Cruising

Yachts

• DON QUIXOTE, 23 ft Islander slooj swing keel trailer sailer, was a recent arr al in Tonga, from Sacramento, California ia Maui, Fanning Island and Pago Pago. S is crewed by owner Jack Wentworth jnd Richard Fehlman, who are on their v / to Blenheim in NZ, via Minerva Reef. The pent some time cruising in Tonga waters • TWO SISTERS, 32 ft sloe with owner Peter Ell, was scheduled to le e Niue Island late in August for British 1 umbia.

Peter, one of the driving forces ir ie Niue Island Blue Water Yacht Club ir nded to take with him John Hill, former ai art direc tor, on Niue, and Sione Make/ Intended points of call are Pago Pago Pukapuka, Christmas Island, Fanning Isl/ J, Palmyra Island, Hawaii, Vancouver and > nee Rupert. • The Niue Island Blue Wf r Yacht Club was visited by 24 yachts up o August 15, two more than the record number which had previously arrived in a yea More are ex pected before the hurricane season starts.

The visitors to August 1 5 were Shibui, from Honolulu (Park and Gloria Shorthose), Mor ning Star, from California (Ray and Shirley Triplett), Tabitha, from Connecticut (Jim and Carol Moore), Tyee, from Seattle (Betty and Bill Whipple), Stuff, from California (Michael Rabinovitz, Diane Honmeyer and Jane and Andy Bell), Peregrine, from San Diego (Richard Jensen, Trevor Davies and Carol Robinette), Onza, from Los Angeles (Larry Horowitz, Vera Krivonos and Tim Revecomb), Two Sisters, from NZ (Peter Ell), Christophe, from France, (Jean Colleuil), Super Shrimp, from London (Shane Acton), Puffin, from San Francisco (Don and Kathy Walker), Resolve from California (Sy, Vicki and David Carkhu/f), Palantir, from Dundee

(Jinty, David, Kirsty and Cathy Rorke), Mistonfiet, from Switzerland (Alain and Mary Anne), Odyssey, from Bellingham, Washington (Gary and Kirsten Moore), Tangaroa Toru, from Canada (Ken and Robyn Robertson), Southern Cross, from Pennsylvania (Neville and Louise Lewis), Mud Slide Slim, from England (Dick and Glenys Crone and Tony Barber), Mercator, from Victoria, British Columbia (Doug Barron and Maureen Abbott), Manathine, from Victoria, BC (Sir Rodney Knight), Bon zo, from England (Richard and Elly Wilson), Sinabada, from Gladstone (Sid and Barbara Nettleton, and Paul), Solent Dove, from England (Peter Barnes) and Curclew, from England (Jim and Pauline Carr).

Peter Ell, the club's correspondent, told PIM they attributed the large increase in the number of yachts visiting Niue to the publici ty they got from PIM Peter added: "Make sure word gets around that visiting yachts can buy victuals, all kinds of canned goods, frozen food, ice-cream, fruit, rice, potatoes and hardware such as batteries from Russell L, Kars at Alofi Barbour all at wholesale prices''!! • SYBARIS, 30 ft steel sloop, left Sydney early in July for a five years world cruise. She was carrying Roger Hobbs, geophysicist, and Catherine Harper, geologist. Their first stop was to be in the Cook Islands. • BUNYIP, 42 ft sloop, was wrecked on Kibobo Island reef, off Vanua Balavu, Lau, in Fiji, on August 22. On board were owner, Mrs Roslyn Woodhead, an Australian, who had been living in Christchurch, the skipper Edward Anderson, of San Francisco, Gordon Usher, of Portland, Jana Palm, of Nevada, and Susie Rose, of California. Mrs Woodhead had sunk her life savings into the yacht, and planned to make a slow cruise round the world An attempt will be made to salvage the $40,000 sloop and equipment. Bunyip was on her way from Apia to Suva when she struck the reef. • MISTY, an American 40 ft trimaran, arrived at Rarotonga on August 8 from Bora

Bora bound for Pago Pago, with Captain Floyd Moore, Megan Slikas, Laura Moore and Paul Mueller, all US citizens. • QUINQUEREME, 36 ft sloop registered in Liverpool, UK, arrived at Rarotonga on August 10 from Bora Bora and bound for Tonga. On board were Captain Roderick Moody, British, and New Zealanders J. Brooke White and her young daughter. Echo Brooke White. • CON TINA, Cal 2-46 cruising ketch built by Jensen Marine in 1974 and registered in Newport Beach (Calif) sailed into Tahiti on June 27, carrying owners Dr Peter Ford Eastman and wife Betty; also Bo Blakey of San Diego. The Eastmans began their voyage from California and visited the Marquesas and Tuamotus, where PlM's Tahiti correspondent joined them for their sail to Tahiti. Their plans will eventually take them around the world after a leisurely visit in French Polynesia. • CHENOA, 42 ft ketch from San Diego, owned and built by Sietse P.

Boersma, left California in March and cruised to the Marquesas and Tuamotus, before arriving in Tahiti on June 4 for a several weeks visit. Sailing with Peter were wife Lydia, daughter Walicke, 7, Franklin Boersma and Ramond Humphries. On arrival in Tahiti Raymond left for New Zealand by freighter and was replaced by Ron Herndon of San Francisco. Chenoa will visit the Cook Islands and Niue on her way to Samoa where the owner will seek employment.

• Different Drummer, Islander

40 ft ketch from Honolulu, made a return trip to Tahiti on the way home from New Zealand. Owners Paige Vitousek and Bob Rediske visited French Polynesia in August, 1975, enroute to New Zealand, where they spent the hurricane season. In April, Bob, along with crew members Jeff Hassell and Ross Harold, set out from New Zealand but encountered terrible storms with 90 knot winds and 30 ft seas and had to turn back.

They left again a month later and visited Rarotonga before arriving in Tahiti on June 8, where Paige joined them. Different Drummer left again on July 9 with Bob, Paige, Jeff and two New Zealanders, Jack Thomson and daughter Karin. They planned to visit the Marquesas before returning to Hawaii. • DRAGON, 55 ft steel cutter from St Thomas, Virgin Islands, left home in January, 1976 and sailed to Tahiti via the Panama Canal, Galapagos, Marquesas and Tuamotus, arriving on June 2 at Papeete. Owner John Hwang of China, Holland and the US was ac companied by Jacquie Hunt of Chicago and Jack Nelson of the Galapagos. Their plans were to sail to Bora Bora for the Bastille celebrations then head for Samoa, Fiji and New Zealand as next stops on their world cruise.

• HORIZON, Morgan Out Isla.-d 41 ft ketch from Los Angeles, spent a few weeks in Tahiti in May before continuing the voyage home via the Betiy Hinz, who had visited French Polynesia in July and August, 1975, spent the hurricane season in New Zealand, then sailed to Raivavae in the Australs in April, 1976 Sailing with Horizon to Hawaii was Mark Tibbits of Australia. • LEONA 111, 36 ft ketch registered in the UK, arrived at Rarotonga on August 10 from Bora Bora and bound for Tonga, with Captain George F. Durant and Hendriena Durant. • PENDRAGON, 42 ft NZ ketch, arriv ed at Rarotonga in August 18 from Whangarei, NZ, with David and Elizabeth

of call Waters, both journalists. La ® t n( s''' they were were Tahiti and Borg whangarei, leaving bound Au gust 25. They took part in the 1 AucHand-Suva yacht race and then sailed to the UK via South Africa and Brazil.

Their voyage from the UK to NZ started in October, 1975, and took them to the West Indies, then through the Panama Canal to the Galapagos, Marquesas, Tuamotus and Tahiti. • CARCHARIAS, 53 ft Canadian sloop, with John and Peggy Grey, arrived at Rarotonga on August 18 from Tahiti and Bora Bora. Plans were to visit American Samoa, and possibly Western Samoa, Tonga and Fiji, and then Whcngarei in the North Island of New Zealand. The Greys' cruise

started w, first leg of Trflflp from Poole (UK) and the Mediterranean and AcJfluJook them to across the Atlantic to the o.Jthes and into the Pacific via the Panama Canal.

While sailing to Vancouver, Via Hawaii, they were struck by a hurricane/but Carcharias had only minor damage. • WINDWAGGON 111, 68 ft cutter from Newport, Oregon, owned by retired lawyer Dick Tretheway and wife Sandy, arrived in Tahiti on April 12 where ihey planned to stay until October before heading for Tonga, Fiji and New Zealand. /Vith them is Hans Millenaar of Pasader/a (Calif). The 55 ton boat is steel-covered with concrete and is 16 ft from the keel/to the super structure.

There are 800 sq ft of living quarters in cluding three private staterooms, a saloon with an electric organ, a galley with full-sized washer and drye', propane cooker, 15cuft freezer and 8 cu ft refrigerator. There is a complete workshop aboard with an 11 ins metal lathe as part of Dick's proud possessions, an auxiliary generating plant, and an air compressor for scuba divers.

Windwaggon II was battered on the reef in Rarotonga in 1973 and the new one was built in 11 months. • SOUTHERNORE. 32 ft sloop from

Sydney, arrived at Rarotonga on August 23 from Papeete, bound for Suva, with Tony fountain), Francis Gugich and Linda Marere. • CARINA, 24 ft cutter from has been in Tahiti since March 18, with Canadians Connie and Eric Flewelling. They bought Carina in California and sailed to Hawaii in February, 1975, for a nine-month visit, then left for the Marquesas and Tuamotus. Their plans were to remain in Tahiti through the Bastille (July) celebrations, Hawaii, Western Samoa, Fiji. Sydney, Lord Howe Island and New Zealand, where she rested for the summer months. Leaving New Zealand on April 6 owners Lynn Wallen and Trevor Stickler, along with Anders Bolsen of Denmark, visited Raivavae before sailing to Tahiti. After a brief visit they left for Ahe in the Tuamotus, the Marquesas, Hawaii and home to Vancouver. • Kl' IHELE, Cal-40 owned and cap tained by G. T. "Van” Ingen of Hawaii, left Hawaii in late May and arrived in Tahiti on June 16. His plans were to visit French Polynesia then sail back home in early September. With Van in Tahiti were Jan Le Doux, George Kenning and Egon Rassow. • HELLY, 38 ft sloop, arrived at Rarotonga on August 17 with Australians Douglas and Josephine Winkler, both of

Sydney. During their six-month Pacific cruise they have called at Hawaii (where they bought HeJly) and in which they sailed to Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora. From Rarotonga they planned to sail to Tonga, Fiji, New Caledonia, then back home to Sydney. • NATURAL HY, 36 ft sloop from Van couver, left Canada in August, 1974, for then continue their three-year circumnaviga tion. Their next ports of call were to be Rarotonga, Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. • COPY CAT, 43 ft catamaran registered in Vancouver, arrived at Rarotonga on July 28 with owner-captain Lyle Chase and Carol Chase. Their voyage started in September, 1975, and has taken them to the Marquesas and Tuamotus. Plans were to visit Samoa and Fiji before arriving in New Zealand in November. • FANTASIA, 32 ft American cutter, arrived at Rarotonga on August 3 with owner-captain Win Charlebois and Linda Hoppe! and their two cats. They came from Tahiti and Bora Bora after spending a year in French Polynesia and hoped to visit some of the other Cook Islands before calling at Niue and Tonga and spending the hurricane season in New Zealand. Next cruising season they plan to visit Fiji and Micronesia.