ROUGH VOYAGE IN COOK STRAIT
Ship Forced Back Three Times
(New Zealand Press Association) DUNEDIN, July 8. Three attempts at a passage of Cook Strait were needed at the week-end before Captain Curtcord, master of the 2498-ton Poul Carl, could steer his ship through the gale-lashed stretch. When the vessel arrived at Dunedin from Kobe today Captain Curtcord said that the seas were so rough that a 40deg roll developed. Half the galley crockery was broken, and a double bed containing three persons—his wife and the wife and son of the second engineer—was overturned. After filling his after holds with 150 tons of water to keep the propeller below the troughs of the huge waves, Captain Curtcord managed the passage only to find that the steering gear had broken down under the constant pressure. The ship was handled manually after the steering motor failed yesterday afternoon, and was assisted into Dunedin harbour this morning.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28324, 9 July 1957, Page 12
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