For Lord Howe Visitors

“Alena”, a 45 ft work boat for tourists, belonging to Mr. Alan Williams, of Somerset Guest House, was launched at Lord Howe Island recently, some 4i years after work of building her began. The boat was built about a quarter of a mile from the launching site, mainly with voluntary labour on weekends and holidays. Two large tractors and several volunteers equipped with props to keep the boat upright moved the boat, inch by inch, to the launching site. Two other boats, “Pacific Chief tain” and “Wide Awake”, towed her into deep water.