Phileas Fogg told Passepartour to let Captain Speedy out of his cabin. I want you to sell me your ship, Fogg said to the captain seriously. I'm going to burn her for fuel. Fogg pulled a roll of American dollars out of his pocker. Here's $ 60,000. Okay, Captain Speedy accepted the offer quietly. As soon as Fogg had bought the Henrietta , he ordered the sailors to strip every bit of wood from the cabin and the deck to burn for fuel.