These were fastened to sixty fathoms of mooring chains. Our yards were made from shifting boards and the rigging out of the wire hauling lines. The foretopmast staysail was set in the same manner. Between tbe main and the fore we set the mizzen topgallant sail, but in order to make it fit a big knot had to be tied at tbe head of the sail. It was too large, and in order to make it fit we had to cut a considerable portion out of the center. The foremast was made from the other spare spar, and on it was set the crossjack. The mainmast was made from one of the spare spars carried on deck, and on it we carried the main deck awning.
The mizzenmast was made in the same manner as the jigger, and the sail on it was made from the forecastle awning. We carried on it two sails belonging to the snip's boat. Our jiggermast was made from planks nailed together and then lashed. "It took us some time to get up jury masts and manufacture sails to fit them. Everything was off the ship in half an hour, and for two days we lay powerless in the trough of the sea.
The foremast was carried away two feet from the deck, following the mainmast overboard, while the mizzenmast bent over the stern, smashing in the poop, bent the beams, smashed the poop-rails and skylight, but, strange to say, never smashed the glass in the sky-light windows. It blew the mainmast clean out of the keelson, and in its fall it tore up the deck amidships, bent and smashed a number of stanchions and carried away part of the rail. In talking about the matter Captain Cormack said yesterday : ''It was one of the fiercest and most sudden blows I ever experienced. During that time the crew had nothing to eat but hardtack, and it was only occasionally that the men could get a drink of water from the water-tank. When 2800 miles off the Cape of Good Hope the good ship ran into a hurricane which completely dismasted her and left her at the mercy of wind and waves for three days. She started from Cape Town for Newcastle to load coal for The British ship Pendeen, which docked at Green-street wharf, has just completed one of the most remarkable voyages during this last two years. It Took Five Months to Make Repairs and Then She Proceeded on Her Way. She Finally Reached Mauritius in Fifty-Four Days Under a Novel Jury Rig. The Ship Pendeen Nearly Wrecked Off Cape of Good Hope. The jury-rigging of thatĭismantled ship was one of the cleverest pieces of seamanship that hasīeen heard of on the high seas in many a long day.
One shows the repaired ship under full sail. The second picture shows herĪs she appeared under jury rig in Port Louis, Mauritius, and the third This isĭrawn from a sketch by Captain Cormack. With the masts all gone and the deck-houses almost a wreck. It shows her rolling in the trough of the sea, Year ago and was only docked yesterday morning.
Pendeen left Cape Town for San Francisco via Newcastle, N. Click on the image to see a largerĭURING THE STORM, AFTER THE STORM AND AFTER REPAIRS. William A Coulterĭid many maritime drawings for the newspaper. (16.5 × 27.3 × 12.7 cm) Caption This silver teapot represents the deadly plantation economy in the New World that satisfied the international demand for sugar, which became a staple in the English tea industry.From the 25-August-1897 San Francisco Call. George III sterling silver tea pot Manufactured by Pontifex, Daniel, English, 1768 - 1826 Date 1800 Medium sterling silver with wood and brass Dimensions H x W x D: 6 1/2 × 10 3/4 × 5 in.