These Yachtsmen?
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Has Anyone Seen
These two yachtsmen, Paul Cronan (left) and Richard Sedge man, left Sydney in the 35 ft. fibre glass trimaran Taipan on June 28 and have not been heard from since.
The trimaran, which was fitted with a small outboard motor, is believed to have been heading for the Kermadec Islands and then Samoa.
Cronan, a 20-year-old driver, of 85 Wynstan Parade, Abbotsford, Sydney, had had no previous blue water sailing experience, but had sailed on yachts in Sydney Har bour. He is a strong swimmer.
Sedgeman, 26, a boiler maker, of Five Dock, Sydney, built the trimaran in his back yard. Its floats were filled with a material which was supposed to make it unsinkable.