The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-20
SPECIAL INVITATION
DESIRED BY BLEASE
ANNUAL EXODUS !
FOR SUNNY SOUTH
Many Yachts From Northern
Ports in Florida and West
Indies Waters.

The annual exodus from cities In the
North 10 the sunny South began about
the first OF the year and according to
the reports OF yachts passing along the
coast. there viii be a larger feet in
Southern waters this year than ever
before. There are some steag yachts.
such a. the Colum bis Ctowana. and
Virginia. cruising along the Florida
coast and among the West indies
Islands. There are one or two plain
sailing craft. but the large majority
OF the vessels are equipped with gaeo-
tene motors Some are cut-and-OUt
ruising craft. some motor house boats
and others auxIlisries.
Among the yacths that have been re-
ported from the different yacht clubs
and stations along the coast are motor
yacht Osprey II, q. r. RunyOn. New
York. y. Y C: power housebost.
Captiva. r. Naples: cruising motor
yacht Drone. l.. d Huntington. New
Rochelle. cruising motor yacht Elver
II. L l.. Ennell. cruising motor
yacht Grana. II. NJ. II. Hill. Phila-
delphia cruising motor yacht Elsie
II 81. George Barber. Atlantic y acht
Club, cruising motor yacht North
Wind Charles Martin Clark New
York Yacht Club. motor houseboat
mont Yacht Club: cruising motor
yacht Eleanora III. II. :. Miles,
Chicago Yacht Club, motor house
boat Nirodhs Hugh II. Auchincloss.
New York Yacht Club. motor cruising
Yacht Comet william II. Langley.
New York Yacht Club: auxiliary
Buckeye. Bonheur. C. r. Bartol.
Corinthian Yacht club. Philadelphia;
Memo. motor yacht. r. NJ GoOdail.
Daytona, motor housed boat Ibis. r. r.
Christie. New York Yacht Club:
motor houseooat Calsossh. William
O MathesOn. New York Yacht Club;
auxiliary Dragon. NJ. O. Holm. Kan
sas city. cruising motor yacht Buffalo.
Henry @. AIcVicka-. New York Yacht
Club. motor yacht Mary Ann. c. NJ.
Myer. New York auxiliary An beriacS.
Freeman x Shidd. Eastern Yacht
Club. auxiliary Scsllop. Lewis Quentin
Jones. New York Yacht Club. motor
and Harbinger. NJ W Strong. which
sruised all the way down tho coast
from Nova Scotia
Many OF these vessels were caught
in the recent hard blow. but beyond
some little discomfort to those on
board they did rot suffer much This
speaks we'll for the present-day motor
boat From now on the yachts Will all
head towards Florida and southern
waters Some will go outside. Thoss
ATTY feet and over can. without much
trouble. make the trip outside. but
smaller craft 40 through tht faLdA
into the Chesapeake. then on through
canal and river until the southern
cruising grounds are reached.
At one time 10 needed lots Of money
TO visit Florida IN the winter season.
The small cruising motor boat has
changed this The running expenses
OF a forty-foot cruising craft fitted
with a thirty horsepower motor will
be about IS cents an hour. If driven
for ten hours a day while passing
through the canals the cost will be
s. so a day and the owner : cost OF living
can be anything he likes 20 spend
The motor boat has done more TO
open up the country than almost any
thing else. II is possible 20 visit
places y here the steamer and the sailing
craft could never go and until one owns
a motor boat one does not know what
he can do in the way OF making tripe-
Prom any hsrbor in the country there
are hundreds OF trips that can be made
and these are only regulated BY the
size OF the vessel. The small doTy can
gO almost anywhere and some long
cruises have been made in these boats.
those on board spending the nights on
shore