FOR A WORLD CRUISE
Planning a .world's cruise to last two years Mr. Harold Nossiter has a new yacht, tho Mermaid, under construction at Messrs. J.Hayfis and Son's yards at Neutral Bay- Sydney (reports the " Telegraph, "i Tho course or cruise will be from Sydney, northward through Torres Strait, to Java, Singapore, and Ceylon, then through the Ked and Mediterranean Seas, to England. The return voyage will be mado via the Panama Canal. The Mermaid is to bo an exceptionally -fine type of auxiliary cruising yacht of 34 tons. Designed with a spoon bow and cruiser stern,'her principal dimensions will be length "54ft, beam 13ft 6in, draught 7ft 6in. An 18 h.p. Jersey City Standard engine will provido auxiliary power. ■ Mr: Nossiter will bo accompanied by two'of'his sons, E. H. Nossiter, who recently, sat for an examination for a foreign-going yacht master's certificate, and J. Nossiter. ■ ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 103, 28 October 1933, Page 26
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146FOR A WORLD CRUISE Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 103, 28 October 1933, Page 26
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