CRUISE OF THE VILEEHI.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 25, 27 December 1932, Page 5

CRUISE OF THE VILEEHI.

Since she called at Bluff early this year the American yacht Vileelii, owned by Mi’ Hiram T. Horton, of San Diego, California, has made considerable progress with her world cruise. According to the latest advice the yacht arrived at Capetown at the beginning of last month; The Vileehi arrived at Auckland on October 24, 1931, after a four months’ cruise of the Pacific, Mr Horton being accompanied by Mrs Horton and their daughter, Miss Lee Horton. .On December 1 the party left by the Malolo in order to spend Christmas at their home at San Diego, the Vileehi remaining at Auckland in charge of the crew. On February 20 of this year they returned by the Mariposa, their yacht having been cleaned and painted in the meantime. On February 25 they left in the Vileehi for Russell, and then visited southern ports, including Bluff and tho West Coast Sounds. Subsequently they sailed for Sydney, where they arrived on Maroh 29.

Before leaving Auckland Mr Horton had not definitely decided his future movements beyond the fact that he intended to cruise along the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Queensland. While in Sydney; however, Miss Horton became seriously ill, and later, with her mother, returned home to California. They passed through Auckland on the Monterey on July 5, when they stated that Mr Horton, accompanied by a number of American friends, had loft Sydney for Thursday Island, intending to voyage round the world. He had planned to visit the East Indies and India before continuing the cruise round the Cape of Good Hope. From there ho intended to cross the Atlantic to Brazil and proceed home by way of the Panama canal. According to the latest reports, it is' expected that the voyage will be completed some time in February, when the Vileehi will have covered 30,000 miles.