DETAILS OF A TRYING EXPERIENCE
(BI mBORAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION) GISBORNE, This Day. Speaking to a reporter at Gisborne today, Captain Eaddy stated that he left Wellington on Bth December, and when off Kidnappers the following day he encountered a heavy -westerly gale, this being So severe as to carry away the mainsail. A favourable slant on the 10th enabled the sail to be repaired under shelter of Mahia. Putting to sea again, a succession of heavy gales was experienced, whilst the scow was being blown along by a westerly gale. On the 15th those on board caught a glimpse of East Cape again. Another gale drove the boat ninety miles eastward of the mainland, and it Was not until the 19th that the vessel succeeded 'in beating back. ■ Since Saturday the Haere made three unsuccessful attempts to. proceed north and was unable to obtain an anchorage along the coast. She entered Tolaga yesterday, but was blown out agaih and lost another mainsail, while she narrowly missed going ashore. Urgent signals secured a tug last night, and the scow was towed into Gisborne, where the sails are now being refitted.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 150, 22 December 1914, Page 8
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DETAILS OF A TRYING EXPERIENCE
Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 150, 22 December 1914, Page 8
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