MARINERS’ ADVENTURES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 21, 21 December 1932, Page 2

MARINERS’ ADVENTURES.

CRUISE ABOARD A KETCH. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Dec. 21. When the ketch Monsunen (57 tons) left Copenhagen in June tho master and owner, Captain Knud Andersen, intended to make a record trip round the world without calling at any port. He put into Teneriffe, where his wife and family' live, and has now put into Wellington to effect repairs, the craft having been strained in a monsoon. It is not known how long he will remain here nor how the repairs will be effected. Captain Andersen is one of the most widely read authors in Denmark and is a correspondent of Danish newspapers, besides which he gives lectures on his travels. The Monsunen carries a master and three sailors, a cook and a dog. The ship struck the monsoon south of Capo Yerde, but continued her voyage. An attempt was made to repeat the visit of a former voyago to Tristan da Cunha. Threo duys or so were spent in tho teeth of a westerly gale and after this the ship’s condition became worse as a result of the strain. She put into Storm Bay, near Hobart, where patches were put on the leaks above the water line, while the vessel cruised about. Before leaving Copenhagen. Captain Andersen was approached in regard to the lost training ship Kohenhavn, many people believing that those missing might bo cast away on some island. Ho promised to keep a lookout and in furtherance of this promise ihe visited the Auckland Islands. No sign of any of the men or the wreckage was found. When 1000 miles south of New Zealand the leaks became worse and tlie crew were at the pumps night and day for twelve days, discharging hundreds of tons of water each 24 hours. It was decided to make the nearest land, lrcnce she put in at Wellington. The craft carries only sail, having no engine. The Ivobenhavn was a Danish training ship aboard which were a" number of youths from some of the most, notable "families in Denmark. She disappeared while on a cruise round the world, a few years ago, last being seen in the South Atlantic. No trace of any kind was ever found.