YACHT'S MAST SNAPS.
MISHAP TO NEW 22-FOOTER,
When sailing from her moorings in St. Mary's boat harbour on Saturday afternoon to start in a race for the 22ft centreboard (mullet boat) class, Mr. C. J. Collings' new boat, Tamarika, carried away her mast. Tamarika was in charge of Mr. Laurie Pohlen, who had a full racing crew of five, and as it was the boat's first race much interest was taken in her performance. As it happened, none of the other boats turned up, and the race was declared off. The mast was a hollow-built spar of oreion, about 30ft long. It split right across 12ft above the deck, letting the sails overboard. The crew promptly gathered in the wreckage, and the yacht was towed back to her moorings, barely 200 yds distant. Hollow spars have always been barred in the mullet boat class, but three months ago the Auckland Yacht and Motor Boat Association, when adopting new regulations for mullet boats, added a clause allowing hollow spars. They are used successfully in the metre and other racing classes in England and America, but this was the first in use here in this class. It will be replaced by a solid inaet. ■'
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Auckland Star, Volume LVX, Issue 268, 12 November 1934, Page 9
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202YACHT'S MAST SNAPS. Auckland Star, Volume LVX, Issue 268, 12 November 1934, Page 9
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