All Hope Now Gone For

Yawl "Alone"

HOPE has now been abandoned for the yawl “Alone/’ which is more than three months overdue at Auckland.

The “Alone” was owned by Mr. Francis Agnew, a young American. He left Panama in early 1946 on a leisurely cruise around the world. His wife accom panied him to the Galapagos, Marquesas and Tahiti, and then returned to Panama.

Mr. Agnew then went on alone to Eastern Samoa, via some of the French islands. In Pago he was joined by Mr.

Joseph Wulf, who accompanied him to Suva, where they landed in March, 1947.

“Alone” stayed in Suva for the hurri cane season and, on May 2, left for Auck land on the second phase of the journey, which Mr. Agnew thought would bring him back to Panama by the end of 1948.

From Suva he was accompanied by Mr.

T. Bish, of Fiji.

Nothing has been heard of the “Alone,” or her crew, since she left Fiji. It was expected that she would reach Auckland about three weeks out from Suva. The weather at this time was fairly good although some rough seas were reported near the Kermadec Group, north of Auckland.

Planes and ships were instructed to keep a look out for “Alone,” but without result.

The Danish yacht “Nordkaperen,” which visited Suva about the same time as “Alone,” in the course of a world cruise, has reported from Cairns that no trace of the “Alone” had been sighted, although the “Nordkaperen” sailed 200 miles off her Suva-Cairns course in order to search.