Salute to the Man who tried

Toronto Telegram, 26 September 1942
Schooner Days, DLVI (556)
By C.H.J. Snider

In this issue Snider recounts the story of lawyer Frederick Augustus Knapp, who turned his passion for invention to transportation and the development of one of the strangest vessels ever seen – the Roller Boat. It may have been prompted by his admiration of Queen Victoria and her well-known sea-sickness.