Daar Dr. Sol'uiltt» 
The details, photog]:*aph 8 eind suohlilce are finally here, 
and I tliink they Kill give you a fairly complete Idea of the ship. 
I^m sorry It's all In so many bite and pieces, but I thouc^t 
you would like to Imve as much as possible. 
I also heeird from the owner on the subject of my go ing 
along on the cruise. He says I will be quite welcome to be 
aboard but he feOls *lt can and should be done without roller^ 
Ing the present shipper of Ills command". Of oouirse, I quite 
. agree with this > we wex*e Just hoping that It might be arranged 
that the skipper hare his raoatlon then, or do some other neo- 
essary Job. The ovmer suggests I go along as "sailing master", 
working with the skipper on the running of the ship and Itin- 
erary, but also being more free to work with you on solentlfio 
matters. 
I*m sure this would all work out alright, for, thou'c^ I 
• haren’t mot the skipper personally, he. is hlgl^y reoosimended 
by the owner. He is a' young Austral lam, and has been mate on 
the owner* B other ship while on charter, so he should know how 
ererything goes. The ovmer is a nice man, and certainly knows 
the chartering business and the requirements as to crew* The 
only trouble Is that I don't see how we can ask him to pay 
salaiy to me on top of his. regular skipper's voigea, and Z just 
don't see how !• oem come along without 8oo«vrelmbu2*aement for 
the. time I will be 'away from the Offloe. This will not be an 
offlolal Holiday for me, for I want to spend that with Liaa on 
a trip to the States sometime. 
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I hope you see the position, and can think of some' way to 
work It out on that end. It Is rather a ticklish subject for 
ne, I nxust say, but I do hope you understand^ and I will look 
forward to hearing from you about It. 
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Yours as ever. 
