Interesting and Adventurous Voyage Planned by Loca} Danish Seamen On or about January 20, five present members of the crew of the Great Northern Co.'s cable ship Store Nordiske are to leave Shanghai bound for Copenhagen in a small sailing yacht. The enterprise has been some time in contemplat tion, and now that the Store Nordiske is going out of commission, the adventurous five have decided to put their plan into operation. When seen on Thursday by a representative of the "Notth-China Daily News", they were enthusiastic about the prospects of the voyage, plans for which are now nearing completion.
The little vessel on which they will set sail, the work of a Chinese builder in Yangtszepoo, has no greater bulk than 27 tons net, but she inspires confidence—'"'the © best sea-going boat ever built,'"' her future masters say. With a touch of imagination worthy of the occasion, she has been designed on lines known to the Vikings of ancient fame, with a beam of 16-ft., very broad in comparison with her length, 47-ft., and hull of lifeboat shape which will enable her ride the heaviest sea with ease. She will have a clear deck and yawl rigging, and no other sailing power beyond a small motor engine of 10 h.p. for use in entering and leaving port. She will carry a small amount of ballast, adding to the stability secured by a four ton iron keel. The general construction is of teakwood and elm.
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