anes Even i in the early stages of |
© the: “voyage when. Tocher
- pulled--in at Seattle with —

:.,. erewmates Gerhard ‘Kiesel
- and fiancee Karin Lind, they -

were, getting.» ‘phone ‘calls
-.. from -, wellwishers’ not ‘only

- -~ along * their. route but from,
= Manitoba. ees

. At. Port.
mt discussing the canoe. with an
~ onlooker, Tocher mentioned |
- he had had to ‘make: com-.
“promises, — such. as. “using.
-metal pulleys. The following”.
day, the. man arrived with a
_. ‘wooden | pulley he had Spent.
,. five or six ‘hours « carving.

Indians hada lookout point
set up for a.week and then~
while: ‘they went. down to .
‘have breakfast we ‘slipped by

a | dock really fast.” me

_ was. unnoticed to the extent _
that’ the hordes of the’
awaiting : welcoming — “party
missed. . them, they. were.
greeted exactly. where . they
“moored, which was not. the’
‘spot “planned, — by... three

| They. “were.
spiritual © jeaders. who. had
atrived - ‘there — ‘almost ‘:

conjunction . ‘with ‘the. lan
di ing, Lord blessed - the

- = reason for ‘making the .

: ‘the three were on the beach,
at. Santa Cruz, California, :
- after - pulling
“Angeles, .

“using an’ outboard. motor : =

- “At Hawaii, the Auscsice

“but they got. down to. the .

- Bven. though their. abi | <

women dressed in white. ee 4 |.

Hawaiian —

‘And ‘thea ‘there’ s Tocher’ S.

a has accompanied | it on. every —
": Stage. From the incredible. |
sendoff at Vancouver. with theory of his. that. the: first
hordes of wellwishers: lining Hawaiians — “were | Haida

. the waterfront in the rain to Indians who landed. there are-
“wave goodbye, to — heir: “sailing” off. in. similar canoes °
_ Heroes’ welcome at Hawaii ‘to_.escape ‘marauding bands -

‘of rival tribes.

Bye CHRIS1 LLOYD.

Back ai his. West v ancouver ‘home: flac broke
and 20 pounds lighter than when he walked out of |
the door three months ago to sail his. hand-built
canoe to Hawaii, Geordie Tocher ‘sat ‘back and
| considered the next step! in his life. a

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“The: human reaction was”

We started to "prove. as

But as the. voyage _ en-

“Tye. got to start. ‘earning

‘ gome money and bail myself.
out,” he’ said from his arm-
. chair.

7 His 4, 500 mile voyage to.
- Hawaii in the dugout canoe ~
‘Orenda had : cost»
= everyting he had. Including ©

him

putting a price on his time

to - $65,000. ' . Now he’s.‘

‘during the 2'4 years he spent

carving it, the total bill came.

working on ideas for an
income.

| “Pye invented a couple of
things while.at sea,” he says.

“One is a new type of hot tub

‘to: go in people’s gardens,

which can. be wheeled

. around and plugged i in.”

‘On. a Jonger term basis,
there's the film of the epic
trip, which he hopes will be
ready i ina couple of months.

His idea for that conjures

up visions of Geordie.

" ‘Tocher. ‘and His Travelling
Movie Show.. a

so _ phenomenal,’ "he says. ©
Everywhere we went people. .
became involved and wanted “

countered one ‘delay after.

‘another. while” the Orenda_
wound . its’ way ‘down the .

‘coast at a meandering pace

says.

| “We have a really. good

‘ ‘film’ ‘there. I'd have to travel

with. it and it'd be: darned

hard. work: ‘but everyone | i
know who's done it has made.
; a living ¢ at it.” |

He never approached ‘the

=

voyage with the intention of . |

getting back the. money he’d

. poured into it but he ‘Says: |

“lve got to keep living and A
if there is an opportunity to ©

live off the film, then fine. I

think there. is the ‘makings | |:
there of 3 a good living.” -

AT WAS WORTH IT
‘Tocher seems to feel he

chas had: value from his in-
- -vestment.

“The trip has
emotionally satisfied me,” he

Not so much the voyage,

more the human fanfare that

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