Show j J RISK LIVES IN SMALL BOAT Englishmen on Voyage to Australia InT In if Ton Fourteen Vessel A daring trip is to be made by two iwo Brighton n Eng men in a craft so small that should the elements during the time she is in mid-channel mid prove anything but of the best the chances are are that she will never never again reach land The two young joung men are Mr A. A L. L Napper and Mr J. J L. L Langford who start In their boat the Brighton for West Australia during this week The object of the voyage is to reach the pearl fisheries at Broome in N. N W. W Australia cheaply with a craft ready for the work there The adventurous pair propose to travel miles Ina in ina ina a ton fourteen-ton boat Two of the most ingenious devices to be carried aboard for the sake of safety are a dinghy and anda a floating archor both the inventions and patents of Napper himself The dinghy has been constructed with a flat bottom to enable it to b be carried carrid standing flat fiat on the de deck k and thereby dispensing with the cumbersome dav dav- its The floating dee sea deep sea anchor is constructed with a spar 15 feet long attached to which is a triangular triangular- shaped canvas sail weighted at th the bottom with shot This contrivance is made especially for any an storms which may be met with in mid channel when the water is too deep to allow the ordinary anchor to be lowered low low- ered ered- The deep sea anchor is let out at the stern stem of the craft and the ac ac action c. c tion of the water on it while in this position holds the boal boat practically nl mo mo- The route to be taken st starting starting start start- rt- rt ing ing from Brighton Ij i j through the Bay of Biscay and the Atlantic ocean to rr J t 7 Capetown and ana then a run of ot miles without touching la Muir will have to be made from the Cape to Freman Freman- tle Liverpool Liverpool Eng Mercury |