YACHTS' OCEAN VOYAGES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20978, 15 September 1931, Page 10

YACHTS' OCEAN VOYAGES.

ARETHUSA AT AUCKLAND. PREPARATIONS FOR SUVA TRIP. The auxiliary yacht Arethusa arrived at Auckland yesterday morning from Whangarei and is now being prepared for her departure on Thursday afternoon for Suva. The yacht left Whangarei on Sunday evening and after a good trip, which occupied 11 hours, anchored in Mechanics' Bay. Later in the morning she moved to Queen's Wharf. Members of the Whangarei Cruising Club, whose flag she will fly on the voyage to Suva, and friends of the crew and owner gave the yacht a send-off from the town wharf ab Whangarei. The Arethusa was purchased recently by Mr. A. Hereward Pickmere, a surveyor employed :in Fiji by the British Government, who is at present visiting New Zealand on furlough. The yacht formerly was owned by Mr. Roy Lidgard, of Bayswater. The crew will consist of Mr. Mervyn Robinson, Mr. J. Robinson and Mr. R. Widdicombe, architect, of Auckland. Although of the same name, the Messrs. Robinson are noli related. Each is 20 years old. Mr. Pickmere will employ the Arethusa in Government survey work at Fiji for a year, having purchased the yacht for his own convenience in accomplishing the work. With the exception of Mr. J. Robinson, who intends to return to New Zealand, the crew will remain with the vessel indefinitely and will assist Mr. Pickmere in his work. The voyage to Fiji is expected to occupy about a fortnight, but provisions will be carried sufficient for a two-months' cruise. A direct course v.*i 11 be set for Kandavu Island, about 60 miles from Suva, where the yacht will pick up the light at Capo Washington, and will then proceed on to Suva.

TEDDY TO VISIT TONGA. COMPLETION OF OVERHAUL. A trip to Tonga is to be made shortly by Mr. Erling Tarnbs in his yacht Teddy, which was launched on Sunday evening from the Devonport Yacht Club's slipway after an extensive overhaul during the past two months. The owner will be accompanied by his wife and family and will return to Auckland about Christmas to defend the Tasman Cup. Before Mr. Tambs leaves for Tonga ho will give an address to members of the Whangarei Cruising Club on his world voyage.