Cruising
pp. 115-117 · Read in the full issue
Yachts
• ONE AND ALL, 75 ft ketch rigged yacht built in Tasmania in 1878, was to arrive in Sydney from Adelaide in late April with a new owner, Sydney caterer, John Huie.
Future plans are undecided, but they could include the Islands.
She was sold for an undisclosed sum by Captain Van Gelder and Co. of Sydney, who has reported a recent US demand for old yachts of 75 to 100 ft. US buyers, Gelder says, are trying to buy the yachts “on the cheap”, for private cruising.
• Sawankhloke (C. And A.
Heding), KELASA (Harry Gilbert), YOUTH (Alan Quigley), FORTUNA (Ken Furley), NOMAD (B. Williams), WEIR (R. Perkins) and MARI STELA (John Morrison) were in Durban in late March. • UHURU, 26 ft sloop, arrived at Rarotonga from Bora Bora on
Vpril 14 with James Lee Ulrich, his vife Mary, and their children Steven md Cynthia, on board. Previous lorts of call included Acapulco and laiatea. • TIARE arrived at Rarotonga vith Paul de Smet and Vaea Tanetoa in board on April 14. Previous ports if call included the Galapagos, laiatea, Maupiti and Bora Bora. • WHITEWAKE, with Dr. Barry Vhite, his wife Elizabeth and their hree children arrived at Rarotonga rom Tahiti on April 4. • NEW HORIZONS, 38 ft tri nth Charles Bruni and his wiffe jloria arrived at Rarotonga from "ahiti on April 4 Next stops were Ututaki, Palmerston and Niue. • FOUR WINDS, 42 ft yawl with larold and Mary Ann Seal of San r rancisco, arrived at Rarotonga April from Bora Bora. • RESOLUTION, with Horst )eltjem, his wife Susan, and Bill ngersoll, arrived at Rarotonga from lora Bora and Papeete on March 0. She was slipped at Avatiu on kpril 9, and plans were to call at •almerston Island, Tonga and Fiji. • OBERON, with B. E. lumphreys, of Auckland, made a all at Durban in January and umours were Frank Melhop, of Auckland, on board Taurangi was to larry in April before continuing his ircumnavigation. • STORMBIRD . 74-ton auxiliary etch, grounded on Sek Island, tlexishafen, New Guinea, on Novem ber 4, 1968, is not forgotten and her last, steering wheel and compass /ill go to the Orbost Historical Society of Victoria.
Built in 1874, she worked the east nd south coast Australian runs efore she was bought in the mid 960’s by Mr. Jim McCormick for tie Moresby-Daru-Era run. Her last iwner was Mr. Jim McKinnon.
When lost, on a trip from Madang d Wewak, her master was Captain 'eter Yemen. His father and two hildren lost their lives in the mishap. • HOUHERE, 39 ft yacht with hree Aussies, John and Warren fyler and Ronald Smith, was to leave 7 iji in late May for Tahiti, via ither Samoa or Tonga. Houhere’s on he way to the US where the boys lope to sell her.
• Derwent Hunter , 24-
year-old 75 ft gaff-rigged schooner owned by Sydney businessman Lloyd Hughes, could be Islands cruising about October for charter ventures.
Known in Fiji, Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, she’s currently undergoing extensive repair work in Sydney. • Mr. Colin Philp, 63. managing director of Suva’s Tradewinds Hotel, is having built in the hotel’s marine section I 85 ft all-steel ketch with twin hulls. Construction is expected to take two years and when completed, the yacht will be used for pleasure cruising.
• A 9 ft sailing dinghy, in perfect condition, was found at Mangaia, southern Cooks, on Good Friday, The white-painted hull was covered with tiny shellfish, indicating that it had been at sea for some months, and the name Ignor was painted on the counter.
Inquiries revealed that it belonged to Mr - f ß( *ert E. Amos, skipper °w“" J n e !° s * the dingh y last November when it was in tow and he was sailing Bfanqmta from the Society Islands to Tahltl m very o gh seas ' The dinghy took five months to drift about 1,000 miles westward.