The solo round-the-world yachtsman, Pleum van der Lugt, of the Netherlands, and his nine-metre concrete craft The Zeeuwse Stromen off the New Zealand coast near Bluff where he made a rendezvous with police and a Dutch friend on Saturday. Provisions were transferred to him from a fishing boat, enabling him to continue his voyage without stopping. Mr van der Lugt is five months into his voyage and he hopes to be home within 260 days and become only the fifth person to make a non-stop solo circumnavigation of the world.
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Press, 29 December 1981, Page 2
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90The solo round-the-world yachtsman, Pleum van der Lugt, of the Netherlands, and his nine-metre concrete craft The Zeeuwse Stromen off the New Zealand coast near Bluff where he made a rendezvous with police and a Dutch friend on Saturday. Provisions were transferred to him from a fishing boat, enabling him to continue his voyage without stopping. Mr van der Lugt is five months into his voyage and he hopes to be home within 260 days and become only the fifth person to make a non-stop solo circumnavigation of the world. Press, 29 December 1981, Page 2
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