Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1973Vol. 44, No. 2

Cruising

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Yachts

• L’AFFRANCHI, 23 foot sloop, which sailed from France on July 4, 1971, with skipper-owner Gonzague (Bernard) Pattyn and Olivier Magd on board, survived hurricane Bebe but perished on the reef off Mare Island in the Loyalty Group early on November 6. Gonzague and Olivier later arrived in Sydney where the former is working on a French ship.

He intends buying another yacht for the return home. Even a hurricane and a reef-stranding have not tar nished the attraction of the sea for him.

Gonzague, who told his story to

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