FAST SAILING RECORDS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 79, 3 April 1919, Page 2

FAST SAILING RECORDS

some notable voyages,

A CAPTAIN’S REMINISCENCES,

DUNEDIN, March 27. I Much has been written in regard to some recent fast passages made by sail-ing-vessels crossing the Pacific to New Zealand. As previously mentioned, the trip, of 38 days of the fine ship Dungyre from San Francisco -to ■•"•Wellington''' is probably the fastest-om record, , ; In speaking of fast pasSagesmafle in years past by well-known sailing vessels, Captain W, A. Smithy master of the brigantine v.which arrived at Dunedin oh Sunday morning, after a very quick trip qf ten days from Port Philip Head, mentioned that some years ago.he had command of a.famous barque named the 'Notero, which had some ; srpart passages put against hpr name. Captain Smith was .in charge.. of this vessel for about seven years. On one trip .the Notero sailed from Premantle I to Newcastle in th 6; record time of nine days. This record has never been beatpi, • -The previous record} put up by a •sailing vessel oyer that course was made by a 600-ton barque, which did the !trip I* n Is_days. The Notero on that voyage 1 averaged 13 knots. On another occasion the Notero sailed from Lyttelton to | Auckland, wharf to wharf, in three days ’ five, hours, which was a most remark- . able performance. On another occasion ; the Notero, still under the command of Captaip Smith, sailed from Auckland tq Thursday Island in the fast time, of 16 days., }She ayeraged 1U- knots on that voyage. Another notable sailing performance recorded was that of. the barque Lake Eric, which, under the* command of Captain Smith, sailed from Capetown to Calcutta in 36 days, and later on sailed from Calcutta to LvttMton in 36 flays. 3