Cruising

Yachts

• ERL 80 ft black-hulled ketch from San Francisco, arrived at Raro tonga on March 2 with skipper Stephen Moodie, his brothers David and Michael, Emma Young, Bruce Anderson, Barry Marks, Hughie Moore, Douglas Green, Katie Kocel, Susan Vega, William Woodruff, Diane Galiat and Don Hallet on board.

Fri left San Francisco in September last year, spent two months in Hawaii, and called at the Cook Islands of Rakahanga, Manihiki and Aitutaki before reaching Rarotonga.

Plans were to stay a fortnight in Rarotonga before sailing for Auck land.

• Thekla -Christine, 60 Ft

Melbourne sloop, was still in Fiji in March with owner Ernst Eggers and Barbara Treloar aboard. On this trip, Thekla-Christine has been in Fiji waters since December. • FINISTERRA, 75 ft ketch, was still in Suva in March for an indefinite stay, as was the 40 ft Seattle yawl Shaula, and the Swedish yacht Suzie 11. • VAGABUNDO, 43 ft fibreglass sloop from Los Angeles, with Gale and Ann Graves on board, was

anchored at the Tradewinds, Suva in March. She was due to depart sometime in March en route to Los Angeles, via American Samoa, the Cooks, Tahiti and Honolulu. • SUNSET SUE, 36 ft Cheoy Lee clipper, with Al, Nancy and Sue Crocker on board, left Suva on February 12. She was bound for Florida, via Tonga, the Cooks, Tahiti and Panama, after being in Suva since last October. • MARAENUI, 54 ft motor sailer from Nauru was back in Fiji waters in February after several months in New Zealand waters. On board were skipper Gary Dalton and crew, Mike Hilborn and Ross Jenkins. • LADY STERLING, 49 ft 6 in. schooner from Auckland was still in Suva in March. She has been in Fiji waters since June last year. • KURINGAI is the name of Harry and Beryl Richards’ newly built 33 ft sloop, on which they are now cruising north on the east Australian coast. The Richards sold their gaff rigged ketch Debonair a year ago, and have been at work on its replace ment since then. • Under construction at Glou cester, UK, is a 40 ft Bermudan ketch which will have a hull made of concrete and chicken wire at a cost of about $A2,500. Builder Dr. Hugh Juckles plans to sail the ketch around the world, including the South Pacific, with his family. • SPIRIT OF BARB ARY, 27 ft NZ gaff-rigged cutter changed hands in Kieta recently. Sandy and Bernie Watt parted with her after three years Pacific cruising and are now headed for New Zealand looking for a larger boat. New owners Tony Pollock and Dave Newson intend leaving for Rabaul in the near future. e YO HO HO, 38 ft Sparkman and Stephens “Sigma” design from Honolulu arrived in Honiara early March. After leaving Kieta she visited the Shortlands, Treasury, On tong Java, Choiseul and Russell Islands. Yo Ho Ho is en route to Fiji, intending to arrive in time for the South Pacific Arts Festival. On board are skipper/owner Norm Davidson, Jan Ferguson, Sandy and Bernie Watt. • REBEL, 107 ft topsail schooner has been in Fiji waters since late last year, and in February was being refitted in Suva. Skipper, PanAm 747 pilot Captain Al Davis, died suddenly in Lautoka, leaving his wife Doris and son Scott who had also been aboard Rebel.