The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-18
COMING To
HONOLULU
A Canoeist Will
Head This
Way.
DARING VENTURE
ON THE DEEP
Frank Saxby of Victoria Projects.
a Unique Trip From There
to London.

The Victoria Colonist, of April 2,
contains this interesting story:
Around the world from Victoria,
British Columbia, in a SIwasn war
canoe! This is the daring and interest
ing voyage planned by Frank SaShy,
a miner and newspaper man, who is
here from Chemainus, and Is registered
at the Dominion Hotel. The war canoe
in which this latter-day Viking and a
companion, whose personality was not
disclosed, will make the voyage to the
countries washed by the seven. seas,
is on a small island near Kuper Island,
where a ship carpenter is making it
ready for the long voyage. 1t VIII DE
brought to Victoria when completes,
and placed on view here before the
adventurous couple start on their Voy--
age to Hongkong, which point they
have mapped out as the first. stage in
| the glohe-encircling trip. 1t is a typ
| ical war canoe of the Indians, one of
their travelling canoes, in which many
| families of West Coast Indians have
made their hone during it's coast voy-
| ages before Mr. SaXby secured it at
| Clayoquot year ago. 1t is 81 feet long,
| or SO feet over all, from point TO point,
with high, noSe-like bow and a typ
| ical stem of the Indian model 1t has
1
hold of three feet five inches. This
strange craft for such voyage is be-
| ing decked over, a rounded deck bridg
| ing the hold and making a covered
home for the voyagers, ana three
masts are being put in her, on which
/ fore and aft sails will be rugged. She
| Is being lifted with Water-tight COM
partments, after the manner of life
BOATS, and Mr.. SaXby says mat it will
| be absolutely impossible to swamp her
when she is ready for sea. Places Will
also be fitted to carry provisions, and
water tanks placed in her to store
fresh water for the runs between the
various points of call. All will be
ready in month or five weeks, and
she will be brought from the island
near Chemainus to Victoria and out
| fitted for her trip.
In the meantime, Mr.. Saxhy, the pro-
jector of this unique trip, which prom
Uses to put not only the voyage of the
Xora, had it been completed, but also
the world-circling passages of Captain
Slocum, in the shade, is collecting in
formation here for the purpose of adj
vertising Victoria and the province
during his tour of the globe. He will
make his start for Hongkong by the
southern route, calling at Honolulu
and other islands en- route, and will
advertise this city at all calling places.
To this end he hopes to secure assist
|
here.
Not only will he advertise Victoria
on the voyage, but he will collect in
formation, Photographs complete
picture-making apparatus being car
ried on the canoe-and curios, and will
interview the rulers and prominent
people of the countries and ports and
in fact, he will secure a collection OF
pictures, and detailed accounts of the
places visited, which at the close of the
/ voyage, in London, England will be
woven into a series of lectures. He
also intends to supply illustrated ar
ticles to newspapers and periodicals.
and win publish a book, illustrated by
photos taken en- route.
The detailed route of the most
unique voyage of the strikingly unique
craft of the native British Columbian
has not yet been fully charted out by
Mr.. SaXby, but this much has beer
arranged: From Victoria the wal
canoe is to go to Hongkong, calling al
Honolulu, Japan, and possibly the
after a short stay there, proceed down
the China coast, all needless of the
danger of attacks from pirates, to the
Straits Settlements, and after visiting
the many points of interests there, she
is to go on to the Australian colonies
| and then through the warm southern
seas to the westcoast of South Amer
lea and around the Horn, and thence
across to Africa down to Cape Colony
and up the African coast which vii
see for the first time a Siwash wal
in the rough is the projected voyage
northward to London, England. This
in the rought is the projected voyage
but in it's details it will be much more
|, Interesting.