The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 271, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 5, 1964 Page: 9 of 24
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great banana peel, crew having
just washed clothe* on It. Prat-
lulls and deck sluloming by both
landlubbers aftd sailor* look Ilk#
old Mack Sennett slapstick film.
- 1140 hours: Slither across
ice. Some sort sea going red. Chief Officer Asbjom Aspe-other square riggers,
tape. After long hunt ilnd Nor- na't: "that’s right.” plii.p sight, like old s
. . , ._____Second Mate Lorang Lcr-lpnnts Wall St. banl
weglan consul and become en|2en 0ffers n a m e of brother over office fireplaces.
Nurse deckhands, unpaid. officers but .admits unknows Boys clamber up ri
Associated: "Just how long name of radio officer, ‘with, beagles after fox. G
have we signed on for?" whom he’s been sailing since never found a boy yei
rVwo.il " *‘T sIah*! Anrtl -^‘T vnsf mil Mm ‘HhiKton'’ rfpnid In on tin mt
>r report: "It’s yust a lousy
lirty, filthy day." Herald, in
» incoat made for suburban
!r;nIe, ftot sea," pokes head out
loor. Retreats 10 seconds later
s m M-a, r i iun) , uuiy w,
t ours: Awakened by Pneumonia
) coughing. Sounds mlbh better,
t Dawn breaking and wind whls-,
1 tllng and seafoam hissing past
i now flying ship. Knife works.
, “Oh It s all fun apd games,”
says captain, blue eyis aglint
i with competitive fire of race,
“but if this vied holds, we’ll
beat them Uk4. h|%k
0800 hours: Radich" heeled
way over. Boiled eggs tumbled
out of cups down length of table
where Herald and Associated
- gtnjjjt, wind bellying sails, eye
- ffasles far out over royal blu*
a seas to horizon where fluffy
s white clouds parade In trade
2 winds. Gorgeous. Hazardous
) too, as spars recently greased,
i Suddenly notice No. 6, Duncan
, Schute, son of U.S. consul in
( Oslo lounging on yard nearby,
120 feet above sea.
i No. 6: “How do you like It up
> here?" ’
1 Associated, violating old one-
hand-for-self rule by dangling
i no hands from life line to make
I prize winning pictures and
i match competition: "I think it's
like theysay-about Ndw York,
No. 6. It’s a nice place to visit
but I wouldn’t want to live
there.”' - I
1900 hours: Capt. John Hamil-
ton, exchange sailor from Brit- i
ish yacht, sticks knife in mast. 1
unur, neuems jv sevunus laiei
saying seen enough for story. ^
Herald: "You don’t have to eat us
a whole pig to know what ham WJ
tartes like. ol,
1100 hours.: '.Captain recalls lit
worst day ever had on sail ship, let
First, mate reports only 10 gal- yo
Ions fresh water left. Then engi-, yi
neer reports engine brokeft.
Then Jdoctor reports appendix vei
cast in crew. Then boy falls lin
overboard—later rescued. Cap- (
ciated looks skyward and hopes
he Is old enough to put such
poyish capers behind him.
1530 hours: Radlch late-’to
ship. Reiftrt to captain, .deep-
tanned, blue-eyed Scandanavlan
whose ship just won Lisbon-Ber-
rnuda race of world’s last big
sailing ships. Ships now used to
train young merchant marine
and navy cadets. Radich sailed
by 11 men (5 officers! and 88
boys, age 15 to 18. All boys
known by numhexs, not names.
Associated, astonished: "You
monn fhov’rl guv 'OR t#»1] 1!? T'vp
i ‘alb says he about to jump over ,heese. We put it on the bed
. himself when first mate nw post and when it mows, it’s
. pioaches: A'jir, I know you a* ntf,eto,-eatitA,’Hmld*mipk>*.
ijusy but I’m afraid the fprem- “Captain, you should have let
ast is broken." Herald takes this one keep moving."
notes worriedly, looks tike could 1400 hours: Time has come.
1400 hours: Time has come.
Associated, who also taking pic-
ture for atoi'y, decides must go
up mast to match ace photogra-
phers on'other ships who un*
kmi yaim, auuns luiutr hi
Old tradition to bring wind. Her-
glven 9’a knife to_ 32 and if he
silently down the channel after Rain; Asfarirwevw spjiahfogW’g shaweE.^Too lafa notice ^photos Trom on lugo
the Norwegian merchant serv- foredeck with 40, and 17?’
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Wednesday, August 5, 1964 ®h* Santomn
.........— * .........* .................-
fity Riots Are
j Outbreak
CITY, N.J. (AP) -
y in Jei’spy City the
fights was the fourth
! racial violence in
-st in-two-weeksr-.............
York City, rioting
n Harlem on July 18.
■> was killed. In the
Jjyvesant section of
iNegroes rioted and
Vlv 30-22. .
dy 24-26, “rioting" in'
N.Y., brought four
rision Starts
At Ft, Hoed
T. HOOD (API—The
In has started its two-
ling' encampment in
|egree temperatures
age of firing exer-
I live rounds’and as-
• outdoor classes yes-,
Igin their initial com-
Sails Glide Into NY Harbor At End Of Nostalgic Voyage
. EDITOR’S NOTE — '‘Opera-
tion Sail” ihiiy' seem an ana-
Ciironlsm in tile age of steam-
oU-atomic |Miwer but what a
::m,esUc' sight U Was to see
square-riggers from many na-
tions move up the Hudson River
in New Vork City at the end of n
sailing voyage from Bermuda.
Aboard one vvus Associated
Press Writer Sid Mohdy, who
had to join the Norwegian Mer-
client marine to make thji voy- CHy 10-15 knots. 0900 hours; As-
age and bring in this warmly sedated and Herald report
humorous report. Hi* long fel-
lows.
By SID MOODY
ABOARD THE "CHRISTIAN
RADICH,” (API—Bermuda,
Monday, July 6 0900 hours.
Weather: muggy. Wind: south-
erly 25 knots. Situation: all
fouled up.
Capt Kjell Bachen refuses to
allow "Associated”-—me--and
"Herald”—New York Herald
Tribune^ travel editor Bhmey
ipCT. Cor-
ths. New
cks, some
mut-
awrerne
ach
-
*
e us seasick If anything fet* ^boyz wlllihg to
wtll." Recalls culinary disasters leave ail that behind to man
he’t known at sea including ships, \
"storm soup," made when very 2000 hours: Cabin full o< boys
rough by throwing anything on watch. If no lines to haul or
handy into big pot. satis to set or furl, boys free to
1300 hours: Heeled even fur- Weep on deck, loll around cabin.
-------------- - —-------------, ,ther. Pots and pans crashing to One strums guitar with sa«i
jg^ippcltet' tmffe VnToff. CR»f dfOEET dettt ifi galley. Topside one Norwegian folk airs as "When
“............me Saints Go Marching In” and
"Davy Crockett.” Others writs
home, splice ornamental neck-
bands, wrestle, talk about offi-
cers, climb into hammocks to
sleep. * *
Boys in slickers and
sou’wester hats come below
from masts where trimmed sail
Man’s work by beardless boys.
No. 13 says some boys come for
adventure, others because sail
ship trainees get preference in
merchant marine, Few been to
sea before. Most sick first days
out,- then settto' inta- 'iMp'i TWi..™
tine.
2300 hours) Snuggle against
anchor by bowsprit. Only sound
gurgle of water, flap and snap
of giant sails filling and sagging
In fitful wffia. Ship dark now.
Sails barely visible, climbing
ghost-like up mast towards
stars above. Associated drinks
in timeless romance of sea and *
thinks of great-grandfather who
ran away from home at 14 on
— -olfpper-shlp-ShlpV bell ringing--------
midnight sounds faintly far aft
by the-great steering wheel.
Peace.
At sea, Saturday, July 11,1830
hours: Herald spots Pneumonia
on wet deck barefoot and won-
ders if relapse might bring new
germs to sick bay. ~ ’
1615 hpurs: Captain emerges
on quarterdeck with drawer full
of paperwork on upcoming trip
to Great Lakes. Commits paper
to deep with1 seaman’s disdain
for• landbound red t
ters, “Ach, that St.
Seaway.”...........-----------------------------------—
1845 hours! Captain reluctant-
ly gives up race in order to
teach New York for “Operation
Sail” parade of sail ships up
Hudson. Captain: “It’s too bad
butthereis yust no dawn vind.”
Motor started, sails furled. Bare*
masts somehow forlorn, like
tree when Christmas over,
strippeS of ornaments.
• 2030 hours: Old Abbott and
Costello movie shown on deck.
Why boys not-laughing? Bosun:
"They’ve seen it three times al-
ready.” ‘
jure f Asfoctoteldf,
den nightcaps with Herald in
dark corner of deck,, joins Capt.
Ilamijton and 26-year old First _
Male Fred. ._JJegersti»nv: on
watch. Sing aheient sea chanties
in three uncertain parts. Stroll
forward to find boy, asleep on
deck, has left transistor radio.
Radio picking up raucous rock
‘n’ roll station fa New Yorif.
1200 hours: Herald and Asw>-
¥mr«f eat with crew. Lunch
their only hot meal -of day, rest
of time bread-some eat whole
loaf at sitting- cheese, cold
meato. Scene face rush of lem-
mines fa mad stampede to sea;
Food all (tons fa 10 minutes.
polished for New York, 15 ntHes
of rigging neatly coiled. Brass
polished for third time on trip.
Crew, ih natty white jumpers,
practices drill for President
Johnson .who~ meant to review _
ships from Camer Randolph.
Crew_ gives three lusty cheers .
“Hurrab.-Presidente.." ----- —1
- 1800 hours: Herald «reports, -
latest outrage of hygiene to sick
already uneasy after seeing
wooden operating table used for ,
eating off of pressing pant* on
rtow barberihg. ^ ,«
„J0 hours.: Land fever grips
ship. Bosun, barefoot all way
across Atlantic, suddenly ap- . -J
peats on deck in shoes. ■ -
New York, Tuesday, July 14,
1030 hours: The big moment.
Radich under-way-as boys to —
dress uniform whirl around cap-
stan bringing up anchor to bel-
lowed orders from quarterdesAfc -
Radich falls fa line-behtirf-Other..,.s^
spectacle. ............
President Johnson not eboard
Randolph, busy in Washington,
so boys shorten cheer to plain « . |
"Hurrah.” - - - I
"14«» hours: As Radich passes
Battery, bosun, now in shirt
and tie as well as shoes, re-
mains unimpressed by spectacle
& 7.t„ WhlBffi.-
Douhts visit to World’s Fair
planned by reception committee
will compare. ' ® ^
1530 .hours: Anchor dgfa
clanks out hawse hole with l»I-
tish roar and Radich comes to
stop in Hudson. Associated, now
smelling of oakum and with
rolifag gait, Jakes launch to city
marina where dock attendant
eta him hoipe to land of the
,„«• with a cuft: “That will be a
11.75 -landing charge tor you.
tip-**' ■ „
«3i hours: Aseoctated wtopto
SSSMtaSW
learned on tnp-They mean
"Pass the Cheese, ptoese—
Mfrehant- Marine^ AgjwagL'
SlfSS'SfeS'E
office. ' ^ ’
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 271, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 5, 1964, newspaper, August 5, 1964; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1057299/m1/9/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.