XXIII 

 THE KETCH KONA 



THE ketch Kona was designed for me by 

 Commodore R. M. Munroe for the purpose 

 of tarpon fishing in the rivers of Cuba. 



She was built in Baltimore and is very 

 strongly constructed of wood and is cop- 

 pered. 



Kona is 56 feet 6 inches on the water- 

 line and 17 feet beam, and has a centre- 

 board and a Craig gasolene engine of 25 

 horsepower. 



Her draft is but four feet, for, although 

 the rivers of Cuba are deep, there is a bar 

 at the mouth of almost every river on which 

 there is generally not much more than four 

 feet of water at high tide. 



The career of this little vessel is prob- 

 ably unique for in eight years she has sailed 

 38,917 sea miles. She has weathered the 

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