The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-26
VOICHT STARTS
 OCEAN VOYAGE
 IN SMALL BOAT
Sailor Adventurer Leaves Tomorrow Tn Open
 Boat for New York

Albert Voignt, Los Angeles, Calif., sailor and adventurer, will leave Juneau tomorrow morning on 9,000-mile trip t,aat will land him in New York, if he is successful, in April or May of next year. He will travel in a combination canvas, walrus hide and rubber fabricated open row-boat.
 Voight reached Juneau yesterday morning from Seward, after an un- successful attempt to make that port his point of departure. Winds and tides in Resurrection Bay proved too much for him, and after seven days trial he abandoned the effort and proceeded here on the steamer Yukon.
 Use Paddles and Sails
 Paddles and sails will be the power used by Voight. He will travel leisurely, stopping at points where it is convenient, tying up when weather conditions get too bad for travel, to sleep and rest. He is not out to break any speed records. The underlying motif of the voyage is Weights desire to ''go places and see things" And if he carries out his pre-arranged plans he will have done both when he salutes the Statue of Liberty and sights New York's famous skyline early next spring.
 His itinerary reads like Carpen- ter travelogue. Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California beckon him first. Then come Mexico and Central Ameri can countries. Through the Pana- ma Canal lies his course-and the tonnage charges should be reason able since the little boat only weighs 75 pounds. Northward then to Panama, Costa Rica, Mica ragua, Honduras, Guatamala, Brit ish Honduras, Mexico and Cuba. Back then to the United States, touching Florida and other States on the Atlantic seaboard with the port of New York as his final des- tination.
 To Travel Light
 Weights supplies for the trip wouldn't begin to provision a days fishing trip. There isn't sufficient cargo space in his boat to permit an extensive larder of complete wardrobe. He is travelling light.
 A small stock of canned foods, tea, water and condensed rations. He will use these when it is not possible to stop enroute where food can be had. He carries a rubber mattress and three blankets for bedding. He will use no tent but will invert the boat for shelter when it is necessary to protect himself against the elements.
 The boat used is collapsible, built of tough rubber composition ldDllC dllQ Wdl uo iiidS, oiio PeiA Oly decked over with heavy canvas. It has balloon rubber covering with openings for two seats, one for ward and the second aft. Voight will occupy the latter. It is 16 feet long, 30 inches beam and has an inside depth of about Is inches. Two small triangular sails are available for use.
 It is German-manufactured craft. Voight claims it has been thoroughly tested in ocean travel Two men, he said, crossed the At lantic Ocean in a 21-foot boat of the same type last year. Similar boats, he said, were used by Capt. Roald Amundsen in Arctic explora tions.
 Voight, himself, is a native of Germany residing for many years at Hartonstein. He has no fears as to the outcome of the voyage and is entirely confident he will complete it within the time he has tentatively fixed for arrival in New York harbor.