SEAWEED PUTS BACK
YACHT UNSUITABLE FOR LONG
.VOYAGE.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYHIBM.)
(AUSTRALIA*! - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) •■ LONDON, 22nd September.
The yacht Seaweed has returned to Southampton, owing to bad weather and its unsuitableness for a long vayage. The* vessel, encountering storms from the start, turned when abreast of the ScilHes. On the fourth day the boat was straining violently, and Captain Symonds and his wife passed the night on the deck wearing lifebelts. Both had been previously ill and the stores were soaked, and Mrs. Symonds is suffering from the effects of the constant drenching and want of food. Captain Symonds intends to attempt the trip again in a similar boat next summer.
[A message of Bth September stated that Captain and Mrs. H. J. Symonds had commenced a voyage from Southampton to Australia via Panama, in the yacht Seaweed, of 25 tons. The trip was expected to last sis months. Captain Symonds has had a long experience of sailing, and belongs to the mercantile service.]
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 73, 23 September 1922, Page 7
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166SEAWEED PUTS BACK Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 73, 23 September 1922, Page 7
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