Cruising

Yachts

• NOMAD, 33 ft steel sloop from Myack, New York, left there last September with owners Ed and Mary Arnold and their children. Chris 17, Phil 16, Geof 15, and Sonia 14, arriving in Tahiti in March for a month's stay. On the way, they called in at the Bahamas, Jamaica, Panama, the Marquesas and the Tuamotus, and expect to see many more places before reaching home in August, 1977 As Ed and Mary are teachers, there's no trouble over running a floating school for the children They'll be in the Cooks in May. • ODYSSEY, Vega 27 ft sloop from Bellingham, Washington, carrying Gary and Kirsten Moore, left San Diego in November for the Mar quesas, where they stayed three months before continuing on to the Tuamotus and Tahiti. They arrived in Papeete on March 20 for a three month visit before continuing to New Zealand. • PALAWAN, 68 ft aluminium ketch registered in North Haven, Maine and owned by Thomas J Watson, Jr, arrived in Tahiti on March 23 She left North Haven in October, 1975 and cruised to Florida and the Caribbean, then to Panama, the Cocos Islands, Galapagos, Easter Island, Pitcairn and Marquesas, before sailing into Papeete On board upon arrival were Mr Watson.

Lord Riverdale of Sheffield, England, Mrs Helen W Buckner of New York City, the owner's daughter, Helen Watson, captain Paul Wolter of Germany and Maine, David Flanagan of Maine, Carter Christensen of Connecticut, Ann Madden of Boston and Elinor Lazarus of Ohio. Palawan, which was built by the Abeking and Rasmussen shipyard in Germany in 1972, planned to cruise the Societies until the end of April, then sail for Tonga and Fiji. • SALTDIGGER, 36 ft ferro cement sloop built by owners Dale and Rod Bloedel of Alberta left Vancouver in September, 1975, cruised down the west coast of the US to San Diego, then sailed to the Marquesas and into Tahiti on March 4 With them were Barbara Myers of Toronto and Elizabeth Goad of Australia. The brothers planned to tour the Societies before sailing to Hawaii and Vancouver, The girls planned to find another boat and go to Australia. • SERENITY, 37ft Carrol ketch from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, sailed into Tahiti on April 1 for a one-month visit before continuing circumnavigation. Owners Ric Martin and Russ Nilson, with Jennifer Brown, left Maine in August 1975, cruised down the east coast of the US to Florida and Panama. They left Panama on

December 24 for a six weeks' stay in the Galapagos before continuing to the Marquesas and Tuamotus.

Serenity is a research boat and the crew is collec ting fish for the Smithsonian Institute, tagging por poises for the US Fisheries Service and will be studying the sea cows between Fiji and South Africa for the Fisheries Dept. Their next ports of call will be in the Cooks, Samoas, Fiji, Tongas and New Caledonia. • STORMVOGEL, 73 ft Marconi ketch from Amsterdam, arrived in Tahiti on March 29 on her fifth trip around the world. This leg of her circum navigation began in Malta in September, 1975, and has brought her to Spain, Gibraltar, the Canaries, the West Indies, Cocos, Galapagos and Marquesas.

Owned by Werner Mattmann of Switzerland and captained by Malcolm Horsley of Australia, she carries an international crew consisting of Catherine Aubery (Martinique), Reynald Berthe (France).

George Westbrook (USA), David Williams (South Africa), Gavin Meikle (South Africa) and Jonathan Loughborough (England). The 15-year-old Storm vogel, a famous racing yacht, carries 4,500 sq ft of spinnaker and other sails totalling 8,500 sq ft and has sailed more miles than any other yacht, accor ding to Captain Horsley. The owner, Mr Mattmann, planned to join the yacht either in Tahiti or Fiji. Their plans were to cruise the islands of French Polynesia for a month before sailing to Rarotonga, Tonga, Fiji, the Solomons and New Hebrides. • TAURANGI, 35ft Piver trimaran built by owner Frank Melhop in Auckland, called at Tahiti on March 30 for a month's visit before sailing to Fiji.

With Frank were his wife, Barbara, of Rhodesia, and their parrot Lorea, of Brazil. Frank left his native New Zealand 10 years ago aboard Taurangi and has since sailed the Fijis, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, to Southeast Asia, across the Indian Ocean to Africa, then to South America on up to the Caribbean and Florida. They spent two years in Florida, then sailed back to the Caribbean IV4 years ago. From Panama they visited the Galapagos, spent two months in the Marquesas, then sailed for the Tuamotus and Tahiti. • THALES, a 36 ft Petersen Coaster schooner owned by Lawrence and Ann Stewart of Sausalito, California, arrived in Tahiti on March 15 and plann ed to cruise the Societies until June 1, when they will leave for Hawaii They left Marina Del Rey on December 8 for a 23-day sail to Nukuhiva, Mar quesas En route they hit a whale but there was no major damage to the yacht. Lawrence and Ann are both college teachers. While in French Polynesia, Ann planned to research women artists living in the islands. • TORRID, Mariner 40ft ketch owned by Bruce Butterfield of San Francisco, arrived in Tahiti on January 14 to keep a very important date. Bruce married his Tahitian sweetheart, Monique, in a ceremony in Tahiti during April. Bruce and Monique met in San Francisco in 1969, decided to get married in 1971, and took five more years to make

it a reality. They sailed off to Huahine. Raiatea and Bora Bora for their honeymoon. In a few months time they plan to sail to Hawaii. • ALPAMAYO 11, 40ft fibreglass Michael Dufour ketch from La Rochelle, France, sailed into Tahiti in March for a three-month visit before con tinuing circumnavigation. Jean and Madeleine Puiseux left France in July. 1975, and have visited the Canaries, the Natilles. Panama, Marquesas and the Tuamotus. Their next ports of call will include the Tongas, Fiji, New Hebrides and Australia • COPY CAT, 43 ft catamaran from Van couver, arrived in Tahiti on March 6 with owners Lyle and Carol Chase aboard. Lyle, who is a boat builder, built the copy of CSK in four years. They left Vancouver in September. 1975, and sailed down the west coast of the US to San Diego, then visited the Marquesas and Tuamotus. Their plans will eventually carry them to New Zealand • CYBELE, 50 ft Alden ketch from San Diego, left San Diego in November for Mexico, carrying the Flanagan family of Steve and Tommie, their son, Steve. Jr. 16, and 9 year-old daughter, Sylvia. They left Manzanillo. Mexico the end of February for the Marquesas and Tuamotus and arrived in Tahiti at the end of March. Their plans were to cruise the Societies for two months and then head for Hawaii and home. They reported their crossing was a storybook passage. • GITANO 11, a CT-41 ft fibreglass ketch from Vancouver, rendezvoused with CYBELE from Man zanillo. Mexico to Tahiti. Clare and Norma Allen and their son Greg, 14, two daughters, Laurie, 15, and

Jan, 16, plus Tiffy the cat, left Vancouver in mid- July, 1975 and cruised to Mexico. Some friends there told them to see the Marquesas, so they left at the end of February and visited the Marquesas and Tuamotus, arriving in Tahiti around March 21 They planned to remain in French Polynesia until mid-April, then sail for Hawaii and Vancouver. • KAYOKO, 37 ft Ed Monk-design ketch from San Francisco, is in Tahiti on a several months visit.

Brian and Margery Saunders left San Francisco in October, 1974, and spent a year in the Sea of Cortez In December, 1975, they sailed for the Marquesas and Tuamotus, then Tahiti. Brian left Tahiti aboard FIREBIRD in late March for a five month sail to Australia, while Margery remained aboard Kayoko to study and write. • lAGO, 41 ft 6 ins catamaran registered in San Fancisco, arrived at Rarotonga on April 17 with single-hander D.K, Brown. Last port of call was Papeete and he was headed for Suva. • DELIVERANCE, 32 ft cutter registered in Santa Barbara, California, arrived at Rarotonga on April 19 from Papeete with single-hander Michael Magee. He was bound for Pago Pago. • PING PONG, 32 ft sloop registered at San Diego, California, arrived at Rarotonga on April 20, with James Feiden and Wanda Richardson. From Papeete, they called at Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa and Bora Bora and they planned to call at Pago Pago, American Samoa. • SHI BUI, 40 ft sloop registered in Honolulu, arrived at Rarotonga from Niue Island on April 21 with owner-captain Park Shorthose and his wife, Gloria. They were bound for Raiatea and other islands in French Polynesia and expect to be home in Honolulu on August 1. • BUNDOON, 30 ft sloop registered at Sydney, arrived at Rarotonga on April 22 skippered by Dr Barry Goldman and crewed by Mrs Lois Ann Goldman. They came from Pago Pago and were bound for Papeete. • TALISMAN 11, 44 ft steel cutter, was a re cent arrival in Hobart from Sydney on the way to Fiji, via Wellington. In command was single-handed sailor. Dr M.J, Lange, who intends to make a solo circumnavigation of the South Pacific. • ONZA, 65 ft motor sailer from Honolulu, has been spending the hurricane season in Tahiti, leav ing in April for Rarotonga, Tonga, Fiji and Australia.

Owner Larry Horowitz, 35, sailed Onza out of San Diego in April, 1974, and is making for the Mediterranean with crew Vera Krivonos, 27. • MORNING STAR, 46ft all teak ketch registered in San Francisco, arrived at Rarotonga from Tahiti on April 7 with owner-captain Ray Triplett and his wife, Shirley. Their cruise started from San Francisco in June 1973 and took them to Hawaii, Fanning Island. Aitutaki, the Societies and Tuamotus, Marquesas; Hawaii and the Marquesas and Tahiti again, and then Rarotonga. In the Tuamotus, Morning Star was hailed as the first yacht to call at Tepoto, and the second to call at Taenga and Katiu, said Ray Triplett. They also called at Makemo, and Raroia where the raft Kontiki land ed. Next ports of call after Rarotonga were to be Niye, Tonga, Samoa and Fiji. • CHINTA, 32 ft wood sloop, skipper Wolf Muller-Fabian of West Germany, has been in Hawaii since last December Before that he was in the Tuamotus. Wolf things he's one of the few men to spend two years of sailing close-hauled through the Pacific. • FRABJOUS JOY, 32 ft wood sloop with Richard and Susan Guilford on board, arrived in

Honolulu in March after sailing from Tahiti. They left Marina Del Ray in April, 1973, and have cruised through the Islands ever since, visiting Tahiti, the Cooks, Samoas, Tonga, Fiji and New Zealand, before their second landfall in Tahiti. • MINERVA, 45 ft steel cutter, with Cmdr John 0. T. Lee, wife Daphne and crew Geoffrey Payne and William Rennard, arrived in Honolulu on April 8, after leaving Wellington (NZ) and Sydney in January and sailing via Christmas Island to Hawaii They were hard on the wind the whole time with 45 days of winds over 45 knots. • MALISH, 31 ft fibreglass ketch, with DA. and Esther Brown, of Vancouver (BC), left Papeete in February and arrived at Lahaina, Maui (Hawaii) on April 10, They anchored at Honolulu two weeks later.

Rabaul Yacht Club is holding its fifth Rabaul-Kavieng yacht race, beginning at 1300 on June 11. The event is over ifeo miles, open only to oceanworthy craft with a minimum of 16ft LWL. Multi-hulls will race for line honour trophies and cash awards only. Handicaps will be based on IYRU regulations and all regulations as laid down by Rabaul Yacht Club. All en trants will be subjected to measurement and inspection by the club. Entry forms and more details can be had from the secretary of the yacht club's sailing divi sion, PO Box 317, Rabaul, PNG.