Honeymoon Cruise On

Homemade Ketch

MR. and Mrs. Bert Raisbeck ar rived back in Australia in November after a 15 months honeymoon cruise in a 30-ft ketch which Mr. Raisbeck made himself and called Lemuria.

During their cruise, they visited Tonga, Sluva, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and New Zealand, and, they say, met about 20 other cruising couples—Australians, New Zealanders, Americans and others from Europe.

When they left Melbourne in July, 1950, Mr. Raisbeck’s main naviga tional aid was a book on Pacific birds, many of which show a pre ference for certain Pacific Islands.

Later, with the help of a veteran island schooner-master, he learned navigation on more conventional lines.