READY FOR CAPE HORN
The British yachtsman Mr Alec Rose is scheduled to leave Bluff at 10 a.m. tomorrow to resume the round-the-world voyage in his 32ft ketch the Lively Lady, says a Press Association message from Invercargill.
"Things are in a chaotic state on the ketch but I still plan to leave on Tuesday,” said Mr Rose. Mr Rose bad to make an unscheduled call at Bluff on Thursday so that a mast fitting could be repaired; while in port he has
taken the opportunity completely to overhaul the Lively Lady. The rigging has been the most time-consuming job, and there is still two hours of work needed on this today. Mr Rose will then re-pack his provisions in preparation for the voyage around Cape Horn. Mr Rose, who has an agreement with a British newspaper, has been reluctant to talk to reporters during his stay at Bluff. Thousands of Southlanders flocked to the port yesterday to see his tiny craft Also in port were the Antarctic cruise ship Magga Dan and the Southland Star making her first call.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31595, 5 February 1968, Page 1
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