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)ANNY WEIL, whose two !e n t sea-adventures off iua made him well known uts, left Sydney late :r by air for the United re was paid by the radio lo were sponsoring his cruise to get radio-cards (QLS e believe they are called) re places in the Pacific, ovember, page 24). ould not find a boat to suit j in Sydney—the Yasme, in le had sailed across the was wrecked on a reef off n October 25. Weil —who t frantic radio calls for r the second time in six ?as plucked from the sea same reef by a Qantas at considerable risk of nd personnel. The Port Red Cross paid his fare to where Weil said he was is suited in America, he 0 sail the Pacific again and n round the world to the is determined, he says, to first Englishman to sail he world single-handed, g into our private crystal f forecasts that the Terri >apua-New Guinea will not ded on Mr Weil’s second tinerary. The Administra ;d him to pay £7OO towards of sending a Catalina to ae. So far as we know le nor the radio-hams who 1 him have paid it.

Weil first got into trouble la —in September, when a ish-boat was sent out to n from a watery 'fend— ms were prepared to call it When he was again in few weeks later, they said jrazy to be sailing a 40-ft i-handed in those waters, indamental difference be fell and other wandering m, of course, is that he was with seven radio sets, all l appeared to work ; con , when something went ith him the whole world •med of it.