ACROSS PACIFIC

Hokitika Guardian, 28 June 1932, Page 4

ACROSS PACIFIC

IN TWENTY-TWO FOOT BOAT, ENGLISHMAN SETS QUT._ (Per r resa Association— Copyright,) GISBORNE, June 27. Mr M. C. Valentine, who is reported to have sailed alone from Auckland on Sunday in a twenty-two foot mullet boat, named the “Waima” for England, via Raratdnga, Tahiti and Panama, arrived in Gisborne five years ago, and for a time he was farming at Patutahi, about ten miles from the town, later coming to reside to Gisborne. He was dissatisfied with the conditions in the Dominion, the burden of its taxation being one of his principal complaints and a f ew weeks ago he sold his property, and told his friends that he intended to sail back to England by himself.

Not being able to secure a suitable br>- + in. Gisb’rne, be left for Australia and purchased . the Waima. Before

iii.i nere i;e stated his idea was to sail across the Pacific to ’Frisco, and then cruise down the coast of: Ainerico. He had not then made up his mind whether to go through the Panama Canal or'round Cape Horn.

Discussing his trip, Mr Valentine confided to a friend that some years ago, when in Palestine, he made a motor cycle tour by himself through Palestine, the Balkan States, and Central Europe. It is understood that when in England before coming to the Dominion, Mr Valentine had considerable experience in yachting and studied navigation.