Laying in supplies
William F. Buckley, Jr. describes some of the supplies for his 1985 crossing of the Pacific :
"And of course, wines. Danny calculated that fifty cases of beer was about right, and I got the wine through a merchant in Honolulu: 3 cases of Vintage Selection Cabernet Sauvignon, 3 cases of '83 Kendall Jackson Cabernet Sauvignon, 3 cases of of '82 St. Bonnet, Medoc, 3 cases of '83 Fleurie, Barolet, 4 cases of '82 Chablis, Barolet, 1 case of '81 Ch. Gloria, 5 cases of '83 Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine, 3 cases of '78 Jean Lèon Cabernet Sauvignon, 3 cases of '83 Piesporter Michelsberg Kabinett, Reh, 3 cases of Mateus Rosè, 1 case of Friexinet Cordon Negro Brut champaigne. The cost was $2,525.74. Liz served approximately one thousand man-meals, so that comes down to $2.50 booze per person per meal; okay as a rough estimate, but there were seven or eight cases left over, which we ended up giving to a church at Kavieng. I note that Captain Cook, on his bark Endeavour, provided, for seventy men at sea for one year, 'Beer in Puncheons, 1200 gallons, Spirits 1600 gallons.' I haven't the energy to decipher which of the two vessels, Endeavor, or Sealestial, was the more vinous."
"And of course, wines. Danny calculated that fifty cases of beer was about right, and I got the wine through a merchant in Honolulu: 3 cases of Vintage Selection Cabernet Sauvignon, 3 cases of '83 Kendall Jackson Cabernet Sauvignon, 3 cases of of '82 St. Bonnet, Medoc, 3 cases of '83 Fleurie, Barolet, 4 cases of '82 Chablis, Barolet, 1 case of '81 Ch. Gloria, 5 cases of '83 Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine, 3 cases of '78 Jean Lèon Cabernet Sauvignon, 3 cases of '83 Piesporter Michelsberg Kabinett, Reh, 3 cases of Mateus Rosè, 1 case of Friexinet Cordon Negro Brut champaigne. The cost was $2,525.74. Liz served approximately one thousand man-meals, so that comes down to $2.50 booze per person per meal; okay as a rough estimate, but there were seven or eight cases left over, which we ended up giving to a church at Kavieng. I note that Captain Cook, on his bark Endeavour, provided, for seventy men at sea for one year, 'Beer in Puncheons, 1200 gallons, Spirits 1600 gallons.' I haven't the energy to decipher which of the two vessels, Endeavor, or Sealestial, was the more vinous."
Comments