"Pavana" Wins Second
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Papuan Yacht Race
The 1967 Port Moresby to Kerema yacht race over the Easter weekend was won by the 52 ft staysail schooner Pavana which covered the 160-mile course in 47 hours 30 minutes.
Pavana was skippered by owner Bill Brown.
Second was the 35 ft mast head sloop Manuriki, skippered by Jim Wright, with a time of 62 hours 40 minutes. The 42 ft Fremantle ketch Red Boomer, skippered by Bill McNeill, was third with a time of 65 hours 12 minutes.
Pavana is a veteran of two Sydney-Hobart races and two trans-Pacific races. She holds the record for the fastest time from Honolulu to Los Angeles—l 2 days and 10 hours.
The race started in good weather, but there were heavy rain squalls west of Yule Island, and four yachts were forced to retire to Port Moresby. Only two yachts besides the place getters reached Kerema.
The first Port Moresby- Kerema race was held last year ( PIM , June, 1966, p. 111).