HARBOUR RESCUE'

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 November 1926, Page 2

HARBOUR RESCUE'

THRILLS NEAR AUCKLAND.’ '' , (Special to “Star. ”) AUCKLAND, November 29. A r Percy Easson, an old Greymoiith f boy, the commodore of the Takapuna/ ' Boating Club, took part in a thrilling " rescue of a capsized'yacht at Awaroa Bay on Saturday.. In- a whirlwind, 1 the 18-footer scud, owned by .E, Denham, Bayswater, turned turtle, while > taking part in- a cruising race ;to'W,aiheke. A hard 1 westerly was blowing, ’ and when holding a good position, the■, ) scqd, carrying, a- fair amount of- sail, • > was struck, and overturned. The t launch Wainui, and the yacht Alexa, J immediately went to the assistance '■«, of the scud’s crew, and t.qpk them to > ‘ Awaroa Bay. % . Later in- the afternoon, ? 1 the launch' T.eina was successful in J finding her, and she was towed into ’ Awaroa Bay, and placed oh an even kedl. . I..In the same race, the IG-footer, Muru,; owned by Miller Bros,' which was leading her larger rivals had a j’ mast carried' away when, within . 1.00 ■ yards of t'he finish, Awaroa Bay.- ’* One of the scud’s yachtmqn- Was un- , able to swim, and a member of the crew of the Wainui (flying Easson’s flag), leaped perilously from- the launch with' a, line; to the upturned yacht, and affixed it abound the helpless man, then, swam back,to the Wainui in a,.boiling, sea, while' the human freight.- was hauled dp; safety.. ,