By Richard Crockett
From St Helena Island Dalling and his crew headed to Ascension Island and later crossed the equator having completed the first 3000nm of her passage north, at an average speed of 7 knots.
A highlight of the passage at one time, was surfing ‘Voortrekker’ at 20 knots.
READ MORE HERE: 1968 03 26 – Mercury – Bruce Dalling Archives – S&A