Spectrum 499 and Spectrum 500. Meeting deferred

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Year
1985
Reference
18351
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1985
Reference
18351
Media type
Audio
Duration
01:11:19
Broadcast Date
18 Apr 1985
Credits
RNZ Collection
Bill Belcher, 1912-

A two-part Spectrum documentary.
In April 1978, Bill Belcher competed in the New Plymouth to Mooloolaba solo yacht race. He never made it. Seven days out from New Plymouth, he was shipwrecked on Middleton Reef. His meeting with his wife was delayed until the 20th May. Between those two dates, he spent 28 days in an inflatable lifeboat.