LAUNCH OF A SCHOONER AT WANGAROA.
[Wednesday last being the day appointed for jthelaunchpfra large topsail sohooner from jthe yards of Messrs. Lane and Brown, shipbuilders, of: this place, several of the inhabitants ihuatered ou "the occasion; but, unfortunately.; the -'.'tide not being sufficient,, shojdid notleave the ways. Next 116 ti l e ?"«& higher, she left jwith little trouble, and Via now alongside the jetty in order to receive: her- spars and rigging. Her dimensions are as follows :- jLength of keel, SS.feet; beam, 23 feet; depth pf hold, 11 feet; registered tonnage, 140 tons. The vessel is considered by competent judges who have examined her, according to her beautiful lines and ffreai carrying capacity, to be, second to none in the colony, being ; built: with the best material procurable and good •' workmanship, copper-fastened all through, .patent reefing topsail gear and in fact no expense spared to r all that . a vessel should be. Some ot the fastest saiUng vessels in the coasting trade have been sent from the yards of this nrm, and no. doubt the present one will do them-equal credit.. Every facility is adapted at those yards for turning out first-class work.—[Correspondent.]
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4749, 5 February 1877, Page 2
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194LAUNCH OF A SCHOONER AT WANGAROA. New Zealand Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4749, 5 February 1877, Page 2
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