Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1965Vol. 36, No. 5

'Bligh' Voyage Delayed

p. 18 · Read in the full issue

Page 1818

Douglas Olifent, the former ship's officer who plans to emulate Captain Bligh's open boat voyage in 1789 from Tonga to Timor (PIM, April p. 101) left Brisbane for Surfers Para dise on April 30 for the final testing of his boat and equipment.

Olifent had planned to begin his voyage off Tofua Island, Tonga, on April 28 (the 176th anniversary of the mutiny in the "Bounty"), but he suffered "annoying and frustrating delays" in getting his boat finished.

A Brisbane report says Olifent plans to sail to Tonga by way of the north Queensland coast.

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