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Boat That Fled Nazis
Familiar Sight In Kodiak
Although a strange vessel so
far as looks is concerned, the
Kaare II, built in Norway ac
cording to traditional Scandina
vian lines, has become a familiar
sight in Kodiak this season
where the vessel is engaging in
halibut fishing in Kodiak waters.
A frequent caller at Erekine’s
dock, the Kaare II also under
went repairs here this summer
for a disabled rudder.
Many who have seen it here,
however, are unaware that the
boat made an historic voyage a
cross the Atlantic in the spring
of 1941 because her owners re
fused to submit to Nazi occupa
tion. The vessel came all the
way to the west coast by way of
the Faroe islands Newfound
land, the Atlantic ports and the
Panama Canal.
In that amazing sea journey
the little power schooner, only
70 feet 6 inches long by 15 feet
7 inches, with draft 8 feet 8
inches, carried a company of 27
women and children, most of
them members of the Novik
family, who still retain posses
sion of the craft and operate it
Although built for service
many thousands of miles away,
Kaare II proved herself rea ilv
adaptable for operation off the
west coast. The Novik menfolk
are good fishermen and they
were welcomed to the Norwegian
community when they arrived
in Vancouver. B. C.
Ottar Novik, skipper, decided
to replace the Wikman diesel
engine in the boat this spring,
and a Murphy diesel was install
ed so the boat averages 10 1-2
knots. i
The continued and successufl
operation of a vessel that con
forms with only a few west coast
standards is merely additional
evidence of the independent
spirit, of the Noviks. In the early
days of the war Kaare II was
used to transport munitions from
England to Norway and to car
ry escaping officials to freedom.
On more than one occasion the
vessel was bombed and strafed
by German planes
Patriarch of the family, Peter
Novik, 77, had a premonition of
disaster if they stayed in Nor
way. He remembered the day
back in 1889 when he had a
similar presentment. He was out
fishing with a companion on a
clear, fine day.
“God spoke to me and told
me to hasten back to port,” says
Peter Novik. “When I told my
partner he laughed at me, for
there was scarcely a cloud in the
sky and the sea was calm. But I
insisted We hauled in our lines
and returned to shore. A few
hours later 144 Norwegian fish
ermen perished in one of the
most terrible and sudden
storms.”
Peter Novik says that God
spoke to him again when he
made up his mind to attempt
to escape on the Kaare II. An
added incentive was the know
ledge that the Germans knew
the identity of the little vessel
and her skipper and the part
they had played in thwarting
the army of occupation. So, the
Novik family and some of their
neighbors went to sea in three
small boats and went aboard the
Kaare II at an appointed ren
dezvous off the coast. Then the
long voyage began.
From Christiansand Norway,
to St. John’s, Newfoundland, by
way of the Faroe Isles the
schooner, making use of her sail
as well as diesel power, made
the journey in 15 days. At Hali
fax most of the party landed
and set out for the Pacific coast
by train. Ottar, Hans the en
gineer, Haakon and Ove, set out
for the Panama Canal and the
North Pacific They didn’t hur
ry. They completed the voyage
in 53 days.
Heads Alaska ‘Army'
Brig C. O. Taylor and Mrs.
Taylor, new division command
ers for the Salvation Army in
Alaska with headquarters at
Juneau, visited in Anchorage
this week where Brig. Taylor
preached at special services. He
is a brother of Warren A. Tay
lor, attorney, of Kodiak, and
was employed in the construc
tion of the Copper River and
Northwestern Railroad out of
Cordova
In 1912 he was at Port Gra
ham on lower Cook inlet and <
the last 3 years has been engag- <
ed in USO work. <
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Cebula,
formerly of Kodiak but now of
Anchorage, were attendants at
the wedding Sept. 23 in the lat
ter city of Mrs. Cebula’s sister,
Gladys H. Bernsteen to Luther
Masten, engineer truck dispatch
er. Mrs. Masten is from Rhine
lander, Wis.
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