TRANS-ATLANTIC RACE
BRITAIN’S LONE ENTRY.
[BY CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] (Recd. May 11, 1 p.m.) LONDON, May 10. The “Mail” says that the Ilex, a 20ton yacht, shorter than an eight-oared river boat, is Britain’s sole entry in the trans-Atlantic race in July, competing against a dozen large American boats, of which several were specially built. The crew of seven, consists entirely of Royal engineers and officers. The auxiliary engine’s removal makes room for extra water tanks, allowing a gallon a man a day for a month. The crew hope to complete the passage in twenty-one days.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 May 1931, Page 5
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