A YEAR IN A YAWL

BOOKS BY

RUSSELL DOUBLEDAY

A GUNNER ABOARD THE YANKEE

CATTLE RANCH TO COLLEGE

A YEAR IN A YAWL

The True Adventure Series

“‘WE ARE UNDER WAY AT LAST.’”

A YEAR IN A YAWL

A TRUE TALE OF THE

ADVENTURES OF FOUR BOYS

IN A THIRTY-FOOT YAWL

BY

RUSSELL DOUBLEDAY

FROM THE LOG OF

CAPT. RANSOM

NEW YORK

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.

1906

Copyright, 1901, by

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.

OCTOBER, 1901.

CONTENTS

I.[The Launching of the Scheme]
II.[The Launching of the Boat]
III.[Outward Bound]
IV.[An Adventure in St. Louis]
V.[A Perilous Situation]
VI.[An Arctic Adventure]
VII.[Sailing with Frozen Rigging]
VIII.[An Icy Storm off “Sunny” Baton Rouge]
IX.[On Salt Water at Last]
X.[Riding a Monster Turtle]
XI.[Lost on Captive Island]
XII.[Fighting a Man-eating Shark]
XIII.[A Thrilling Fourth of July Celebration]
XIV.[A Race with a Gale]
XV.[Captured by “Liberty”]
XVI.[From New York to Albany]
XVII.[Along the “Raging Canal”]
XVIII.[In the Grip of Iron and Stone]
XIX.[A Stormy Night on a Sinking Pile-Driver]
XX.[Homeward Bound]