Valparaiso

[?]Uti Nuidrift

By Slow-Raft to Valparaiso

lEN the bamboo raft Tahiti Nui slipped the towline some twelve miles off Papeete last November aptain Eric de Bisschop and our companions had hopes that astbound drift via the southern i might end at Valparaiso in t four months. t things are not working out way. Just five months later aft crossed the half-way mark agitude. However, that did not r that the voyage might take nonths. e slow struggle south-east into irable winds and currents 5 over. From there on pro might prove increasingly r. Still, the raft is in a cold -1 region and there seems small ; that shore will be a welcome when it eventually appears, ,ps in early June. mwhile there is regular radio ct. t position report intercepted r M put the raft at 44 deg. 42 S, 109 deg. 48 min. W a£ 1800 on March 27.