Sleep Story 231 – The Mystery of Easter Island
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The Lifeboat of a Scientific Party
The vessel was designed in four compartments with a steel bulkhead between each of the divisions. Out of the chart room were the navigators sleeping quarters, and in the overhang of the stone, the sail locker. The next compartment was given to the engines, and made into a galvanised ironbox in case of fire. It contained a motor engine for such work as navigation in and out of harbour, and traversing belts of calm. This was of 38 HP and runoff paraffin, as petrol was disallowed by the insurance. It gave her five and a half knots. In the same compartment was the engine for the electric light, in addition to the yacht had steam heating.
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