Yachts
pp. 76-77 · Read in the full issue
Cruising
• Mayakowasure, 9.5 M
yacht of Japanese design, was a recent arrival in Suva carrying owners Masataka and Teruko Hori They bought the yacht in the US about six years ago, and, after cruising around their own Japanese islands for four and a half years, and saving money at the same time, they headed out into the Pacific. In 18 months in the Pacific they visited the Tuomotus, Tonga and Fiji Before they return to Japan in about two years time they intend to visit New Zealand, Australia, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia and the Gilbert Islands They may visit Fiji again as well • JELLICLE 11, British sloop rigged 7 6 m folkboat, arrived at Rarotonga on October 12 from Raiatea with Mike Bailes and one crew member and left for Tonga on October 29 • SEMINOLE, 11.7 m Ameri can cutter, arrived at Rarotonga on October 1 2 from Bora Bora with B E Spanier and friend They left for Tonga on October 20
• Bittersweet, 13 4M
American cutter, arrived at Rarotonga on October 20 from Papeete with G. 0 Smith and three crew They left for NZ on October 22 • LA DESIRADE, 7 3 m yawl registered in Panama, arrived at Rarotonga from Tubuai on Oc tober 27 with G V Liscombe and one crew • SAYONARA, 27.4 m ketch registered in Gibraltar, arrived at Rarotonga on October 18 from Nukuhiva with M Mehle and nine crew The yacht sailed for NZ on October 31 • DEM AR IS TAO, 9 15m ketch with Americans Jim Johnson, his wife, Patty, and
• TENIWA, 6 1 m Ocean Bird trimaran, will be shipped from the Gilbert Islands to the UK following failure of an attempt by owner Andy Smallpage to sail it from Tarawa to Christmas Island and Honolulu Andy left Tarawa on September 30 on completing his contract with the Gilbert Islands Development Authority, sailing to Maiana and then east He then en countered heavy winds and high seas He was about 60 km east of Bairiki when Teniwa started to take in water With his craft un balanced and waterlogged, he eventually reached Bairiki where he found leaks in the deck covers He then decided to abandon his lone voyage • RUFFIAN, American sloop with four crew arrived at Rarotonga from Auckland on Oc tober 1 7 and left for Papeete on October 25 The master was R R Johnson • GHOST, 8 tonne, 10 m Ger man sloop, arrived at Rarotonga from Bora Bora on October 21 with D Sommerville • OSMUNDA, 12 2 m yawl, ar rived at Rarotonga from Bora Bora on October 20 with Australian Philip J Pleydell, and Mary Ellen da Costa They had spent a year in French Polynesia They sailed for Tonga on November 4
young daughter Jessica, arrived at Rarotonga from Port Vila, New Hebrides, on November 5 The Johnsons, who come from Oregon, have been cruising in the Pacific for the last eight years and were on the way to Tahiti which they last visited five years ago • Samarai, Papua New Guinea, was host to a number of visiting yachties in recent months The visitors included: Julie J, 1 1 m Stacil schooner with cruiser stern, carrying Bill Ashby, his wife Clyda, and Eileen Westworth, all from Melbourne, Anaunto, 15 9 m yacht, with a crew of nine Bob, Liz, Linda and Sarah Crowhurst, Theo and Lesley Lambrecht, and Erica, Nick and Phil Duce who later headed for the Solomons and the New Hebrides, Solveig, on its third navigation of the world; Foreign Affair, 12 2 m fibreglass cutter rig, carrying Bill and Mary Black from Seattle, who were bound for the Mediterranean, and who had called at many parts of the Pacific, since leaving home in September 1975; Zarka, 119 m cement sloop, carrying Terry and Joanne Newman, of Melbourne, and Gretta Marie, 13.1 m overall, gaff topsail ketch, headed for the Solomons carrying John Field, Dianne Cox, Fred Stein, Steve Fealy, David Munday and Jim But terfield Baroness, 13 7 m ferro cement sloop rigged motor sailer, sailed by Ron Lawrence, his wife, Barbara, and son Jeremy, from Auckland Perwilldwen, 853 m Bermudan cutter, arrived from Mooloolaba, Queensland, on the way to Fiji. On board were Glenn Jones, skipper and John Edwards Roulette, 10.67 m Lodestar tri maran, arrived from a South Pacific tour, carrying Lawson Bur rows and Mackie Nautu, from Fiji She sailed for Singapore, via Dar win Gallivanter, 9.75 m yawl, ar rived from Cairns on the way to
the Solomons carrying John andl Win Vanheyst and Sandra and Kathy. Strong winds helped her toi do the Cairns-Samarai leg in 781 hours • APRIL 4, 96 m sloop, arrived at Rarotonga from Nukualofa on November 7 with a young Japanese couple, Mr Kaniyaki Tsuvara and wife Nobuku. They had flown from Japan to New Zea land where they spent a year, and bought their yacht in which they cruised from NZ to Fiji and Tonga.
They sailed for Bora Bora oni November 11 • KIMBERLIE, 8 2 m cutter of Vancouver 27 design, arrived af Rarotonga on November 8 with owner-skipper Dean Kewish and friend Karen Kiefer Their last port of call was Bora Bora They sailec from Ratotonga on November 12 for the Bay of Islands, New Zea land • THIRD SEA, 17 1m ferro ce ment schooner, owned and skip pered by American writer, Harolc Stephens, arrived in Zamboanga* southern Philippines from San dakan in Borneo, via the Sulu sear With Stephens were regular crew Don Maclean and Ray Kaufmanr plus temporary crew Stephens re-; ports they were met by a private boat that fired shots overhead, bun then allowed the schooner to pro-< ceed Philippines Coastguaro warns all private yachts that the pirate situation in these waters is critical and all yachts should be armed In late October Third Sea was leaving Zamboanga foi Rabaul, via the Hermit and Ad i miralty Islands • ILIMO, 7 7m folkboat, carryy ing 54-year-old grandmothea Anne Gash of Sydney (PIM, Nov p 77), arrived at Ballina, on thr north coast of New South Wales; on November 18, after sailing
The Gretta Marie tied up alongside at Samarai. Opposite Zarka (left) and Julie J (centre) ride alongside Gretta Marie.
Near disaster for the Pagan Lee, Melbourne-based yacht, which struck a reef near Samarai. Tidal action floated her off after four days, and following minor repairs at Samarai, she sailed for Kieta, arriving with out incident in October. On board were Bob, Liz, Linda and Sarah Crowhurst, Theo and Lesley Lambrecht, Erica, Nick and Phil Duce.
The story of Pagan Lee's grounding was told in the October PIM.
single-handed round the world She left Sydney in July, 1 975, and sailed north then went through Torres Strait On the Pacific 'leg” she called at Papeete, Rarotonga and Tonga • POLAK, yacht, was at Suva in November on the way home to New Zealand with owner Basil Campion after three and a half years cruising in the Pacific His crew, who joined him at various ports in the Pacific, comprised Hank Grimshaw, Hawaii, Miwako Tada, Tokyo, and Nanci Flee, Colorado • KARLOO, 9.15 m sloop is at the Royal Suva Yacht Club for the hurricane season Australian owners Geoffrey and Ruth Goodman did a working cruise in the northern Cook Islands, making a survey for the Australian Development Assistance Bureau Leaving the Cooks, they sailed to Pago Pago where the extra crew, Chr,Stine Hall left them to fly home to New Zealand After three weeks in Pago Pago they sailed to -ru * . .u ..
Vavau They stayed there another .. , . / ... . three weeks before sai inq on to Suvg y • Marvin and Ann Glenn have acquired a 15 24 m Cross-designed trimaran, the ENCORE, to sail from California to Virgin Islands They set out from San Francisco in 1965 in REBEL, for two or three years" Now, 12 years later, living aboard is their way of life They spent some time in Port Moresby living aboard Rebel, They intend to use Encore for charter work in the Virgin Islands Apart from her owners, she has accommodation for up to eight other guests, in double cabins.
Each cabin has a private toilet and shower, and a separate outside entrance • WISHBONE, 16 2 m yacht owned by a Frenchman, Dr Claude Detouillon, went missing from Washington Island on September 22 It is believed there were three Gilbertese on board An air search failed to locate the yacht The US Coastguard and the Search Master at Betio were advised of the yacht s disappearance
• KATICA, 16 m ketch, arrived in Sydney on November 27 after a four and a half years cruise round the world. Owners Joe and Eric Turek, and their daughter Kathryne, 15, were joined in Fiji for the final stages of the tour by Jurgen Scheel and his wife, Brigit te, both doctors, from West Ger many. Mark Dalton, also of Sydney, sailed with the Tureks and stayed with them for four years, before flying home from Antigua The cruise was through southern Asian waters, around Africa, in European and American waters and across the South Pacific • DARU, a 9 m Tahiti ketch 14 tonnes, arrived in Pago Pago from Tonga After completing a haul out, owners Bill and Jini Harrison plan to head back to Tonga where they will spend the hurricane season • FELICITY, a 12 5 m Morgan CB yawl skippered by Paul Wood ward, arrived in Pago Pago from Tahiti with crew members Ellen Dumesnil, Karen Kruse, Gary Titchend, and Steve The group left in mid-November for Western Samoa and Fiji, the next stops in a round-the-world journey • SEA FOAM, sailed by Herb and Nancy Payson and Craig Myers, is an 11 m Sea Witch ketch The boat left Newport Beach, USA, in 1973 and arrived in Pago Pago in October from Tahiti. In the interim, the boat has been sailing throughout the Pacific and the group plans to continue to do so Their next stop is Fiji • PELORUS, a Nor'sea 8 m fibreglass sloop, recently arrived in Pago Pago single-handed by Philip Skwiot. After a 20-day passage from Fanning Island, Philip plans to rest up in Pago Pago before heading on to Fiji • TIKI, a 6 4 m yacht, was built at Kwato, a small island about 2 km from Samarai in PNG. She was christened by Mrs Douglas of Kwato Mission She sailed from Rabaul for Vancouver in January, 1976 Now a Samarai ''yachtie'' would like to know where she is, or where she was last seen.