Of Bill Trouble
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“ Yankee” In A Se Of Bill Trouble
The 96 ft steel-hulled brigan tine Yankee, which ran agrounc on the reef at Avarua, Raro tonga, on July 24, was still then in the latter part of September and—it seemed—likely to there unless her owners paic their bills.
The owners, Windjammei Cruises Ltd., of the Bahamas owe the Cook Islands Govern ment £BOO for accommodatior at the Government-owned hote in Rarotonga for the Yankee\ 12 passengers, who have nov been repatriated to the US.
The Government has therefon obtained a detention ordei against the Yankee from the Rarotonga High Court whicl will hold good until all debt! have been paid. If they are not a writ of sale will be issued.
Meanwhile, the Yankee\ skipper, Captain Derek Lumbers is said to have made variou attempts to obtain assistance tc get his ship off the reef, includ mg the dispatch of cables t( Pago Pago, Suva and Papeete All have been in vain.
Le Journal de Tahiti reportec on September 23 that Mr Joseph Shaffer, general manage] of Windjammer Cruises, ha( arrived in Papeete en route tc Rarotonga to see if Yanket could be refloated.