Short text version of project.
Augusto Adrian lived near the Columbia border, alone, except with his two boys by a former marriage, on the Pacific Ocean. When Germany collapses at the end of the Second World War, he was one of the first Germans out of the country and has been living with the Choco Indians in the Darien, Providence of Panama ever since then. He made it possible for me to acquire the 40-foot dugout canoes. His story.
Panama, ordering the 40-foot dugout canoes and shipping them to Tahiti in 1964.
Crossing the equator aboard the French owned ship, MS Euphrate.
The nearby Polynesian village let me use their facilities.
After dark, by the sea, villagers would sing and play string interments
My camp site in Faaa, Tahiti while building the Liki Tiki.
Busses transported supplies to my camp site in Faaa.
Liki Tiki construction site in Faaa, Tahiti. The boat was held together with coconut fiber rope, the Polynesian construction method.
Three days at sea made me realize a double hull boat, according to popular theory, would never reach Hawaii. The heavy weight of the hulls, one ton each, work against each other and would soon break up. Double hull theory.
The boat was then sold to the Bali Hai Hotel on the island of Moorea. Jay Carlisle, vice president of the hotel, is at the helm in 1964. Bob and Jay at the hotel 25 years later, 1989. Jay's story
