News of Cruising Yachts

(Due to the large number of yachts now cruising in or towards the South Pacific Islands—about 50, to our knowledge—only brief move ment reports can be given here, after initial details of yacht crew and plans have been published Details of cruising yachts, not

already mentioned here, are always welcome. Write to Pacific Islands Monthly representative, Box 5179, Wellesley St. Post Office, Auckland, NZ.) • The big 54-foot cutter Leda, of Tauranga, NZ (recently at Suva in the course of a cruise to the States) had a fortunate escape from seri ous damage at 8 p.m. on June 14.

•In company with other Suva yachts E3he had been down to Beqa Island for the week-end. Approaching too

close inshore, before bringing the Suva leading lights in line, the yacht struck the southwest corner of the reef at the entrance to the pass.

Fortunately, conditions were almost dead calm, with the tide not quite full. A cutter was hastily despatched from Suva wharf to render assist ance, but Leda had been pushed off the reef by her crew by the time it arrived on the scene. Damage was insignificant.

Leda cleared Suva on June 27 bound eastward, with a first call at Ngau Island, in the central Fijis.

Mrs. C. G. Wilson and her three children remained behind; the brother owners, Mrs. W. A. Wilson the ship D ' Woolf contin uing with T, a 30 ft double-ender cutter is the latest Auckland yacht imported preparing for a South Pacific cruise. Owner D. Ryan and l th h f plan t 0 head fo?

JJhm* possibly via other islands hist, clearing NZ late June.

. yacht movements re-

l he 1 5 onth included; Water, bound Tahiti from Auckland, called at Rapa; White Aucklanri rn «f? Papeete direct from Auckland, after a rough passage- Taurangi, now at Papeete, called at Raivavae en route from Auckland-

Viking, of Sweden, cleared Suva r June 13, for Vila and Port Moresby. • Viking was wrongly reported here as heading for New Zealand.

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[?]ptain John Ozanne, returned to join [?]ans-pacific Race yacht after bringing [?]schooner Ramona south to Papeete Mr. Wm. A Pomeroy of San Francisco. [?] yacht Viking at Suva, and,

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atended other than to sail round rtie world—the first Swedish yacht o make such a voyage for a very ong time past, if ever before.

Two other corrections must be j iade We were wrongly informed nat Beyond, now in French Oceania saters, is manned by Claude Worth, ne well-known yachting writer. ■ • c - Worth is the son of Claude forth. Mr. Kauffman, of the acht L’Hirondelle, was described in iiese notes as an American. He is Dane.

Honolulu -Tahiti Race.

Late in June disappointing news as received from Eugene Overton, js Angeles representative of the rans Pacific Yacht Club. On June „ the original six or seven yachts ;.pected to start in the Honolulu ahiti race in July had been re cced, through withdrawals, to only T o. There was hope that others ould reconsider; but in any event ic race will be sailed with the two tries. The vessels are Chiriqui d Mistress. The first is a 61* o.a. tch owned by Tucker McClure, of >s Angeles and Panama; and the ier a 38’ sloop, owned by Walter Johnson, Jr., of San Francisco, lough entries were to close June they will now be held open right isailmg date (July 24) in the hope late entries.

Hr Overton reported that there 5 35 entries for the Trans Pacific

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Tobacco Baron Returning

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Tiving unit, and two 20 k.w. gen sator units powering an extensive [ray of navigational aids—radar. [to, sounder, radio-telephone, etc. ompleted late 1952, she is of 124 tis register, and should cause con lierable interest at her Islands [•rts of call. •• Arthur Rogers is now likely to sume her voyage to New Zealand planned (see last month) as the Earter voyage from French Oceania San Francisco did not eventuate.