Cruising
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Yachts
• KARLOO, 30 ft Australian sloop, left utoka, Fiji, about the end of April, jised north to visit Rotuma, and then »nt on to Port Vila, New Hebrides, •iving in May. Owners Geoffrey and th Goodman will be cruising New (brides waters until September. • S.E.A. QUEST, 40 ft ketch registered Long Beach, California, arrived at Raro iga on July 19 from Papeete with mer-captain Richard Johnson, his wife, antel, and crew Tom Wone and Erica bey. Mr Johnson had spent 2\ years Tahiti carrying out an active study of irk behaviour. He hopes to return to liti to continue his research on sharks d other sea animals. The S.E.A. part his yacht's name means "Scientific erprises Associates". • AOTEA, 31 ft sloop, arrived at otonga from Papeete and Bora Bora July 20 with captain Richard Charles aimers, a New Zealander, and his e, Ann. Tonga is their next port of i AYEISHA, 45 ft motor sailer, foun ed on a reef north of Nairai Island in Lomaiviti group of Fiji on July 24. owner, William Sibly and his wife, lela, of NZ, and crew Jennifer Braun, Melbourne, took to a life raft. John Margaret McKenzie, nearby in the ATROS, fired distress flares. The ON SOUTH PACIFIC was diverted to scene and picked up the three people. y were taken to Levuka. ► AQUARIUS, 36 ft Cheoy Lee sloop n Honolulu, arrived in Tahiti on July on its second visit. George Bodley, and his sister Paula Myers, planned cruise the Societies, Tuamotus and quesas before returning to Hawaii. ► ERIK THE RED, a junk-like 30 ft ' built of old floorboards by lone )r Donald Ridler, 33, of Dorset, and, arrived in Tahiti early in June left mid-July for Rarotonga. Donald d Erik the Red from England to the bbean and back five years ago. He England in 1974 for a circumnaviga- He has published a book, Erik the FRABJOUS JOY, 32 ft strip plank
sver design sloop from Marina Del
California, arrived in Tahiti early in
June for a second visit. Owners Richard and Susan Guilford were in Tahiti from July, 1973, to April, 1974. • HONEYMEAD, 45 ft ketch from Brisbane, built by owners Chester and Norma Lemon, arrived in Tahiti mid-June after visiting the New Hebrides, Noumea, New Zealand and the Australs. They left late July for the Tuamotus, Marquesas and Hawaii. • HORIZON, Out Island 41 ft ketch, owned by Earl and Betty Hinz, of Los Angeles, arrived in Tahiti early in July.
They planned to sail for New Zealand in August, with crew member Claes Olsson of San Francisco. Norman O'Brien, 50, of Los Angeles, joined the boat in Tahiti for a three-week vacation. He died while swimming in Cook's Bay in Moorea. • KANAVICK, 36 ft ketch owned by a French doctor in Tahiti, went on the reef in Moorea on July 19. The doctor, his wife and child were rescued by Tahitians. The boat, which he bought only two days before, was damaged beyond repair. ® KATHI 11, Islander 44 ft sloop from Los Angeles, arrived Tahiti on July 13 and was to leave at the end of July to cruise the Societies, Cooks, Tonga and head to New Zealand for Christmas.
Aboard were Jim Kling, 33, and Christine Gray, 21. Kathi II was built by Jim. He carved the cockpit and the cabin doors in beautiful designs. • LARKI, 44 ft Spencer ketch from Seattle, arrived in Tahiti mid-June, where owners Louis Tercier, wife Elke and daughter Nichole, 10, planned to remain for several weeks before cruising the Societies, Marquesas and Tuamotus. • MARA, 47 ft Vagabond ketch from Los Angeles, arrived in Tahiti on July 8 with owner Dr Art Saltzer, wife Jo, three children and crew member Bob Black, of Hawaii, aboard. They visited the Mar quesas and Tuamotus and planned to cruise the Societies for two months be fore heading for Suwarrow. • MESSIAH, 46 ft Cross trimaran from San Diego, arrived in Tahiti on July 10, to cruise the Societies for a few months before sailing to Micronesia. Aboard were owners Stan and Kathy Gollaher and Tom Armour and Karen Crie. • PAUROA, 43 ft double outrigger de signed by Hunt Johnson in Hawaii, has been in Tahiti since June, 1974. Owners Jan Newhouse and wife Keaho spent most of the time in the district of Tea hupo, where Jan, who is a marine biologist on leave from the University of
Hawaii, has been working for CNEXO, a French Oceanographic facility. They planned to fly to Hawaii in August and return to Tahiti in another year. • PALEDIN, modified H-28 Herreshoff 30 ft ketch registered in Whangarei, ar rived in Tahiti early June with lone sailor Frederick Smith of Burnham-on-Crouch, England. Fred bought Paledin four years ago and has sailed to Fiji, the New Heb rides, the Solomons, and the Barrier Reef to Sydney, across the Tasman to Lord Howe where he was put on the beam end. From Lord Howe he sailed to New Zealand, the Australs and Tahiti, He cruised the Societies and planned to visit the Tuamotus and Marquesas before going on to Hawaii. • PEGASUS, 43 ft Atkins gaff-rigged ketch from Detroit, arrived in Tahiti in May and left on June 15 for Suwarrow.
Jerry and Helen Fitch and their four sons sailed from Florida to the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal to the Gala pagos, Easter Island, Pitcairn, the Gam biers, Marquesas and Tuamotus, before arrived in Tahiti. They planned to visit Tonga and New Zealand also. • RASCAL, 28 ft Wollacott Truant sloop from Wellington, with owner Rex McDowell, 34, and Nance Lowe, 26, of Maryland, aboard, arrived in Tahiti early in June and planned to leave late in July for the Tuamotus, Marquesas and Hawaii.
They have been cruising since 1973 and
have visited New Zealand, Fiji, New Hebrides, the Banks, Loyalties, Australs and Societies. • RIGADOON, a William Atkins 38 ft diesel powered ketch from Miami arrived in Tahiti July 8 with owners Carl and Jeanne Moesly. They made a circumnavi
gation between 1970-1973 and are re visiting many of the islands they saw before. They planned to remain in the Societies for one or two months and sail to Tonga and New Zealand for Christ mas. • SOLONG 11, 38 ft motor sailer sloop from Auckland, arrived in Tahiti on July 25 after a hard sail from Rarotonga.
Aboard were owner Mervyn Hilsey, 35, his father, Fred Hilsey, and guests Mr and Mrs Graham Hodgson. They planned to cruise the Societies before visiting Tonga and Fiji on the way home. • SWEET THING, 54 ft Morgan sloop from Bristol, Tennessee, arrived in Tahiti in early July. Aboard were owner Jim Wilson, 54, Captain Rene Concord of Denmark, his wife Linda and guest Pete Litton of Virginia. Jim's son and two friends joined the boat in Tahiti to cruise the Societies for a month before con tinuing their circumnavigation. • TABAITHA, Alden design 45 ft ketch built in Maine in 1960 and registered in New York, arrived in Tahiti on July 7, carrying owners Jim and Carol Moore of Connecticut. They are circumnavigating with no time limit and have visited the Virgin Islands and all the islands in the Caribbean, plus Venezuela, The San Bias Islands, Panama, Perlas Island, Marquesas
and Tuamotus. They planned to fly home for a month while two daughters got married, then return to Tahiti and sail to Tonga, Fiji and New Zealand. • TANGERINE, 42 ft sloop owned by Dirk Heiss, Gary McKay and Geoff Cragg, all of Vancouver, was bought in New Zealand two years ago where Geoff was in medical practice. Dirk and Gary joined him in New Zealand and they sailed to Tonga, Fiji and Samoa, where Geoff left to return to Vancouver. From Samoa Tangerine sailed to Niue, Rarotonga, and arrived in Tahiti in January. From Tahiti they planned to sail in August or Sep tember for the Marquesas and Tuamotus and on to Hawaii. • TU SOLO TU, 65 ft ketch-rigged steel motor sailer from San Francisco, ar rived in Tahiti on June 26, carrying owner Jim House, 36, Nancy Battaion, 32, and crew Mark Jantz, 25, of Honolulu. They planned to stay three or four months in French Polynesia before sailing to Hawaii and chartering the boat. • WINDJOB, 40 ft ketch from Port land with owner Dirk Winters, 68, aboard, arrived in Tahiti early June. Dirk's crew left in the Marquesas and he single handed sailed to five atolls in the Tua motus, arriving in Tahiti with a staph in fection that kept him in the hospital foi
The 42 ft ketch, Honnalee, carrying Canadians Roy and Rika Gingell, photo graphed in New Guinea waters before sailing west for Irian Jaya and Singapore.
four days. Garland "Webb" Webster of Detroit, who sailed to Tahiti on PEGASUS, joined Windjob and they planned to leave early August for Rarotonga, Tonga, Fiji and Ntew Zealand. • WISHBONE, 35 ft double-ended gaff cutter from Vancouver, arrived in Tahiti on March 1 and planned to leave at the end of July for Fiji and New Zealand. Owners John and Ned Hutton, their 6i-year-old daughter and John Amos, an Englishman living in New Zealand were aboard.
Wishbone was built by the Huttons, who are also professional sail-makers. • July 14, the French Bastille Day celebration, brought numerous yachts to Tahiti to enjoy the festivities. A count on July 15 showed 56 visiting yachts on Papeete's waterfront. In addition to those reported in this month's issue, some of these yachts were: AEGIR of Los Angeles; ALISIO. Long Beach, Calif; AMAZING
Grace, Vancouver; Any Sea; Ataunto,
San Francisco; CANDIDE, El Dorado, Calif; CHANSON, Los Angeles; Switzerland; DELIRIUS, Panama; DULCI NEA, Vancouver; GAVIOTA 11, Van couver; HAVORN, San Francisco; HEURTE BISE, France; JOSHUA, France; LE CHI CON, Belgium; LE MARIPIER 11, Switzer
Land; Mariposa, Peru; Marita Shan,
Victoria, BC; MERIDIAN, Auckland; PATIENCE, San Francisco; PATRICIA, Los Angeles; PEREGRINE, San Diego; two boats named PETIT PRINCE from France; PRINCESS, Santa Barbara; PUHUA; RAB BIT, Palm Beach, Fla; RESOLVE, Akron, Ohio; SALGARI; SEA STAR, Charlotte Amalie; SHAULA, Seattle; WITCHITIT and
Willy Willy, Paris.
• CHEIRON, 25 ft sloop, arrived at Rarotonga on July 9 from Papeete carry ing Americans Rex Reno and his wife Catherine. They started their cruise in Baja, California and sailed off the coast of Mexico before striking south-west to the Marquesas. They visited some of the Society Islands before sailing to Rarotonga. After 10 days in Rarotonga they intended to sail to Suwarrow and American Samoa. • NEW WORLD, 69 ft schooner, skip pered by Art Merserau, returned to Guam from a trip to Palau, and left soon after on her third voyage to the northern Marianas. She is sailing all the way, as the engine was left at Guam for repairs.
The New World has made several trips out of Guam since she arrived there several months ago. • GALAXIE, 40 ft steel ketch, was a recent visitor to Samarai while on the way from Port Moresby to Rabaul. On board were owner Oliver Twist, Reg Stevenson (skipper, well known in yacht ing circles) and Cane Bennett.