SKIL FULLY HANDLED.
"You can't s«y too much for the way the p-lot, Captain Collins, handled tho Rakaia,' 1 said C'npt&in Bone, Mitrine Superintendent of the Xe\v Zealand Shipping Company, when approached by an "Evening Mail" representat've. "I consider he handled the vessel in a very able manner." was the captain's further reply.
When approached, Captain Collins, the pilot, did not say very much In the course of a short conversation, however, he stated that he would far sooner handle a steamer than a sailing ship. The Rakaia was a very good vessel to handle, but if she had twin screws ; t would have been much easier to negotiate the curve. With twin screws a \eseel 60ft longir than the Rakaia could be handled just as easily as >he. n<ikaij could be. Captain Collins clefiffd to tlr.ink Captain Wiidmnn, of '.he Alexander, for the way in which he had assisted him, and he was also indebted to Mr Jenny, who had placed his" motor yacht at his disposal.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 19 April 1909, Page 2
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168SKIL FULLY HANDLED. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 19 April 1909, Page 2
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