#1

1954

1949

In Nassau Harbor
Sculling out to the Voyager II

1956

1949

Sam in his yachting days. The photo #1 was taken in New York City at the 79th Street Boat Basin, by Jackie Hilliard. Sam delivered this 40' Chris Craft to New York from Miami Beach. The Trip took 15 days. He left Miami on March 15th which was very early in the season. He had some interesting adventures on the trip up the coast.  Those stories will be in his forthcoming book. 
   The other two were taken while sailing on the 79' Schooner "Voyager II" We were cruising the Bahamas for about 10 weeks. I caught the dolphin (Durado/Mahi Mahi) while sailing off Walker Cay in the northern Bahamas. The one of me sculling was taken in the Nassau Harbor. I was heading out to the "Voyager II".
     We sailed from the Bahama's to Moorehead City North Carolina. Had bad weather, the boat filled up with water and we tore a sail.
      The photo above is a 42' yawl that I sailed, daily for a year, off the coast of Miami Beach.

Found the photos of the Antares, a 39 foot Ketch I bought in Miami. It belonged to Ernest Hemingway before I got it. I advertised the Vagabond Club on the sails  and took charters into the Bahamas. In the photo on the right you will see the Antares off in the distance. I had rowed the dinghy ashore to visit Lord Buckley and Faith Dane who lived in a mansion on the beach.