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Trekka was built by John Guzzwell in Victoria and launched into the Inner Harbour in August, 1954. Her keel had been laid, clamped, and glued-up in the boiler room of the YMCA and the rest of her building done in a store-room at the rear of Johnny Bell's Fish and Chip Shop on View street. Trekka means 'to journey' and she did - from Victoria around the world and back again!

Departing on 10 September 1955, John Guzzwell sailed Trekka to the Hawaiian Islands via San Francisco. From there his route was southward to the South Pacific Islands with New Zealand as the planned destination.

Trekka was laid up for 16 months in New Zealand while her master joined Tzu Jang to crew with Miles Smeeton. John Guzzwell returned to New Zealand in December 1957and readied Trekka for a continuance of the voyage that would see Trekka survive a cyclone and take him through the waters of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, and into the Indian Ocean. The little vessel later safely passed the stormy Cape of Good Hope to enter the Atlantic Ocean and, in time, the Pacific Ocean again by way of the Panama Canal.

Trekka completed her epic voyage when she returned to Victoria on 12 September 1959. She was the smallest vessel to have circumnavigated the globe. A few months later John Guzzwell sailed her to Hawaii where she was sold. Later she changed hands again and completed a second circumnavigation with her new owners, the Cains. Sold again to Eric Abranovich of Honolulu, who owned her for five and a half years.

In the spring of 1980, members of the Thermopylae Club of Victoria commenced a fund-raising drive to bring Trekka home for good. Eric Abranovich set out alone from Honolulu on August 10th and after a not uneventful voyage of more than 3,500 miles and about 50 days, he brought the tiny vessel into Victoria Harbour to be greeted by hundreds of well-wishers including John Guzzwell, her builder and original master.

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A.F. Christoffersen worked as captain of the MV Bluefjoird in 1962 for Blue Pennant Charters of Sidney, B.C.

Wooden, single screw, 1,997 tons gross, steamer operated by Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1933, she was sold to be scrapped.

6,910 ton, iron-armoured battleship. Iron armoured ship, 6,910 tons. Served as a flagship on the Canadian Forces Pacific Station from 1882 to 1885, and again from 1888 to 1889. While surveying depths off the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Swiftsure discovered a large bank that was named for the ship.

HMS Swiftsure had a steam engine but was also fitted as a sailing vessel and was known for her sailing qualities. While on the Pacific Station, she was rigged as a barque. In 1893, during annual fleet manoeuvres in British waters, the Swiftsure spread sail to keep up with the ordered formation speed. This was the last occasion that a British battleship spread sail when operating as part of a formation.

Established by Alfred Wallace in False Creek Vancouver in 1894 as a builder of small wooden fishing craft for the canneries. This enterprise subsequently moved to the north shore in 1905 and grew into the largest shipbuilding and repair company on the west coast. By 1985, the firm was a corporation which also owned the Yarrow’s Yard in Esquimalt. The corporation became Versatile Pacific Shipyards that year but this enterprise went bankrupt in 1992. A new firm, Vancouver Drydock, acquired the assets of the former Burrard Dry Dock Company that subsequently became part of the Seaspan Shipyards and are formally known as Vancouver Shipyards Company, Ltd.

Charles Henry Brown was a career naval officer whose service began as a Commissioned Carpenter in 1913. He served afloat including HMCS Shearwater and HMCS Rainbow in WWI and ashore; and in the rank of Shipwright Commander. He was awarded the Order of The British Empire in 1943 for his wartime work in organizing the Shipwright Branch of the Royal Canadian Navy.

5,905 gross tons, passenger liner in Canadian Pacific Railway’s transpacific service until 1914. During WWI, she served as an armed merchant cruiser and after the war, she returned to Pacific service until 1922. She was scrapped in 1925.