THE PENZANCE GAZETTE AND WEST CORNWALL ADVERTISER, JULY 2
... Sunday morning last, Jobn Ripper, of Padstow, and Stephen Hawkey, of St. Columb, two young men, went cruisiag in a small boat in the River at Padstow. It then blew a fresh breeze, and carrying too much sail, the boat opset,and Ripper with much difficulty, ...