Cruising

Yachts

9 QUINTILA, 40 ft ketch, arrived at Rarotonga with Mike Briar, Madeleine Rogers and watchdog. They left Dart mouth, England, 18 months ago and called at Madeira, the Canary Islands, Brazil, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colum bia, the West Indies, Panama, the Gala pagos, the Marquesas and the Society Islands. Because of the high incidence of thieving in South American ports they bought an Alsatian-Doberman watchdog called El Pampa. Plans were to sail direct to Russell in the North Island of New Zealand. e CRUSADER, 51 ft sloop, arrived at Rarotonga from Tahiti on October 1 with owner-skipper Don Sorte (US), three crew and three passengers. Crew were John Faske (US), Heinrich Landwers (Germany), and Susan Davmiller (US) and the passen gers were Tom Goodwin, Anna Goodwin and Easter Goodwin, all from the United States. Starting from Vancouver, Don Sorte's cruise took him down the Ameri can and Mexican coasts, then to the Galapagos, Marquesas and Society Islands. They planned to call at Suva, but from there the route was uncertain. • RAINBOW 11, 30 ft ketch, was in Suva in October with Canadian owners, Roger Miles and his wife, Evelyn. The ketch, built in 1910, was formerly a Royal Navy pinnance. The Miles bought it in 1970 and have since sailed along the American west coast and across the Paci fic to the Marquesas, the Tuamotus, Tahiti, Borabora, Samoa and New Zealand. The next move is to New Zealand, where they hope to find work before moving on again.

9 PAUANA, 52 ft schooner, which was in Papua New Guinea for about nine years, has been bought by Mike and Georgie Green. They sailed from Port Moresby to Townsville on October 11, and in time, plan to sail round the world. 0 The 1974 single-handed transtasman yacht race from New Plymouth to Brisbane will start on April 27. So far five entries have been received for the 1,200mile race. The race is open to boats 20 ft and over. One of the main qualifications is a 500-mile single-handed non-stop trip. Rules for the race may be obtained from Mr W. L. Williams, 89 Belt Road, New Plymouth, New Zealand, with whom entries close on December 31. • SOLITAIRE 11, an extended H 23 from Sydney, arrived back in Port Moresby on October 1 after sailing to Samarai, Trobriands, Rabaul, Bougainville, the Solomons and various islands in between.

After a few weeks stay, Keith Thompson

and Valerie Shine sailed for Thursday Island from where they plan to go back to Sydney. NAOMI is a 46 ft Alan Payne de sign stee) yaw! from Pago Pago . Mogens hjs wjfe M ar i anne and their daughters Nette and Lena sailed from Pago Pago to Port Moresby via Vila to arrive early m October. After a short stay, Naomi sailed for Torres Strait, Timor, Bal. and Singapore. 9 LEDA, a 23 ft steel sloop from Ger many arrived in Port Moresby in mid- October after a 10-day sail from Brisbane, Q n board is Heinrich Henze. , . * THE S E EKER - 48 ft Canadian s oop, from Bora Bora, RAINBOW, 40 ft sloop, from Sydney, and MERIDIAN 11, also from Canada, were all in Rarotonga late Octo ber. Nuclear-protest yacht SPIRIT OF PEACE departed for NZ. Rainbow is headed for England, The Seeker for Tonga and NZ.