OCEAN WANDERER
YACHT WILL VISIT AUCKLAND NOW AT GISBORNE Press Association GISBORNE. To-day. An unexpected arrival at the port of Gisborne yesterday was the ocean yacht ‘Wanderlust, registered at Los Angeles. She is schooner rigged and has auxiliary power, and is owned by an American, Mr. Bassel. The last port of call was Papeete, and the yacht came here for stores. She is now sheltered in the bay awaiting moderation of the sea to enable her to enter harbour. The Wanderlust berthed this morning. The owner, Mr. H. S. Vossell, states that he left Los Angeles on August 7, 1927, and,, except for a period of four months during which they left the Wanderlust at Tahiti and returned to the States on business* they have been afloat ever since. He is accompanied by his wife, two children and a niece, and they live in comfort aboard the yacht. “It has been a wonderful experience voyaging round the Islands,” stated Mr. Vossell, “and we look forward to see something of Xew Zealand. We have no special mission and no schedule. We simply arrive and depart as we like, and none of us is tired yet.” Luring the voyage from Tahiti, the yacht passed through a 70-inile gale without the necessity of a sea anchor. After several days at Gisborne the yacht will make for Auckland.
About six weeks will l>e in theLorn inion.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 584, 9 February 1929, Page 1
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