New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16
PRIVATEER'S LONG CRUISE
ID. Il, c. Smith Home from 5000
Mite Jaunt in Steam Yacht.

NO more delightful cruise can be imagined
than that recently completed by R. a. c. Smith,
Of the New-York Yacht Club, in his steam Yacht
Prtvateer The distance covered was some six
thousand miles, and with the exception of a lit
tie fog near Bar Harbor the weather was IDEAL
from start to finish.
with his family and friends on board. Mr.
Smith started in July from Bar Harbor. making
Halifax n. S, the first port From there they
proceeded TO Charlottetown. Prince Edward Isl
and. by way of Cape Breton; thence to Gaspe
Tadousac, at the entrance TO the saguenay: up
and down that beautiful river: thence to Muir
ray Bay and on to Quebec and Montreal
a most interesting and picturesque portion Of
the journey was through the Lachine the Corn
wall and the SouIanges canals with their new
electrically operated locks. This route was
taken to avoid the Lachine and the Long Sault
rapids Navigating a yacht as large as tn"
Privateer in these waters was not without its
difficulties and dangers. so the best pilot IN
Montreal-the man who always pilots American
and vessels Of other governments, was engaged
to guide the yacht to Clayton. N Y
The only unpleasant incident of the cruise
was the insistence at Clayton. of a so-calIed
Pilots Association, that Mr.. Smith-although
not really cruising in those waters-take one
Of their number as pilot. As result Of the
petty jealousy which apparently exists among
the fresh water pilots against the salt water
men Mr.. Smith was put to considerable unnec-
essary inconvenience, 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 else
where for the action of the Pilots Association,
il is said is surely driving the yacht trade away
from that port.
Clayton was Mr.. Smiths destination. he mad
no intention of cruising in those waters, and ne
therefore did not require an American plot
having come from Montreal by channels that are
open for American and Canadian yachts alike. II
the Privateer had anchored two miles furLher
north she would have been in Canadian waters
but the owner wanted his supplies from Clayton
The fact that he had a Canadian channel pliot
on board. who had brought the yacht sarely
through the dangerous rapids, aroused the Ire OF
the local pilots who insisted that MI Snlth
take one of them. AS matter OF fact, When ne
did trv to obtain one the only man capaDie Oh
plotting so large a yacht as the PrlVateer was
I'D on his farm milking cows However, noI
wishing 10 violate any Of the rules, MT smith
naturally placed the matter before the aIIhoI
tiles in Washington, and soon oplalLeu Ii10
necessary permission 70 pTocaed
The Privateer is a handsome schooner rlgseG
steel Yacht designed By William Gardner, OF
+hjs ci+v She was built two years ago al
Elizabeth y J., by Lewis Nixon she carries d
c-aTI~ Of TWENTY-FIVE men and is commanded bE
C,anrair George Haskell. of Deer Island, Ne
TT1l vachr measures 176 feet over all, 100 Ieet
on -ba vvaterIfne IS feet beam and - teet
6ra11rh+ she is equipped with powerful Triple
EXPANSION engines which proved useTuI IN orlv-
no her against the strong currents she en-
p0IIutered.