A ROUGH VOYAGE.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18969, 6 April 1927, Page 13

A ROUGH VOYAGE.

BARQUENTINE CALLS AT AUCKLAND. (TMS3 JLSSOCHTIO* TELKiBiVj AUCKLAND, April o. An unexpected arrival at Auckland yesterday afternoon was the auxiliary barquentine Louis Theriault, en route from Sydney to Gisborne. The vessel was delayed on the voyage by continuous, adverse winds and stormy weather, and she put into Auckland to. replenish her oil fuel.

Tiiis was the second' occasion during the voyage that the vessel had been delaved. The Louis Theriault loaded a full cargo of poles and ironbark girders at Sydney and sailed for Gisborne on March 13th. Off the Australian coast a hard southerly gale and high seas were experienced, and this caused the deck load to shift and did some damage to the sails. In consequence the vessel returned to Sydiiey to have the deck cargo ro-stoived and her mizzen topmast unshipped. On March IBth the voyage was resumed, but the high seas continued, and in ten days the vessel only made iJ6O miles. On Thursday last when in sight of the Three Kings the wind changed to the east and blew a gale from that direction. Off Cape Brett one of the crew fell overboard and was nearly drowned. He held on to the log line until hauled aboard.