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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1960Vol. XXXI, No. 5

On Pacific Drift

p. 111 · Read in the full issue

Leaky Tiki' Lost On Pacific Drift

n he raft, “Leaky Tiki”, of reka, California, came to a ky and sticky end 100 miles ithwest of San Francisco in tober, while attempting to ft to Australia. 7 he raft, which consisted of ) 24 -ft pontoons, a decking, 'in, mast and sails and four p outboard motors for urgencies in landing, had left 'eka on October 7 and had orted all well to a passing \ing vessel five days later, mother fishing vessel found ts of the raft on October 23, icating that it had broken ) many pieces.

'he crew — Chas. Aylen, 36; laid Travitski, 35; and Jerry I, 26, were unaccounted for. o signals had been reported n the emergency transmitter ned. There was no receiver ard. he raft had supplies aboard a three months voyage— ch would certainly have not zred a voyage to Australia the basis of other raft ages. p to the end of November, ' zing more had been heard.