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Adventurers Sail In Pacific Ocean For Sea Thrills
Honolulu reports a wave of seafaring fans using fragile homemade craft and yachts around Ala Moana basin near Waikiki. Veterans like Harry Pidgeon, age 78, circling the globe, and others from California and beyond seek escape from 20th century strife, while some plan long voyages and others drift toward the South Seas. A 108-foot schooner Seaward carries plans to lease a tropical isle near Tahiti for a couple of years.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Ala Moana Basin
Waikiki Beach
Harry Pidgeon
Los Angeles
Pidgeon
Dean
Seaman
Espiritu Santo
New Hebrides
California
Eugene S. Sheffield
Napa
Calif
San Francisco
Peggy
Marvin J. Bigelow
Thomas Harrison
Capetown
South Africa
Bigelow
Harrison
San Pedro
Society Islands
Charles Williams
Tahiti