ay
vy

been a

‘Rartinwest
7 andl the same. culture.

The most difficult prepar-

| ation for any ocean voyage i is.
the - Physical _ one,”
Wrong.
-. Tocher .and crew ‘members _
must adjust to now i is the fact
that their life styles will soon
change dramatically. And it
means more than a change in —
physical routine; the 40-foot
' Orenda. will dictate: exactly
what t they may and may not |

What Geordie

‘No longer will they be able |

to. relax in front: of. a

television set with a cold beer™
or a bag of popcorn. No. .
a longer will. ‘they be able to |

£. .
tim, to - the muge for @

. midnight snack. No longer
will they awake. to the -
morning. paper and. the

advertising supplements that
offer the reader a thousand
things to buy.

No longer (at least for the
term of their journey) will —
they have any need for |.
money. For. ail it will not —
mean a thing if the Canadian |
dwn, and —
. for Capiain Tocher tnere will

_be no need to worry if he gets.
. yet another rejection from
. government or industry.

dollar goes. up or

- From the very beginning -
the Orenda exnedition has.
‘non-commercial -
- -venture. ‘The object of the
-exercis2 has NOT been to
- make a fortune out of proving:
.@ nutty idea. All along the |

Sight? -

us: ‘sponsor you,’ buddy, and
we'll give you. a bundle’, ‘but -

we really don’t expect that to

happen. What we expect ‘to -
happen is_ that the Orenda ~
will’ successfully prove that:

man can sail under sail to”

Polynesia and back in a.
hollowed-out log. and THEN
_ the sponsors and ‘politicians

and sceptics will be lined up.

' to pat him on the back and to _
-- Offer all kinds ‘of riches for a

_ small: piece of his identify.

_ That, alas, is sound business —

and human. nature ; and it’s.

| share the : same vision. ;

wae

_°: fless‘some will suffer. That is ~
not to say. they. will be
“nervous. about the voyage,
but the weight most will shed.

So I ask you to think of

‘their impending voyage and -

‘the mental implications of
their formidable task: Quite _
apart from the goods and.
supplies they will carry with .

them (about fifty cubic feet

and. weighing up to -five

_ tons), what about the emo-

‘tional. involvements they _
have had to leave behind?

z Tnere are

- those who would |

have liked to join the crew -
. but.
variety. of different reasons.
Some were just kids looking .

‘were- rejected for a~

tha

Crewe

upon voyage as some-.
what of a lark, others were

“social. dropouts. with ‘abso--
lutely. nothing -to. contribute |

‘by way. of: skills, attitude or.

seamanship.

objective has been to. prove _ |

the ‘Thor. Heyerdahl theory: Be
‘that the Polynesian and the ..
indian - are ae.

benefactor would come along

‘cutting at Its best
and keenest prices.
So Guys & Dolls
don’t miss my opening

offors till 20th of April

1522 Marine Dr: West Vancouver

“‘Tocher. appreciates. “that.

what. they carry. is what:
a they'll get. Their rations will |
“be Sparse’ and‘ the. heated |

* stuff will probably be cooked
It would be great if some ;

in sea water-*The quart. of |

“. water that each will consume
at this late date and say, “let ao

: each day | (that’s a minimum

Formerly of Unicutters, |
W.Van., has now
moved across the street
to NEXT. Come tn and
soo her.

922-1813

will be ‘drink from. easy-to- ms po

“gout and.others diets. will be |.

ot

- pack bleach bottles. And the

daily menu they ‘devise along ~
the way. will be selected from. -

stock’ that was carefully |

‘Secreted. in the old olive oil :
containers that Tocher finds: :
ideal for such a- Burpose- mo

‘The meal they eat, ‘on n May ee
29, say, will be one that was .
planned for .back in April.

~ Geordie’s diet will be supple- -

mented “with some medicine.

that he takes for recurring —

supplemented with vitamins
‘to counteract : the. nervous-

will tend to ‘make them
tiitable.. To
° ‘The: Orenda’ Ss

_ster,.

me

‘medical :
officer of record, Dr. George
_ Sackville of New. _Westmin-
has.. been trying: to.
° _ anticipate the. physical and.

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mental ‘changes that. will b
. Wrought - by. this. historic ©
‘voyage . and: ‘the’ vessel - ‘is.
being s stocked ‘secordingly.

Two. female anthtopolo: ©

--gists and ‘a feniale pscychia-

_ trist may go along as part of

the crew .... but would: this coe
“ereate yet another. require-.
ment for emotional or mental _|
‘adjustment?. Is one forsaking 7
..one’s love if he says, ‘
“don’t want you to- sail with
me.”’
+ that. greater love is shown by

‘no, I
‘Can it-not. be argued

leaving ‘the loved one. be-

hind? We do not anticipate
problems of this nature but it
merely points up the emotion

and anxiety. that bubbles ©
beneath . the: ‘surface. of any =.
“endurance test.’ SS

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