A Bouquet
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Gerry Trobridge, of “White Seal”, (above) at Cocos in the Indian Ocean took time off to write these few (appreciated) words: “At last, with ‘White Seal’ already out of your area, I have got to the point of dropping you a line, some thing I have been threatening to do ever since we first entered the Pacific. I have always been sur prised at the amount and accuracy of information you manage to get together and feel that yachtsmen should co-operate by sending you news. We have enjoyed your maga zine so much, particularly the news of cruising yachts, that we will be come subscribers when we get back to South Africa. Right now we are racing for home trying to get there before we run out of money.
“We reached Darwin from Thurs day Island on August 20 and left there on September 6. Had a very calm passage for the first 10 days then speeded up with a good trade wind and reeled off 1,052 miles in the last week to arrive here on September 27. Expect to leave today for Mauritius.”