The Washington times., 1928-08-20
CHICAGO YACHT
To TAKE LONG
CRUISE
. Internataonal news Service

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CHICAGO, Aug. 21.-Probably the
most interesting yachting news in
ana around Chicago today IL the
proposed cruise Of 8. w. Parrish's
Esperenza, q double-ended ketch,
flying the burgee OF the Beaumont
CTex.) Yacht Club.
This cruise. q seni.scientific
1aunt, ID to take up the greater
part OF two years and include many
foreign ports In it's itinerary.
The Esperenza is leaving Chicago
for New York via the Great Lakes.
Upon its arrival at the Erie Canal
the rigging win be removed to
comply with canal regulations and
the ketch will make the 60-hcur
Journey through the canal under
70 Be Refitted
She ID equipped with 200-horse.
power IIall-Scott marine engine.
capable Of about 10 to Is knots
per hour, but canal regulations re.
duire q maximum speed OF six miles
per hour.
At New York she win be refitted.
her ynasts restepped and provisions
taken aboard for q. cruise to Nor.
folk. Charleston, Annapolis and
down the coast to Jacksonville ana
Miami.
From the Florida coast she will
point for the West Indies, visiting
Cuba, Jamaica, Porto Rico, Haiti
and the Bahamas
From the West indies the ship
win 90 TO Vera Cruz, Mexico. down
the Isthnaus past Guatemala, Hon.9
duras, Nicaragua and touch ct
Here the scientists win 50 ashore
Tor =, visit to the ruined cities OF
the extinct Mayas, principally that
of Chichenitza, where they expect
to gather valuable data on the
customs and nlannerisns OF this
long-dead civilization.
TO South America
After the expedition into Yucca
tan peninsula the ship viii sail Tor
Venezuela, South America, another
scientific enterprise; thence to Co
| Ion, Panama; through the canal to
Balboa on the Pacific side, up the
west coast OF Mexico and Lower
California to Los Angeles and San
Francisco. This part OF the cruise
Is expected to require about q
AZ san Francisco the Esperenza
win be refitted and prepared for
further wanderings.
She will put out from Frisco for
Hawaii. stop there for a short time.
and continue on, visiting the islands
- 49, IEREaaf a.
Her next port Of call win BE-
| plan to disembark for considerable
time for an excursion into the in
terror OF the island, as yet not
thoroughly explored.
No plans have been made re-.
garding the further travels Of the
Esperenza. but II Is believed she.
will continue on to Australia be-
fore returning to the United States.
The owner Of Espereuza IS y
PRESIDENT OF Tulsa, Okla, and Beau
mont, Tex. He ID an Independent
oil operator with experieYce In.
Mexico - well 40 Southwestern
United States.
Built III 1913
The Espereuza was formerly,
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Green Bay, Wis, and was brought
to Chicago to be fitted out for this
cruise. She is now q guest Of the
Chicago Yacht Club at Belmont
HarbOr.
she Is 70 feet, 10 inches over AL
In length. 56 feet, inches on the
water.line, she draws 8 feet 5
inches OF water and carries 10 tons
Of keel weight and five tons Of
concrete and iron ballast.
She was built in 1913 by William
j. Starr, amateur boatbuilder. of
Baltimore, Nd, as an auxiliary
ketch and placed second in last
years Mackinack race.
In addition to her staff Of zoolo.
gists, botanists, anthropoloSists and
archaeologists, she will carry q
crew Of six seamen. her owner and
! two officers.
Her skipper il Capt. Howard
hummer, who will also act as
navigator; her engineer and first
mate IL Lee II. Parrish. geologist,
and son of the owner.
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