Wandering Yachtsmen.

From Our Own Correspondent.

Honolulu, Feb. 23.

PAINTED sheer black instead of its former white with green touches, the adventurous yacht “Valkyrie” reached port to-day from Papeete. Her present owner and master, Mrs. Ethel Rhodes, bought the “Valkyrie” from Captain Ernest Gilling, veteran New Zealand yachtsman, who for years roamed the Pacific in her.

Captain Gilling remained in Honolulu for more than a year and, without clear ance papers departed May 2, 1936, os tensibly on a trip to one of the Hawaiian group. However, months later, from Tahiti, he forwarded affidavits to the British consul in Honolulu stating that after he left Honolulu on the local journey, unusual weather had driven the “Valkyrie” south to Tahiti. His three passengers were inexperienced at sea.

Mrs. Rhodes is accompanied by Mr.

Eric Hanner, navigator, and two Tahi tians, Ishmael Diene Teihoarii and Tei pootahiti Revatua.

The party made a hit with Honolulu waterfront veterans, because they ar rived in scanty and glamorous Tahitian lavas lavas, an exotic study even for “dress as you please” Honoluluans.

Mrs. Rhodes reports that she will con tinue in the “Valkyrie” to San Francisco and Vancouver.

Bound For Tahiti.

THERE’S a white hulled auxiliary schooner preparing in Honolulu for

an indefinite cruise through the Mar quesas and Tahiti islands.

It is skippered by 24-year-old David Dewey, of Nelscott, Oregon, and manned by a crew of four, including his mother, Mrs. C. T. Dewey. The others are: Mr.

C. T. Dewey (father), George Derouin, of Eu Clair, Wisconsin; and Milton Hruska, of Chicago.

The 46-foot ketch left Oregon in Sep tember, 1936, and until sailing over here remained along the California coast.

Now that they have made their first leg into the Pacific, the casual party has decided to see the world “the easy way”, which means they will wander from place to place, unhurried and pointless.

Named the “Webfoot”, the craft is sturdy and comfortably equipped for long voyages.