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and when aばaloneIn the Ocean, I canMtell which Is worse, at nゅt when you can', see、thd輔es or at daytline when they come charging at you. Th的e huge, aweso巾eまves come from behind like express trains and什om my cockpはthey iQOk like a mountain sliding down to engulf me but at the last moment the stern 1けts up and the wave passes under h&rmlessly."
In calm waters, dolphins would swim by and entertain. It wasn't until (George passed a freighter off the Oregon coast that he saw the first sign of human Hfe since leaving Vane Oliver. SaHing on to San Francisco, George writes:
"This stretch of the ocean is most unpredictable and terrけying. Bけter cold, huge waves, terrific bashing by the mfnute, by the hour, daily . •. the inside of the cabin is a shamble. The cockpit is full of water. I am completely soaked. My harness is clipped to the safety "ne 24 hours. I have not slept for two days, irs slowly wearing me down, both physically and mentally. How nrmch longer can I endure? The desire to see and feel land is overwhelming."
"After12 gruelling days, the fog lけted and the faint outline of Golden Gate bridge appeared. I saはed into San Francisco harbor with my tape deck in full blast."
Sepfembe"& 7953. Wけh10 days rest, George left for Los Angeles.けwas easy sailing in California waters — to Santa Barbara, Catalina Islands and docking at Newport Beach. His first catch from the sea was a bonito off Monterey.
O"oねef 3,柳3. "I reached San Diego harbor where several Caoadian boats were moored. Bu I am the only single-handed bo a iter. Many are here for the challenge to test himself against the elements, others want peace and solitude and a measure of freedom."
George entered Mexican waters at Ensenada and spent the winter months sailing in Baja Calけomia， to San Martin and Cedro Islands, Turtle Bay, Santa Maria Bay andしa Paz. On December 8， his brothers Alfred and Soren flew from Vancouver to join George in Cabo Sanしucas. From this Southern Up of Baja Calけor-nia， they sailed the sea of Cortez to La Paz harbor.
George wiltes: "There are many tourists from nea巾y Puerto Vallerta and Mazatlan.
Aけie's hotel room and shower every day, to be able to watch TV again, and to be treated at the local seafood 附taurant."
Brother Alfie at the same time was relieved to find older brother George, at 57
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years of age, was not the only "nut" In this World; m針e were h酬reds陽h)m.A卜 fie'8vlsはw9S a great morar booster. Geor"e had dearly missed his family and his vlsはwas the best Christmas prもsent.
"News frortiCanada is spordd)c，，， Geoj^gewMtes. "Redress seems like a big issue but to me Canada Is so far and I do n't missけ.I am going to cruise as long as I arrvable to. I often talk about my search for freedom, but freedom has Httle security and the price I pay may be
After Christmas, George sailed north into Gulf of CaHfornla， to Escondldo and Conception Bay. "I am getting dark, the Mexicans think I am one of them. Living is cheap. I could exchange a bucketful of lobster for a Playboy magazine. There are whales, barracudas and restless natives who demand beer， cigarettes, fishhooks and .22 shells. The yachtie community is the 'Baja Pey. ton PI ace ノ Cre\^s change, marriages break up， new boy and gW friends are made. I sail alone so I don' t have the crew problem or the personal hassles. But, this is not the Hfe for me."
Mafcれ30, 7984."はis now seven months since I left Vancouver and I am fortunate for having cruised this far wけhout an incident. My boat is scraped, painted and ready to sail again, I have more confidence in 'Amoreena' now than when I left home. She is safer than the big ships in heavy seas. I no longer have to prove myseけ.My personal high was reached off Oregon Coast. The voyage to the South Pacific is for my own personal pleasure."
Ap〃7 9, 7卿，"I do n't know whether I should stay in Mexico for another year or sail to Hawaii or Polynesia. There are many interesting places to visit in the South Pacific. My inner seけis urging me to go, the unseen world is waiting for me. I can hear the maidens of Tahけi calling."
The hurricane season was over in Mexico. Several larger yachts and crew were preparing to leave Cabo San Lucas for TahけL "I am the only single.hander. A vast ocean lies ahead of me but I have made up my mind. I smn deter, mined."
In late April, George set sail for TahけにThere was a stretch of over 3000 miles of ocean ahead of him. He spent the month of May wけhout seeing land, under a hot tro* pical sun， carried westward by the trade winds. "I came across the Pacけlc with my head inches above the sea. And for day after day, I daw every square Inch of ocean for miles around. I have seen and appreciate how large and
madnlflcerUth|9 seareally Is, and ho\^ l峋nlfkjaht iny boat and I really麵Many d night, underthevasftness of thetroplー sky,にthought of you' my friends, of you and your family, when I am alone In the vast ocean, Its calm,はs fury, its power when you are only three.eights of fiberglass from eternはy.，，
After 45 days of good sailing and good fortune, George finally reached land, at Nuku Hiva in the French Marquess a Islands. "Marquessa Is beau-tけu1， lush and green but the climate is oppresing, hot and humid. What joy to see land again. A 1はtle disappointment, however, after proudly telling the natives that I sailedaゅne from Canada, the response was — from Quebec?"
The Tuamotu Atollstret. ches for1000 miles frpm Mar-quessa to TahはにSaHing among the atolls can be treacherous. Sterling Haydens' yacht is wrecked at Rangi-rora. "Must move on for the days are unbearably hot, the current dangerous and nights sleepless. Schools of mean and ugly sharks visけme each night. But this is trade wind sailing, under balmy skies and a blue-blue sea. I am not disappointed. I am thrilled. This is what Icame for.，'
"My heart beats as the magic destination nears. I'm sailing on a bright, full moon night， on a tropical sea， quickly and silently — a true paradise sailing. At last, on June 4th， at 2:20 a.m., under a full moon, the island of Tahiti appeared in the distance. I'm too excはed to sleep. With each passing hour, the island grows larger; a beautiful, ver-
hav0 reached my paradise. By 10:30a.rh,, I am sailing Into PapeeteHさrbor.
A(/fifまプ，柳もFrom Papeete, GeQrge Is sailing to theexotic 1さlands of Moorea and Bora Bora. He Is not cjer-t a In whether to sail his 32-foot "Amoreena'' on anorth-er'ly course to Hawaii and ho me, or to continue, west to Samoa and Fiji, like Ulyss、s， in search of that "untroubled world whose margin never fades."
Truly, a remarkable, daring and bold Nisei adventurer!
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