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"GEORDIE TOCHER takes a breck from cance carving to talk with reporters about his

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. By ED KEATE
7A Mr. K. Patterson of :
| West. ‘Vancouver was,

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- slapped my wrist for not ©

mentioning

| Dougias pr

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which Geordie Tocher -
ot has. whittled | his. im

out "canoe. was a gift

. from West Vancouver
~ Parks Board.
happy to make that |
_ acknowledgement with
the proviso ‘that, true.
sculptor that he is, only ©
-Tocher had the vision to
see the sculpture “that.

“J. am

ae cannot tell you the # name me :
of ‘the marine expert — ‘who.
passed his

‘approvai of
-Tocher’s vessel because he’s

‘employed: ‘by the Federal: |
government, is: from: Dart- .
mouth and for some 20 years —
has been giving the govern- _

ment. expert. . opinion: on
“matters nautical. oe

was hidden | in” "that ee

rotting snag.

The 18-ton log that Tother —
_ has carved into. his 3-ton

canoe was hidden in a

partially rotted tree in West
. Vancouver’s Piccadilly Park.

The base of the tree was. .

rotten and the tree was in |f

danger of falling on a-nearby,

house. Tocher, a faller by a
‘trade and a great scrounger

when the need arises, saw in
. that rotting tree a potential

that 2% years and many

thousands of dollars later he

was able to produce as “the

Orenda;?” |

The cost of | moving ‘the log

from Piccadilly to the Pano-
rama location was $800 (with
Tocher doing most of the
work) and a person: not
knowing how to operate
loaders, flat-deck trucks, etc.

would have spent thousands ©

on that one move.

‘In no way do I wish ‘o
belittle the log gift that West
Vancouver made to explorer-
carver Tocher, but to say that
he has turned a sow’s ear
into a silk purse is putting it
mildly. Had he not possessed
the vision to see the canoe
that the log contained, today
it probably would have been
rotted through or chewed
beyond redemption by am-
brosia beetles.

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all types of homes.
New homes, older

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e ‘He wanted to know why \ we
had not approached the
- Ministry of Transport to have’

the Grenda- deciared: as -an

official weather. ship (during

the. ‘May 14.-~August’ :20

period of the voyage) and he

undersiod. when i said that: .

we. didn’ t care to: get bogged. 7
ft ta

remodeling.

“he said,
‘second. 1 don’t know. where ©
he’ got his engineering’ oF.
: technical’ -advice but I must”
Say that I’m greatly impres-.
“sed: by the little things, the.
attention’ to detail..Even the

length to beam ratio of about |
8.2 to one is bang-on, : but °
_he’s doing some other things _
i I | really’ ‘don’t comprehend.”

This way, he says, the 2 inch
. thick sidewalis and five-inch |
a thick: - bottom :will -
i. self-lubricating and supple.

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Richmond, B.C.

“Brom: what. Pre: seen,”
“Pd “pass: it) in a

The latter. ‘refers: ‘to: ‘the:

_self-oiling - ‘technique that

Tocher- thas devised for the ~
“main -hull. As a~ Jong-time
- carver he knows that Douglas
_ fir tetids to check when dried.
out so.over. the: years. he’ Ss:
- developed. “a: “routine — of
covering his. creations with
_ layer upon ayer ¢ of hydrastic
oil. a.

“But | | in: - addition ‘to - the.

~ external treatment: he’ s also: :
. devised the internal method” |
- of filling. plugged . drill holes.
. with oil and then ‘replugging:
(or dowelling). the’ holes;:-
= leaving the hull pocked_ with -

@ series ‘of: oil-filled’ sockets.

remain

- Ive probably not describ- -
ed the oiling process the way

*. a marine architect or engi-

néer ‘would describe it but

then few of them -wouid be

hip to this unique technique.
And in case anyone should
wonder: why anyone would

~ wish to drill a solid log full of -
“holes, that’s the way they
determine the thickness.

“When., you’ re adzing by
“hand, you ‘see, it’s like

- Shaving - with a “10-pound

‘razor; you simpiy chip, eee

. chip.away until it looks about _

‘Wighi..... then you poke a
macasuring stick “through the
hole .to. make. certain - it’s
shaved. ta the: Proper thick

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., ‘Discontinued Styles,
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tot ay ou

These: are e the holes that ie ~

plugs. -first on the’ outside, — nt Pl
then; adds . oil : ‘and. ‘then
“dowels ‘it fromthe inside. —

Intricate, ‘pain-staking - ‘work ©
“but all: very essential to a ‘safe 7
voyage. Saeee

1. thought 1 was. “tito.”
something. when I learned —
that passengers. aboard the |
‘Orenda can be expécted to.

consume one quart of. water —
“per person per day; so that a.
complement of four. would |

‘pune

“Wa ay:

.we hope. North Shore ‘resi-:

dents “will turn’ out for this

historic event. Wish we could. . ae
shave the price of $25. per.

head but that’s what it costs —

in these inflationary times. oe
“Kent. at.
922-2481 | to reserve your.

Phone: Dorothy —

require a gallon per day. I |

_.was about to make arrange- [
ments to. buy -a. couple: of. -

- de-salting kits at $140 each

when Tocher blithely advised...

that he has’ enough space to -
carry more. than. enough -
fresh water and that s some e of

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