Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1918 — Sailed 400,000 Nautical Miles. [ARTICLE]

Sailed 400,000 Nautical Miles.

Few men know their native*‘countries as ‘well ds Earl Br&ssey, dead in England’ at tlie age of eifehty-two, knew the globe. All the world hid heard of the yacht np ftnportant port had failed to welcome the bluff old sailor and his floating home. His record of 400,000 nautical miles in his yacht means that he lived much, of his active life in defiance of the elements and in close companionship with things maritime, an environment. onlY a true lover of the sea would seek. So it ;dhme abotifc that, to the minds of Earl Brassy hppegled as the personification of healthy ocean adventure and seamanship, and now his death breaks a link with tli# oljd days When a stout, inoffensive ship ..coulq, sail- the Seas without fear of pirates, mines or torpedoes, says the Montreal Star, and a courteous sailor could find d gentlemanly weldotne the world over ---eicept pertiapS, at Kiel. • • c • fv/ oi i.r 1