The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-07-14
First Story Of Progress of Gowen
-. Party In Globe -Circling
I. Trip in Yacht.
ENJOYED THEIR LONG PULL
Eastern Queen Tows Yacht From Pa
mama to Teokea-Captain Swensen's
Last View of speejacks Party
Was In Harbor at Sydney.

New York.-The first story Of the
Speejacks has come 10 the port from
which she sailed luSL August on the
first leg OF her 5U,OOO-mile voyage
around the world. For eight months
Albert Y. Gowen, Chicago business
man and owner of the Speejacks, has
been pushing the PROV of his 9S,foot
yacht through South Pacific waters,
and except for brief bulletin sent six
weeks ago from Ralaul, New Britain,
to the ship construction company
which built this craft, nothing has been
heard of this second Cruise of the
Shark"
Last week, however, the S. S. East
ern Queen docked at Baltimore, and
her captain, n. A. Swensen, came on
to New York with his story of the
Speejacks, the first story of the ad-
,venturers. For Captain Swensen towed
(the Speejacks behind the Eastern
Queen more than 1900 miles. from
Panama to Teokea. and later saw the
Gowen party on their sturdy croft in
Sydney, Australia, before the adyen-
turers left that port for Java and
Borneo.
Captain Swensen was with the Spec
jacks on one OF the most Interesting
parts of her voyage, fer longest jump
from land TO land and he tells story
Of the trip from Panama TO Teokea.
When Mr.. Gowen prepared 10 leave
New York last August his boat spe-
cially built for the voyage. was ex-
pected 10 proceed under her own power
oil the way. traversing the globe just
south of the Equator. Her cruising
range, however, was limited TO 1900
miles, and In order To make the first
lap OF the trip from Panama to the
Marquesas islands without mishap and
with saving Of fuel. Mr.. Gowen cOl-
tracted with the United States ship
ping board To he towed to Teokea by
the first shipping board boat which
made the trip. The Eastern Queen,
bound for Sydney, Australia, was dele
gated TO the task.
"The last we saw Of the Speejacks,"
/. said Captain Swensen. "was shortly
after Chrstmas-the nth or the 2Sth
She was In Neutral harbor. sydney
where the Gowens spent Christmas
and we were all invited over to see
them. They were then in high spirits
and anxious to get along into the Is
lands and heading west.
En- Tour.
"we left New York on September 1G
-lsIs lI..l,. Al a
coast and went through the canal on
the 2Sth, laying to alongside the Spec
Jacks the next day. just Off Balloon.
There we put line on her, putting
an eight-inch hawser around her from
stem TO stern and back to stem TO re-
lieve the strain on her hawse pipes
We fastened her behind the Eastern
Queen with 800 fathoms Of eight-inci
manila hawser, tying 10 the halter W.
hnd around her. Then we were off fol
Teokea and Tahiti.
"We'd been out rwo days and the
weather was holding fine. The Spec
Jacks was bobbing along behind us like
a big cork on the end of a string. But
knew from the strain she was exert
ing that IL we hit any wind and
weather the Speejacks was going to
play havoc with that e:ght-inch hawser
So we hove TO and put In day chang
ing the eight-inch hawser for a ten
inch.
1--WE got the big hawser out on deck
and put one end overheard. Then we
lowered boat. which took charge Of
the loose end Of the hawser. The small
boat then rowed toward the Speejacks
while we payed out hawser and slowly
proceeded, pulling the speejacks and