One of the finest junks the! China Coast, the Wenchow Fisher is the only one with a ked. Of narrow beam—fourteen feet in this case—it rides extremely well and dry. is "strewn with bulkheads and, besides being a fast sailer, is used) in the most dangerous waters along] the China Const.
The trip to San Francisco expected to take about three months. Including a stop-over at Midway and a cruise through the—Hawalian' Islands. At San Francisco, the junk' is to be exhibited at the Golden Gate Exposition.
'This is the first time the "direct" route will be attempted, previous' voyages, successful and ' otherwise having been via Japan, the Aleutian Islands and the Alaska coast. In 1912, a Foochow pole junk," the Ningpo, sailed from Shanghai to San Francisco, while Captain Ward took an Amoy Fisher across to Vancouver in 1922. Save for the splendid achievement of the Hummel-Hummel, subsequent attempts from Shanghai have not been successful.
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