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Lehner, P,
1964
23
Oct. 11 - continued
through the binoculars there are many more
there, as well as many Scoty Terns; we hope
to take the raft to Kamome tomorrow and
band; the return trip was Hell with wet sandy
sneakers and socks; we found 2 uncharted
shipwrecks on the east side of Sibylla, one
about half a mile north of the old rusted hulls
shown on the charts and another about
half a mile north of that; the northern most
wreck is FUKUJU MARU #5, a Japanese
fishing ship; we brought back two life preservers
and two sextant boxes found on shore; everything
we found on shore was in real good shape -
the wreck could not be over three years old;
there is also a canvas shelter, survival kit, food, etc.
about opposite this wreck on the west shore;
the next wreck about ½ mile south is the
SHOEI MARU, another Japanese fishing boat;
there were numerous fish balls, lines and
and cane poles on the beach near both recent
wrecks; the oldest wreck, furthest south is
all rusted out; there is a shelter (house-like
shack) on the east shore a little south of
the last wrecks; walking with sand in my wet
sneaker ground my heels down to where the flesh began
to talk back; the return trip was to put my feet in
bad enough shape that walking was painful for several
days;
THESE TENTS LEAK LIKE HELL!