The New York herald., 1922-12-12
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never been attempted before. He took
along Ira J. Ingraham, a moving pic
ture operator who had had considerable
travel experience as an operator with
Burton Holmes. and crew of seven
men. mostly recruited among college
graduates, with a desire TO see the
world.
These were gradually dropped in the
ports OF the world and when the Spec
jacks docked in New York yesterday
only two members Of the original crew
were on board. These were Lewis, the
engineer and William Soulby, the stew
ard. Mr.. Gowen had three different
captains on the voyage. the last one
being Capt. Christian Holmes. who took
the boat across the Atlantic ON the re-
turn voyage. He was picked up in Mar
seilles from the training ship Newport.
Towed for 3,ooo Miles.
Mr.. Gowen hal always wanted to
make q voyage around the world and
when his doctors told him that he must
take rest and a long one he and Mrs.
Cowen decided on this trip and planned
at once to make 1t. First the yacht had
to be built and while it was building
the itinerary was arranged and arrange
fnents made for getting from port TO
port The Speejacks can carry In her
fuel tanks 5000 gallons OF gasoline.
At times she carried 1900 gallons in
tins on deck, but that is always very
hazardous undertaking. With this fuel
she could make about 5000 miles. so
that should a run exceed that distance
she would be unable to reach her
n 4fp,o ion rr4f az
The longest run she made was from
Panama 10 Tahiti, $500 miles. She
could not do this under her own power.
so she was towed for more than 5000
miles by freighter and while being
towed she experienced her first hard
storm. She had a powerful wireless.
but for several days no word was re-
ceived from the yacht and In this coun-
try IL was feared that she had been
lost. one day the wireless man on
Speejacks picked up message sent 70
all vessels on the Paciiis, Have you
heard anything OF SpeeJacks". To
which the reply was sent. Think we
are safe. This is Speejacks.
"Now that the trip is ended said
Mr. Goven ~ will say that / am glad
10 have had the experience but |
wo,ld not do Il again for anything. We
have had a great share of good fortune
and several times when the storms
seemed TO be about % end our Jour-
news they eased up and we were safe.
Ordinarily we could make 220 10 24o
nautical miles a day out at times we
were far below that. our worst pas
sage was through the red Sea. The
triy, from Alden TO Alexandria is l.4OO
miles and It took US fourteen days. The
thermometer registered ia degrees In
The shade. Our best run was from the
cane Verde Islands 20 Porto Rico, 1900
miles IN twelve days. Our last run.
from Norfolk. was bad one and cold
one Two 10000 ton freighters were
AZ anchor al Norfolk waiting for the
storm TO ease when we put out
Albert Younglove Gowen Is SO years
old and his wife. Jean Gowen, Is 26
wears old. They have been married
four wears. The commodore was edu-
Gated at St. Paul School, Concord. n.
H.. and at Harvard and he Is vice pres
Ident Of the Lehigh Portland Cement
Company.
The speejscks as soon as Commodore
and Mrs. Gowen stepped ashore started
off for her builders plant at Morris
heights where she u 70 be overhauled
and laid up Commodore and Mrs.
Gowen went 20 the Bitmore and viii
70 on to Chicago on Thursday.