V. E. B. NICHOLSON & SONS 
TRAVEL SERVICE 
COMDR. V. E. B. NICHOLSON^ O, B. E. . R. N. 
D. V. NICHOLSON 
R. A. NICHOLSON 
YACHT CHARTER SPECIALISTS 
F. O. BOX lOS 
St, John’s^ 
Antigua y B, W» L 
CABLE ADDRESS 
TRAVEL — ANTIGUA 
January 20th, 1959 
Dr. Schnitt 
mithsonjan Institution 
Vfashington 25,'>,C, 
Dear Dr. Schmitt, 
Thanks for your letter of January 4th and the Christmas card 
you sent me, I was delighted to have them. 
I have put off replying to your letter as I know Captain Boudreau 
would be in and I wanted to see him before writing you, 
Mdsl^ important of all, I have the Agreement 
sending off to Mr. Carmichael for his signature. I hope its alrioht 
now, 
I have been aboard the "Caribbee" and indeed niuch work has been 
done £t-board her in Miami, 
There will be plenty of deck e!;"f oJ wo?ki'S 
ere golns to make some kind of folding 
on. Tie may have to get our to have a book shelf 
tPPk to sort o"t SL yea?i ?he launiJ situation does "f be 
any'bStIr ?Lru.e J?eilance in former years. They have outboar-s 
too, 
. „ 4 . A n eh#^T'pfore no frequency* 
The current aboard is 1 1 0 \^ %.,^®ther the strobe will work. 
You will have to checK Mr. .V .^h^ if you check the ® ^ ] 1 
Also the plant drier. I think ® _ hours at a time it will 
current the drier takes and for b t ^ ^ check with the captain, 
be worked. This might be importcnt, 
unities for the aqualung on 
There is no method . ^J^^^uDawsorin*-” anytime they would re- 
the '-Caribbee”. If we J^.^^^^et^vIirCa^t. B^own of t^i^ 
charge them for us. j will find out the rates. J 
have a air corrpresser for rent ^ diving^with 
done any aqualunging dived down to the Andrea Dorea. 
Archibald McLeish's son who dived ao.n 
4 --nn rtf' time needed to make Antigua fror.i 
TO answer, your ?t should take about a aay of 
ffo it takes 1 2 days^rrom Barbuda s^ 
sailing • 
