Cruising
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• JADA, 57 ft yawl from San Francisco, planned to leave Tahiti for the Tuamotus and Hawaii around August 19. after a visit of three months. Owned by Harlow Daugherty for three years, the former schooner was built in 1938 by Stevens Brothers and has been in the Trans-Pacific races four or five times.
Under Harlow's captainship, Jada left California in May, 1975 in the Ancient Mariner Regatta to Mexico, where they were pirated when five men with machetes came aboard. They continued their sail down the coast of Mexico to the the Central American countries, then crossed the Pacific, visiting the Galapagos, Marquesas and Tuamotus, arriving in Tahiti on May 4. Sailing with Harlow from Tahiti were his sister Anne, Justin Besley, Tom Britt of Connecticut, and Joseph Pyle. • JEANIE, 30 ft mahogany sloop from San Diego, carrying singlehander Bill Loring, left San Diego in March and sailed to Hiva Oa in the Marquesas in 30 days, then headed for the Tuamotus. On May 3, Jeanie crashed on the reef in Rangiroa at 4.30 am while Bill was sleeping. She was pulled off by the villagers and gendarmes. The owner of the local fish factory closed down his business to allow his workers to come to the aid of the distressed boat. Jeanie had a broken rudder and windvane, which Bill repaired in Rangiroa, before sailing on to Tahiti, arriving in June, His plans were to remain in Tahiti until the end of August, then head for Aitutaki, American Samoa and Fiji for the hurricane season. • MAJAISIDO, 40 ft cutter-headed sloop trimaran from Wellington, NZ, designed and owned by D.E. (Barry) Barry-Martin, arrived in Tahiti in July 29, for a short visit before visiting the Society Islands and sailing
back to the Cooks and New Zealand Barry and his crew of Rick MacKenzie, Mark Fen ton, John Leniston and Maurice Saunderson, left New Zealand on June 30 for Rarotonga and Tahiti. They ran into a storm just off the New Zealand coast and blew out 80 per cent of their sail slides. They jury-rigged and sailed on to Rarotonga. This most unusual trimaran, which is 31 ft wide but has floats which fold up like wings along the main hull to measure only 14 ft wide, has three booms with self tending sails off one mast, two centreboards, a latticed steel mast, four water-tight com partments in each float, and is built of ply wood with epoxy sheathing. Barry claims that the 9 ft space between the main hull and the 7-degree-angled floats allows the wind and water to come through but the 1 ft square netting ensures safety for the crew.
He also adds that his horizontally-pivoted self-steering vane furnishes 10-12 times the power of the conventional vane. • NAUSICAA, 51ft concrete ketch built m Los Angeles by owner-skipper Jean-Henri Rey, was launched on June 2 and left June 14 for a "shake-down" cruise to Tahiti. She arrived in Tahiti 43 days later after experien cing a few difficulties such as having the
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engine break down three days out of Los Angeles, the freezer breaking down, forcing them to dump 20 lb of meat and having all their sails torn out in strong winds. Jean- Henri. who was skipper of the famous yacht MAYLIS for three years, brought his wife Roxanne home to Tahiti, where they plan to live for a year before sailing Nausicaa to France. Sailing with them were Roxanne's brother Sean Tretheway, Doug Harland of Australia, Hunt Searls of California and their dog Jupiter • NAUSIKAA 111, 57 ft ferro cement and wood ketch from Vancouver, owned and built by Hajo Hadeler and wife Else, sailed into Tahiti on July 13 for a visit of several months • STICKY TOPS, 43 ft wooden ketch built in England in 1957, was bought two and a half years ago by owner George Layton
of San Francisco. George bought the boat in England and sailed her to the West Indies and Panama, then across the Pacific to the Marquesas and Tuamotus, then sailed on to Tahiti, where she arrived in late August for a six months' visit before continuing her trip to the Cooks, Tongas, Fijis, and on to Indonesia.
Sailing with George were Joel Hanson and Ellen Hall.
• Waterloo Of Galveston,
Erickson 30 ft fibreglass sloop owned by Dean and Beverly Chase, left Galveston, Tex as in January, 1971, for the Virgin Islands, where they lived for four years. In March, 1975, they cruised most of the Caribbean islands, then made their way over to the Panama Canal and sailed across to the Galapagos and Marquesas, where Beverly helped dress a bride who was marrying the son of the mayor of Fatu Hiva They arrived in
Tahiti July 5, where they plan to stay throughout the hurricane season before heading west, around the world. The boat mascot is Henry, a Yorkshire terrier who is all energy, hair and bark. • WAYWARD WIND, 45ft Angleman ocean racing yacht built in 1933 and the winner of six Atlantic races, visited Tahiti briefly in mid-September, carrying owner and solo sailor Anthony James (Tony) Blondell, a retired sergeant-major from the U S. Army.
Tony left Los Angeles July 1 5 and visited the Marquesas and Tuamotus, then sailed on to Tahiti The yacht, which has sailed once around the world already, was bought by Tony seven years ago. His plans will even tually carry him around the world by way of American Samoa, New Guinea, Borneo and Singapore. • Ten overseas yachts visited Tonga in September, most of them westbound, but a few were scheduled to sail onto Rarotonga.
The visitors were: • MISTY (Guam) carrying Robert Anthony Wieand (skipper), lan Maxwell Bar ton and Miss Junko Itagaki, arrived from Suva on the way to Rarotonga. • LEONA 111 (UK) arrived from Rarotonga and sailed for Suva. She was carrying George F Durant (captain), Hen drienna, J. Durant and Mrs Carol Ann Korsten. • DRAGON (St Thomas, U S), arrived from Pago Pago for an indefinite stay before sailing to Suva, carrying John Yuam Hwang. • HOLOKIKI (Virgin Is.), arrived from Apia on the way to Rarotonga, but James R Roy (skipper) intended to stay indefinitely in Tonga. • SOUTHBRIDGE (Australia), with Tony Pearse, who intended to stay indefinite ly, arrived from Niue Island on the way to Fiji.
• Fantasia (Us), With Eg.
Charlebois, arrived from Niue Island. The next port of call was indefinite. • SEATRAIN (US), with James Godber, arrived from Niue on the way to Fiji.
Godber did not know how long he would stay in Tonga. • FOAM (Australia), with Keith Newland and Susan T. Turnbull, arrived from Opua in New Zealand on the way to Suva. • DRUIANA (NZ) with Craig A. Fagan (captain) and Andrew Fagan, arrived from Rarotonga and sailed five days later for Fiji. • SPELLBOUND II (England), arrived from Rarotonga and sailed four days later for Lakeba in the Lau group of Fiji. On board were Geoffrey L Bumdy (captain), Janet Fiona C. Bumdy, V.C.R. Irwin. Carol A Irwin and Siteri Dinawai Cakaumitabua • ALISA, C.T. 41 ft cruising ketch from Honolulu visited French Polynesia for three
months between June and September, then sailed back to Hawaii Aboard as she left Papeete were owners Gordon and Marjorie Bower and crew Les Weaver • MISTY, 50 ft ketch registered in San Francisco, arrived at Rarotonga from Tonga on September 23 with owner-captain Bob Wieand and three Japanese crew They were bound for Tahiti and had called at Papua New Guinea. Solomon Islands, New Hebrides and Fiji. • FRANDA 11, 52 ft steel-hulled Dutch built ketch, carrying Doug and Barbara Hut ton. from the Bay of Islands, NZ. and their four children (aged 1 1 to 20) was a recent visitor to Suva After cruising through the Fiji group they planned to sail to Vila, Noumea, the Barrier Reef, Brisbane and Sydney before returning home • LA MIOCHE, 31 ft ketch from Balboa, Panama, arrived at Rarotonga on September 4 from Tahiti and Bora Bora with owners Bill and Karen Woods. They planned to sail to Pago Pago and will probably spend the hurricane season in New Zealand. The yacht s name is French for a female Parisian street urchin • DRUIANA, 30 ft sloop registered in Dartmouth. UK. arrived at Rarotonga in early September with New Zealand brothers Craig and Andrew Fagan Their Pacific cruise started from the Bay of Islands and took them to Rapa and the Society Islands They planned to visit Tonga and Fiji before retur ning home • KIRSTEN, 32Vi ft cutter, registered at San Francisco, arrived at Rarotonga on Oc tober 15 from the Tuamotus and bound for Niue or Tonga On board were Captain Stanley Pease and Joan and Karen Pease • ANACONDA 11, 76 ft ketch, registered at Adelaide arrived at Rarotonga on October 1 7 with Australian Captain Josko Grubic and a crew of three Australians, four Britishers, one American and one Canadian They were out of Papeete and left for Suva on October 19 • PARADER, 30 ft British sloop, arrived at Rarotonga on October 20 from Papeete with Anthony Pearce and Jennifer Guthrie They were bound for Auckland. • WIND SHADOW, 41 ft cutter, arriv ed at Rarotonga from Fanning Island on Oc tober 23. bound for Bora Bora, On board were Captain Ralph Jon Naranjo, his wife, Lenore. daughter Tara and son Eric. • REGENTAG, 50 ft ketch-rigged motor sailer, arrived at Rarotonga from Papeete on October 24 bound for Auckland On board were owner Freidensreich Hundertwasser, a famous Austrian artist, and Horst and Jacqueline Wachter, master and crew respectively. • JELLICLE 11, 25 ft sloop registered at
Newcastle, UK, arrived at Rarotonga on Oc tober 26 from Papeete with owner-captain Michael Bailes and Tongan crew member V F. Fehoko. Plans were to call at Aitutaki, then Auckland. • EROS, 51 ft trimaran from San Fran cisco, arrived at Rarotonga on October 22 from Maupiti with owner-captain Raymond Swartz, his wife, Kay, and young son Robert.
Mr Swartz, a science and maths teacher, designed and built the yacht himself and their
Pacific cruise took the family to the Mar quesas and French Polynesia. Plans were un certain, but it is probable that they would visit New Zealand. • KLARABORG, 116 ft sailing ship, built in Sweden, was a recent arrival in Suva.
Captain Uve Linner said he saw her lying un used as a cargo boat in a Swedish river in 1968. bought and refurbished her. He plan ned to stay in Suva for 10 days, seeking crew, before sailing on to New Zealand,
• FEISTY LADY, 27 ft Santana sloop from Redondo Beach, California, arrived in Tahiti late August carrying newlyweds Conrad and Sandy Ramalho, who planned to visit French Polynesia for six months before sailing west to the Cooks, Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. • RED'S ROGUE, 40 tt Newporter ketch registered in Coos Bay, Oregon, left Washington state in May and sailed to San Diego, where she set out on June 25 for the Marquesas, Tuamotus and Society Islands, arriving in Tahiti Sept. The wood and fibreglass full-keel boat, owned and cap tained by O.C. (Red) Boyer, was built in 1957. On board in Tahiti were Red and crew members Roland Barker and Ralph Smith, all from Oregon Their plans were to carry them from Tahiti to Hawaii in three weeks' time. • NOVA, 30 ft sloop built by owner David Luks, 29, of Australia, visited Tahiti for a few weeks in September, before resuming her voyage home. David, along with Pauline Purcell and Mike Sanders, left Australia mid -1972 and cruised to New Zealand, Hawaii, the Aleutians, Canada and through the intra coastal canal of the United States to the Caribbean and the Virgin Islands. Heading back west, David sailed Nova single-handed to the San Bias Islands, the Marquesas and Tuamotus, before reaching Tahiti. Pauline flew to Tahiti to join David for the return trip to Australia. • SPRING FEVER, 48 ft Bermuda rigg ed sloop from Vancouver, sailed to Tahiti from Hawaii in 16’/2 days, tore out three sails and landed in Tahiti the end of May. Owner Frank Taylor, 70. and Englishman living 20 years in Canada, had the shell of his boat moulded and he and his son built the rest of it. His wife Joan, their son Pat and their crew of two made the voyage from Hawaii. His plans were to stay awhile in Tahiti and return to Hawaii and San Francisco. • L'EPERVIER, 37 ft ketch, carrying lone Swiss yachtsman Eric Steiner, arrived in Sydney on October 26 after drifting across the Pacific from the Marquesas. Storms crippled his craft and his auxiliary engine broke down three days out of the Marquesas.
When most of his provisions ran out Steiner lived on a small bag of flour, which lasted till he made his landfall off the Australian coast.
Late in 1972, he sailed his ketch down the Rhone, then cruised in the Mediterranean and across the Atlantic before entering the Pacific, via Panama, • CHEYENNE, 2-ton ocean racing sloop built in Auckland and registered in Honolulu, arrived at Rarotonga from Auckland on her maiden voyage on September 22. On board were owner D. Sheldon, his children Stephen and Donna. Chris White, and crewmen Bill Enwright, Sandy Walker and Tony Meyer, All three crew are Aucklanders. Cheyenne was bound for Tahiti and Honolulu.