cea NE ne tie eA AAT PON i La ne tae me oe

seas were very uncomt ortable.

“I found. out that ‘my :

stomach - muscles must. be: in
pretty good condition,”
laughs Tocher, “because I
-- could throw the contents ten
feet.”

All “four ce caagtl “were |

very cold on this first stage of
their trip. Tocher had brought
along his brother Bob, a West:

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confused, and quite often a

wave broke against the side of _

‘blem. The seas were'short and

hot meals.

the vessel ratherthanthebow — -

or stern, sometimes toppling .

the top of the wave | off onto
the heads of the crew.»

° “We. bailed a Jot,” eee’
- Tocher, “but the. spray wet
everything through and -

“high, and the tops of the waves
‘were: blowing off.” wo

Van fireman, to assist ‘in the .

sea trials of the new vessel. |

Bob and crew members Ger-

donned -

Geordie stuck with his “wool-
_ fes— coats and things” — that.

“had kept him warm during
‘many years of working i in the
bush. .

‘survival suits’ —
foam rubber. exposure. suits.
made by Fitzrite — while _

At was late’ afternoon. The

: “weather socked in and it got .
hard Kiesel and Karin Lind

. darker, and still Orenda |
sogged ‘through the tumul-
uous seas.“‘First everything
was shades of gray, turning to
black; and then soon every-
thing was black with some
grey bits.” They went through
three tide changes -in the

twenty-two hours, and Tocher: —

‘says that the sea conditions

4 had a lot of faith in my
woollies,” says Tocher, “but
. those survival suits kept the

* others a lot more comfortable ©

than my woollies kept me!”

The suits, yet to receive ap-—

proval through the convol-
uted channels of. Canadian

federal government red tape, -
are designed to be worn in or

out of the water and. can be
put on in about a minute. ©

The cold “penetrated two.
sets of gloves and made the
helmsman’s — fingers numb,

and sleeping in. the small

cuddy was out of the question.

“It took a long time to even

start to feel warm” says To-

cher, “and by then it was time —

to get up.”
WE BAILED A LOT

Cold wasn’t the only pro-

were like the rip tide under the

First Narrows Bridge gets at_
“Only, the

certain © times.
rough water lasted for sixty-
. five of the seventy. miles. we
travelled. so

Orenda IT has ‘iee-boards’,
planks which can be lowered
into the water to act as a keel:
They are fastened to the side

of the vessel with a rope that.»
‘runs ’around the hull of. the .
vessel and under her keel, and §
prevent the vessel-from mak- |
ing too much ‘leeway’ or side- |

ways drift. “When they were

under strain the rope would be |

so tight that it would hum,
-and the whole hull would re-
‘sonate with the vibration” _

‘She made it to. Neah Bay,

_ just after noon the next day, |
~ and Tocher and crew motored .
into the harbour r thinking of

“The Indian people were
"very nice to us,” says-Tocher.
“The motel owners, for in-

~ stance, asked us to stay a little .

longer, and put on a-:show for

- Tocher is showing a movie
of the Orenda adventure,
Thursday September 30 at the
Centennial Theatre, 23rd and
Lonsdale in © North : Van-
couver. Show starts at 8 p.m.,
tickets are $4 and can be
bought at the door...

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