Cruising

Yachts

• BATWING, 10,4 m junk-rigged schooner, owned by Timothy and Sheryl Dunn, was an October arrival at Pago Pago. From their home port of Seattle, they sailed through French Polynesia, and after Pago Pago set out for New Zealand and eventually Japan. Batwing easily won the award for the most remarkable October arrival at Pago Pago with her ex tremely tilted foremast and easily reefed Chinese junk sails. • BARSOI, 945 m fibreglass sloop, sailed single-handed by Heinz Lutz, is staying in Pago Pago for the hurricane season. Lutz left Italy three years ago.

Before Pago Pago he had cruised in the Society Islands. From Pago Pago he will sail to New Zealand via Tonga and Fiji. • PINKLE PURR, 10.4 m sloop-rigged catamaran, arrived at Pago Pago in Oc tober after cruising in French Polynesia.

Swiss-born Contesse Lucian sailed the catamaran single-handed from England to the Pacific. He will spend the hurricane season in American Samoa and then head to the New Hebrides, New Zealand and Au stra 1 1 a • MOON ISLAND. 1 3.5 m ketch-rigg ed GT, was another "single-hander” to arrive at Pago Pago recently. She was sailed south from Vancouver by Colin Hempsall, who called at Hawaii on the way. He plans to spend several months in

Pago Pago.

• KISKADEE, 14 m Wharram catamaran, was a recent arrival at Pago Pago from Vancouver, via Hawaii and Fanning Island. On board were Harold and Wendy Goddard, their young sons Kevin and David, and Mike Ross. They intended to sail for Fiji before the end of October • CLAIRE DE LUNE, 10 97 m cutter rigged Erin, was a mid-October arrival in Pago Pago. After a short stay she moved on to Fiji. Owner Don White and Frank Lucas, the crewman, sailed from Honolulu to Pago Pago in 25 days. • CAPRICE, 7.7 m sloop with I T.

Mitchell, arrived at Rarotonga from Bora Bora on August 22 and left for Whangarei, New Zealand, on August 29 • LIEBCHEN, 3-tonne ketch with N.

Tauernier, master, arrived at Rarotonga on August 23 and left on September 13 for Niue. • MERLIN, 11 m cutter, master J. T Counsell, arrived at Rarotonga from Papeete on August 25 and departed four days later for Tonga • SILKIE, 11 m sloop built in 1962, arrived at Rarotonga on September 19 from French Polynesia with Frank Merri man and Larry Jacobson The cruise started from Long Beach, Calif, and took Frank to Honolulu where he spent three

years They sailed for Tonga and NZ on September 29 • CONQUISTADOR 11, 12 m sloop of Auckland, arrived at Rarotonga on Sep tember 19 from Bora Bora with owner skipper Renford Meese, Helen King and Alex Hanna Next ports of call were to be Niue, Fiji and Sydney • MATANGI, 1 1 m steel hull, aluminium superstructured sloop, registered in Auckland, arrived at Rarotonga from Bora Bora on September 19 having travelled from French Polynesia in company with CON QUISTADOR 11. On board Matangi were Mr and Mrs A. L Cantwell who had visited Rarotonga twice previously during the last three years They planned to sail to Niue and Tonga • ILIMO, 8 m folkboat registered in Sydney, moored in Avatiu Harbour, Rarotonga, in late September On board was Ann Gash of Sydney (PIM, Nov, p 77) who had sailed single-handed from Sydney to England and is on her way home again. Ann has been cruising for three years, called at the Marquesas and Tahiti, and expected to be in Sydney again by the end of October Having done that, she claims, she will be the first lady to sail single-handed around the world She had a contestant, a Polish lady, but she dropped out of the field some time ago Our hats are off to Ann who sailed from Rarotonga on September 29 • PEL ICITY, 12 5 m yawl registered at Washington, DC, arrived at Rarotonga in late September from Tahiti and Bora Bora with owner-skipper Paul Woodard, Gary Titchenal and Steve Trombley Mr Woodard planned to spend the hurricane season in Pago Pago after which he would call at Tonga, Fiji, and carry on around the world • ARD SHOLAS, 12 m cutter registered at Auckland, arrived at Rarotonga on September 26 from the So ciety Islands with Bob and Sheila Miller Bob built the boat himself in Auckland and their cruise started from that port in 1973 and took them to Scotland and England with calls at Fiji, Indonesia and South Africa Pacific ports of call on the return voyage included the Galapagos and Marquesas Next port of call was to be Tonga, but if light winds prevented that it would be Auckland direct. • VALKYRIEN, 13 m American tri maran with Frank Holtersen, (captain), Colin Jones, Karen Kruse, Chris Pile, and Ellen Dumesnil on board, arrived at Rarotonga from Bora Bora on October 1 They had spent about two months in Tahiti and then visited the rest of the So ciety Islands. Chris Pile, an Australian art ist, had spent a year in Tahiti where he held a one-man art exhibition Plans were to sail to American Samoa and Captain Holtersen was to proceed with his cir cum-navigation from there. • SOLITAIRE, 10 m Canadian cutter, arrived at Rarotonga from Bora Bora on October 2 with Art Dougherty and his wife, Elsie They sailed direct for Auck land on October 8

• ARION 111, C 2-46 sloop-rigged American yacht, arrived at Rarotonga on October 2 from Raiatea On board were owner-skipper Dr Emory S. Hoore, his wife Didi, South African crewman John Hammons, and pet Dutch barge dog, one of the Keesund breed They started from Newport Beach, California, last January on a round-the-world voyage and next ports of call were to be Tonga and Fiji The yacht is powered with a 440 hp diesel • RUNESTAFF, 9 m Australian cutter, arrived at Rarotonga from Bora Bora on September 29 with owner-skipper builder, lan Hancock and friend Derry Maynard-Steele Their cruise started from NZ, where lan built the yacht, then took them to Rarotonga, the Society Islands and back to Rarotonga where they hope to stay for a few months • VALHALLA, 12.2 m motor sailer, was a late June arrival in Tahiti Owners Charlie and Helen Weaver and crew Terry Moran and David Westphal, intended to stay for a few months before continuing their voyage round the world, which started in San Francisco in August, 1 974 The Valhalla was at Panama in March and before Tahiti called at the Las Perlas Islands, the Galapagos, the Marquesas and the Tuamotus Charlie has been rac ing boats for 50 years Helen has had 17 years experience at sea • PINK MO LA MO LA, a yacht, spec ifications unknown, set off from Kanagawa Prefecture, on September 15, for Hawaii, with lone-hander Y. Hasebe on board. He is on the first leg of a round the world lone-handed cruise.

Hasebe worked for more than 17 years with Dentsu Advertising Ltd, and has been planning for the last five years to make this world trip. He plans to reach Hawaii in mid-December and then sail on to Tahiti, Fiji and Sydney.