02460cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000600011324500300017326400510020330000470025433600260030133700260032733800360035349000690038950000310045850800300048952011930051953400700171265300180178265300160180065300470181665300350186383000690189885600570196785600430202499900190206776821UtSlPG20260610134758.0mcr n260607r20251923utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aBechdolt, Frederick R.q(Frederick Ritchie),d1874-195014aThe sureness of MacKenzie 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from the January 5, 1923 issue of Sea Stories magazine.  aRelease date is 2025-09-04  aRoger Frank and Sue Clark  a"The sureness of MacKenzie by Frederick R. Bechdolt" is a nautical short story written in the early 20th century. It centers on a veteran San Francisco bar pilot whose steadfast confidence is tested as he guides a great ocean liner through fog, surf, and shifting currents at the Golden Gate.  A telephone summons pulls MacKenzie from home on the eve of his grandchildren’s birthday, and he heads out to the pilot boat in heavy weather, trading wagers and barbed talk with fellow pilots who chafe at his unshakable certainty. He aims to board the Empress, leaps for her Jacob’s ladder in a rolling sea, and takes the bridge, threading her around the breaking bar and down North Channel. When a sudden fog drop and hill wind warp the siren signals and a strong ebb shoves the ship toward disaster at Fort Point, the captain panics; MacKenzie holds his course by feel, sound, and experience, seemingly steering into danger to clear Lime Point. The fog thins, the harbor opens, and the liner steams in safely. Home in time for the party, he dotes on the children while his family, amused and admiring, sums him up in a phrase: he is so sure. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: Street & Smith Corporation, 1923  aShort stories  aSea stories  aSan Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Fiction  aPilots and pilotage -- Fiction 0aProduced from the January 5, 1923 issue of Sea Stories magazine.4 uhttps://archive.org/details/seastoriesv03n051923010540uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76821  c117546d117546