YACHT ARRIVES FROM ENGLAND
LONG- VOYAGE ENDS AT - . AUCKLAND " * ■- ' , 'O^l Cr&sss isaociiTiox xErsoaucJ AUCKLAND, November 24. ? Completing an 11,000-mile ' from England, the yawl-rigged yacht' Caplin, manned by Commander B. DGraham and his daughter Marguerite, < arrived at Auckland to-day, 18 dayS-S out from Nukualofa. Commander Graj? " ham intends to report to the naval authorities for service, and will prefer " ably conclude his voyage here. ‘ 4® ' The voyage was uneventful, but git 1 . 48 hours last week, when she wjS hove-to. The route was from ISnglaßß-, to Madeira, the Atlantic crossing; tg_ the West Indies, the Panama CatUUjr and the South Se^s. Commander Graham crossed _ the . Atlantic in 1934 single-handed, ux 1 » seven-ton yacht, and published his experiences, He served in the Navy oo the African coast and in Atlantic cat-, voys in the Great War. The Caplin . is named after a Labrador fish, and is specially designed for a long voyage, though only 11 tons and 35 feet overall.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22877, 25 November 1939, Page 20
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