SCHOONER CRUISE
Nelson Family To Leave
(NZ. Press Association) AUCKLAND, May 8.
Mr A. D. Tregidga, ot Nelson, a retired trawler captain. with his wife and four children aged from 13 to 22. Mr I. Sharland, a Nelson builder, and his wife and Mr F. Mant, a motor mechanic, will leave Auckland at daylight tomorrow in the 83ft schooner Fitheach Ban on their first “blue water” voyage, which they hope will take them round the world. Mr Mant’s place in the crew is to help the'skipper with the craft’s twin diesels and three auxiliary motors, plus equipment which puts the schooner in the luxury class.
The youngest member of the team is 13-year-old John Tregidga, due to begin his first year at secondary schjl but much keener to see the world. Lessons go with him. His 22-year-old sister. Lyn. has been through training college and will supervise his correspondence courses.
The other members of the Tregidga family on the cruise are Diane, aged 16. and Susan, aged 15. The party will probably spend some time in the Great Barrier Reef area , before heading round the top of Australia, and through the Indian ocean and the Mediterranean to Britain.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29508, 9 May 1961, Page 7
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