Show explorers plan to sail fv 0 pacific in twin canoes honolulu two daring french ex capt eric bischop a and n d joseph Josephs hae have completed the first ot of two seagoing canoes with which they expect to explore the pacific for several years 0 T the e two hu hulls s are patterned after ancient polynesian canoes the first one has been brought down to wal I ahki iki beach from the woods where it was hewed out and it is expected that the second one wll will be corn com plated shortly once the two hulls are in the wa ter they will be joined by a plat form masts and chinese sails erected and in about six weeks thereafter the two adventurers will leave on an exploring cruise of the pacific in the same manner which the early polynesians employed their first expected port will be clipperton island a S french pisces sion oft off the mexican coast where they will do research work for the french geographic society from fron there they expect to head for the Marque sas and other islands of the south pacific they will make a detailed study of winds currents and native traditions in an effort to determine whether the pol polynesians reached their present island homes from asia or from america |