Mata-atua's Cruise To Russell

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 14930, 18 March 1949, Page 2

Mata-atua's Cruise To Russell

22 Hours Sail To Whangarei

Great Barrier Island

Also Visited

Tying up at the Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club’s jetty shortly after 3.30 p.m.. on Wednesday, the Tauranga sloop Mata-atua completed an extensive cruise of almost three weeks in which time a number ol places on the coast as far north as Russell, were visited. Mr F. Gresham, Vice-Commodore of the Tauranga Yacht Club, was accompanied by Mrs Gresham, Messrs Tilby and Mead. When the yacht leit Tauranga on February 25 at 10.15 p.m. she had a good run of 22 hours to Whangarei’, where Saturday night was spent, and the journey was completed on Sunday, the yacht arriving in Russell at 4 p.m. For a large portion of the trip up the coast theparachute spinnaker was earned. After some time at Russell Mr Gresham sailed south to the Great Barrier Island, spending a few days there. On one occasion the main boom was broken when the yacht was becalmed in a short cross-sea. This was temporarily repaired and sufficed for the remainder of the C rui c e * At all times during the cruise the Mata-atua was in radio contact with the base station at Tauranga.