Around The World
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Murnan’s Stainless Steel Yacht At Moresby
Prom Our Own Correspondent
Pt. Moresby. Nov. 4.
AFTER a 2i years’ cruise across the Pacific, an American, Mr. Bill Mur nan, arrived at Port Moresby on November 2 in his 30 ft. yacht. Seven Seas 11. He left Los Angeles on March 2, 1947, and expects to spend another three years on his trip around the world.
His wife accompanied him as far as
American Samoa, where she left the yacht because of ill-health.
The tiny craft encountered numerous storms during its leisurely Pacific cruise.
It rode through a hurricane for two weeks, off Samoa.
Mr. Murnan, who makes a profession of ocean cruising, is helping to finance his trip by collecting flora and fauna for the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, He also takes colour movies of native life for the Museum. He will spend several months in Papua before continuing his voyage.
Mr. Murnan built Seven Seas II in two years at a cost of about 30,000 dollars. It is well equipped and has a unique, stain ipcc.cf'ppl luill After leaving' Moresby, 'Murnan will visit the East Indies, India, Africa, South America and the West Indies, thus com pleting his circuit of the globe. A. film shown in Moresby a few days after Mur nan’s arrival was called “Around the World.”
Mr. Bill Murnan, world circumnavigating yachtsman, and his stainless-steel 30 ft yacht Seven Seas II.