Another Yacht
p. 99 · Read in the full issue
Missing
"Tontine", a 49 ft. American tri maran sloop, which left Acapulco, Mexico, in January for Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, has been posted as miss ing and communications and port authorities in the South Pacific have been asked to look out for her.
No word has been heard of the "Tontine" since January 18 when she reported by radio that heavy weather had forced her to change course towards the Panama Canal.
Shipping authorities believe the vessel may have been dismasted and jury rigged, and that she may have been forced to follow roughly the same course as the "Kon Tiki" and "Age Unlimited" rafts.
The "Tontine" is the third yacht to be posted missing in the Pacific in recent months. The others are the 52 ft. schooner "Astrea" (see p.
Ill) and the trimaran "Taipan", with a crew of two, which left Sydney on June 28 last year (PIM, March, p. 107).