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Pacific Islands Monthly, 16 May 1939Vol. IX, No. 10

Errol Flynn's Yacht Is

p. 35 · Read in the full issue

Detained

From Our Own Correspondent

Honolulu, Apr. 11.

RESIDENTS of Papua and New Guinea will be interested in another page in the adventurous career of their late neighbour, the Tasmanian-born movie star, Errol Flynn.

Aliens in the United States are not anowtu io possess and operate in U.S. waters water-craft over a certain size.

Flynn is an alien.

Flynn’s racing yacht, “Sirocco”, cost him a reputed 25,000 dollars. That’s nice publicity, but Uncle Sam is interested in another angle.

The “Sirocco” is over 60 feet in length, the maximum allowed aliens, and is listed at 31 tons. This is something which our old friend may not be able to talk him self out of.

Meanwhile, the yacht is carrying a U.S.

Federal plaster, which means “no sailing for Errol”.