The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-21
ATTEMPTS CUBA
YACHT TRIP ON
A WINDY NIGHT
TURNS BACK AT MAIN SHIP
CHANNEL: LOCAL BOY TO
BE SHIPMATE ON LONG
CRUISE

At the Yacht Basin quite a
large number of yachts came in
just before the weekend to be in
the city during President Roose-
velt's arrival here Saturday.
One group of young fellows had
tough time last week. Aboard
the linda Maris they tried to go
over to Havana but got as far as
the main ship channel before they
decided it was too rough to at
tempt passage that night. Huge
waves rolling in from the open sea
greeted them and knowing of the
deep, deep water ahead they
wisely turned back. Key West
waterfrpnters will remember
"Wednesday night as the night the
weather turned decidedly rough.
The Dixonia of Lawrence
Jones, Frankfort Distilleries'
owner, is back in port. The Dix
onia has been making Key West
port more times this season than
in past years in conformity with
the trend of many South Florida
yachts southwark to the wonder
full cruising waters of Key West
and the other islands of the Keys.
Ed Walsh, owner, is aboard the
102-foot yacht LEILA, Captain
Phillip Adams.
On the Onwego, 120-footer, are
G.. L. Bourne and F. Schaff, Of
fciials of the Superheater Com
pany of New York. Also aboard
are Mrs. Maud Mood and Mrs.
Mary L. Schaff. They will spend
some time fishing here. Captain
is C. B. Hurlbut.
La Camparasita is a 39-footer
owned by Miss M. Falk of Pitts
burgh, which is at the Basin.
Catches of red snapper and bar
racuda were reported.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. F. Eaton Of
Boston and Fort Lauderdale are
aboard the Nomad II, 50-footer,
with their guests, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
E. Frye.
On the Penguin, a 70-footer,
charterer Mitchell of Philadel-
phia finds that two Vierel 1876
horse engines have given perfect
results on the trip down. They
will take the hop to Cuba this
week.
On the 32-foot Gee JAG, name
of which is euphonized from Sea
Jack, are Robert Callaghan, Mr..
and Mrs. A. M. Callaghan of East
Orange, and Arthur DeLucca of
East Orange, N. Y, and Arthur
Simonds of Coral Gables.
The 22-footer sloop Muchachita
is being groomed for a long
cruise trip to Cuba and the Tor
tugas and Tampa with a local
boy, Robert Dominguez, to be
mate to Captain NJ. H. Sobel of
Detroit. A new Palmer four
cylinder engine has just been in
stalled as auxiliary. Captain So
bel has tried outboards as aux
iliaries but finds that they quit
when they are most needed.
Auxiliary motors are used when
it would be difficult lacking back
and forth to make point.
| Aboard the Miramar, Mr.. West
and the Shannons went for a
short spin in the Gulf last week
but no one get sick except the
young sailor boy on board, who
gets seasick on every cruise, they
report.
| Most of the yachts left the
Basin over the weekend.
His name is Snicklelritz and he
comes from Iowa, where the only
thing that moves anywhere near
like the ocean is the tall corn.
MIR West, retired movie pro-
ducer of early days, owns the
Thelma Todd Cafe in Los An
geles and has spent many sailing
years around Key West. One
time gong over in a norther in a
schooner from Key West to Cuba,
he got .deathly seasick and so did
most of the crew. The captain
called on him to take the wheel
/ Two minutes later he reported
fall departure of seasickness
That's why many boat owners
like to take the wheels of their
boat. Miss Queenie Shannon
too. has had some interesting
boating experiences. Especially
the time she got on the wrong
boat, which turned out to be q
rum running boat going TO the u
| S. from Canada and which was
later chased by revenue cutters
1 She viii never forget the whine
/ of the bullets over her head thai