The Long, Long
p. 13 · Read in the full issue
Way To The Marquesas
For the second time in less than six months, an American trimaran trying to get to the Marquesas has finished up at an island thousands of miles from its destination and almost —but not quite—in the opposite direction.
The trimaran is called—appro priately perhaps—“ Pipe Dream”, and is owned and skippered by an American missionary, Alvar Wolfsen, who has a Japanese born wife, Yashiko.
On October 8 last year, 56 days out from Hawaii, “Pipe Dream” arrived at Bern, Gilbert Islands, although Mr. Wolfsen had actually been heading for the Marquesas, some 3,500 miles away (PIM, Dec. p. 83).
On March 13, “Pipe Dream” turned up from the Gilberts in Lautoka, Fiji, although Mr.
Wolfsen again claimed that he had been heading for the Marquesas.
Lautoka’s position on the map means that Mr. Wolfsen is still about the same distance from the Marquesas as he was when he left Bern, and despite a cruise of more than 3,000 miles, he is still about a thousand miles further away from his destina tion than he was before he left Hawaii.
Mr. Wolfsen was accompanied on his latest voyage by his wife and two Gilbertese.