Another Wandering
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Yachtsman
From Our Own Correspondent.
Honolulu, Sept. 20.
MR. NORTHRUP CASTLE, scion of a local wealthy family, departed on September 5 for a prolonged cruise through South Pacific isles in his auxili ary cutter “Laila”, which is a 41-foot ves sel technically identified as a Norwegian pilot boat. It is equipped with a 20 h.p. engine.
The tentative itinerary provides for calls at Fanning and Christmas Islands, the Tuamotus, Tahiti and the Marquesas.
First mate will be Mrs. Castle, who al ways accompanies her venturesome hus band on his voyages. Incidentally, he be came known to Australia when, in 1934. he
scoured outlying Hawaiian islands for the lost Australian airman, Captain C. T. P.
Ulm. For this purpose, he used the schooner “Lanikai” which he sold later on to the Hollywood interests that used her in the super-imaginative movie, “Hurri cane”.
Some time ago, “P.1.M.” reported that Mr. Castle was building a schooner in Honolulu for the current voyage, but he abandoned this work when he was offered the “Laila”, which for long had been idle in Puget Sound.
In May-June of this year Mr. Castle sailed her to Honolulu from Seattle.
Miss Joy Coates, of Chatswood, N.S.W.. arrived in New Caledonia from Sydney by the September “Pierre Loti” to be mar ried to Mr. Lindsay Macmillan, of Noumea.