YACHT'S LONG VOYAGE
NORFOLK ISLAND AND BACK
(By Telegraph—Press Association)
AUCKLAND, This Day
The Auckland yacht Victory has returned to Totara North, Whangaroa, from Norfolk Island. The Victory left Auckland on 19th December. The weather was boisterous at the time and the Victory worked up the coast and the-i started on the final leg of her 600 mile journey, the distance from North Cape being about 350 miles. Norfolk Island was reached on 26th December and after a stay of a few days the trip back to New Zealand was commenced. The Victory is a boat of seven tons, with an overall lengLh of 38ft. She is regarded, as a fine sea boat and was once sailed in a race of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron by Lord Jellicoe.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 8 January 1929, Page 4
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