Montrea, Safar 14, 1438, Nov 14, 2016, SPA -- Authorities in Canada and Ireland are trying to track down the owner of a mysterious houseboat that has washed up on an Irish beach. The Irish coastguard was alerted by a member of the public who spotted the abandoned craft after it washed ashore on Cross Beach, in County Mayo in the west of Ireland. The caravan-sized vessel fitted with solar panels is believed to have been built by environmental activist Rick Small of Thunder Bay, Ontario. "I, Rick Small, donate this structure to a homeless youth to give them a better life that Newfoundlanders choose not to do! No rent, no mortgage, no hydro," says a note scribbled on the panel inside the structure. It was unclear if the captain of the vessel had abandoned it in Ireland after arriving there or if the vessel had made it to Ireland under its own power with no pilot. Small gained attention in Canada in 2015, after he completed a 7,000-kilometre journey across Canada - from the Pacific province of British Columbia to the Atlantic province of Newfoundland - on a three-wheeled bicycle that he had outfitted with solar panels. -- SPA 22:24 LOCAL TIME 19:24 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w269518