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G Coast t Qa L i r i r i Y i f l By O Orland Kay Armstrong ng I A ACROSS CR CROSS CROSS' the stormy Atlantic i in n an eig eighteen foot eighteen foot sailboat That's the record of Paul Muller 43 year old Ge German Gernian m n adventurer who rigged the boat with a single s sail il and started out Muller's l exploit is a story of or a man of t unusual l hardihood and daring Crossing the Atla Atlantic tic Ocean all alone in any kind ki of vessel would be bean an ad adventure adventure en- en ture worth talking about Using a small boat no bigger than an ann average lifeboat boa gives the voyage some Bome thrills even Christopher C Columbus lumbus missed i sed An And Muller had never b been en on D the ocean before He was was' as' as not a navigator H He w was s grocery a clerk rk in BerJ Berlin n But as he explains with remarkable simplicity sim site A- A lie he e wanted v to try the stunt so he bought b some om instruction books on how to sail a boat and studied them Then he be went over ovel to Hamb Hamburg rg an and d bought a boat He spent several w weeks rigging his miniature j tur vessel esse and nd ge getting ting he her in shape for the long cruise Then as the captain and crew crew roll rolled ed into one the mate navigator deckhand I steward rd and nd cabin boy P Paul ui Muller r in the good goodship ship Aga Asa caught the freezes breezes s of Hamburg Harbor and n nosed sed out toward t the e southwest Th That t was July 6 1928 He cruised along the coasts of Germ Germany ny Fr France n e Spain Spai n Portugal and Northwest Africa f c to the tlc Canary Canary Canary Ca Ca- nary Islands On February 14 1929 l he e left th the islands and h headed coded into the Atlantic r Go by b odby forever forever forever for for- ever they shouted at him as he left On April 24 lean hungry thir thirsty ty bronzed and buffeted he reached Fortune Island about miles miles' north of of- Cuba r 11 HE SAILED BAILED down to Cuba where he hc was wu received as a Ii conquering hero He next nett went up the Florida co coast st and was is was blown bloiD ashore at New Smyrna Buthe But he hc repaired he-repaired the boat and headed nor north again A storm caught him of off Charleston Charles Charles- ton toD S. S sC and i again he was blown ashore this time with such force that the hardy Aga was' was crushed BeU Believing he was was far from t. t the e m mainland d he sadly burned the wreck of o of his boat to attract a rescue e. e He was picked up up by a Government liquor Il uti in a iI rowboat and carried to Char Charleston on where the hospitable old South Southern city received him as a a. public guest cu t. t They pu put up money to build build- another another another an an- other boat a reproduction of the first Aga ga and presented lt to Muller at ata a public ceremony cere cere- mony Muller set get but aut along alon In the Aia Aga II lI on s September 3 bound for New York City be bearing ring a 11 letter from the Mayor of ol Charleston to tp Mayor Walk Walker r. r Again mla mla- mis misfortune fortune befell eU the lono iona navigator Ott on c Cape pe Hatteras the tho Aga ASa H n w was tad and blown ashore Local Local coast coast guardsmen with clothes and awl s sent cn t him I 1 I Paul Muller l er aboard oard User the the stanch little sailboat which carried him hlin across the Atlantic only to be e blown ashore and wre wrecked ked on on the South Carolina coast The he Asa Aga II II presented t tPaul to Paul Muller y 9 b by the citizens v of oC Charleston vr c vc c r y f S. 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C t R 5 f r y 0 p Y 9 W b 6 F 11 Q riff d ti ts rIM r Y w fa T W V yi V r f f t A r 1 s to Norfolk Va Vai from which place pace he beat his way to New York City overland sell sellIng sell sell- Ing lug postcards What was back of this somewhat foolhardy fool fool- hardy nardY excursion Romance Helen Heen of ol Troy they say launched a thousand ships full fuU of men read ready to do 10 a and d die or or her er It was Agatha AGa a. a little haired blond-haired governess of Berlin Rerun who launched Jaun hed the Aga Muller's pet name f for r Agatha on its voyage Y You u. u see Paul explains I I wa wanted to get married 1 we wanted we wanted a little HUle farm where could raise we things Just dust Justa dusta a a. home and a a. farm where I I could getaway get getaway away from the grocery grocery- store forever We were both poor I decided to try the voyage to America in the little boat boat so I could write a book about bout the trip and n ne e ept gat t money Iney enough for the farm arm Muller had enough experiences to write a a. book He Ue saw saw sawen enough en ugh oceanic geography geography geog- geog geog geog- raphy to to turn any landlubber landlubber- Into anold an old salt and came several times Umes very close to the doors of Davy naVy Jones' Jones locker The Aga was was was' eighteen fe feet t overall overall about about six siX feet across across at the point and carri carried d a a. a fourteen foot mast The sail was a simple triangular sheet shelt The Tho boat oat had a tiny cabin which rose about t. t two r f t t above the deck in th the forward orward part A covered hatch in the center of the small rear deck provided the theother other opening Int into the tiny Iny hull The water and food were stored in 1 the thc stern stern- and Muller had his bunk compass compass compass com com- pass and papers papers in Inthe the cabin He carrIed carried carried car car- ried no no navigation Uon Instrument instrument- except a compass He had no ho howay way of determining his latitude and longitude except by dead reckoning performed with chart and com com- pass H He carried only thirty five gallons of water and food for ten weeks when hen henhe he pushed of off for the ocean crossing Friends In Ili Hamburg and Berlin aided him i in preparing for fot the trip They helped him get supplies and stor stores They wished him a a good trip But ButT they were unanimous In telling him that he possessed possessed possessed pos pos- varlo various degrees of t Insanity I Iy rr y WANTED ANTED a a. picture motion tu e camera cameraL L he recalls so s I could get views of Interesting places and Incidents I planned tp to make a sort of tran trans Atlantic Atlantic panorama in pictures as I went along pealed to the cinema com corn t they ey told wId me give you you a a. camera to take to the bottom of thes the sea sea a S 'S Sorry j b but t we haven't any any to spare spar spare i N of one cared to stake a B. camera on what they called the We alm almost t certain odds that 1 would not get across 1 in my tub By Bythe the way ay I could have got some somo of or the net finest pictures of ot shar sharks s. s They frequently frequently ere fre fre- fre came cane and p played y d. d along the the- c side of the Aga Ag out but in m ocean I 1 t could rhear bear them bumping up against the sides of my boat h I fad r r a pr v V Y r 4 i i F c i kiS ki S ff k w ie s j jJ J 1 9 i 3 7 f y z i 4 L i 4 ta t r r Y j Jt kr 7 Af Vp c i S 'S c y d Lay w r v t f o r jf ty a aa r a t tPaul Paul Muller with Agatha Gary now his wife wic for whom the Aga a aIl Il named med Muller br braved ved the Atlan Atlantic c alone in hopes of securing sufficient funds to buy Uy a small f farm rm for Agatha and himself Before h he Co got very far from Germany Muller added added- considerably to the knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of ot navigation he had found in the lic books It was summertime but stormy He headed down Into the English Channel Channel Chan Chan- nel and the Channel lived lived up to Its IUS reputation for roughness roughness In that strip of or water where squalls blow up up q quickly and frequently Muller g got t his sea sea legs his sea stomach and n a lot of experience q e handling his frail craft He touched on most of or the important ports of or France on the journey along the e coas coast Over the northern coast of ot spa Spain n the prevailing winds arc easterly easterly exactly the wrong direction for the Aga to m make k go good d headway It took me six ix weeks to make tha thap strip o of choppy water It was hard slow going he recounted Some days I would be blown back as far as twenty miles despite all aU m my efforts at tacking It was was d discouraging but week by week 1 made some progress and finally turned the corner cor- cor n ner r down the e west coas coast The trip down dawn the west coast of Spain and Portugal was much better At every point where Muller touched land he be bought some postcards and sent them t to friends Quite Quito regularly of br course he wrote his fiancee In Berlin Agatha saved all nU those hose letters which constitute a Do full and interesting account of ot the tn voyage Muller next nex sailed across the outlet o of the Sea to Northern Norther Africa He skirted t that at dark continent After Muller luller left the Canary Islands Canary Islands a astern tern there was a n p period of ei eight ht w weeks during g which flo o e sighted neither land nor ship short ship short of food and water tossed storm-tossed a veritable plaything of tho the winds with only occasional sharks for company t to Tenerife an island port where ho he laid in supplies for the long voyage to the New World Tenerife lies Hes at 28 degrees north latitude With the aid of an experienced ex ex- ex experienced navigator Muller charted a course cours across across' the Atlantic It was planned that h he should keep a R southwesterly course until he reached 20 degrees latitude then sail due west Luck Luck was with him most of tile the way way From February 14 until April 24 he rode the waves waves s the Aga sailing grandly when the wind blew from the right quarter and the sea was calm I but pitching pitching and and rolling like Jike a cork when the storms broke The worst ort storm lasted five days days' Muller tied up p his sail and tind rode it out holding on to the Inside of his cabin The route he took crossed sev several ral steamship lines Jines but did not run parallel parallel par par- w with th them His route was not in any lane where a ship would likely overtake him to give him hUn supplies or rescue him if need arose Ships plying the ocean at that latitude are usually t gO going Dg north or or south around Africa or between the Americas Muller did not sight a n single ship on the crossing After the eighth week Muller b became fearful that his supplies would not hold holdout out There was no way wy to tell his latitude or longitude h how w fa far he had gone gone nor how bow closely he b had d held the tr true course He apportioned his food in small bits and by exerting himself as as little as possible Ible fight hunger an and ani thirst thirst-ene- thirst ene enemies mies more mies-more more deadly than storms This was his menu food abo about t the t. of biscuits and and ft 1 1 equivalent pi two a day little less than a quart quart-of quart water of-water water r a day Christopher Columbus could have been more overjoyed at the sight of land than was Paul PauI Muller He Ho landed at Fo Fortune tune Island He Hc was aI nearly on the thel twenty third parallel p r Uel in instead instead in- in st stead ad of the yen t twentieth le b. b Evidently he be had hadl had y l swerved that much t too far north or had Sailed Jailed to sail as far s she ashe intended before heading west But that was not so bad for the firSt fist first time he commented d with witha a a grin When you remember the distance oo T. T X 1 had come encountering winds from all ll directions directions dir cUon it was perhaps fortunate that fortunate that tha any y land landat at all Of course on the route X followed J o near the Eq Equator ator the winds blow l w west p the greater part of the time l That Tha was much in l y favor I If l I should de decide to v g back to Germany I In 1 a boat t that tha 1 and alone alone he paused and smiled broadly oadY r rI I I would sail from irom NewYork New York and take tak the northern northern- route rout where g generally the b wind blows from west The officials and citizens citizens' of the e Island tid where he be Ja landed ded gave Muller a glori glorious glorious' u reception which was l later ter repe repeated t d' d by the people of GUam Cuba Cuba- and Havana r t the Cuban capital I. I p Rested refreshed and andrest rest restocked ck d Muller left Havana and s sail sailed for U d. d or Miami I f Fla FIa From that city he skirted the Florida Florida- coast bound for foi New NewYork York A storm blew him ashore at New Smyrna repairs re re- repairs repairs pairs were necesSary necessary Ag Again ln lie be entered the Gulf Stream and headed no north tp HE storm that wrecked the Aga ga o on theo th r r. r THE South Carolina coast near near Charleston Charlesn Charles Charles- ton n was one one of f those thos sudden su miniature 4 i hurricanes that sweep sweep up from a a southeasterly south south- sou T- T easterly direction last a few ew hours and anddie i die out The small craft c caught the thc full f force of it and was as sw swept pt ashore h re The hull of the boat was crushed Paul felt I. I that hl his his' adventure was was over oyer Like LUte a r sportsman who sadly b but t mercifully shoots l a II thoroughbred d horse hors who who has has broken his y leg Muller set fire t to the Aga It W was dusk He reasoned that some e one would see sec the flames llames and come to his rescue rescue escue The logbook he lie h had d kept the the charts chart compass compass' and and n pa papers rs Paul placed Paul placed c 1 in n a tits tin 1 box He Test of the effects he h had d saved in a a sand lank bank When hen no DD h help Ji came waded he-waded across a shoal to another L island Here Her he could make out the the dim outu outline of what h t s seemed to be bea a house far r up the Inlet Holding the b box x above the I water with his left hand lie he ne Eit started r d swimming toward the house i iA A Federal prohibition on agent Fritz Strobel Strobel Strobel bel was sleuthing a around K lw Island nd where Muller h had d been stranded and hid had seen seen U the e fire fire Strobe Strobel J was in an open open r rowboat and star started d toward the fire Before Before Be Be- fore he reached the scene he came carrie Upon upon p n Muller swimming along a and d pulled him into the boat They went back to the charred wreck and stayed ed all night The J next morning th they were picked up up by a r r ship bound for Charle Charleston c The citizens of Charleston raUl rallied d to Paul s' s support ina in heart hearty fashion v vA A hotel took him 1 in as an Em o official g guest St et The Chamber of Commerce o launched a movement to build build him a new boat boa and n when the Aga n II was completed it w was s prese presented ted to him during the celebration n no o of t the e opening of the huge bridge over over the Cooper River Iver Agatha tha gave u up being Z a go got go- |