Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-22
Point to Point
Boston to Augusta
IN 18FoOt DOrY

LII 4O-UOOL OOIy
Prom Boston. Mass. to Augusta.
Ne, = distance Of 80 miles, in an
1S-foot dory. IL tie trip which Wal
ter We1ghtman, q conductor On the
Boston elevated railway and his
br0ther-in-law. Harold Skinner. Of
Dorchester. AaEs- have just made,
arriving In this city Sunday after
noon They left Boston Harbor
Wednesday afternoon At 40 O'Clock
and did not suffer q mishap until
they reached the mouth Of the Ken
nebec river. IS miles from their
destination Their trouble was in the
engine and q wooden peg was needed
TO keep tho engine In place and
agotng while the trip vas made up
the kennebec and Mr.. Weightman
Gays, and apuy SO, We Hmped up
the Keonebec river On our wooden
leg"
1t was smooth sailing for the two
young men most Of the way. II
don't know anything about a chart,
although We had one" says Mr..
Weightman. He said that they trav-
eled from point 70 point along the
coast Just before they reached Rye
Beach. the second day out, they no
decd that q storm was brewing. Not
being familiar with the coast they
passed one Life saving station and
thought TO 60 around what they call
ed a light house at point In the
distance. They thought that by 60
ing around this point they could
reach a cove and safety. When they
reached the second Light house they
noticed several men On the shore,
running back and forth.
Then they discovered that they
had come TO another life saving sta
ton The men at that station help
ed the two amateur sailors to shore
and saved their boat. 1t might have
been without the assistance Of the
Life savers, that Mr.. Weightman and
Ar. Skinner would not have gotten
ashore safely and it was pretty GER
tain they would have lost their boat
In Portland harbor they ran along
eide q skow and asked the captain
the way up the river. The old man
looked at them and their boat and
asked them how far they had travel
ed From Bogton." they replied
and the old sea dog looked his
amazement very thoroughly. He not
only looked it. but he expressed 1t,
as only a sailor can. He said that
he never heard of such a stunt In all
his years on the water. And only a
few days before that he said that
he had put out and then came back
xn< DNv<11 ~ Ia 80 rxItH h9o
when a storm came up
The two men slept on their boat
nights. but did not travel after. dark.
When asked what kind Of equipment
they used. Mr.. Weightman pulled a
jack knife out OF his pocket and
said. That's the equipment we
used for eating purposes They lived
on bread. Jam, 5ellies, cheese and
the like OF that The only sea food
they captured was sculpin which
Mr.. Skinner caught at Portsmouth,
NJ H There were no diahes TO
wash. - said Mr.. Wedghtman and he
said that was tho best fun OF eating
On board. "Of course, once in a
while, We would wash up and go
ashore and get q good feed"
The two youthful mariners are
very much tanned by their trip and
appear to enjoy very good health.
They are planning to make the trip
back to Boston in a few days. Mr..
Weightman's wife has been visiting
in this city and will make the return
to Boston by rail. She does not feel
that she would make as good a
sailor az her husband.
Mr.. Skinner L. Maine boy. hav-
ing been brought up at Stickney Cor
ners. Mr.. Weightman says that he
bought the dory in which they made
the trip last fall and this is his FIRST
experience along this line. He Is
having a vacation from his duties
with the Boston L and claims that
this is an ideal way to pass it