Evening journal., 1905-10-19
SIX THOUSAND MILES
CRUISE IN A YACHT
New York Man Home After
Long Journey With His
Friends

New York. oct. 19.-No more delight
full cruise can be imagined than that
recently completed By r. A. c. smith
OF the New York Yacht Club. in his
steam yacht Privateer. The distance
covered was some six thousand miles
and with the exception Of a little fog
near Bar Harbor the weather was ideal
from start to finish.
! with his family and friends on board
Mr.. smith started lin July from Bar
/ Harbor making Halifax, \. s., the first
port. From there they proceeded to
lCharlottetown. Prince Edward Island,
by way Of Cape Breton; thence to
Gaspe. Tadousac. at the entrance to the
lSaguenay: up and down that beautiful
river: thence to Murray Bay, and on %
quebec and Montreal.
A most interesting and picturesque
lportion of the journey was through
the Bachine the Cornwall and the
iSoulanges canals with their new cleo
ltrically operated locks. This route
was taken to avoid the Lachine, and
/ the Long Sault rapids Navigating a
yacht as large as the Privateer in these
waters was not without its difficulties
and dangers, so the best pilot in Mon
treal-the man who always pilots
American and vessels Of other govern
ments was engaged to guide the yacht
TO Clayton. n. Y.
The only unpleasant incident Of the
cruise was the insistence at Clayton,
OF so-called Pilots Association, that
/ Mr. Smith-although not really cru.s-
f~~ "a, tN,rr rtsa flsssa- ono ~ f1arir
number as pilot As a result Of the
petty jealousy which apparently exists
among the fresh water pilots against
the salt water men Mr.. Smith was put
to considerable unnecessary inconveni-
ence. and his experience may serve to
warn the owners Of other yachts de-
string 10 visit Clayton, and TO suggest
| to them the advisability Of obtaining
their supplies elsewhere. for the action
Of the Pilots Association, il is slid. is
surely driving the yacht trade away
from that port.
Clayton was Mr.. Smiths destination
/ He had no intention Of cruising I'M
those waters and he therefore did not
require an American pilot, having come
from Montreal by channels that are
lopen for American and Canadian
yachts alike. II the Privateer had
Ianchored two miles further north she
would have been in Canadian waters
but the owner wanted his supplies
from Clayton.
The fact that he had a Canadian
channel pilot on board who had brought
the yacht safely through the dangerous
rapids. aroused the ire Of the Local
pilots who insisted that Mr. Smith
take one Of them. AS a matter of fact
when he did try TO obtain one, the only
man capable Of plotting so large a
yacht as the Privateer was up on his
farm milking COWS. However not wish
/ ing to violate any rules. Mr.. Smith
naturally placed the matter before th'
authorities in Washington. and soof
obtained the necessary permission t,
proceed.
The Privateer is a handsome schoone
Urged steel yacht, designed by william
lGardner. OF this city She was bull
two years ago at Elizabeth n j., b.
Lewis Nixon. she carries crew %
Twenty men, and IS commanded b!
lCaptain George Haskell. OF Deer Island
Me- The yacht measures 17e feet owe
all. 100 feet on the waterline % fee
beam and IS feet draught. She is equip
lped with powerful triple expansion
lengines. which proved useful in driving
her against the strong currents she en-
lcountered.