THE STORMY RETURN CRUISE 



and had then moved up the coast accompanied by 

 the disturbances which we had passed through. 

 Old Nova Scotia sailors reported it the worst 

 storm off this coast for thirty years. We were 

 fortunate to come through safely and we realized 

 our debt to our skipper, Captain Bob Bartlett. 

 For days on end he had been on watch catching a 

 cat nap now and then lying on the deck. While in 

 the straits of Belle Isle he had been in constant 

 fear that the masts would go out when jibing. The 

 Morrissey went into dry dock before proceeding to 

 New York. 



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