SCHOONER DISABLED
SAILS CARRIED AWAY Exceptionally heavy weather was encountered in Palliser Bay on Sunday night by the auxiliary schooner Portland while on her run from Foxton to Wellington, and her mizzen and mainnail were carried away shortly before midnight. As the schooner was unable to make any headway with her auxiliary motors, she signalled for the assistance of a tug. The harbourmaster (Captain .T. Dawson) received the message at an early hour yesterday morning from the signal station on Beacon Hill, and the Harbour Board’s tug Tola, in command of Captain Campbell, left, at 2.30 a.m. to take the vessel in tow. A search was made in Fitzroy Bay, and the Portland's lights were picked up about 11 miles south of Turakirae Head. The disabled vessel was taken in tow at 5.30 a.m., and arrived in port at 9.45 am. without incident. Apart from the loss of her sails the Portland sustained no damage, and will leave Wellington to-day for Foxton.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 287, 4 September 1928, Page 10
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