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As to Deering's Barbaric Splendor Palace, the megaphone man yells out: "James spends here about two weeks a year and then you can find him at the Royal Ponciana Hotel in Palm Beach. Similar story for many of these pretentious [[strikethrough]] estates via [[/strikethrough]] villas. The pathos of Wealth!
March 13. Telegram answer from Celine that Lufts man is there trying to further his blackmail game. George is to go to Madagascar. and Celine intends to go to Paris May 1. to meet him Advised to postpone making plans till I return
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March 14. Left at 9:15 A.M with auxiliary ketch. "Capt. Bill for fishing in Gold stream. Very pleasant trip excellent weather Noticed following:
His gaff of main sail is about 24" longer than head of sail. He intends for next sail to use a larger head.
[[underline]] Jib [[/underline]] is attached to a boom loose-footed (not laced) May be this puts less strain on forestay as foot of jib is thereby stretched on boom or club and sheets only put lateral pull at end of boom near clew of same. His jib sheet is attached as follows
[[drawing of how jib is attached with jib, eyebolt and cleat labelled]] 
In anchoring in hard bottom ties rope to fluke of anchor