16,000 Mile In 32-foot Ketch -- Across Atlantic and Pacific to Tasmania -- Left to right: Bill Bartlett, Eddie Mossop and Dennis Tanner.... photographed today.Eddie Mossop, 36-year-old fisherman, Dennis Tanner, 29, another fisherman, and ex-Royal Air Force Officer Bill Bartlett, 27, on the deck of their 32-feet ketch at Christchurch, Hampshire, England, as they prepared to start on an adventures voyage of 16,000 miles across the Atlantic and the Pacific to Tasmania. A small marine motor is fitted in the ketch but most of the journey will be done under sail.They are hoping to reach Sydney in time for the Australian Yacht Race of the year - from Sydney to Hobart, Tasmania. Weather permitting the ketch will start from Christchurch tomorrow (April 15th). April 14, 1951.

16,000 Mile In 32-foot Ketch -- Across Atlantic and Pacific to Tasmania -- Left to right: Bill Bartlett, Eddie Mossop and Dennis Tanner.... photographed today.Eddie Mossop, 36-year-old fisherman, Dennis Tanner, 29, another fisherman, and ex-Royal Air Force Officer Bill Bartlett, 27, on the deck of their 32-feet ketch at Christchurch, Hampshire, England, as they prepared to start on an adventures voyage of 16,000 miles across the Atlantic and the Pacific to Tasmania. A small marine motor is fitted in the ketch but most of the journey will be done under sail.They are hoping to reach Sydney in time for the Australian Yacht Race of the year - from Sydney to Hobart, Tasmania. Weather permitting the ketch will start from Christchurch tomorrow (April 15th). April 14, 1951.

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