YACHT IORANGI.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 230, 7 October 1901, Page 3

YACHT IORANGI.

The yacht loraugi came into port on Saturday, and was berthed at the wharf. Captain Butt, who is in charge of the yacht, states that he experienced heavy weather, but the vessel behaved splendidly. They left Auckland on Sept. 28th, with a SAY. wind, which hauled round to the N.W. and freshened. At 12.30 p.m. on Sunday he was 20 miles outside of Red Mercury, when the wind came from S.E., and lie' van down to the land, and kept hugging the coast. Mercury Bay was made on Monday night, and a day and night were spent there becalmed. The lorangi reached East Cape on Thursday morning last, and successfully negotiated it with a S.E. wind. A fine N.E. was then experienced to Tolago Bay, and at eight o'clock that night the wind increased to~a heavy gale, with mountainous seas. With this he ran to south of Portland Island, when the wind came in from the west, and then hard south. The mainsail was lowered, and the yacht ran under the staysail, eventually bringing up under Young Nick s Head on Friday morning. During the heavy weather the luff of the ! mainsail carried away. This was temporarily repaired, and a fresh start was made on Saturday morning. The broken cringle, however, began to tear the sail, and Captain Butt decided to put back to Gisborne and get the damage repaired. The absence of a small storm-sail was greatly felt.