REMARKABLE JOURNEY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21276, 1 September 1932, Page 11

REMARKABLE JOURNEY

1000 MILES IN ROW-BOAT ITALIAN STUDENTS' FEAT LONDON, Aus. 24 An amazing journey from Pavia (Italy) to London, in a frail racing boat, by four Italian University students and a coxswain, was practically completed when they arri% - ed at Westminster to-day. The oarsmen left Pavia on the River Ticino, Italy, on July 31, says, the Times, and except for a short train journey from Lausanne to Basle, ( they rowed all the way by river and canal, even crossing the English Channel in their shell. The Italian Ambassador was at Westminster to meet the boat, which is named " Live Dangerously." The crew were deeply bronzed and were attired in singlets and shorts. They are on a holiday trip, carrying a message of greeting from the rector of Pavia University to the rector of Oxford, where they will row later in the week. Their route was up the River Ticino to Lake Maggiore, thence by the Rhone to Lausanne. From there their craft was shipped overland to Basle, where, once more afloat, they crossed the Rhine to Antwerp and along the Flemish canals to Ostend apd Calais. From there they crossed the Channel to Dover. The rowers had fine weather throughout, but struck a choppy patch near Dover, whence they carne to London by way of Ramsgate, Sheerness and Gravesend. The distance travelled was about 1000 mile».