NO. 1 FRASER: SCIENTIFIC WORK, VELERO III, EASTERN PACIFIC 25 



by the late Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith in making the pioneer flight 

 across the Pacific, sponsored by Captain Hancock. In the floor of the 

 pilothouse is located a trapdoor, through which entrance may be gained 

 from the galley below in the event heavy seas prevent use of the outside 

 passages. Immediately aft of the pilot room are the Captain's quarters. 



Aft the Captain's quarters, the fidley is above the engine room, and is 

 largely taken up with the skylights, the two stacks, and four cowl venti- 

 lators. Aft the fidley is the electric hoist for lifting the motor boats. Far- 

 ther aft is the radio house, provided with three complete transmitting 

 units, long, intermediate, and short-wave, a standard receiving set, a loud 

 speaker, table, drawers, instrument table, two bunks, cabinet, and wash 

 basin. Immediately aft the radio house is a recess that has been used as a 

 laboratory and at other times for stores. 



A short distance aft again are another outdoor laboratory or sorting 

 table, over which may be stretched a canvas for protection from the tropi- 

 cal sun, an electric drying cupboard, an 1,800-gallon gasoline tank for 

 fueling the launches, and the mainmast, the same height as the foremast, 

 the two of them serving as supports for wireless antennae. After these 

 there is considerable deck area, a portion of which is taken up by the life 

 raft (8' 0" by 4' 6")- All of the available space here is commonly taken 

 up on the return voyage by live animal cages. 



To port is the electrically operated sounding cable of 280 fathoms, 

 used for water and mud samples. Much of the deck space, both port and 

 starboard, is taken up with the chocks and davits for the auxiliary craft, 

 and with the boats themselves, when they are in place. There are two 

 twin-screw, 26-foot motor boats, two single-screw, 20-foot metal life 

 boats, and three 14-foot skiffs, each of which can be used with one of the 

 four outboard motors, one of which is electric, operating from storage 

 batteries. The four larger boats are raised or lowered by mechanical 

 davits, run by a 15-horsepower motor, and the three smaller by ordinary 

 hand davits. 



Main deck. Forward on the main deck, i.e., below the fo'c's'le deck, 

 from the peak aft are tanks of oil for calming rough seas, emergency 

 anchor cable, Bo's'n's locker, and carpenter shop, after which there is a 

 hatch to the stores below. From the carpenter shop a passage extends aft 

 to the cross passage forward of the dining saloon. On the port side of this 

 passage are paint locker, two staterooms, a shower and toilet, and a small 

 deck locker; on the starboard are laundry, equipped with electric washing 

 machine, two staterooms, and a lamp locker. The cross passage opens to 

 the outside deck passages. 



