RULE OF THE ROAD AT SEA

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21084, 8 February 1934, Page 7

RULE OF THE ROAD AT SEA

j ♦ | YACHT GIVES WAY TO CANOE Among the varied craft, large and small, which were out on the harbour at Lyttelton yesterday during the Sanders Cup race was one that attracted considerable attention, at the same time giving rise to amusement and not a little wonder at the daring of the occupant. It was a tiny canoe, about four feet in length —a crazy home-made affair of canvas and paint, wliicli was alternately sailed and paddled by a small boy of about 10 years of age. The sail was about two feet by two feet, and the boy steered with a paddle. Bobbing about in mid-harbour with steamers, launches, and yachts continually passing, the young man seemed quite unafraid. A t times he was seen, to the delight ol the group of yachting officials in the starter's launch, to hold the mainsheet between his teeth while he plied the paddle with both hands. As the canoe was passing the launcn one of the big keel yachts, moving in stately fashion, came across the boy's course. The boy was preparing to keep clear of the yacht but the delighted spectators in the launch would have none of it. Keep vour course, boy," "Stay as you are, and "Make the big fellow give way, he has a free sheet," was the advice offered. The youngster saw the point, and holding his course, gave the spectators the satisfaction of seeing the big keeler haul in and clear the tiny craft.