John Voss (sailor)

John (sometimes "Jack") Claus Voss (born Johannes Claus Voss; 1858–1922) was a German-Canadian sailor best known for sailing around the world in a modified dug-out canoe he named Tilikum ("Friend" in Chinook jargon). Initially a carpenter, Voss apprenticed on a ship voyaging around Cape Horn and thereafter lived primarily as a sailor. In 1901 Voss began his most noteworthy voyage with his friend Norman Luxton and ending alone in 1904. He chronicled this and other notable voyages in The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss.[2]

John Claus Voss
Born1858
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany[1]
Died1922
OccupationShip Captain
Captain Voss in 1909

References
Capt John Voss aboard Tilikum (boat)
  1. "Johannes Claus Voss: Mit dem Einbaum übers Meer". Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsvedag. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  2. Voss, John (1913). The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss. Dodd, Meade and Company.

Further reading
  • MacFarlane, John & Salmon, Lynn J. Around the World in a Dugout Canoe (Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC, 2019)


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