Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-16
WHAT A DARING FisHERMAN IN.
TENDS To PROVE.
New Haven Cor. N. Y. Times. /

John Traynor, the Maine fisherman.
has deoItied to wait tiH the Saturday
after the Fourth of July centennial
parade here before starting on his row.
ing trip to Earops in his dory. The cap
tain will appear IN the parade. He is a
jolly, broDZed man, only q years old.
10 a reporter the other night be re-
vealed some of his life, aud told why he
delighted in daring death in crossing
the ocean In sach an insignificant craft.
Said he:
IL WAS born in Georgetown, Me-, IL
miles from Bath. and have always fol-
lowed the water. For some years have
been psrfeoiing TO my own satisfaction
boat that will be a perfect life-boat
and life craft for ships and steamers,
and in order TO convince the public that
my invention is safe what better way
In there than by crossing the ocean in
1t? Two years ago. with cosnpanion,
Ivan Olsen, a young Norwegian, who is
a civil engineer. / sailed from Bath In
an eighteen foot dory on the 9th of
July. Forty-six days later we landed
in Havre, France. On this cruise we
sailed, being in constant motion night
and day. She was a keel boat. Now
propose to row in this sixteen. foot
dory, which | have just had built. NV
life-b boat will be made Of two life boats,
like these two dories, one placed over
the other, but | do not care to talk of
that till have patented the invention.
MY voyage this time will be made with
oars, OF which | shall take three pairs;
there they are" and be pointed to an
array of biae- bladed ash oars standing
against house on the shore near where
his dory was anchored.
Zone pair ought to last me over, but
I shall take plenty, together with an
abundance of Provisions, tools, rope,
and all sorts of stuff. shall have no
company but my dog Jumbo, aud
shall be about 100 days on the trip, |
think. shall row nights and sleep
DAYS, because 10 is not safe TO leave the
soat alone in the night. She would be
rua down. i met over fifty vessels in
nv last trip across. When asleep keep
nv boats head to the wind with fioat-
| ing anchor or drag. which holds her bow
10 the wind And which permits her 20
sag away to the windward easily at the
rate of mile or two per hour! Suppas-
ing I upset? Why, shall be well sap
plied with life preservers, and shall be
dashed 20 the dory. The boat is well
ballasted With sand bags fixed In her
| bottom, 30 that II she II knocked over
by the sea il will be impossible for her
90 do otherwise than 20 right herself.
| We were upset once on our voyage"
A dory 10 light, fist bottomed. high
sided open boat. used on she eastern
coast OF the United States and theGraud
Banks by fishermen. when ballssted
properly they are regarded a. the safest
sea boats in sue world. They are dry,
and may be landed ia any surf by q
skilled navigator. They draw but an
/ inch Of water when hight. Captain
| rraynor has taken one Of these and
| decked her over vita rounding dsck
that will shed water like q ducks
back. In the center il shesthed up q
| cockpit where he wili sit or row. She h
| fitted with air chambers in case ol
spriueing a leak: life line runs abou,
Der, ana the drag. or floating anchor, b,
a sheet Of cork eight inches square. ons
end Of which Is weighted win lead. -
that it affords q good bold on watel
when the ko Il Is moored 10 it in a gale
In ballast she viii draw Isl inches ol
water.