Twice across North America by motorboat
by John Edwin Hogg
From
the towers of Manhattan to the soaring peaks of the Pacific Northwest,
North America is unbelievably vast and beautiful. On its waterways,
thousands of boat enthusiasts journey for those thrills and adventures
that only trips on the water afford. Most boatmen are content to take
short cruises. But long-distance cruising is becoming more and more
popular.
Twice across North America by Motorboat is the story of a man who in 1925 made the first transcontinental crossing, from Oregon to New York. Boating conditions were far less favourable then than they are now.
In
1959, to repeat the journey under the new conditions, he took an
outboard cruiser coast to coast from East to West. Vigorous, peppery,
69-year-old John Edwin Hogg tells of the excitement, the problems, and
the joys of both his trans continental trips.
In
1925, Hogg and movie cameraman Frank Wilton had an 18-foot runabout
powered by a single outboard engine. They camped most of the way along
the 137-day journey. The rivers, particularly in the West, were torn by
rapids and floods, which made for hazardous going.
The
1959 journey, which Hogg made with young John Richard Dahl, was an
adventure of another kind. This time even handling the 19-foot,
fiberglass craft, powered by twin engines much more powerful than the
1925 putt-putt, was exciting. New marinas offered hospitality and
supplies all along the way.
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