yachts

Don Travers Re

ports from Tubuai:

•Metaphor, a 36 ft aluminium sloop arrived at Tubuai from Tahiti with owner Lin Wah Ye, a citizen of Hong Kong, and pick-up crew Gilles Borgnon and Felice Huteau, French resi dents of Tahiti. Lin has been cruising for eight years, having left Hong Kong on his first yacht, the 34 ft steel sloop “Syluero” which he purchased used there. He cruised exten sivelyfrom Hong Kong to France with stops in the Philip pines, Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak, Singapore, the Malay Peninsu lar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, the Maldives,the Chagos Archipela go, Mauritius, Durban, Cape Town, St. Helena, Ascension, the West Indies and back across the Atlantic to France where he sold “Syluero” and purchased the new 36ft hull which he outfitted himself. “Metaphor” is sloop rigged with a centreboard and 30 h.p. Yanmar diesel auxiliary. Most of Lin’s voyag ing has been solo. He left France in 1984 for the West Indies, Panama, Galapagos, Marquesas, Tuamotus and

Tahiti. The trip south to Tubuai was prompted by Lin’s ac quaintanceship with Gilles Borgnon, a French yachtsman who lived and taught there for several years. Gilles’ extensive cruising experience includes a circumnavigation of South America via the Magellan Straits, east to west.

“ Metaphor” returned to Tahiti and Lin plans to sail to New Zealand after the hurricane sea son. Manukai, an 11 metre steel sloop arrived at Tubuai from New Zealand via Raivavae with owner Wolf Walter (Germany) and Hugh Firth (NZ). Wolf purchased “ Manukai” used in New Zealand. The Scorpion II design yacht was built in Ger many in 1980. Wolf and Hugh sailed for Tahiti and the Society Islands with future cruising plans yet to be decided. Xana du, a 48 ft steel ketch arrived here from Tahiti with Allan and Anne MacDougall and tempor ary crew members, Anne’s brother and step-brother, Wright Montgomery and Gif ford Maythan, (all USA). Allan purchased “ Xanadu” in 1983 in Buenos Aires, which is her

Lin Wah Ye of “Metaphor”.

Top: Allan and Anne MacDougall together with Wright Montgomery of “Xanadu”. Above: Wolf Walter and Hugh Firtz (without shirt) of “Manukai”.

home port, where he worked for an American bank. She was not fully outfitted at the time but far enough along to sail up the South American coast to Flor ida where she was completed in 1984. Allan has been on ex tended leave from his profes sion since then. The Mac- Dougalls left Miami in 1985 for Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Galapagos and French Polynesia. They have returned to Tahiti for Wright and Gifford to fly back to the US. After the hurricane season Allan and Anne plan to sail for Australia via Fiji and New Zealand.

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MOUGA reports

from Niue:

CECILIE. On Sunday Novem ber 2, the yacht Cecilie arrived at Niue. On board were Per Rold and wife Linda Cecilie with son Thomas and daughter Celilie, from Denmark.

Their next port of call will be Tonga and then New Zealand where the Cecilie will ride out the hurricane season and also celebrate the spirit of Christmas.

So far in her travel, the Cecilie which sailed to the Mediterranean from Athens, Greece, has visited Italy, Spain, Canaria Islands, across the Atlantic to Barbados, Carib bean Islands, St Thomas, then

through the Panama Canal, Galapagos Islands, the Mar quesas, Tahiti, the Tuamotus, Borabora and Rarotonga.

The Cecilie is a family boat of 58 ft, built by Camper & Nicholson, England in 1983.

S.V. MAUD arrived Niue from Rarotonga on Sunday, Novem ber 9. On board were the Captain Geoff Craig, a New Zealander and 3 crew mem bers, James V Wolff, Stephen P Sweeney and Robert C Welch from Papeete.

Their next port of call will be Auckland, New Zealand.

Since leaving Auckland in her Pacific Basin cruise, the S.V.Maud has visited Fiji, Ton ga, Samoa, Hawaii, San Fran cisco, Marquesas, Tahiti and Rarotonga.

EAGLES NEST arrived Niue, Monday, November 11. On board were Louis Dupree and wife Tanya Sandefur with son Airic Ahlfors from Seward, Alaska, USA.

Their next port of call will be Tonga, Vava’u, Fiji, New Cale donia and Australia.

So far in her travels, the Eagles Nest has visited British Columbia, USA, Mexico, Costa Rico, Panama, Galapagos and French Polynesia.

The Eagles Nest was built by Hunter Yachts of Florida, USA in 1980.

Above: The 58 ft. “Cecilie” under full sail. Below: The yacht “Eagles Nest”.