YACHTSMEN’S ESCAPE

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 87, 7 January 1926, Page 8

YACHTSMEN’S ESCAPE

SYDNEY HEADS INCIDENT Four vachtsnicn had a thrilling experience’outside the Sydney Heads on a recent afternoon, and owe tlicir safety to the fact that a steamer happened to be near them when their craft sank. A lifeboat was sent to their assistance. The vacht, which was sailing in a northerly direction, was only about two miles outside the Heads when a sudden gust caused it to heel right over and finally capsize. The sea was choppy, but the vachtsmen managed to grip the sides of the rapidly sinking craft. Fortunately their predicament was noticed bv the’lookout man at South Head, and the watch on the ccostal steamer Wvreema, which came out of the Heads in continuation of tier voyage to Lrislianc, saw the men in the waves. With their strength rapidly becoming, exhausted, the four men were, in immediate peril of drowning, and it was with feelings of tense excitement that the men at South Head watched the progress of the lifeboat from the Wyieema through the rougti water. The crew of the lifeboat rowed desneratelv, and arrived just m time. The four vachtsmen were taken back to the Wvrceina, and the tender to the pilot steamer brought a doctor on. board. After thev had been supplied with dry clothes they were landed at Watson’s Bay, and were able to go to their homes.