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IN LAUNCH NOV ENDED.BOUT MIES m MlES; ARRIVES IT JACKSONVILLE.PARTY OF SEVEN STARTS WITH $400 AND REACHES DESTINATION WITH BUT 15 CENTS OF THAT AMOUNT LEFT.JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 13—Leaving Cleveland Ohio, with an^even $400in hi3 pockets July 16 last for avoyage of 2,800 miles in a 28-foot Loat, Capt. Jos. F. Vitous and party docked in this city Sunday. Just 15 cents of the $400 was lef't. Now* Capt. Vitous u studying Che question of Low to make the 15 cents provide for seven people until the necessary details arc completed for the pay-meut of the $3,000 prize money which he will :eceive as a reward for the sirenuou; voyage just completed.The Venus left Cleveland July 16, going through Lake Erie 212 miles; througn the Erie canal, 387 miles, into the Hudson river, thence to New York. The little 28-foot craft, formerly a government surf Loat, was rearly wrecked during the recent hurricane off Hatteras, having drifted helplessly for several days as the result of trouble with the propeller shaft and the loss of her anchor chain.Capt. Vitous will be given $3,000 and his expenses for making Che voyage from Cleveland to Jacksonville successfully having made a wagerwith friends in Cleveland, where he • *is a retired civil engmner.The completion of the trip means ; that Captain Vitous has covered 2,-SOU miles in a small boat in exactly thirty-five and a half running days, although a much longer time has , been consumed since he left the Ohio I city. .. The Wnus covered 2,300 miles in thirty running days with a single cylinder, s,x horse power machine, consuming crJy half a gallon of gasoline an hour. As the displacement of the Venus is five tons, this record i will be readily appreciated. The frequent delays were caused by sickness aboard, and rough weather which necessitated waits.Cap:. Vitcus is particulary proud of the record made by the engine he personally selected after considering a number of others. His wife and child, and his assistant, Andrew Hruska, wife and two children, live i’board I he little voyager, their quarters being quite comfortable considering the size of the craft.After wintering in Florida, Capt. Vitous expects to secure a larger craft and return ot Cleveland. He Ijwas particularly unfortunate on the voyage down, having met with un-f ivorable weather much of the time. Where possible he took the inside ter way, the experiences shortly after beginning the voyage from New York having demonstrated the wisdom of this coun
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Daytona Beach Daily News
Daytona Beach, Florida, US
Tue, Dec 13, 1910
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