nee att’ to sail to ne ina’

- So 7 action e Toche

~ dream. “And: T'm also’

glad he. a c still alive.

- stot es Ge
Tocher. -

of ‘wooden canoe made: out ofa

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_ wooden. ‘plugs. t

the...

and: an; outrigger, -

Haida: design, .

that: the - outrigger would
. Offer.” :

BECOMING —
A BELIEVER

ae went to scott ‘and stayed

Oo iar él, 48 did iiiny other”
people. It must Jiave been:
* seven or. ‘eight fect wide, and |

was built inthe aacient way

sides und’ the hottom ”
‘determine the. hie kness |. ar
hull material, |

were | plugged

“ulter "with
Tocher were he

plans. “Plans ” he joked,

“There's no plans. ~ tirst you.
find a log. Then you cut out |
all the’ parts ‘that don't look.”

like a canoe”.

The . old canoe makers,

according to traditional lore,

did not comb their hair or

‘ sleep with their wives while

building their vessel. This
ensured that the cud of the

canoe would not split during |
“That's -

the’ construction.

why I relaxed my original

* After

intentions”,
énigmaticully..

The first: voyage of the

canog ~ named ‘Orenda’, an
Indian word: meaning ‘spirit

‘ power", ended: in disuster.
days ‘of.

nineteen

developed . a

“too, with oJ was Ue ‘flowing _
‘lines, raised: bow. and: ‘stern,
‘The.
outrigger wasn't part of the |

“but: ‘Tosher.
planned © to''sail it’ ‘single-
VY handed’ and®:felt: “that he™
fh needed. the ‘extra®: ‘stability.’

. some’
which .
~ Santa

asked
got the |

with no radio.’ rr

: picked uP the “news.

said = Tocher: |

oa 10

i silence: followed:
5 ‘tadio |

motor. almost © ended. .
voyage: ‘in tragedy. Tocher,

“who .‘has” been operating

Chain’ saws ‘for “many years

an se has become sensiti ced Lo
a ‘carbon:

-mouoxide. ‘Phe

» Orenda | pur into Santa Cruz,
California, -were he. was,
‘treated,. and _ Karen - bind

came : back to North Van,
‘Her place inthe crew was. ff
taken. by Richard Tomkies,

Gerhard |
- Kiesel remained aboard. a,
> with holes dried in: the -

‘Crew .member

rest and —

Cruz’,
Hawaii. ‘Silence: settled’ in’
again. Two thousand four.
hundred miles, is a long way

‘ a

“Last ‘Friday ‘Chris © Loya

-“He
made it". said Lloyd: We all
Anew. wnat he was talking
about without asking.

Tm ‘glad you made it,
George, and I'm looking
forward to seeing you again.
Congratulations,
Welcome back.

and

“the : en

soon] Bo:
Oo malfunction _
; °-that-allowed_ it to receive but. &
‘Not transmit.:Lioyd said that gs
in the short time he was with §
‘them he felt in his heart that
coo they: would make jit. “But I .
“was: wondering. about | those .
° thirty foot waves” --

“Fumes. from the outboard
‘the ff

_ After the crew. change and -
recovery |
Tocher and’ the Orenda left
destiiduon

| Edgemont Viloye, North Van.

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