in 1935 walters was invited to take part in the silver jubilee of king george v and queen mary of england. walters sailed to plymouth, england in 17 days. walters was met with great enthusiasm and was presented with a piece of sail from the royal yacht "britannia" and presented to the king. on the voyage home, "bluenose" ran into a terrible storm. the boat almost over turned, and walters was forced to turn back to plymouth for repairs.