Small Ship News

THERE were references in Sydney newspapers last year to a Mr.

“Jim Fillylove’s” intention to visit the fabled isle of Rapa.

Rarotonga advises that the gentleman concerned is Captain James Fullylove, recently retired Master, of Burma Oil Co. Captain Fullylove journeyed by air to Raro tonga to meet his friend Captain Arnott, owner of the English yacht Kimbala, coming by way of Panama and Tahiti.

Kimbala, with Captain , Arnott and a companion, Mr. “Buzz”

Perkins, arrived at Rarotonga—but too late in the season for the long windward beat from Rapa to Auck

land, next intended port. 1 Captain Fullylove flew back Australia and the Kimbala—a 4 foot ketch, painted green, wi tanned sails—sailed for Aucklai on November 28.

Mr. Willie Schutz, formerly de officer and radio operator in the i fated vessels Huia and Alexand( recently obtained his Mate’s tick in Samoa, with high marks. Ir mediately thereafter he was a pointed Master of the GEIC vess Maureen. Willie is a keen rad amateur and will doubtless short be heard on the air under a ne call-sign.

Captain Stanton Page, well r membered as former Master of LIV vessel John Williams V, and as pil for the American landings : Tarawa in World War 11, has late been appointed Master of the sms NZ coaster Kapuni, which operat on the NE coast of NZ.

Former owner of the stout litt Nova Scotian yacht Cimba (we remembered in Suva when owne by Governor Sir Philip Mitchell Gordon F. Russell, is now living \ Plimmerton, NZ. He sailed Cimt to Auckland (PIM, May, 1945, pag 22) and exchanged her for a wif They returned to Fiji where Gordo) as an employee of the Meteorologici Office, has numerous friends £ Lauthala Bay and Nadi. He is no employed at Weather Offio Paraparaumu Airfield, NZ. Cimb still sails the Waitemata.