Uruguayans Still

Going Strong

“Alferez Campora”, the big Uruguayan yacht which left Montevideo in January last year on a world cruise, and which has been seen recently in Papeete and Suva, was in Vila, Honiara and Lae, in February- March.

In Honiara a crew member, Lt.

Jose Firpo, gave a broadcast about the cruise and later they went crocodile hunting.

The “Alferez Campora” is commanded by Lt. Jorge Nader, and the other member of the three-man crew is Lt. Carlos Costa.

The purpose of the cruise is to test marine equipment under tropical conditions, and to pro mote friendly relations with foreign countries. All three crew members are Uruguayan naval officers.

Four men were to have made a I trip under Alferez (Lt.) Adolfo Campora, but he died following an appendix opera tion before the expedition set out, so the yacht was renamed in his memory.

Lt. Firpo said in his Honiara broadcast that the new crew had met with a warm welcome and been given every assistance.

He said the tiny storeroom of the yacht was crammed with souvenirs, including drums from Tahiti, tapa from Fiji and a poison tip spear from the Amazon. (But it has no crocodile skin as a souvenir from the

Solomons!)