About 3,500 Miles
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Trimaran Was
Off Course!
An American trimaran, "Pipe Dream", arrived at Beru, Gilbert Islands, on October 8 after a 56-day voyage from Hawaii—although the crew had intended to make their first landing in the Marquesas Is lands, north-east of Tahiti, about 3,500 miles away.
Reporting this, a Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony newsletter says that the crew had "little knowledge of navigation" and were "considerably off course", which surely must be the understatement of the year.
The crew comprises Al Wolfein, owner and skipper, his wife Yoshiko, and Larry Appleton.
Captain lan Wallace, of the RCS "Nivanga", has reported that the trimaran is now unseaworthy.