, and Miss Katherine R. Constant
for the use of the photographs printed in this book.

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A YEAR IN A YAWL