Planes Pursue Youths In Stolen Yacht
(Received 10 a.m.)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26,
Three boys, aged 16 to 17, high school students, stole a 52-feet sail and auxiliary engine yacht belonging to a business man at Santa Cruz, California. They stocked up the craft with food supplies and began a cruise on the Pacific, which is designed to take them to Hongkong, via Honolulu. The owner of the vessel says the boys have sufficient petrol on board to enable them to cruise indefinitely, and since one of them apparently took the precaution to study navigation and mapped out an extensive route, their cruise may become just that, particularly in view of the fact that the yacht is seaworthy, comfortable and fast. A coastguard cutter, which set off in pursuit when the owner gave the alarm, tonight signalled a request for an aeroplane's assistance, and a fast airship, under the command of a naval lieutenant, joined in the search. The yacht’s owner, who conferred with the adventurers’ parents, expressed only concern for the safety of the boys and his vessel. He remarked: “I hope the youngsters can get the yacht somewhere without wrecking her and putting their lives in danger.”
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Northern Advocate, 28 May 1938, Page 5
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