Statesman, Salem, Ore., Wed., Aug, 22, '50 (Sec. I) 3
3 Frenchmen
CrossAtlantic
On Log Raft
FALMOUTH, fngland 1irV-Thr
bearded Frenchmen stepped
shore from a log raft Tuesday
after an epic 09-day (drift across
L
laid they'd go home "in big
boat."
Hundreds of vacationers cheered
as the raft L'Egar 11 "TI.e Lost
One" : , glided, peacefully under
tow into this Cornish port at the
end of the 3,000-milc journey.
"We are crazy Krenchfnen,
jes?" yelled Henri Beaudot, 2R-jcar-olri
leader of the expedition.
Beaudot and three companions
set out on their 13 by 17 foot raft
of rope-tied cedar logs from Hali
fax, N.S., May 24. One man sick
' ened 3fifl miles out in the Atlantic
hnd a fishing boat took him back
to Canada. Gaskn Vanackere, 31,
. and Ward Modena, 27, made It
across witVr their leader.
nrtnrm to Craft
The sturdy craft sighted . Pen
xance, southernmost tip of Eng
land, yesterday and a lifeboat
trom the Lizard Lighthouse
brought Beaudot ashore. But he in
sisted on returning to his raft
when another craft took it in tow
for the entry into this old English
fishing port.
Two kittens also made the voy
age. "They cheered us up w henever
we felt a little depressed," said
Vanackere, "and, believe me,
there were days of storm and high
wind when we did pot feel loo
hippy." - 4 '
Small Sail
A small wooden cabin covered
with a tarpaulin was the voyagers'
only shelter, a small sail all they
had to help out the Gulf Stream.
"It was not too unpleasant, ex
cept in the worst of gales." Vana
ckere reported. 'iBut we have
done what we set out to dn.
" wTiicrrwas"lo "allow" the Guli
Stream to carry us across the At
lantic using the minimum of sail."
Food supplies gave out a month
ago and "we practically lived on
fish, which we speared or caught
with lines," Beaudot said, touch
ing his gaunt cheeks.
"For drink we had rain water
and there was never any shortage
of that," he added.
Saw Several Strips -
The adventurers encountered
several ships during the vova-e.'
They also had a hand-powered rn
dio transmitter but w:ere out o'
touch with land much of the time.
All three men sported 30-day
beards. '
"Water was too p r e clou s."
Beaudot explained. "It Was better
to go down the throat than on the
lace." '.
Beaudot told of their crossing:
"Day by day. the drift carried
us eastward. By July 5 we 'vere
in the middle of the Atlantic. On
that day an American troopship
sighted us. She stopped and asked
us if we were all right.
Given Medicine
"We said we were okay except
(or a few bellyaches. A doctor
frorh the ship came over to give
us medicine and food.
"Then on we drifted. We spent
our time playing checkers or
standing on guard. We each did
a three-hour watch, then rested
for si hours.
"Several times terrific storms
hit us. Waves 35 feet hish crashed
over us and the raft was awash.
SI ill w e survived. But .V) days ago
we ran nut of food. All "e had
left was one slice of ' cad, one
potato and one meat pie. We
shared them. After that we lived
on fish. - ,'
"As we neared Kncland. the
wind veered to northwest. It was
sending us back."
Arranged Tow
Beaudot came avhore yesterday
in a lilehoat to arrance for a low
because, the raft was drifting to
ward the reeky Cornish cpast and
in danger of nein wrecked on the
reefs.
As soon as the three men came
ashore, they dug into double help
ings of egs, bacon, grilled toma
toes, toast and marmalade and
cups of tea.
Then off they went for hot baths,
haircuts and beard-trims. They
were interrogated by police and
immigration officials and finally
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sleep.
Beaudot, the only married man
of the three, said: "We shall go
home to Montreal by liner as soon
as possible, and we want to take
the raft with us. We think it ought
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All three live in Montreal. Beau
dot told newsmen he war a Cana
dian citizen. The other two said
they were Frenchmen who had
been in Cnnada two years not
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