ON LONE VOYAGE
ROUND THE WORLD IN LIFEBOAT
LONDON, November 18
A Manchester; architect has started on «> voyage round the world in a converted ship’s life boat. The purpose of his long trip is not to seek adventure, but to te s t several o f\ his own inventions. Fitted with an auxiliary motor, the boat has a tiller which is so devised that it will remain in any position in which it is left without the usual lashings, and a s©» anchor to hold the craft'head on to the sea in bad weather is also to be tried.oqt, _
The lone voyager will use a of apparatus of his own devising for spreading oil evenly round the boat to prevent seas breaking. Anothe, r inven. tion to be tested on the tiny craft is a set of sails so rigged as to give way bciore the sudden pressure of a squall, thus eliminating the risk of a capsige. The route to be taken, is across the Atlantic to the West Indies, through, the i’Miama Canal to Australia, and back to England by way of the Cape.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1932, Page 7
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186ON LONE VOYAGE Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1932, Page 7
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