Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 5, 1912

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From Nassau to New York in a CatBoat BY ALFRED JOHNSON FROM A LETTER HOME The following extracts from a letter home written on the trip will perhaps give an idea of what our life aboard was like On yacht Myrtle off Cape Fear April 17 1912 9 a m I have just come down to my watch below after holding the wheel for four hours i e since just before dawn of day this morning The half dozen breakfast dishes are cleared away the useless remnants of the baconandeggs and coffeegrounds thrown overboard the clean red checkered tablecloth spread on the cabin table and I am seated at it in a flood of sunlight A cool breeze is blowing through the open portholes into my face and feels good at my throat bared by the opennecked sailors blouse Charlie has a bottle of beer and Im likely to have an hour or more to myself alone with you in which Ill try to give you some idea of what our trip up the coast is like Myrtle as you know is the cathoat Mr Bacon uses to get back and forth to his island 3 miles from Nassau in

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maine state library. 1912-09-05. Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 5, 1912. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn78000873/1912-09-05/ed-1/?sp=6

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