ROUND THE GLOBE

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 51, 28 August 1925, Page 9

ROUND THE GLOBE

MELBOURNE MAN'S PROJECT IN FIVE-TON VESSEL. (mOM ODK OWN CORRESPONDENT.) , SYDNEY, 21st August. Many adventures should befall a Melbourne yachtsman during the next two years should his present plans come to fruition. To endeavour to circumnavigate the globe in a 29-foot yawlrigged yacht is the purpose of Captais P. Byrne, a well-known member of one of Melbourne's leading yacht clubs. He intends, too, that the venture shall be thoroughly Australian. The yacht, which will be of five tons register, is being constructed at Launceston (Tasmania) from the Huori timbers, which have become famous for their strength and durability in vessels. Captain Byrne plans to commence his voyage next December. He will be accompanied by his son, aged 16 years, and another young seaman. He expects that the voyage will occupy from one and a, half years to two years, though it is quite possible that the little craft may be away from Australian waters for more than three years. Setting cut from Melbourne at the end of December, Captain Byrne intends to shape a course for New Zealand. From there, the Australia —as the yacht is to be called—will enter upon the most hazardous portion of the trip—the run from the Dominion to Cape Horn and thence to the Falk- J land Islands. This will be the longest run out of sight of land, and Captain Byrne expects that it will take at least three months. The Australia will carry water and provisions sufficient for three persons f6r six months. Risk will attend the adventure if the tiny vessel encounters the heavy weather usually experienced at the Horn, but she has been especially designed for deep-sea conditions, and Captain Byrne is confident that she will weather any storm that she may meet. From th« Falklands, in the South Atlantic Ocean, the yacht, it, is intended, will make South American ports, and cross the Atlantic from Montevideo to the Cape Verde Islands. A call will be made at the Azores, and from there the Australia will go to Falmouth, on the south coast of England. After a cruise round the British Islands, tho return trip to Australia will be made, if all goes well, j round tho Cape of Good Hope. The cost of financing the expedition is estimated by Captain Byrne at £800, which will includo the cost of building the yacht and provisioning.