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Re: Saint Michel III

From: Karol van Bastelaar <k.bastelaar~at~wxs.nl>
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:33:07 +0200
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Thanks,
that seems to be definite!

Greetings,
Karol van Bastelaar

----- Original Message -----
From: <boutin~at~versailles.inra.fr>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: Saint Michel III


> Dear friend,
> Phillipe Valetoux published a very well documented and illustrated paper,
Les
> yachts de Jules Verne, in "Le Chasse Marée" 140 (Jan. 2001)p 16-31. In
this
> paper we can read:
>
> "Dans "Le Yacht" du 18 Juillet 1885, on peut lire "Le steam-yacht Saint
Michel
> III, qui appartenait M. Jules Verne, a été acheté par M. Marcel Noé de
> Nantes." Cet acquereur est courtier maritime (.....) En décembre 1885, le
> steam-yacht est revendu à un riche aristocrate. Dans sa livraison du 13
mars
> 1886, Le Yacht indique : "Le Saint Michel III, recemment entre les mains
de M.
> Marcel Noé, vient d'être cédé au prince de Monténégro. ...."
>
> So that, the 2 dates given by the biographers are more or less good ...
most
> of them say that JV sold his yacht to the prince of Montenegro in 1886, in
> fact they forgot Mr Noé...
>
> I think that the number of "Le chasse marée" is always available, see the
URL
> of the publisher.
>
> Cheers,
> Jean-Pierre
>
>
> Selon Bernhard Krauth <BGYKrauth~at~t-online.de>:
>
> > Philippe talks a good english as he is like me a former dep sea mariner
> > master and pilot in Le Havre. He was participating at the Mondial, but I
> > don't know if he is following this Forum.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Bernhard
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Harold" <haroldmania~at~yahoo.se>
> > To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:39 PM
> > Subject: Re: Saint Michel III
> >
> >
> > > Dear friends!
> > >
> > > After a quick search on the www, I found that M.
> > > Philippe Valetoux seems to have published a report of
> > > his research, maybe the one titled "Jules Verne in Le
> > > Havre"? The topic could be about Saint-Michel II, a
> > > boat I know very little about. It seems to me that M.
> > > Philippe Valetoux writes good english, so I would be
> > > very happy if this Jules Verne Forum could invite him
> > > to tell more about the boats possesed by Jules Verne?
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > > Peter Harold
> > >
> > >
> > >> The source has been reveald by Philippe Valetoux,
> > >> and there is also a note in Verne's diary of his
> > >> travels.
> > >> Cheers, Volker
> >
>
>
>
>
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