SAFELY LAUNCHED

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 245, 17 October 1933, Page 5

SAFELY LAUNCHED

MOTOR BOAT ON LAKE.

AFTER PERILOUS JOURNEY.

VESSEL ROLLS INTO WATER.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) GISBOENE, this day. The launching at Lake Waikaremoana of the 30-foot launch Idalia has been safely accomplished, although not without some anxious moments for her owners. Several times during the journey from Gisborne over the mountainous roada the truck conveying the launch got into difficulties. Once the rear wheels on one side left the road, and the truck was in imminent danger of capsizing, but jacks were used to shift the weight of the vehicle. On the final stretch—the road from Lake House to the beach—it was necessary to cut away portion of a bank. At the last bend "Pproaehing the landing stage the launch slipped forward against the cab °f the truck. Four hours were spent '» building up the road to enable- the t'uek to proceed. The first attempt to float the launch bv Backing the truck into the lake, failed. Although the stern of the vessel w as afloat, it refused to elide off the truck. When operations were resumed tl] e following morning the services of a towing launch were requisitioned, and when this took up the strain one side °f the cradle broke away, and the Malia slanted over to one side and then rolled into the water, undamaged apart f roin the breaking of a email portion of we false keel. I'he launching of the vessel was [egarded as an event at the lake, and 'Olid cheers were given as the handsome addition to the 'email fleet took the water.