Interesting little story I found in 16 October 1913 edition of The Toronto Daily Star 16 October 1913 (p. 5, col. 8): The Boy Mariner. Canadian Press Despatch. Boston, Oct. 16.—At the age of thirteen years little Harold Delaney of Allston has qualified as one of the youngest mariners on the New England coast. During a terrific gale on Tuesday, he stood lashed to the wheel of the two-masted schooner Robert Pettis, and steered her safely through the storm. “He’s the nerviest little fellow in the world,” declared Captain Nutter when the vessel arrived here from Tusket, N.S. -- Thank you, Andy Baker http://fireontheocean.com/