ROUGH VOYAGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 22, 27 January 1939, Page 14

ROUGH VOYAGE.

YACHT IN CYCLONE. TRIP TO CHATHAM ISLANDS. HOVE-TO AU NIGHT. (By Tel.-grnnli—**ress Association.) fHRfSTfrnRCH. Thursday. Believed to lie tlie first yaclit to make the voyajje from the mainland to the ('llilth)llll Islands nnd l>iiek. tlii> auxiliii iv yacht Kiii'h iirrivfd at Lyttelton nt a.:W p.m. today from Port Hiitt. (liatham Islands. Diirinjr l»otli the outwind and the homeward voynjje, mid particularly while at the islands, the K*) it li encountered some of the worst weather experienced ill that stormswept stretch of ocean in the lieiffhlxuirlioihl of the Chatham Islands. Those who made the trip were Messrs. W. 11. Marsh (owner). <!. Mourner I nii\ ijjator I. ]•'. Friedman (engineer). K. .1. Newman anil Mr. Marsh's wvciiyear old sou. Michael. The Faith was l.iiilt l>y Mr. W. TT. Marsh, of (hiistchurch. and is a stoiitlycoiistructed emft of the Norwegian pilot-liont type. .!(ift ill leiiffth. She is ketch-rijifred and h:is a powerful mixilinry iMijiine. Of the vessel's performance in stormy weather, one of the crew siiiil that the l>olll had proved herself tit for a voyajre to any part of the world. Leavintr Lyttelton on January 4. tlie Kailh took four ilavs to reach the Chatham Islands, ineetinjf with iikmlciate ti> roujrli weather. While at Waitatlfri the yacht met with cyclone conditions. Captain Day. li:n l>olll master at W'aitaiifri. descrilied the ranjre an the lieaviest he had ever seen. The sea )>ecMine so had oil the of -lailliary II that the Faith had to put to sea hurriedly, returning the followinj; evening. l.eavin<r Port Hntt on Sunday, the Ktlitll ran into a cyclone next day. and was hove-to all nijxlit. For the remainder of the trip to l.yttelton the weather improved, although there was still « considerable sea.