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Jan. 16, 1953 - Getting Ready for 30, 000 Mile Voyage in Yacht. Six Members aboard the Asta'. A party of nine people are preparing their 88 tons ex German Ketch Asta in the Hamble River, Hampshire for the start of their 30, 000 miles Roundabout voyage to San Fransisco via the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, Ceylon and the East Indies. The Vessel will be under the command of Frenchmen Richard Aramburu who was a fisherman in South America and who comes from Marseilles. Keystone Photo Shows: Six members of the crew seen aboard the Asta at Hamble. They hope to leave on Friday. They are L to R: Sheila Pickles (22) of Huddersfield; James Gill, son of the chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in London; Jeremy Menzies (of Pershing on Seas Sussex) who is the engineer; Richard Aramburu the Captain; Michael Tomkies of Sussex and Lucien Courtois who is the mate and who comes from Paris
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