Round The World In An 18-foot Amphibian
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• •Received* Monuav, 7 p.in. LONDON, July 5. ' The. Australian, Majdr Ben Carlin, and his Americjn wife, "Eleanor, whq 3 feet lonjj' iinphibian on June 10 for 'the A/.oresj ; pp the first-Ieg of their proposed ioujhI' lio-world trip, • have -.Aot1 ,yet.!'.gotrr far; ,'onsiderable anx i'cty. .was f elB4'o r thoic tafetyv j'vhen no radio messages were j .■ecoived from tliem pfter their depart'ure- froiii New'^fom Tb'-'.t. ar.rived inexpecfedly at Shark River inlet near Asbury Park, New Jersev, about 40 •niles down the coast, on June 21, and ■xplained that they had been forced l-.ack because the craft would not stear at sea unless the wheel was-coustantly manncd. The steering gear has now been adjusted and the (.'arlins left Asbury Park yesterdav for New York whcre they will make flnal preparatious for anotlier attempt at the AtJantie crossing. They hope to leave for the Azores on July S.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 July 1948, Page 7
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