John Voss (sailor)
John ' Claus Voss' was a German-Canadian sailor, best known for sailing around the world in a modified dug-out canoe he named Tilikum. 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, ending alone in 1904. He chronicled this and other notable voyages in The Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss.