The Junk that Challenged the Yachts

Six young men from Taiwan, with no money nor sailing experience, shared a dream to sail a Chinese coastal junk on the big oceans. They found a dilapidated junk in the backwater of their fishing village. With conning and cajoling they managed to get her to sea, but just ten miles out everything started going wrong. Three days after a celebratory send-off, the crew limped back to port with their tails between their legs. Yet four months later, having survived many red tapes, a typhoon, a gale and countless defeats, despair, fears of death and near-mutiny fights, the junk finally completed her journey across the Pacific. Picking up a strong wind underneath the Golden Gate Bridge she outran all the boats carrying the customs officers, the immigration officers and the press corps that were chasing her. On the following day, their story was carried by media all over the world. "...a bold journey..." -San Francisco Chronicle "...a historic moment..." -San Francisco Examiner"...our Parthenon..." -Historical Monuments displayed on San Francisco Waterfront "...as seaworthy as picturesque..." -Movietone News"...Naeste gang - sa rejs med junke!" -Hjemmet, Gothenburg