“Bissy Girl” Resumes Her
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Wanderings
THE 37ft. ketch-rigged yacht Bissy Girl (Captain Victor Brisson) sailed out of Sydney Harbour on January 31, in con tinuation of her Pacific wanderings. The first port of call was Lord Howe Island, then New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Nor folk Is., Auckland.
Included in the company of four is Mrs.
Leon (Raymond) Hardley, who is realis ing an ambition of many years. She is a New Zealand girl and had been working in an office in Sydney for several weeks.
Other members of the crew are Mrs.
Hardley’s husband; Captain Victor Bris son, formerly of the merchant service of France; and Nicky, a young Tahitian, who washes dishes and, with a little per suasion, scrubs the decks.
Before he purchased the Bissy Girl in Vancouver, Captain Brisson was master of the Wanderlust, the yacht of the wealthy American, Harvey S. Bissell.
Captain Brisson became very friendly with his small daughter, whom he called Bissy Girl, hence the name of the yacht.
For several weeks, while the Bissy Girl was in Sydney she was fitted out and overhauled for the present cruise.