Beached Yacht To Be Hauled Overland
(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, Sept. 15. Mr R. Rodahi, the skipper of the yacht Erewhon, which is beached on the Northland coast near Herekino, has made arrangements to haul the 29ft craft across rough country to Kaitaia on Saturday.
Some of the hills in the'; eight-mile haul to the nearest 1 read have a gradient of one in four and the partly-j formed track is very rough, (i A Kaitaia bulldozer contractor will use a low trailer; to carry the yacht. Mr Rodahl will leave for; the beach early tomorrow to
; supervise the removal of the 1 mast and rigging. He hopes to have the [damaged yacht repaired by a Kaitaia boatbuilder. “The responsibility is all | mine, including the cost of the salvage,” he said.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31166, 16 September 1966, Page 1
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